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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 […]

  Have any of you attended a Strip Club Class at your favorite quilt shop?  A Strip Club is a group that gathers to make a quilt out of the popular 2 1/2 inch strips (sometimes called Jelly Rolls) that are so popular these days.  I highly recommend going to at least one of these […]

I have not made much progress to speak of on the Batik Challenge I have joined with Lisa, Kristin, and Marianne.    These purple fabrics are divine to play with and as a result I have been doing major fabric fondling and not much cutting or sewing!  I did set up links to the other challenge participant's […]

Sometimes it takes a quilting buddy to get you out of your comfort zone and get a different kind of quilt made.  Or just get *something* made!  My friend Lisa suggested that the two of us challenge each other to finish a Batik quilt, and I thought it was a splendid idea. Last April, at […]

  That little secret Christmas project I have been working on is going great!  I have finished four out of the five.  Can't show the whole thing, or what ever is left of this so-called secret will be completely out of the bag.  Aren't those little pinwheels sweet though?  I have definitely changed my mind […]

  My last minute Christmas gift project this year is this adorable apron.  Last year I made dozens of napkins for people, this year it is going to be aprons. This is the cutest pattern ever, and it is by the brilliant Heather Mulder Petersen, called "Charming Trios-The Kitchen Collection".  Go buy this pattern.  It […]

  My husband and I spent the weekend dragging out the Christmas decorations.  We have been celebrating Christmas together for 40 years, and every year we acquire new things.  I have always held the opinion that holiday decorations have a life span, and when they reach the end of it, they should be passed on […]

  Christmas came early to our house this year.  My husband and I decided not to give each other major gifts this year, and instead, put the money toward the new family room furniture we so desperately need.  My husband has always been a good shopper.  I mean a Really Good Shopper.  Unbeknownst to me, […]

  It made me so happy to get this quilt onto my bed and spend a lovely cozy night sleeping under it.  The quilt was made quite some time back, when I participated in a Blended Quilt Challenge, using the Blended Quilts books by In the Beginning.  The quilting, by Debby, is exquisite.  This quilt […]