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Black and Bright Swap Progress
I finished the center section of the Black and Bright Swap Block quilt. But only after running out of bobbin about 2″ from the end. Here’s the center. The next step is to sash the other blocks for the...
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More Progress
A lot of fabric cutting today, so not as much stitching. These are the blocks which will go on either side of the center medallion. There will be a strip of green between the blocks and the center....
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Stash Report
I had big plans to finish the top of my Black and Bright quilt yesterday during the UFO retreat. Only I forgot an important fact – group quilting, for me, is slower than individual quilting. You run...
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What’s On My Design Wall
Today it’s “What’s On The Floor”. Saturday, I attended about 9 hours of a scheduled 14 hour UFO retreat and got this far on my Black and Bright Swap blocks. I had a prior commitment which required me...
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I Have the Best Friends
Last month several of my friends when to a quilt retreat while I stayed home to work. One of the quilt shops they stopped at had scrap bags – small pieces and large pieces – for comparably next to...
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Time to Stop Sewing
Don’t these blocks look so cute? To bad that green strip is sewn to the wrong edge. I finally sat down to piece a bit after 10 last night. Before I got this far sewing my corner blocks together I...
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UFO Update
March 28, 2013 April 15, 2013 April 18, 2013 April 20, 2013 April 23, 2013 I’ve been working on my Black and Bright Swap blocks from May 2007. I still need to finish the last border, but I’ve got to...
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A New Quilt and Progress
Earlier this month I wondered if I had started a new quilt. The muslin I found in my stash does not match the geese I made, so since I really didn’t need to start or necessarily want to start a new...
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How UFOs Happen
Last night I was supposed to work on the outer borders of the Black and Bright Swap block quilt. The hard part is done — making those 4 corner blocks. So what did I do instead? Played in the...
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Remember This…
Last month my brother asked me to make a photography backdrop. He ordered the fabric and had it shipped to me. I just had to put in one seam, hem it and make a hanging pocket. Spent an afternoon...
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What’s On My Design Wall
A week later and the Black and Bright quilt is still not finished. However, the 4 corner blocks are made, I’ve pieced the 8 sections of border needed and I’ve got the outer green sashing on two of the...
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The Black and Bright Top is Complete
Monday night I finished the Black and Bright Swap quilt top. This is a big top — about 103″ square so there’s no place in the house where I can get a good picture of it. If the weather cooperates...
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E is for Easy Partial Seam Block
E is for Easy Partial Seam Block – the fourth block of Dorothy Young’s alphabet block-of-the-month. It’s hard to see, but there is orange in the dark green plaid, which is why I selected it. That...
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UFO Update
April 24th April 29th Yes, the Black and Bright Swap blocks are now a quilt top. Although it was a sunny day, the wind was blowing. The colors are still not right, but I’m not going to worry about it...
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Cutting Marathon
Do you do leader and enders? Bonnie Hunter has a great explanation on her website HERE. I love the concept and have made a couple of quilts completely using this technique and many others were...
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Stash Report
Since I didn’t get my report written last week, the totals this week are for 2 weeks. There was the 2nd set of “scraps” in the first week and this past week I finally finished the Black and Bright...
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What’s On My Design Wall
I’ve spent the last week cutting fabric, working on the bag and piecing flying geese, but there wasn’t anything on my design wall. So, I sat down and pieced 6 more Scrappy Trips blocks on my treadle....
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UFO Update
UFO progress does not always mean stitching. Next month I’m going on a 3 weekend day retreat, so I’ve started planning what I’ll be working on. As I was studying my list of possibilities, I started...
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The Grommets Are Conquered!
This evening I conquered the grommets on the bag I’ve been working on (and off) for the past 17 months. The bag calls for 16 grommets. The pattern recommended hammered grommets purchased from Home...
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This and That
Tonight was Stitch and Chat, so I pulled out my DWR and did a bit of hand quilting on it. I really do need to take at least one other night during the month and do more hand work. Yesterday I made a...
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