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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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I finished my Lady of the Lake quilt. I believe the pattern is in this book. You can find it HERE. It’s a great book. I’d love to make every pattern in here…and many I’d like to adapt into full-sized bed quilts. This quilt came about in my “I’m going to clean the sewing room …

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This morning, Patrick and I slept in. I went downstairs to get the fireplace going so I could work down there getting stuff ready for the sew days next week.

I played my games for a bit, then I headed downstairs to work on the purple I needed to finish the wreath. Once I had those cut, I started working on the pillowcases that we are going to try and sell at the Bazaar. I just hope we can sell them. 

Last week on Friday, I decided I needed to get some cross stitch items finished. With all that has been going on with me personally and health-wise, some things have fallen behind. One thing is finishing my cross stitch pieces. I have several things that need to be fully finished. I prioritized Spring things as …

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In my effort to clear off my sewing room island, this quilt got finished. This originated from my daughter, Kelli. After her twins, Eli and Emmett, were born, I went to her house and helped her with some cleaning and organizing. While we were doing that, she came across some hourglass blocks that she had …

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As part of my push to finish up UFO projects, I got Emerald City finished. This quilt was EPIC. I had two different blog readers ask me to take lots of pictures of this quilt…so I tried. Rosie now knows to jump up on the porch and to stand by a quilt when I’m taking …

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You might remember a week or two ago when Kelli was home, she put together a UFO Ila had sent to me to use as a donation quilt. This one… Ila used a strip tube ruler when she put this together and then sent me all of the leftovers. I was able to make a …

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You might remember one of my UFOs from my sewing room island…I called it Bohemian Rhapsody Baby. Well it’s finished. I technically started this 11 years ago…Let me explain. I made this quilt… It’s called Bohemian Rhapsody. The quilt was published in our book Country Girl Modern. You can find the book HERE. When I …

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You might remember I bought some Wizard of Oz quilt blocks from the thrift store for $3. When I bought them, I had no idea the colors were so off and didn’t really go together. The fabric went together as a theme, all Wizard of Oz, but the colors…nope. They didn’t jive. They sat for …

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Patrick went golfing and Kaiser woke me up at 8:30 am to let me know we needed to move my appointment because my density test wasn't scheduled yet and I needed that before my appointment. So, I had to call and get that scheduled and then call him back. While I waited, I called OBGYN to get an appointment in April - and they don't have that schedule available yet. 

So, for a couple hours this morning, I was on the phone. Then I went walking. I got 3 laps in today, which was awesome. I have to ...