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Not too long ago, the Cresco Ladies dropped off a bag of quilt tops. I sorted through them, getting them ready to send out to finishers. As I was sorting, I came across this top… Oh, I loved it! The colors were great. It looked like a perfect picnic quilt. That’s when I decided I …

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Way back in March, when I was having radiation treatments in Iowa City, I stayed overnight at the hotel so I didn’t have to drive back and forth. I had brought both cross stitch and wool applique projects to work on. I was tired after treatment, and concentrating on cross stitch in hotel lighting was …

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I’m so embarrassed by this finish-not about the quilt…it’s beautiful. I’m embarrassed by how long it took me to finish it. Connie gave quilt tops to me about three years ago, and I’m finally getting to them- well, at least one of them. There were three…this is number one. She gave them to me so …

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My 50-cent quilt top is done…yahoo!! If you remember, I bought this quilt top at the thrift store for 50 cents. I didn’t see a tag on it, took it to the counter to ask, and the gal at the register said that any fabric not marked is 50 cents…um, DEAL!! I was planning on …

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I told you on Monday that I finished Anders’ quilt. I didn’t include pictures with Anders because Kalissa had them and hadn’t shared them with me at the time. I have some photos now so I can share… As I was putting the binding on the quilt, I saw a pillow form there. CRAP. I …

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 This morning, I did get about 5 laps in. It was getting hot around 10:30 am so I called it done early. 

Came in and went to work on the QOV paperwork. I took all day to get it where I needed it to be. Now the excel is set and ready to go. I have emails to do. I did do 2 letters that will go out tomorrow. A lot of work to keep this moving. We are getting closer to getting veterans done before 1 year, but it's not easy at this rate. We got about ...

I got my quilt bound and finally finished. I love this picture with the flag, but you really can’t see much of the quilt this way. How about this… I know it just looks like 16 patch blocks and star blocks. That’s what it is…but, if you look closely, you can see that the center …

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This morning, I was out the door with a bolt of fabric and some jam for mom. I stopped by her place to drop them off. We were meeting at Georgie's today because of mom having a cleaning lady stop by to clean her place and talk about when she will be coming. Mom walked over to Georgie's for about an hour and walked back. I was proud of her walking! She usually takes her car. Then I realized when I went back to mom's it was because Debbie (cleaning lady) was in her driveway. lol 

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If you read Monday’s blog post, you know that a sweet blog reader sent me a quilt top that only needed to be bound. I’ve been on a roll, trying to finish as many things as I can. This quilt went straight to the sewing room, and I bound it on Monday afternoon. Here it …

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I have a finished quilt to show you…It’s Twirl Around from Bonnie Hunter’s book Addicted to Scraps. You can find the book HERE. I did some modifications so if you’re interested in making one, I’ll tell you what I did. The coloring from my pictures isn’t quite true. The real color is this…They are MUCH …

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I have a finish to share… Several years ago, a blog reader sent me a pile of half-square triangles. They were all done in bright colors…so pretty. I packed them away, thinking someday I’d do something with them. Well, not so long ago, I was digging for something else and saw them. In my quest …

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I met a deadline. I got my Serpentine Spider Web Quilt finished. It had been stalled out on the long arm for some time. Now it’s finished. Here, let me take you in for a closer look… The quilt was inspired by Bonnie Hunter’s quilt in this book, String Frenzy. You can find it HERE. …

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I had planned on telling you about this quilt last week, but I couldn’t get my computer to go online when I was at the hotel. So the quilt waited for this week. Here it is all finished. The colors didn’t photograph the best…it’s much prettier in person. Five years ago, after my daughter Kelli’s …

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This morning, we headed out to the casino. We have Wednesdays this month for the casino - except for next week. We have sew days here. 

We played at the casino a good 4-5 hours. We didn't lose much at all.  We played on their money. I think the little we lost was from the money we won a few weeks ago. So, we are still ahead. Patrick got a bonus of $1,163 that was under the line of having to get an IRS form done. lol 

We then went to Safeway for things we need. We even had ...

I finished up my Mrs. Bunn E. Tail just before Easter. I’ll keep her out for a while and enjoy her. She is so cute!! I finished the stitching on this a couple of weeks ago. I was a little nervous about finishing her because I hate cutting linen. I’m always nervous I will cut …

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Oh my goodness. I can’t begin to tell you how long this community quilt has been at my house waiting for me to give it some attention. All I can say is that it’s embarrassingly long. In my push to get the projects on my sewing room island finished, this one managed to make it …

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After Kalissa and I went to Maker’s Market, and I bought my new cabinet, I’ve been on a decorating kick. I saw so many cute-cute things there that I can make. I have a sewing machine…I have supplies. I can do this. When I made my Spring Pillow, I dug through some of my embroidered …

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You might remember I was working on a quilt called Train Tracks. I had planned on making it bigger, thus more blocks…but then, after the blocks were made, I decided to add a border instead. Here is that quilt… That quilt is still a top…I need to get it on the longarm. I had an …

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This morning, it was sew days with the group. We had 5 of us. Colleen had to leave early to get her granddaughter. We had a routine going that worked out. We had Martha who came a while back and a new gal, Patti. Debbie and I were there as well. I was running around from one thing to another to keep it flowing right. 

By the time we were done, we had 21 pillowcases done and 5 that were close. Those will be finished at the next sew ...

When I was at a cross-stitch retreat last year, a lady attended. She had a friend who had passed away. The husband asked that she distribute the cross stitch patterns and supplies to people who might appreciate it. Friends took some items and then there were leftovers. She brought them to the retreat and encouraged …

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