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November 15th
Work continues on the hex quilt. Once I get a progress pic I’ll post this entry to the journal. I finished the hand sewing on the center section of the hex quilt and I am really quite pleased. This really is a “me” type quilt and I am very happy with it so far. And hey! I am using up the scraps in the stash.
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November 29th
After I finished up all of the morning stuff downstairs I hit the sewing machine and attached the next border sections. This is what it looked like when I finished. One more small green border and then I am going to have to find something for a larger outside border and binding.
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April 5th
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The fabric is all cut for the new quilt project and hopefully I can get it into a layout while the sun shines today - its hard to see some of the colors in the evenings.
Friend Cheryl emailed me last night that she finished quilting Twitterpated. Oh my gosh! I can start putting prairie points on the thing. I went over this morning to pick the ( Read more... )January 8th
Last night friend Cheryl stopped by to give me back the scrap utility quilt I made for our friend and catsitter that I finished a while back. She did such a great job quilting it. She used a wool batting that feels soft as silk and I can’t wait to nestle under it and sew the binding down - always my favourite part. Yes, even though I don’t really ( Read more... )December 19th
I went to deliver the cat blankets to the shelter and they had closed early. I will just have to run them up today. I didn’t take pics of the fleece squares or the duplicates of the blue ones.
( Read more... )December 10th
Our local shelter put out a call for blankets. It seems that our hurricane put a strain on their resources. Not the most exacting piecing but they are purely for utility. The cats and dogs at the shelter each get their own fresh blanket every day. I think the washer and dryer up there must go constantly. So there are 3 fleece, 1 pink and 4 versions ( Read more... )Finally! It is complete
The quilt top is finished! A scrap quilt that I promised to make for our cat sitter ages ago.
( Read more... )June 17th, 2012
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there ( Read more... )