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  Lots going on today, but no sewing.  My food basket issue was resolved and I have loads of yummy fresh produce to try–fingerling potatoes, sorrel, broccolini, fresh artichokes, huge strawberries, and the most gorgeous red leaf lettuce you ever saw.  And yes, some pea shoots too!  Not sure how we will handle those.  It is […]

We had a lovely weekend.  Maybe too lovely?  This morning I feel all cotton headed and groggy.  It is possible to have too much of a good thing I guess.   Just salad and mineral water for me today, if you get my drift. My daughter and son in law and their sweet Westie puppy, Remy, […]

Now, I am not saying that I am going to get this done by the August 1 Two Color Quilt Challenge, but gosh, am I in love with this block.  I stole was inspired by the idea posted on Patti's blog last week.  She did this 64 block quilt top for the Two Color Challenge […]

Oh Patti, what have you done?  I can't stop thinking about your red and white Two Color Quilt.  I couldn't copy you exactly, but I fiddled around in my stash and found a ton of blue and white Civil War reproduction fabrics.  I know I wasn't going to start any new projects but…….

Stop what you are doing, don't pass "Go", and click on this link to Patti's blog Quilting is My Passion.  http://www.quiltingisstillmypassion.blogspot.com/  Just look what she has done with her Two Color Quilt Challenge.  Go tell her how amazing she is! Her quilt is awesome, inspiring, gorgeous, and meticulously executed.  Oh my goodness.  What a quilt.  […]

I hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying a beautiful Memorial Day.  Wouldn't you know, after I got the notion last week to recover all the patio furniture cushions, we have had nothing but cool, overcast weather.  There was even a hint that it could rain!  So all my lovely new cushions are languishing […]

Yesterday while I was at the UFO with my friends, two exciting things happened.  One, I finished the blocks for my Two Color Challenge!  Here you see my finished Union Square blocks.  Keep in mind, that the completed quilt top will have alternate blocks of the red and white toile and a border made up […]

I have been plugging away at my Web Sampler Challenge.  In the photo above you see some of the blocks with the alternate blocks called for in the setting I chose.  The construction of the alternate blocks was totally easy, and would have been considerably more so if the instructions had suggested speedier piecing methods, […]

Confession time.  I was getting quite frustrated with the Web Sampler Challenge and closed up my project box and put it away.  I was even considering dropping out of the Challenge I am doing with Perry, Cindy, Carol, and Lisa.  Let me tell you why, and what happened to make me pick it up again. […]

Go have a look at the fabrics a couple of the gals are using for their two color quilt projects.  Yummy, yummy.  By the way, a couple of people have inquired if the two color project can be something other than a bed quilt.  Of course!  Anything goes.  Pillows, tote bags, table toppers, table runners–whatever […]