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This week many of my Chicago Modern Quilt Guild are in Phoenix at QuiltCon.  Last year's event was virtual.  Two years ago, right before the pandemic, I shattered my wrist and missed out on the event.  While I'm sad to not be there, I'm thankful for Quilty buddies who do the best job of photographing the quilts.  There is a guild meeting tomorrow for those of us not in Phoenix, and that will have to do.  This quilt, Downstream by Yvonne Fuchs, hung at QuiltCon 2020.  I bought the pattern and have shamelessly made it in ...

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Faced with what seems to be a never-ending supply of quilts and even at various attempts to destash, there are always piles of quilts.  In the fall I had the idea of getting a quilt or "blanket ladder."  It was 5 feet tall and 17 inches wide.  Not bad but getting big quilts on it was pretty tricky.  So I asked Santa for a bigger blanket ladder.  Below is Santa,  and his present was was pretty easy to assemble.  (search for blanket ladder at Amazon - all sorts of options come up.) This new ladder is 7 feet tall and 24 ...

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