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I’ve been working on lots of things, but I haven’t gotten around to finishing very many things. There were a lot of interruptions last week and several meetings. Two were board meetings to strategize for the new year. It seems like everyone starts the year wanting to accomplish all the things we should have done last year (and maybe the year before). It’s pretty much the same as setting my personal goals here on my blog. Haha! How many things didn’t get done last year, and I put them on the list for this year? 

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I have a treat for you today…Karen sent me some of her latest community quilt finishes. She writes: Hi everyone!  I’m back!  It’s been a hot minute since I last had a submission for Community Quilts.  This past year has been a bit overwhelming for me.  I was swamped with customer quilts to finish, memorial …

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I have quilts to share with you from Joey. She volunteered to do the longarming on all of these for her friend J Brown. She pieced the tops, provided the backing of minky, provided the batting, and bound them. Joey did the longarming. First up is a pretty butterfly quilt. I don’t think I have …

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Joey sent me this email before Christmas and I am just now finally getting to it. Joey writes:A lot of these blocks I gave to Kenda T in WI (classmate), it was in August during my SCRAPTASTIC sale, I gave her a bunch to sew up for donations or whatever she needed. This turned out …

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Joey has been busy. She recently sent several emails all filled with finished quilts. Here is the latest. She writes: Here are another 2 panels tied & bound. Donated complete by HM Adams.  The Jelly Roll Race was a top donated by her as well. I added batting backing quilted & bound it. I’ve never …

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Joey has been busy with quilts for donation. I just love getting email from her sharing the finishes. Here is the latest. Joey writes: These two quilts were donated by Sylvia in WI. I love a double 4 patches & channels running thru… she loves civil war fabric as do I. Backing from my stasha …

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Okay readers…this quilt has a wonderful story. You might want to grab a tissue. Kay writes: Hi Jo, I promised to email you when I was back from England. I got home yesterday.  If you have quilt tops, I can help. I have a spare roll of batting, lots of yardage for backs, and my friend …

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Ray was able to squeeze in two more community quilts before he was back to doing customer quilts. Ray writes: I caught a break in the influx of snowbird quilts and was able to finish a community quilt. This one is from Cathy R. in FL. This is such a fun quilt with the wide …

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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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Betty 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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No 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 ...

This 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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I’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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No change in the numbers.

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 ...

Can 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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No change in the numbers.

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 ...

A 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 …

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I 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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Ray 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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Karin 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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