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Happy Monday, friends! If you are in the United States, we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. Today I’m happy to be sharing the A Quilting Life Podcast Episode 43 Show Notes. In today’s episode, Chelsi and I once again answer listener questions that we’ve been collecting for a little while now. […]

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What a fantastic Virtual Retreat!! I think I accomplished the most I've ever done, and I'm thrilled. We had people from the US, Germany, and across Canada. Loads of fun, and I'm so pleased to say that I've made new friends, and we get to check up on how people are doing in other parts of the world. It's way better than listening to the news! Thanks to everyone who attended. 

I also dug out my Brother Label Maker and two rolls of tape. As the girls said -- why "save" that tape for a better ...

 This Thanksgiving is the first time the whole family has been together in two years.

Good Morning Quilters! While at the quilt retreat in Shipshewana, I completed making my Cynthia England pattern (picture piecing method) sewing machine project into a sewing machine cover for my sewing room.  The original blog post about this project is here (Post from a year ago)It went together easily.  I used one long rectangle piece of fabric, and two narrower rectangle end pieces that were

My red cactus is blooming away.  It looks like many more buds will open but the tiniest ones will probably dry up and fall off.  The angel has been watching over my cacti for several years since a friend gave it to me.

It was another cold day yesterday so the only time I was outside was to walk to the end of the driveway for ...

You can make these blocks -  And/or this potholder -  Using any method that you prefer - But I'd like to show you -  Just how EASY the LEFT-EZE Rule™ is to use - ;))   I also have a series of tutorials - HERE -  Written a while back -  That you can read at your leisure - ;)) === I designed the LEFT-EZE Rule™  To cut HST - QST - Flying Geese - Squares - and Rectangles -  LEFT-HANDED -   Using

I do not seem to be making time to cut out more butterfly blocks and working on them so for a change I decided to cut last night and get blocks ready to sew sitting on the table – they should move faster that way for when I have even 30 minutes here or there […]

I had very little stitching time but LOTS of family time.  I’ll tell you about that in upcoming blog posts.

I did start working on my new quilt, Remainders, in the book No Scrap Left Behind by Amanda Jean Nyberg.  Find the book HERE.

I’m trying to use up my half-square bonus triangles.  This project looked like it would use a lot of them.

I started the first step on these, went to iron, and discovered my tension must be off.  UGH.  It happens.  See the little wrinkles where the half square triangle attaches to the strip.  That ...

This morning turned out quiet.  I got going on laundry since Patrick did his usual piles. 

Funny how the day went on. I was in the middle of a game and laundry (after cleaning the cat litter and cleaning up the kitchen by putting dishes away), when my brother called. We had a very long chat. Funny but we both talked about things we love. He was telling me about a good book that talks about the Civil War. So, I pulled out the family Civil War Veterans information and read a lot to him. Then we chatted about how ...

I have to tell you how much fun it’s been share again on a regular basis. It feels like I’m keeping in touch with all of you – my quilting friends – and I sure have missed you! Keeping up with a habit is a lot easier than starting a new one, and it’s nice to be able to write a few sentences, or record a short video, without feeling like it has to be perfect, LOL!!

Today I want to remind you about Live! events that I’ve relaunched over in my Facebook group. The first one last ...

We are so close to being done!! The only step left is binding our quilt. Whatever point you are at in the process of quilt making, give yourself a great big hug. You are rocking it!! I’m so happy you’re here and can’t wait to see what you’re working on. 

You can send me photos of your finished quilt and I will add them to this blog post (edemoo@brownbirddesigns.com). 

Until recently, binding has been my kryptonite. It’s only been during the past 2 or 3 years that I’ve found myself comfortable with ...