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 It's been a few hot days up here. I've been busy but also trying to stay cool along the way. Lily was snoozing on the couch last night. I couldn't help but take a picture and share it. She looks so cute! She's almost 15 years old. I can't believe she's that old! She sleeps right next to me everyday when I knit on the couch. She's nice when she wants to be but also doesn't want too much attention other times! I guess she's a typical cat!

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 It's been a few hot days up here. I've been busy but also trying to stay cool along the way. Lily was snoozing on the couch last night. I couldn't help but take a picture and share it. She looks so cute! She's almost 15 years old. I can't believe she's that old! She sleeps right next to me everyday when I knit on the couch. She's nice when she wants to be but also doesn't want too much attention other times! I guess she's a typical cat!

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 Seems like our days are filled with little odds and ends, like yours, that make up a life...a good life.Celebrating a special birthdayTaking your daughter to work day.

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Bloomerang

Het was een van haar quilts, die dit jaar het beeldmerk was van het Festival of Quilts. De quilt stond ook op de kaft van het programmaboek en op de toegangskaartjes van alle evenementen. Haar tentoonstelling heet 'Modular Curves'.

Daisy heeft een hele eigen stijl, die ik onmiddellijk herken tussen allerlei andere quilts. Via haar Instagram account kun je veel van haar proces volgen en dat geeft een hele leuke inkijk in het ontstaan van haar quilts. 

Syncopation

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Hillside

detail Een aantal van deze quilts is ontstaan als project voor de retreats, die zij organiseert. Zij ...

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Het waren fantastische dagen in Birmingham. Er was zoveel te zien, zoveel te doen, zoveel te beleven en te ervaren. Echt geweldig. De variëteit aan dingen, die je er kunt doen, en voor elk wat wils, is echt fantastisch. Ik heb genoten.

Stripes #1 Nicola Findlay

In de loop der jaren heb ik een soort routine opgebouwd. Ik begin de dag met het bekijken van de quilts, verdeeld over allerlei categorieën. Dit doe ik een half uur of een uur. Hangt er een beetje van af of ik veel quilts zie ...

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Welcome back to Week 4 of Lala's Irish Chain.  This week's step is making a two-patch unit joining your background 2-1/2" squares with assorted 2-1/2" squares from your jelly roll or stash.

Press seams toward the assorted print fabric.  This will help with nesting seams when the patchwork blocks are assembled.

Since Lala was a seamstress, making dresses for several ladies in Trinidad, I am sure she had a good variety of fabrics to choose from, including some feed sack fabrics from flour and sugar bags at the mercantile or store.  

Her paid work as a ...

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You may remember, I was making Mary's Triangles at social sewing. I planned them for a small quilt, baby or wheelchair* size. I set them on point with alternate plain squares and made this top.

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Good morning, my friends. Our air quality was a little better yesterday. By afternoon, our sky was looking more blue than the sick yellow of the past few days. It’s looking even better this morning. As is my usual routine in the morning, I checked in on the garden. There were a couple of zucchini to harvest, and the weeds are still manageable. After that, I filled the bird feeders and then headed back inside for my slow-stitching.

Block 7 for “Home is Where My Flock Is” is finished now.

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Good morning, my friends. Our air quality was a little better yesterday. By afternoon, our sky was looking more blue than the sick yellow of the past few days. It’s looking even better this morning. As is my usual routine in the morning, I checked in on the garden. There were a couple of zucchini to harvest, and the weeds are still manageable. After that, I filled the bird feeders and then headed back inside for my slow-stitching.

Block 7 for “Home is Where My Flock Is” is finished now.

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Get ready for our annual charity quilt raffle for Make-a-Wish! This cozy quilt raffle gives you a chance to win a finished quilt—all while supporting the wish-granting work of Make-a-Wish, one $5 raffle ticket at a time.

How To Enter The Raffle

Entering the raffle is oh-sew simple! You can purchase raffle tickets for $5 each for a chance to win one of these quilts. 100% of the proceeds from the quilt raffle will benefit Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas to support their wish-granting work for children with critical illnesses. The charity quilt raffle opens at 8 AM CST on ...

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Welcome back for week 24 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the glittering Star Light Block by Lisa Bongean!

Star Light by Lisa Bongean

This week’s designer, Lisa Bongean, is a longtime quilter and is the designer behind Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics. This week, she brought us the experience-level Star Light Block that puts your piecing skills to the test with eight ...

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My apologies for not mentioning that there is a fee for the scrap class. I did not post it, and it wasn't in the blurb that I shared from the Thimbles and Things website, BUT it is on the page where you have to sign up, and it's pretty clear.

To add to the cart, you could not miss the $50, and since there are 10 classes, it works out to $5 per class. This is how I make money for my time! 

Here's something that many people don't know or perhaps don't think about ...

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It's been a busy week in the sewing department!  On Monday, I pin basted my nine patch quilt.  I quilted it with my walking foot yesterday and I have binding picked out to cut and sew on today.  This quilt will be done and ready for show and tell at our September guild meeting!  I used a 28wt light grey thread for the quilting. 

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Pieced by Trudy.
Pieced by another member of Annapolis Quilts for Kids. Both trimmed and ready for the next Annapolis Quilts for Kids. 

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Here are my four-for-the-price-of-one Sampler Quilt Along Half Square Triangle Blocks.

The colors look a little wild now, but I have hopes it will all come together in the end.

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This month I debated setting a new OMG.  July was an epic fail between all the travel and illness.  I came out of it re-evaluating the day to day with a bend toward simplifying.

In the end, I decided to give it a go.

I started Fairy Tales Live on Roofs in November 2024.  Between the monochromatic color scheme and all the back stitch, I set it aside often.  It dragged on too long, and I’m determined to finish it this month.

Here’s where it was last time I showed it.

Here’s where it is now.    

A ...

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