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I have chosen background fabrics and finished sewing down the Dresden Plates. I've chosen the backings and bindings for each of the plates, which I needed to piece. 

I still need to decide whether I want to use the sashing fabrics. I thought about appliquing the sashing to the quilts, but that might be a lot of work, so maybe I should just sash two blocks, which will be a ...

Electric Quilt has brought out a new add-on block program called Quilt Journeys which expands the block library greatly. The blocks are representative of all 50 states, with not only pieced block designs, but also applique shapes for the state birds, flowers and more. Of course, I had to start with North Carolina. For this one, there are applique shapes for the state outline, a cardinal, a pine cone, and dogwood blossoms.

There are a number of Carolina Lily designs in the North Carolina section. There are also other blocks that have names related to North Carolina, like a Raleigh ...

It is finally March, and I am ready for spring. The birds have been here a lot, getting their fill of seeds. It has been so cold, and they really need the extra calories. There are so many, they’ve been going through a feeder-full every two days. I need to get a couple more suet cakes done and hung up so they have the extra fat and protein. Here, a bluebird and a nuthatch grab a bite.

A goldfinch looks down from the bracket waiting his turn.

On the feeder, the rosy bird on the left is a male ...

 On the whole I am content with my new life but much of the past week was a bit “Meh”. There was one sunny day but I spent it at work. It feels like it would be nice to get out in the garden again and tidy up but it it is all still too wet. At least some daffodils in a pot are trumpeting their heads off. 

I went on a road trip to the seaside and had very good fish and chips but did not come home with any fun purchases. I know I don’t need anything ...

 Welsh Quilting Designs 

Hearts, Swirls, Leaves, Welsh Pear (Paisley Pear), Scissors, Crosshatching, Echo Quilting etc... 

When you break them down the Designs are simple and homely. Using what they had to hand to create the wonderful sculpted Patterns.

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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 It is happening, the lengthening of the days I mean. It is already noticeable but of course, we are still under banks of snow and will be for several more months. March can be our snowiest month here so I won't be seeing buttercups any time soon. But still, the tiny steady slivers of extra light each day add up. 

And I finally managed a photo to show why this fellow is called an Eastern Cottontail. Isn't it cute! I called all rabbits "bunny rabbits" growing up. Did you?

I saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. I just had to have it! I did add one extra fabric to it, since I used the included binding fabric for corded piping and so needed something else for the binding. This took just a few hours […]

In this video Vanessa is doing a demo with her 10” Slicer ruler and showing you how to make a Wonky Cross Quilt Block featuring The Crafty Mummy’s tutorial.

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My daughter Kelli and I have teamed up on many quilt projects. In fact, we even wrote a quilt book together. You can find it HERE. If you go through the book, you would never know which one of us did which part of each project. We didn’t care who did what, just that it …

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My great-nephew is getting married in May. I typically gift a quilt for family weddings. I remembered that I gifted his sister this quilt. You can read about the quilt HERE. This was fun to make…thinking about this next wedding, I thought maybe I should do another Spider Web String quilt. Hmm. Then I saw …

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In my quest to clean up all of my UFOs, I stumbled into this partially finished tumbler quilt. Hmm. Ah…I remember this. I finished a tumbler quilt that was Iowa Hawkeye themed. This one…It was donated to Ray who sent it to me. I just needed to do the longarming. I finished it, and I …

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WordPress recently notified me that I’ve been blogging on this site for 18 years. First of all, where did that time go? And secondly, there is a need to post with greater frequency. So here I am today blogging away with my favorite movie in the background. Tidying up my studio from four weeks of… Continue reading Well, where did that 18 years go?

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Also, an index card is quick to do, even on days when there isn't much time and energy. It also doesn't ...

The Project Quilting Challenge for this week was about something from another era. Well, instead of looking backwards, I decided to go forward. I’d had an idea for a BTS-themed denim jacket for my sister. My sister is a huge BTS fan and we are lucky enough to have gotten tickets to see them later this spring. I’ve been loving the denim jackets I’ve seen with quilted insets and wanted to create BTS’s logo on a jacket. I pieced the logo and then quilted it directly to the jacket back with a layer of thin batting ...

Don’t tell my guests but I removed some stuffing from one of the guest room pillows to finish stuffing all 291 puffs. Some may be under stuffed and some may be too plump. It is tempting to make them nice and fat but then they are impossible to join together. I suppose if I was going to be exact I would have to use some “drug dealer” scales but I went for what size of fluff ball could fit into my closed fist. The next thing will be to put them together in blocks of 9 to distribute the ...