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I decided on a diagonal set for my OP Sew Along quilt.  There was just *barely* enough of the light fabric left for the setting triangles.  I really squeaked by on this one!  The results please me very much.  It is plenty orange all right, but not in too much of an "in your face" […]

I staggered out of bed this morning for my coffee, choosing the orangest cup I own, and turned on the computer to see what was up with Pat Sloan's OP (Orange Pile) Sew Along.  Carrie finished her entire quilt yesterday!  She did a mini size and it is a wonderful study in the use of […]

I have changed my mind.  I was rummaging in the back of the stash closet for maybe one more fat quarter of orange, and found an entire bundle of orange, aqua, green and brown fabrics.  How could I have forgotten I had this?  It is so perfect, I just had to start over. New color […]

Oh my gosh, how fun is this?  I am on a virtual quilting retreat with dozens of women, all of us making a quilt with orange fabrics!  I plan to post several times a day during the three days of the Sew Along Pat Sloan has organized.  I have my computer all set up close […]

Yea!  You will all be relieved that this is not a post about batiks. I mentioned yesterday that Pat Sloan is hosting a virtual quilting retreat this weekend.  I would put the link to her OP Sew Along on my side bar, but I can't remember how to do it.)  If any of you Typepad […]

I was reading La Vie En Rosie today and read about a friend of hers, Pat Sloan, who is hosting a virtual retreat this weekend.  It is called the OP Sew Along–OP stands for Orange Pile.  Pat's theory is that we all have an orange pile sitting around neglected some where, and that if we […]

I got my batik blocks sewn into rows!  Do I love the way these colors play against one another?  Oh yes.  As I seem to be doing more and more lately, I made about 16 blocks extra.  Some of my blocks were not working with the others, so I replaced them.  Remember in the old […]

I made good progress on my batik challenge blocks this weekend.  I think I have nearly 40 blocks made out of 50!  I found myself in a bit of a quandary though.  Some of the blocks have high contrast, which in small doses, makes your eye "dance" over the quilt top from light spot to […]

Gracious, how did it get to be February already?  I spent the entire weekend fighting a virus that had me down, but not out.  I had three long days of sewing.  I finished one top, worked on some batik blocks and started a new project. Aren't those periwinkle and purple batiks yummy?  My goal is […]