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It has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it and was longarm quilted by Robin Diaz.

I used a lot of 16 patch blocks from the orphan block box as the border around the center.

It is 63" x 70".

 A couple of days sewing with friends brings you these quilt photos:

Brenna's Dresdon top coming together. ..You have seen some progress on mine in older posts.

Hard Day Stuff...

My siblings and I got together in early April to make decisions about Dad's treasures. It went well.  While I do have brothers, their inheritance is different from ours. Dad gave the girls his collections of things, and they are many. Dad loved auctions where he spent his later ...

Last week I went to physical therapy. I started again after I had a little incident a few weeks ago. There was a ball on the front lawn when I went to get the mail. I decided to kick it to the garage door, then I would pick it up and put it in the …

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When I was growing up, I loved breaking into a fresh package of colored pencils. There is just something perfect about all

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Yesterday, mom turned 91. So, I went to Safeway this morning and picked up a cake for her. I thought there would be more at our meeting, but as it turned out, there was only three of us. Georgie, mom and myself. 

I took my beading. I also took some fabric for mom and Georgie to work with. They almost have one of the panel quilts done. Since mom had to go get her teeth cleaned at 11 am, Georgie and I chatted. I was able to get part of the next ornament done. 

I finished three of them there ...

are somewhat estranged at the moment. Studio is a bit messy, showing signs of work and a lack of orderliness on my part and a great desire to start quilting Split Complementerity Redo. The delay in starting the free-motion quilting has to do with my schedule including some “need to be attentive to” things. One… Continue reading The Quilt Studio and I

I tried to get a closeup so you can see the quilting. It's scattered feathers on a small scale which matches this quilt quite nicely.

Here's the backing. Pantographs always ensure that the quilting design is even throughout ...

I tried to get a closeup so you can see the quilting. It's scattered feathers on a small scale which matches this quilt quite nicely.

Here's the backing. Pantographs always ensure that the quilting design is even throughout ...

Divide & Dash Quilt AlongWelcome to Week 1 of the Divide & Dash Quilt Along! This is where it all begins—turning beautiful fabric into the foundation of a quilt that blends traditional charm with a fresh, modern layout.This week, we’re focusing on cutting and assembling the core units that will bring your first blocks to life. I’ve designed this pattern to be approachable and

You all might remember when I first started doing foster care for dogs, I had a dog named Izzy in my care. In fact, Izzy was the first dog I fostered. Here she is the first day I met her… That’s me giving her the first bath she ever had. Here she is on the …

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I only managed one small customer quilt this week as I was busy doing other jobs, including stock taking many varieties of calico…

It was a bank holiday weekend! I have been helping Jo to jazz up her back yard and we started on painting the walls and fence which always takes far more paint than you can imagine. I watered down the pale lilac masonry paint to get a base on the roughcast walls. There should be a law against those, particularly ones done in black granite. I am hoping that Jo might be able to find a sprayer ...

Good morning, my friends. It gives me great pleasure to announce that all the quilt sandwiches are finished. It feels as if I've been given a new lease on life. There were just four more to finish yesterday. First up was The Story of My Day.

And, finally, happily, the recently finished Land & Sea quilt.

They're all stacked up in the sewing room now. There are 16 pictured here.

And then, the Merry, Merry Snowmen are teed up on ...

Good morning, my friends. It gives me great pleasure to announce that all the quilt sandwiches are finished. It feels as if I've been given a new lease on life. There were just four more to finish yesterday. First up was The Story of My Day.

And, finally, happily, the recently finished Land & Sea quilt.

They're all stacked up in the sewing room now. There are 16 pictured here.

And then, the Merry, Merry Snowmen are teed up on ...

I know I said I was starting Stonefields, but when I got downstairs to my sewing room I saw a pile of nine patches.   So I got an idea.   Our challenge for the next retreat is to sew something that reminds us of Rebecca Haarer that owns Rebecca's Arts and Antiques in Shipshewana, IN.  Somehow I missed the trip to the church cabin where the original quilt is hanging, but the girls that went took photos.  Here's my design wall with the blocks that I've sewn so far. 

I know I said I was starting Stonefields, but when I got downstairs to my sewing room I saw a pile of nine patches.   So I got an idea.   Our challenge for the next retreat is to sew something that reminds us of Rebecca Haarer that owns Rebecca's Arts and Antiques in Shipshewana, IN.  Somehow I missed the trip to the church cabin where the original quilt is hanging, but the girls that went took photos.  Here's my design wall with the blocks that I've sewn so far.