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Portofino placemats & napkins
My great-niece is getting married in Florida soon, so we Michigan aunts are giving her a shower, for which she is flying in.I "shopped" for fabrics to make placemats and napkins in the stash Nancy has...
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Sugar Sand top finished
For my great-niece whose baby girl is due in June.She lives on a dune near Lake Michigan. So I used one of my favorites, a light brown linen that looks like sand[paper] with her favorite baby colors...
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"sugar sand" finished
I am pleased with how "sugar sand" turned out. It was an exercise in minimalism, something that does not come naturally to me, as much as I appreciate and love it.If it had not been for the colors the...
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totem quilt finished
This quilt has been on the down low because it's a surprise for someone's birthday. Since I don't think that "someone" will come here, I think it's safe to post this. I simply need the satisfaction of...
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tidying up and coasters for our house
My daughter Lesley loves her new quilt. Yes, the totem quilt was for her birthday April 30. She posted this photo of it at Instagram, with a new shawl she is designing and knitting. You can see she...
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stash placemats and a baby boy quilt "ships & sails"
Stuff for Etsy. Placemats from my stash, which is big enough (thanks to Nancy) to create a thousand combinations.The pink and yellow polka dot is left over from Casey's "sugar sand" baby quilt. Some of...
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"ships & sails" baby boy quilt finished and listed
This has been a fun project. The strips of stripes (from a dust ruffle) were narrow, and I enjoyed letting that guide the design.I've had the anchor fabric forever (from Nancy?) and felt happy and...
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"vintage port" top finished
not a great photo, taken with my phoneI'm sort of proud of myself for designing a block that turned out the way I pictured it. Do you ever have a vision of a thing while you lie in the dark in bed?...
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no-waste, quick and precise flying geese
I found this tutorial by Lauren Palmer of Olive Tree Textiles via Pinterest. I'll let you look over there if you want the details.It has transformed how I'll do flying geese from now on.We came home...
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"conversational geese" top done
I told you last post about the method I used to sew these flying geese. I loved the process.This sweet Maywood Studio floral in blue, red and yellow makes me happy.
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"Gertrude" quilt top is done
Books are interesting. I have collected expensive photo books for years. I just gave away a gorgeous set of Carolyne Roehm flower arranging and lifestyle books. Now I'm collecting quilt books. For...
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"________'s" quilt finished :)
It's a birthday present, and even though the recipient doesn't read my blog, I'll hold off using her name.This was a truly improv quilt. The recipient loves black and white, and so I made stripes here...
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Staycation and two wall hangings
"birds on a wire"24" x 28"at EtsyThis week has been a perfect staycation.Well almost. It began with a detox and start of a 21-day elimination diet. A couple of friends on Facebook suggested that maybe...
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scrappy utility log cabin (or housetop) lap quilt top for my father-in-law...
I mentioned at the end of my previous post that my FIL asked for a lap quilt after I gave one to Andrea in his presence when we celebrated her birthday, and how excited I was. That was in early August,...
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My FIL's quilt finished
I managed to finish the quilting on this one before we left for a weekend up north, our last weekend with him here with us this year. We will put him on the Zephyr train Saturday.I am happy with the...
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"conversational geese" finished
When I finished this quilt top and posted it on Instagram and Facebook a while back, an old blog friend of mine in Oregon asked if it was for sale! :)Well yes!So I finished quilting and binding it...
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Urban garden modern improv wall quilt
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself."London. Virginia Woolf. Map.Art quilt measures 32 x 31"From upcycled clothesEtsy listing
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kimono scraps art quilt
This was the most interesting commission I have had yet.At the study abroad fair a couple weeks ago, I was chatting with a long-time colleague about her upcoming retirement. She told me she plans to...
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Holiday table runner
I've been under the weather. I was chatting with my Instagram buddy Babsy about heading for a nap while I was home sick, and she said she hoped I would be snuggled under a quilt. Funny thing is, I have...
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Susie's scrappy girls pillow
I made this 20" pillow for Susie before we went to visit her and David a month ago. She loves it. She says she hugs it a lot.Susie gave me the girl fabrics: matryoshka dolls, silhouettes in the wind,...
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A scrappy baby girl quilt
Well this is probably my favorite quilt yet. The process from beginning to end was blissful.A friend commissioned this quilt for her brother's first baby. She is the same friend who commissioned wonky...
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Table runners keep running
A commission for Vikki, this is 14" by 45"Some upcycled shirts and also fabrics from my stashI had these three fabrics in my stash, two from Nancy,and one from the batch I bought from Leslie Schmidt...
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Bright log cabin baby quilt
A former colleague commissioned a quilt for her fourth baby, due in early January. I made eight placemats for her a couple of years ago, and those were bright too. She loves wonky quilts, and her whole...
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3 new mug mats
pink, orange and green; fabric scraps from my stash and Nancy's stash;small green and white dots binding is from our kids' childhood curtains;9" x 11 1/2"Once again, mug mats are what I create when I...
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Black floral tablecloth
An old blog friend, who is also a Facebook friend, asked me to make a holiday tablecloth for her long narrow table. She and her husband have 5 kids. As I was playing, two designs emerged, and she...
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