Ray got loaded down with customer quilts when all the snowbirds started returning to Florida. He squeezed out some time to finish a couple of community quilts. Ray writes:I have a rags to riches story for you today. Earlier in the year Karen C. in AR contacted me. She had some WIPs etc. that she …
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read moreBetty has been busy finishing quilts and is with us today to tell us about them. She writes:I have been able to complete some more lap quilts for children that were donate by Chris J of Sioux Falls, SD. Here is the first one. It is a Sesame Street theme. I quilted it with a …
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read moreNo fabric in this week.
I finished Verticals for 4 yards out. It’s a free pattern from The Fat Quarter Shop website.
Some of the border fabric came from an Art Quilt Group member destash. The backing fabric came from the Guild, part of a donation that was earmarked for charity quilts. The quilt will go to Safehouse, a battered women’s shelter.
I constructed the quilt using QAYG. I basted the backing to the batting and pieced the quilt onto that. I took a lot of space (quilt is 60×80), more than my sewing room could handle ...
read moreThis is my last installment of Community quilts from Karin. Well, I shouldn’t say that. Karin will continue doing quilts. I just finally got to the end of the emails in the recent mass sending from her. I love getting emails with finished community quilts. I’m happy I’ve finally worked my way through them. Knowing …
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read moreI’m still working my way through Karin’s emails of finished quilts. Here is the latest. Karin writes: Here we’re starting off with another sweet quilt, bound for a young girl, or maybe a wheelchair chair bound, young-at-heart woman. Such an interesting and clever use of various sized squares, alternating with a focus fabric, and everything …
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I am determined to finish Verticals sooner rather than later. The center is sewn and the side borders added. It still needs borders on the top and bottom.
I managed to start a little too far over (assembling QAYG), and the backing was ½ inch too short on the bottom of one side. I was annoyed, but it was easily fixed. I knew I hadn’t cut the backing straight. I could see it angled in on one side. Sometimes you squeak by, sometimes you don’t.
Fabric In: 8.625 yards
Fabric Out: 24 ...
read moreCan you believe I am only about halfway through the emails that Karin sent? She was really a busy gal. Karin writes: Hey Jo, how ya holding up? We are on batch 3, and there’s still one more box to go!! Starting off here, we have a gorgeous teal, green and cream beauty. I have …
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Work continues on Verticals. I need to add four more strips and the borders. I would really like to have it finished by the end of the month.
Many days I wasn’t able to get in the sewing room, but I was able to stitch. I haven’t shown my progress on Fairy Tales Live on the Roofs for a good while. The backstitch on this piece is no joke.
I’m about halfway across the design, with maybe 40% stitched. The left side of the pattern is more stitch heavy than the right ...
read moreA generous blog reader sent me some quilt tops to be longarmed and donated. Is anyone interested in finishing them and then donating them to the charity of your choice in your area? They are all so pretty… I don’t know the name of the patterns. All are lap sized…a border could be added if …
read moreI told you earlier that Karin loaded my inbox with quilts…I’m slowly getting the emails and sharing them with you. Karin writes:Ok, Jo, here’s the first of 4 more completed quilts heading to NC on Monday! This stunner appears to have started life as a panel of inspirational butterflies. The talented quilter paired them with …
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read moreRay sent me some pictures from the Veteran’s Dinner that his group puts on. I thought I would share them with you. If you are new to the blog, let me give you a little recap of the Veteran’s Dinner Ray supports. Blog readers donated quilt tops by sending them to Ray, a longarmer in …
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read moreKarin sent me several emails filled with finished quilts just before I had surgery. I am finally getting these out to you to see. Thanks for being patient with me, Karin. Karin writes:The gents often get overlooked in quilt distributions, so I was really glad to see this one come along. The piecing is very …
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read moreI am slowly getting to my email that came in while I was recuperating. It’s slow going, but that’s okay. I like to have something waiting for me to do. Today’s email is from Julie. She writes: I rec’d a box on Sunday 9/21 from Karen H in NE. She’s been so very generous in …
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I sewed on Verticals this week, less than I’d hoped. I have 1/3 of the narow strips sewn. My sewing room isn’t big enough to spread it out and get a good picture.
I think you get the idea.
It has taken over the space. I need to finish it to be able to work on other things.
Now that it’s November, I’m starting to think about what I want to work on in 2026. I like to let ideas rattle around for a bit before committing to anything. I ...
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I just finished putting the binding on this patriotic quilt from Annie M in WA. WOW!! is an understatement. She says that the quilt instructions came from Studio 180 along with the tool set to make it happen. I have looked at it front and back and I can tell you that it is a …
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read moreRay is busy with customer quilts now. YES, Ray also has a longarm business. He told me he tries to do a quilt each day…(and he says he’s retired-HA!). So these are the last of the quilts he was able to squeeze in before he got back to his paying job. Ray writes: I know …
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read moreRay is working on whittling down his stack of quilt tops to long arm and I’m working on whittling down the emails from Ray in my inbox. It’s a good “problem” that we have. Elaine C. in NY made this dog lover’s dream quilt. The pattern is called Pampered Pooch after the Moda fabric line …
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read moreBlog reader Betty has been busy finishing quilts. She writes about them today. I received a small quilt from M Ullrey from South Carolina. It is a very cute Robin Hood fabric and measures 41 x 50. I had some light pink backing in my stash and used that for the backing. I quilted it …
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read moreAdele A. in UT made this beautiful snowball quilt and sent it to me. The fabrics all work so well together and really make those snowballs pop. Such an interesting layout! Love it! I used the Boing motif to longarm it with an off white thread on top and a gray-blue thread on the back. …
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