quilting
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What I Found Under My Couch.
Since everyone appears to be getting their last bit of summer in and no one appears to be in their sewing room, here’s a little off beat post for the few who are tuned in! I’m sure to purge more… Continue reading
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Meet Me at the Fair!
Just when things seemed desperate, the trials of August have let up a bit. We may have a happy ending after all. Lots of progress on Carefree Highways this week, and I am going to need every minute to finish… Continue reading
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August Goes South
August is a month that frequently goes south on me– there’s been too much ice cream, too many sunburns, too much hilarity and all of a sudden I find myself sin dipped in misery. Meanwhile, the summer’s running out and… Continue reading
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Two new starts!
Two weeks worth of quilty progress to show you today– and I started two new things! (sigh) Let’s get right into it. Fat Quarter Shop’s yearly FREE Christmas stitch-a-long started in July and I was resisting perfectly. But they had… Continue reading
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wHaT!?
There it is, friends! Shocked is the only description I have for you. All I’d like to say– if you’ve ever wanted to enter a quilt show, you should– you’re good enough! I FORGOT MY PHONE, so I couldn’t even… Continue reading
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Pinch me…
I am having the summer of my life! A beautiful chapter has opened in a setting I never dreamed of, completely plot twisting the story of my life. It’s the dog days of July in the mountains of Maine, each… Continue reading
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A Good Effort
I’ve had another fabulous finish! “The Secret of Sugar Meadow” is show ready for Maine Quilts in Augusta, July 24-26th. Be there! My piped binding came out like a champ– many thanks to Susan Cleveland for her “Piping Hot Binding”… Continue reading
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Carefree Highways Tutorial
Most of my progress since returning to my belove Quiltopia has been on my Carefree Highways quilt– I have a November deadline to enter it into the brand new, New England AQS show which I already have hotel reservations for… Continue reading
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Cuteness Overload
Sugar Meadow Pinks are here! Only my most diehard fans will remember me saying how I wanted to breed chickens this year. I imagined my Rhode Island Red rooster would mate with a white Brahma hen and the result would… Continue reading
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All She Did Was Push a Button!
Congratulations to Hap Purcey in SW Florida who won a blue ribbon earlier this year with her gorgeous “Flowers of the Month” quilt! After hearing her machine embroidery work being compared to “just pushing a button” at an earlier show,… Continue reading
One Stitch at a Time 