I long promised you a free pattern. I finally got it done. You can find the pattern HERE. This is the quilt that I wrote the pattern for… It was very popular on the blog when I showed off my finished quilt. I want to point out a few things to you. The quilt is …
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read moreThursday was pool table day. The company we worked with to get the pool table delivered and set up was Cedar Rapid Billiards. They picked up the pool table at 6 am in the morning and was to our house shortly after 8 am. We had Craig and Karl lined up to help unload. Karl …
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read moreThis is the last stocking I expect to make this year–for the daughter of Sparkle Jane.
My handwork isn’t the best, but the work is completed with great love.
The designs have connection with past stockings or are symbolic of the stocking owner.
It will be satisfying to see another one hung this holiday season.
read moreDonna, the pink quilter, is hosting a Lovely-Ugly Challenge. Contestants each receive two fat quarters, to which they can add ONE other fabric, with the challenge to create…something!
The entries are submitted, and it is time to vote. Please take a minute to stop by and let your voice be heard. Yes, one of the entries is mine. If you know me well, you might be able to guess. Either eway, enjoy looking at the creative, original, zany and practical entries.
read moreSo Rick and Karl really wanted to go to The Odyssey movie. I was okay to go. I like mythology, okay, but…those two love it. I had seen the previews and thought it looked good. I was definitely game to go. In all honesty, I’d go whenever someone wants to go to the movies. I …
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read moreFishing has become a serious pastime for Rick and me. In the last seven days, we’ve gone four times. We don’t go for a long time…mostly just for two hours or so. We had the mill pond here in town. We went to Lake Meyer, and we went to a friend’s private pond. We had …
read moreSo the garage sale is finally OVER. Lessons I learned…NO MORE GARAGE SALES. It wasn’t a terrible experience, but the weather didn’t cooperate much. It was enough of a problem that I believed it affected sales. Our hours were:Thursday 4-7Friday 8-6Saturday 8-10 Thursday was a little crazy. If you remember, Rick had his carpal tunnel …
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read moreAnita had quilts last week and has quilts again this week. Her work is wonderful. Anita writes:These quilts are from Robin Y in Colton Ca. These 3 were quilted the pattern popcorn. I used a red gingham check for backing! Of course I loved all of these quilts. They have red!! Anita did a great …
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read moreI didn’t get much stitching done this week…(broken record) HA! It’s the season, I think. I was only able to pick up cross stitch twice this week. One day I sat with Anders while he was trying to fall asleep for his nap. Then I worked on Consider the Lilies by Heartstring Samplery. I had …
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read moreWhen Rick and I decided to move in together, I started going through things in the house. I had one whole shelving unit of things that had been gifted to me that people wanted me to use for auction items here on the blog. If you remember, I previously had auctions on the blog to …
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read moreAnother pile of scraps turns into another baby quilt
The four large print pieces came together. Great fabric, but not enough to make a quilt with.
I dug through the scrap boxes and found reasonable matching cream, pink, red-ish and brown pieces that turned into 9-patch blocks. (The colors look better in real life than they look here.)
The finish is shown here with my saddle and chaps that my father made. I lived on a horse for years. No horse in my life now, but the memories remain. I was a baby cowgirl, once up on a time.
read moreYou know I’ve been saying that I haven’t gotten a lot of stuff done lately. I’ve also mentioned that Rick had a doctors appointment. All of that is true…and both things are related. Rick did have a doctor’s appointment, and it has had an effect on what I’ve been getting done around here. When I …
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read moreIt is off-season for the snowbirds, so Ray is busy-busy finishing quilts for the Community Quilt Project. Ray writes: Patricia S. in LA made this wonderful top and sent it to me to finish and to donate. I do not know the pattern name but it is gorgeous. When I was longarming it, I was …
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read moreOne of the bittersweet milestones of grandparenting is realizing that little ones eventually outgrow the baby quilts that once seemed so enormous. When our youngest granddaughters reached that stage, I knew it was time to create something new—quilts they could … Continue reading
read moreI was supposed to be at the Stitchery Nook in Osage, IA, yesterday for a retreat. The retreat was running from the 16th to the 19th, but there was no way I could give up that many days. I ended up having an issue with a doctor appointment. It was supposed to be Wednesday, but …
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