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Ann has created an awesome wall hanging featuring New York Beauty blocks.  I had fun developing original quilting designs for this project.  It will hang in an old Italian style house so I used Italian tile designs for my influence.  Thanks to Pinterest, they were easy to find!

 

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and Dream Puff layered together.  Double batting gives lots of texture and allows the quilting detail to pop.

The thread is Superior Threads So Fine 50 in a color that matches the fabrics.

 

 

 

The back is a tea dyed muslin which shows off the quilting ...

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What a great use for 'braid' piecing.

The pineapples were treated to s.i.d. both outside and inside.

Border treatments, x-hatching, and a motif in the background squares rounded out the quilting.  I premarked the x-hatching with blue washout marker before loading the quilt.

The backs always look so great.

Do you have a piece of furniture that acts as your 'dusting barometer'?  We were having company for dinner, and when I removed the tea cozy that had been sitting on the dining room table for... um, I'm not sure how long, it had apparently been quite a ...

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I know you have seen this quilt from the quilt show, but I thought you might like to see the quilting up close.  My friend Donna made this quilt. 

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I try to do some charitable things because I feel pretty blessed most of the time. 

• I have a roof over my head, which does not leak.  
• I have 4 working limbs, except for the odd few months when pieces of me are in a cast.
• I have a fridge full of food.  
• I have a husband who gives me foot rubs.
• My dog usually comes when I ask.  

Like a lot of people (surely I am not the only one?) I am hoping that my little pay-forward will count in my favour when the final tally is taken.
Here ...

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I still have to make and apply the binding… whenever.  I was tickled pink to get the opportunity to at least get the quilting done, Cosmo is pretty wound up today. I couldn’t find any good lighting this afternoon, so these pictures are lousy and it’s hard to see the quilting.  Once I get it..

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I finished the quilting on the guild opportunity quilt, I haven’t taken time to show how it looks with the quilting. I did lots of feathers on it. I knew I wanted feathers in the purple points around the center block.

After doing all the purple pointed areas, I put in a background fill of just random stuff. I did the outside border next because I knew I was going to run a continuous feather all the way around the quilt.

That left only the side setting triangles left I quilted and I wasn’t sure what to put ...

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We had a perfect day yesterday! We hit the farmer's market at eight o'clock, Cosmo in tow, and bought some grape plants, some red sorrell, a red celery plant variety I'd not seen before, and met the wonderful owners of Drewry Orchards, great people! Afterwards we drove out to the Bona Dea Trails to take..

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The jewel tones in this quilt really sparkle.

Such a great setting with the log cabin blocks.

When I took my black eye to the Vittoria Quilt Show last Friday I saw this novel colour wheel.

These teensy quilts are just so darned cute.

Some of the quiltmakers got enthusiastic with embellishments.

Some put their efforts into the quilting.

And who says a quilt has to have straight edges?
Quilt shows are a great way to spend a few hours, and spring is definitely quilt show season.  Put away your mop and leave the beds unmade - go get some inspiration!!

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Last night was one of those nights I just couldn’t sleep, and so I got up and planned my quilting for the table runner I loaded on the longarm yesterday.  I like this… it’s not quite done as I haven’t decided on the four corners, and I didn’t bother to draw in the continuous curves..

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The Hubs and I are coming on another anniversary tomorrow.  I would say we have learned a lot about each other and the dynamics of our relationship over the past years.  One thing I can still say after all this time is that he is still my soul mate.  In most ways, we are of the same mindset.  (Guess I should equate that somehow to the end goal...LOL)  I have learned over the years to pick my battles.  I have learned that love is unconditional.  So many times when we don't agree with someone's decisions, we take ...

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I finished the Almost Amish quilt.  Very exciting.  I wanted to make sure I got it done this weekend, so I worked on it...and worked on it....and worked on it!  I usually don't post the pics on here until they have been picked up, but in this case, the quilter won't be able to see it for a bit....

 Mostly traditional quilting in the blocks.  1/4" in on a lot.  The piano keys and rail fence were stitched in the ditch.
 This motif was chosen for in between all of the blocks.  It is hard ...

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This pretty Irish quilt was made by the gal who was supposed to come with me to Margaret's for our weekend retreat.

There are a few different swaps involved in this - green 9-patches, green Birthday Club blocks, and an Irish tinner swap.  Then she added the lovely shamrock applique in the border.

Did you notice that I said she was supposed to come with me?  Well, yeah.  She's sick.  So she may be on  her couch, cuddled up under this.  With the shamrocks & leprechaun hats.

Now, as for me... you would think that poking yourself HARD enough to ...

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My quilting journey has taken me through so many phases, styles, patterns, loves, likes and dislikes. It really all started when I watched “Little House on the Prairie” and fell in LOVE with their “blankets”. When I said to my Mom how much I loved them, she casually remarked “oh those are just quilts and only poor people make those” I guess that growing up on a farm during the depression influenced her opinion at the time. My Mom now quilts too.

So It began with a love for the scrappier looking quilts and I made several, some were hand ...

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Sneak peak of quilt to come..

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Thankfully, my end of April report is better than March’s. I still didn’t get everything finished but progress means moving forward and I am moving in the right direction.

Here’s April’s goals:
April Get It Done List
1. Drunkerd’s Path. Close enough to call it quilted
2. Wrenly Quilt – Quilt it. Bought backin fabric at Paducah this past week
3. Wm Morris #1 – Create 9 appliqués. still deciding on setting
4. Snow Quilt – Complete half of second panel embroidery. completed

The Drunkerd’s Path is still on the machine because there is a bit more ...

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