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Wide borders, Complaints, Kitchen, Covid from caledonia quilter

Wide borders can be a bit challenging to quilt. Oddly enough, I had TWO quilts that came in with wide borders, and even ODDLY-ER (Yes I know that's not a word. Who cares?) the same border design worked beautifully on both of them.

Yikes - all paper pieced!

The body of this was all done with s.i.d. There is no quilting I could ever imagine that would improve on that piecing.

The turquoise thread in the border really adds a gorgeous pop of colour on the black.

Applique, with a bit of additional batting behind the leaves for ...

added by helen-mary 2 years, 6 months ago. under beach girls , cocktail , complaint , cooking , covid , covid-19 , custom quilting , longarm quilting , quilt , quiting

Sad Fur-baby News, Complaint Update, etc... from caledonia quilter

So yeah, sad news here last week. Our sweet dog Sadie took her last breath on the same day as Charlie Watts. I've been comforted by the thought that she went through the pearly gates with someone who loved music, and she can keep him company.

DH and I are so grateful for the wonderful care she received throughout her 14+ years from the Caledonia Veterinary Clinic. Oh darn, excuse me... sniff, crying again. Sniff. OK. Let's carry on.

As an old dog she was on meds quite a bit. It got to the point where DH and ...

added by helen-mary 2 years, 7 months ago. under complaint , garden , sadie , travel

Colour, Christmas, & Complaints. (And Covid, I guess.) from caledonia quilter

This is the hard 'C' post, pronounced 'K'.

Colour. This one is self-explanatory...wowsers. I love it!!

Christmas. Actually it's Winter, not Christmas. But that would ruin the alliteration. A great strippy quilt. This was fun to quilt.

Love the crochet doilies!

Complaints. I'm running a personal challenge - 30 consecutive days with no complaints. This started on July 12th, and I'm now on my FIFTH start date. At this rate I will still be trying in 2022. Interestingly, the first two restarts were because I was trying to one-up somebody; "Hah, you think that's bad...". Also ...

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