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Sunday I went to Cedar Rapids to visit my niece Jody in the hospital.  Many of you know that she is the baby sister I never had.  I’m the youngest in my family.  Jody was born four years after me.  For several years my sister and the kids lived in a trailer home on my parents farm.  We ran back and forth between the trailer and my parents house ALL THE TIME.  She was my bestie…I’ve loved her like most people love their sister.  She’s super precious to me.

Jody has been dealing with recurring breast ...

You never know when inspiration will strike. The family and I were on vacation at Lake Powell (AZ) and the carpet of the hotel caught my eye. I immediately had an idea for making this into a quilt. I just was not sure how.

I subscribed to three magazines, Selvedge (textile based magazine), Quiltfolk (quilting community and connection) and Uppercase Magazine (arts and crafts). I love Selvedge  as it has amazing color palettes, and this issue (in photo) inspired the palette of peach, bronze, blue and greys.

When revisiting the carpet inspiration, I thought they looked like broken Half-Square Triangles ...

I think this is the last of this series. Today we are looking at the Wall Quilts – Modern Category. Enjoy! I just love the quilting on the above quilt! It fits so well in the Curvealicious theme! Although I … Continue reading →

On this very post, I had anounced a giveaway. I had not written if it was for one or more persons. But since I had a lot of scraps from previous projects I made for Island Batik Ambassadors Program, I deciced on two winners.

Σε αυτή εδώ την ανάρτηση είχαμε και μια κλήρωση. Δεν είχα διευκρινίσει αν οι τυχεροί θα ήταν ένας ή δύο, αλλά μια και είχα αρκετά κομμάτια, υπολείμματα από προηγούμενα έργα, είπα να βγάλω δυο τυχερούς.

I made the random number generator process and the luvky winners are Spiersusan and Lori Morton. I will contact you ladies ...

On this very post, I had anounced a giveaway. I had not written if it was for one or more persons. But since I had a lot of scraps from previous projects I made for Island Batik Ambassadors Program, I deciced on two winners.

Σε αυτή εδώ την ανάρτηση είχαμε και μια κλήρωση. Δεν είχα διευκρινίσει αν οι τυχεροί θα ήταν ένας ή δύο, αλλά μια και είχα αρκετά κομμάτια, υπολείμματα από προηγούμενα έργα, είπα να βγάλω δυο τυχερούς.

I made the random number generator process and the luvky winners are Spiersusan and Lori Morton. I will contact you ladies ...

Welcome to the “My Favorite Quilt Block” blog hop hosted by Carla at Creatin’ in the Sticks!

I, as you may know, have a very favourite block that I never get tired of….Sawtooth Stars.

I’ve made tons of these. Usually with a novelty print in the center. But this time I decided to try all one color star.

This is a throw for a recently wedded couple I know. I love how strong the graphic is with these solid stars. In fact, I’m planning my next one already! I found that I could get the star pieces ...

Today’s category is Wall Quilt – Movable Machine Quilted. As with the other categories, these are not all the quilts but a good number of them. Yes, I did fall in love with the idea of pink dinosaurs. And I … Continue reading →

Mary Jo is a blog reader from Lacrosse.  I’ve told you about her before.  She works at Gundersen Lutheran in Lacrosse where I go to the doctor so I often peek in and say hi.  She is super sweet and is always very kind to me.

She messaged me and asked a couple questions about Two Trees Pizza in Ossian that I had written a blog post about.  She said she had a week of vacation and thought she’d drive over and try it out.  I emailed back and said if she does, and wants company, I’d ...

Today’s category is Wall Quilts – Stationary Machine Quilted. This could be a very long post. And I don’t even have pictures of all of them. You get to see a close-up of this one because it was sooooo much … Continue reading →

If my blog posts are anything to go by, it looks like I have dropped off the face of the earth. And as far as sewing goes it is quite true. About the only stitching that has been done was at sewing groups and classes. All my time at home has been setting up the new room and unpacking all the boxes after the carpet was in. That was in four bedrooms as well as this room. I had forgotten how much work that involved. It has been worth it as we have had a huge clean out and a ...

Syndicated from the HQ Stitch Blog – Written by Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador

I hope you’ve watched the story of Kelsey Cooley, the first of many in our And I Quilt campaign.

Now we’re having a related giveaway on Instagram. Here’s the scoop:

The giveaway is for a foldable storage box for your quilting supplies. It’s perfect for toting, organizing or stashing and it comes in our signature Handi Quilter purple!

The winner will choose from a variety of quilty-quote designs printed on the front. How great is that?

To enter, follow both @hqstitch and ...