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October 21, 2025
A Shirt Quilt Finish from Fret Not Yourself

 Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
~E.B. White

Quilting

This one-block shirt quilt is finished and in the mail. First it was SID length- and width-wise, then additional lines subdivided the lengths into 1-inch columns. That should keep seams from fraying while also allowing the batting to fluff up. It's going to New England and they wanted a warmer throw.


Oddly, there aren't many grey-blues in my stash so other than these old shirts, I didn't have anything for a back. Eventually I pulled this blue with canoes. It's not enough ...

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June 20, 2023
Choosing a Back for Ocean Waves from Fret Not Yourself

The trouble with blaming the powerless is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.
~Molly Ivins

Quilting


As I've repeated ad nauseam, the point is to use up more of my ancient stash... especially larger yardages. There's about four yards of this darling owl print which I purchased because it's my college mascot. Fortunately, it's also DH's mascot so ...

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