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Circles Block #15–EPP Sew-A-Long
Compass Rose Number 15 of the circles blocks in Shine: The Circles Quilt The pattern for Block 15 is found in my shop, together with all its friends of Blocks 13-16, plus 18-22. About…
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Popsicles in My Way
This morning, I drove the car down to our local park, walked one mile with my husband by my side, and drove home. Not a big deal for most people, but it was the…
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Summer’s Hot and the Recuperating is Easy
Let’s start with the first item: summer’s hot, and yessiree it is. Tomorrow is supposed to be 108. This is a good time to stay inside and keep getting better, which leads us to…
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Disruption in the Quilting Force
All the nice nurses lined up to greet me Last week I walked into our local hospital and two days later, was wheeled out in one of my new nightgowns, a vase of flowers…
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The Woods Run Mad With Riot: A Four-in-Art Quilt
The Woods Run Mad With Riot A Four-in-Art Quilt, August 2015 #3 in the Literature Series As always, my exploration of a subject in this series starts with the literature, and the poem I…
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Circles Block #14–EPP Sew-A-Long
Peppermint Candy Circles Block #14 in the Circles Sew-A-Long Yes, I know Peppermint Candy isn’t orange and pink, but the swirl — a bit fat swirl, this time — reminded me of unwrapping crinkly…
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Summertime Quilt Fun
Our quilt guild organized a tour of Hoffman Fabrics this past Monday. I jumped at the chance to go, as I’d passed up several other opportunities. I decided that it was summer and it…
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Mini House Quilt Finished!
My mini houses quilt is finished! I know you’ve heard that line before, but let me go back in time to a galaxy far far away, to this: Mini House Fail. Yep. That center…
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Matrix and Offset Pattern Giveaway
Sometime back I wrote about the Mid-Century Modern Bee and all the talented quilters there. I also mentioned my friend Anne of SpringLeaf studios and how she is a pattern designer and maker. This…
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Good Heart Quilters Quilt Retreat 2015
The Good Heart Quilters had their 4th annual quilt retreat at Lisa’s home this summer. She is the smiling blonde marathoner in the lower right (I am in the yellow T-shirt). Some of our…
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Mini-Quilt Swapping
I know I’m late to this particular party on Instagram, but I have recently jumped right in and signed up for three swaps. These are little groups of crazy people who have more than…
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Happy Fourth of July!
America Is a Tune: It Must Be Sung Together Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Here’s a little patriotic quilty eye candy for you, plus a mural that is on the hallway ceiling in the…
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Shine: The Circles Quilt
Shine: The Circles Quilt 66″ square First block started June 2014 • Top finished June 2015 I’ve finished my quilt top and am happy to release it into the world today. I started sewing these…
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Circles Block #13–EPP Sew-A-Long
Tiny Swirly GigCircles Block #13 of the Circles EPP Sew-A-Long Since I so rationally decided that I needed SIXTEEN blocks to make up my quilt, all I can chalk it up to is summer…
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Ready, Set, Begin: Summer Fun 2015
To truly begin summer off correctly in Southern California, you need a fire, and we have a doozy of one going on right now, only a few miles from my house. The above map,…
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My Small World, June 2015 edition
I don’t often jump on the Latest and Greatest Thing in QuiltLand, but this one called my name. It’s Jen Kingwell’s My Small World and was printed in the oh-so-elusive QuiltMania Spring issue 2015…
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Traveling Threads Bee Block: Peaceful Hours, a Few Thoughts on Collaboration
This the second block I made for my recent turn at the Traveling Threads Bee. This was was found while trolling the web for new bee blocks, but the templates I found had the…
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Traveling Threads Bee Block: Woven Star
I recently made two blocks for the Traveling Threads Bee I’m in, and while we don’t show the completed sections as we go, I thought I’d share the blocks I made here. The first…
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Sentimental Journey: Bee Blocks for the Mid-Century Modern Bee, part II
I’m back to the Sentimental Journey–a round-up of all the bee blocks I’ve made, and the quilts or collections where my blocks ended up. Carla, of Grace and Favour, inspired by Jen Kingwell’s Green…
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Elizabeth’s Lollypop Trees Hit Print!
The Lollies hit print! Diane, a reader of this blog, recently sent me a note telling me that my quilt was in QuiltMania’s May-June issue. I thought it might be a pitch for Kim…
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Circles Block #12–EPP Sew-A-Long
Nine-pointed Compass Rose Block This is the twelfth block in a series of Circles Blocks. Why circles? Mainly because I had done some English Paper-Pieced projects and I was sick of straight lines. And…
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Wonky Baby Baskets and Narrow Stem Applique
(momentos left at the Wall–I am grateful to those who have fought in service of our country.)Happy Memorial Day, to those of you who are in the United States. We spent a year back…
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Baskets Finished!
You know, I think I have had more fun with this little quilt than I have in a long time. Of course, maybe the fact that last Monday I taught my last class of the…
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Pineapples and Crowns–Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Pineapples and Crowns made it into the Viewer’s Choice section of the Festival. Please remember to vote for your favorite this week! Pineapples and Crowns, 61″ square I am entering in Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt…
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Colorwheel Blossom–Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Colorwheel Blossom, 48″ square Welcome to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! I’m entering ColorWheel Blossom in the ROYGBIV category of Amy’s online contest. The original finished blog post is *here.* It took me forever to…
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Wonky Basket Blocks Tutorial
Carla, of Grace and Favour, asked us to make Wonky Baskets for her bee month for May 2015 Mid-Century Modern Bee. She sent us some photos of examples of Gwen Marston’s Liberated Baskets and…
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Sentimental Journey: Bee Blocks for the Mid-Century Modern Bee, part 1
Cindy, of LiveAColorfulLife, called me up one day and said she had a great idea and a great name for a bee: Mid-Century Modern Bee, and that everyone had to be at least mid-century…
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