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Tree quilt finished – 2015.01.10

The first quilt of my new tree series is finished. Coincidentally, the theme for the first challenge of season 6 season at Project Quilting is – Trees!  So I’m entering this quilt in this week’s challenge.  I’m creating in New … Continue reading

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My word for 2015 is EXPLORE – 2015.01.07

I’ve been contemplating my plans for 2015, and was delighted to come across this blog post by Jane – it made me think about my goals in a different way!  It was hard to pick just one word, but the … Continue reading

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2014 – Year in review

It’s that time of year again!  An opportunity to review accomplishments in the past year, and set goals for the new year. During 2014, I created more than 25 quilts, which I think is my most prolific year so far!  … Continue reading

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Galaxy quilt – start to finish – 2014.12.31

As promised, here’s my construction process of the galaxy quilt from start to finish.  (I’m still referring to it as ‘the galaxy quilt’ because I haven’t decided on a title for it.)  Be warned, this is a long post.  It … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas Eve – 2014.12.24

As we walked around our neighborhood in the past few days, admiring the Christmas lights, I snapped a few photos with my iPhone.  Here are some of my favorites.   I completed another pillow cover, bringing the total to three.  … Continue reading

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Postcards received, WIP and QuiltCon entries – 2014.12.18

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my entries to Brandy Lynn‘s worldwide Snowflake postcard exchange.   On December 3rd, Brandy let us all know who we were exchanging postcards with, and I mailed mine off to Quebec and to … Continue reading

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Pillow improvements – 2014.12.10

I want to thank Nicole for her comment about my pillow cover problem. I had said “I did make the mistake of making the cover a little too large for the pillow form, so I’ll buy a larger form for … Continue reading

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A new project on my design wall – 2014.12.03

For some time now, I’ve been thinking about making an abstract art quilt of a spiral galaxy.   A few weeks ago I made a rough sketch.  Since I want the quilt to have an abstract look, I decided to just … Continue reading

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Welcome Blogathon Canada visitors!

I’m delighted to be participating in the third Blogathon Canada, a week-long blog hop of Canadian quilting blogs, sponsored by Sew Sisters Quilt Shop.  If you follow along, You’ll get to visit and meet some amazing Canadian quilting bloggers – … Continue reading

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Off my design wall – a project start to finish and a tutorial – 2014.11.08

I usually show my progress on a quilt through several posts, but I didn’t blog about this one because it was going to be juried.  It’s now been accepted for the exhibition, so I’ll show my entire process – start … Continue reading

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