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Good progress this week on my pink and green Summer Holiday Quilt!  I’ve made all 48 quarter blocks and have started assembling the large blocks.  Five big blocks are now finished. My design wall is only tiny, so I have to lay out larger projects on my “design floor.”  And of course, Nigel the quilting [...]

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We had a fantastic holiday in Northumberland.  We went to the beach, explored castles and took long walks every day. I took my Featherweight (Singer 221K) with me for a little relaxation sewing in the evenings, along with a box of pink and green strings that I’ve been saving for a travel project. I like [...]

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This week, my step-daughter came over for dinner and told me about a quilt she has started making.  It’s her first large project, and I am really excited for her! This is the young woman who received the turquoise quilt for her birthday in March. She prefers hand-sewing to using a sewing machine, so she [...]

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I have a zillion projects in the works right now, but as soon as I saw Judy Laquidara’s new pattern, Paint Stix, I loved it and knew I had to try it right away! I’m using some fabric from stash that I have always liked but found difficult to use before.  This pattern seems just [...]

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We had a lovely holiday with our family, lots of beautiful sunny weather and fun activities.  Since we were in the area, I went to The Quilt Room, which is a lovely quilt shop in Dorking, Surrey, and bought some fabrics to continue with my purple-orange-green UFO.  I had got to the point where I [...]

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With the Easter holidays, my young child out of school for a two-week Spring break, and plans to visit with various family members, I’m not going to have very much time for sewing in the next couple of weeks. It seems like a good time to take a little break from the “Too Good to [...]

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I’m still working on my ancient pink UFO which is getting a total makeover, and I’m having so much fun with it!  There is no formal pattern — it’s just 12 salvaged sampler blocks, and I’m making it up as I go along. The cornerstones and sashings are finished. And now I’m making 9-patch blocks [...]

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This week, I made this pieced backing from 10.5-inch squares for one of the quilts I am currently working on. The quilt is for someone who loves gardening, so I used an assortment of floral fabrics to represent a flower garden. My totals for Week 13 are: Bought this week:  0 yard Bought year-to-date:  10.75 [...]

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Here’s the first block finished!  Happy Quilting!

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This week I spent every bit of my sewing time working on the birthday quilt, and I’m very pleased that it was done on time.  But I was very tired when I finished it and needed to take a break from sewing today.  I haven’t sewed on my “Too Good to Cut” Challenge quilt at [...]

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