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I finished two more of the 24” blocks for the Barn Star Sampler I’m making. This block was pretty fun to make. I didn’t have to use the seam ripper near as much as I did on the last block. After I finished them, I took all the blocks I have so far and laid… Continue reading Barn Star Sampler Update

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I've been a bit scarce on the blogging front this week.  There hasn't been much to post.  I had to stop the anti-inflammatories a week before surgery and it hurt to move without the medication. So other than handwork, there wasn't much stitching stuff going on with me.  Surgery was on Friday. Whatever they gave me during surgery worked till Saturday morning.  When it wore off, my whole lower leg hurts now.  I started the pain medication about noon yesterday.  If you see any errors below, that may be a factor.  

I only made it up to ...

Yesterday I was going to get “No Bees, No Honey” kitted. I knew I didn’t have all the called for Gentle Arts floss and I figured that was a good time to match up some Victorian Motto floss and use that. I have ordered quite a bit of floss from them through the years and...

OH --- so I perhaps found part of the issue with my email. Someone had mentioned it before, and someone mentioned it in the comments the other day. 

I don't have the pictures to share with you this morning, but here's what happened. I did a disk cleanup -- somewhere on my computer, I found that, and it cleared up maybe one GB. That's nothing -- I need gobs of space.

So, I went into the SENT folder in my email. Hmmm  --- I figured out how to sort them by size and got a chuckle. The first category that came ...

 I'm sure many of you know this method already, but I'm sharing it today because I found it to be so much easier than cutting half square triangles.

Start with 10" squares right sides together.

Cut on the drawn line diagonally each way.

This is what happens....

Give a quick press

I'm going with this one.

Happy Quilting!

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I have been working to catch up on all the lingering projects and possibly get ahead on a few (that didn't happen!). I got a customer quilt quilted and bound this week.

I played bunco Monday night and got home a little later than I usually do....the night sky looked so pretty with the full moon and the cloud cover.

These were taken from my front yard looking across the street. I really can't capture how ...

I have a sneak peak for the Fat Quarter Shop quilt that I am making their name for the pattern will be English Ivy – I will be giving it a different name when I finish it.  I will be able to share it around May 10th I believe.  So right now I really can’t […]

 This is just a fun little quilt I made for our granddaughter for her birthday. She's crazy about Unicorns and calls them 'Corns' and thus the perfect opportunity to use this fabric was created. I didn't have any ideas past that so I just cut the panel squares and pulled coordinating fabrics from my stash and let that set on the design bed for a while, waiting for inspiration...Sigh.

Ray has been flooded with Happy Mail. Today he is sharing all the goodies that are blessing his mailbox. Ray writes:When I went to pick up the mail today, two packages were waiting for me. Both were from your blog readers. The first one was from Joan P. in NC. She says she comes from a …

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 A lovely busy day in my classroom. You won't believe the subjects that are covered during a day, it's very educational and highly amusing.  You can't beat a good giggle to lift your spirits can you.

 Let's get to the fun, fun stuff.

Stylus

A stylus can be used for many things in quilting. Guiding fabric under the presser foot, grabbing the thread out from under the presser foot so it doesn't cause a knot, etc. You can find simple ones, like That Purple Thang which I use, all the way to ergonomically correct stylus'.

Ruler Storage

There are many ways to store your rulers. I share a post on that HERE. As you grow in your quilting journey, you will collect rulers. In an effort to avoid buying the same ruler twice, I ...

Welcome to the last day of the April Showers Blog Hop Challenge hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting.  Today I am showing off some cute little quilted table trivets I made.

April showers bring May Flowers and these flowers come from a pattern by Stacy Iest Hsu.  

I used all Island Batik scraps for these. I love the vibrant colors of these batik fabrics.

I used half the block from the orginal pattern to make one mini quilt trivet. My new Oliso Iron, from my Island Batik Ambassador box, came in handy and pressed those tiny corners nice and ...

 I made a quilt for the April Showers blog hop. A list of all of the participants are in my last blog hop. Be sure to look at them after you are done admiring my quilt.

 Anzac Day unites Kiwis everywhere, both home and abroad, remembering those service men and women who fought to protect us during times of war, often paying the ultimate sacrifice.  We are on a weekend caravan club rally at Mt Lees Scenic Reserve, and four of us drove down to Sanson to attend the Anzac Day service this morning.  The first part of the service was held by the War Memorial, and the band came marching towards us.

An elderly gentleman who seemed to have mobility problems stood and bravely played the Last Post - I spoke to him later and told ...

This morning Patrick headed to golfing and I got laundry going. I was in pain this morning, and all through the day. I just let it be. It's skin pain not heart or chest pain. 

After finishing up with laundry, I pulled my beads out to get them organized. I needed to get them out of the boxes and into the tubes. 

Three months worth of beads. It's from my monthly surprise boxes. High Street Beading Company in MS has some wonderful beads. 

Here's the schedule for the April Showers blog hop. Be sure to check everyone out to see what wonderful projects they have made for you! Come back tomorrow for my quilt!

Monday April 22