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Good Morning Quilters!

We had a busy week with a family funeral and daughter flying in to be with us.  Our brother-in-law was 88, almost 89, and our family is grieving and remembering what a great man he was.

While our daughter is visiting, we are sewing together.  She shopped my stash and found a pretty fabric for a lining to a purse she crocheted. 

Here are pictures of the project, two pictures of the purse, and one of the lining fabric:

I will not be able to show a picture of the finished project because she is flying home ...

Good Morning Quilters!

This week I worked on piecing blocks for the new project that I’m working on.  It’s a Pam Buda pattern called Old Mill Pond.  I found out that even though I had the right sized pieces in all the right places, the colors in my block weren’t like the instructions.  I haven’t made a green and blue quilt before, and am experimenting with which greens and which blues in my stash are going to be used together.  But this block is ready for assembly, with the greens in the correct places, and the ...

Good Morning Quilters!

This week I am starting a new project.  My friend Joan Brink and I are each starting a pattern called Old Mill Pond, a Vintage Stitches pattern by Heartspun Quilts.  Joan had bought a kit of the fabrics and the pattern and when she showed me the project, I bought the pattern to make it also.  I am using my stash fabrics, and there are 18 blocks to make.  Here is the pattern and my first two blocks:

I decided to use indigos and greens for this one, and am liking it so far.  Here is the ...