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Sunday Morning
I am not a morning person.My dog doesn't care.These are the two things that were confirmed for me at 6:15 a.m. this morning.A young couple moved in next door to me. I know this because they have a...
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my Wicker quilt is all finished
There she is, all ready for summer:I told Tucker it wasn't time for bed yet but he couldn't stop yawning:And Sophie can't figure why if we're going to bed, there hasn't been a bed time snack:Oh well,...
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The new quilt has magical properties
8:45!I got to sleep in to 8:45 and TUCKER DIDN'T GET UP UNTIL AFTER ME!This is in sharp contrast to last Sunday and I'm loving it. I guess the yawning during our photo shoot yesterday was prophetic.I...
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Square Dance
I finished up my Square Dance quilt top yesterday:The pattern is from The Pattern Basket.The fabric is "Winter's Lane" by Kate & Birdie (Moda fabrics).The backing is pieced and ready to go:And...
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Quilting marathon
Yes, that's exactly what it felt like near the end: a marathon.I've never quilted anything this heavily before but I think it was worth it. Only the binding left to do (red, of course!):I strongly...
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Last pictures of this one, I promise
I am completely done my Winter's Lane quilt now. It's been dominating my blog lately but really, can you blame me....those fabrics are so, so pretty....It has now entered the crucial quality control...
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Hangin' out
Three days with nothing to do but.....well, whatever I feel like doing!I finished up the quilt I made for Baby West:And sliced up a layer cake of Road 15 fabric by Sweetwater to start making...
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“And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth,"You owe me."Look what happens with love like that.It lights up the sky.” ― Rumi
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Various stages
I have a lot of things at different points right now. Xmas gift number 1 is still a big pile of blocks so those need to be slapped up onto my makeshift design wall and stared at for awhile.Xmas gift...
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Bravo
I've been feeling under the weather the past few days and have been doing nothing that involves moving around too much. In other words, I've been sitting on my butt with my laptop, cruising online...
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Catching up
Been awhile, eh?I've been piecing a new quilt top:Quilting up and binding a Christmas gift:Practicing my hand quilting on a table topper:And yesterday, I decided to go through my scrap bin and sort...
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Nope, not Christmas yet.Nope, not back to school either.It's time for the Canadian Blogathon!!!!!Sew Sisters is hosting another blogathon starting November 18th and if you missed out on last year's...
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This n' That
After a MASSIVE fabric reorganisation, I feel much better about my sewing space. I basically unloaded every scrap of fabric I had onto the kitchen island and starting sorting, folding and fondling...
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Cool!
So I set to work on my Starburst quilt blocks and it turns out that this pattern has a really neat piecing process. The overall block looks like this (sorry about the bad lighting):When I first saw...
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Sunday update
I need to finish up the binding on this little number. Sorry, can't show you the front -- top secret Xmas gift -- very hush hush ;-)Auditioning borders for my Starburst quilt:I'm in the home stretch...
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First
First quilt top finish of the year, which is also my first BOM finish, and my first sampler quilt finish.As always, taking pictures of the finished quilt top required my assistants. First, Tucker...
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on the hunt for backing fabric
I finished the top for the crib quilt I was working on:The pattern comes from the Simply Fat Quarters book. The great thing about this book is that it gives you four different sizes for each quilt so...
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Baby Sophie
I was looking through some old files and stumbled across this little cutie. She's ten years old now but she still melts my heart…
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A tense day off
I'm trying to work through some nervous energy while I wait for the Canada/US men's hockey game to start in Sochi. I'm moving at a pretty good clip on these Beach House blocks:Canada is riding a wave...
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Beach House quilt top
All done:And I'm already cooking up a new idea, using shot cotton for the first time:
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Mystery BOM is all caught up
I was four block behind so I spent yesterday catching up:And even though we have two blocks to go before we're done, I'm calling it right now: that red flower block is my favourite!I continue to be...
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Red Letter Day blocks
Wow, these went together really fast:and a block close-up:I still need to fiddle around with the layout but Sophie & Tucker should have a new car quilt very soon….because a pooch needs somewhere to...
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What I've been up to
The blog has been quiet but the sewing machine has not…..I made some very, very, very red blocks:I did some strip piecing and then cut out a bunch of 60 degree triangles that I arrange, then...
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