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Hi there.  I am still alive, but barely.  Yesterday was my first day at my new job, and it took the starch right out of me.  I have to get used to getting up at 6:00 AM, a habit I have lapsed out of.  Learning so many new things makes my brain ache, and when […]

I loved making this quilt top, from the moment I discovered some long forgotten already completed red and white half square triangles hidden away in a project box up on a high shelf in the closet.  The pattern is called Red Union Square from the book The Simple Joys of Quilting by Joan Hanson and Mary Hickey.   Only nine […]

Goodbye July, hello August!  Isn’t August 1 supposed to be our Two Color Quilt Challenge Deadline?  So, how is that going for all of you who said they would like to participate?  I know Patti whipped hers out way back in June, but I would love to hear from the rest of you as to what your […]

Here is Madeira, with all its borders finally on.  This quilt top was fun to make because of the special cutting of the triangle sections.  There are a a lot of bias edges though, and the quilt top doesn’t want to lay very flat.  It is a bit rumply.  My friend who is a machine […]

It’s still Friday, right?  I just finished this by the skin of my teeth, as Grandma used to say.  The main body of the top has been done for a week, but I had to scramble a bit to get all the borders on in time for my deadline. The pattern is Coventry, from the […]

Months ago, Lisa, Perry, Cindy and I did a Blended Quilt Challenge.  The idea was to get inspiration from one of the books from In The Beginning by Sharon Evans Yenter and Nancy Martin that involved a blended fabric technique, where one fabric sort of blends into another, making the over all design indistinct and […]

In general, I am not too squeamish about sacrificing a bit of fabric.  I tend to buy a bit more than I need, so if I miss-cut or find that I want extra of something, I am covered.  This project I am working on for my Friday Finish this week is off the chart as far […]

Hope all of you had a lovely holiday!  Nothing like an all American holiday with great traditional food, and no gift requirements. We are both a little beat from all the fun we had over the long 4th of July weekend.  Ozzie has been perched on top of his favorite chair all afternoon, and I […]

I felt like I rushed this one a bit, but here it is, delivered on time for a Friday Finish.  Between getting distracted with another quilt project and Ozzie plaguing the life out of me, it was a bit of a crunch to get this one completed!  I am pleased with the way it turned […]

Woo Hoo!  My Web Sampler project has a deadline of this Tuesday, July 1, and I am nearing the finish.  At least I think the deadline is this Tuesday.  Ahem, that would be TOMORROW, wouldn’t it?  Nobody has been talking much about this project we started together quite awhile back, so I just thought I […]