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Archive for October, 2008

Barn Quilts, Woolen Shop and More

Posted in Quilt Blocks, Sewing, Wool, tagged , , , , on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I spent this past weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with my lovely sister-in-law, Judy, and her friend, Kay.  We began the day with a trip to her local quilt shop, Pine Needles, for a fun quilt group to learn of all the latest things. This shop is quite famous and one of the nicest I [...]

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Ornaments

Posted in Christmas, Embroidery, Gifts, Wool, tagged , on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I’ve been working a lot without much time for sewing.  Actually I wake up at 4 AM and get some sewing done before I go to work.  I think I am a bit tired…but I managed to do these Christmas ornaments.  They are from a pattern by Indygo Junction.  I haven’t done a lot of [...]

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Crazy Quilt Stitching

Posted in Crazy Quilting, Needlework, tagged , on Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Several people have emailed me and asked for clearer and close-up photos of my crazy quilt stitches. Here is my best shot. Hope this helps. This was an experiment in crazy quilting for me. While I love to embroider and stitch, I had never really worked with silk ribbon before…I guess I am learning. [...]

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Wildflower Harvest Quilt Show

Posted in Inspiration, Quilting, Sewing, tagged , on Saturday, October 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »

This morning my friend Pat and I were able to attend the  Wildflower Harvest Quilt Show which we learned about from Marjorie’s blog. There is still time…the show will be open on Sunday from 10 until 4 in Valparaiso, Indiana. It was a lovely quilt show. Lots of artistic quilts and many exciting vendors were [...]

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Progress and Past

Posted in Gifts, Quilting, tagged , on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Here is one of the blankets I managed to complete this week…Peter Rabbit and a couple of others.  The blankets are about 40 inches square and are double sided.  The flannel is all prewashed and preshrunk.  I have been making these and selling them as gifts for years now.  It is my own design with [...]

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