Skinny Mini Sashing

I noticed from my current quilt project I have had a tendency to make my sashing slim in some of the quilts I have designed/made this year.  The sashing pieces you see in the pictures below are 1/2″ wide. [Home is where the Quilt is, publish pending] [Scrabbles Night, publish pending] Since I am still [...]

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Quilter’s Home 55 Best Blogs

Happy Memorial Day (Observed) Monday. I hope you had a good weekend. Pink Suede Shoes alerted me that my blog made Quilter’s Home list of 55 Best Blogs! I was totally surprised, but at the same time really excited. To be listed with some of the big names in Quilty/Crafty Blogland, I felt a couple [...]

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Dilemma

As a mother, I vacillate between wanting and not wanting to see my Miss Baby grow up.  After seeing pictures from the wedding last weekend, I have tended toward not wanting Miss Baby to grow up just yet. I have been spending extra time with Miss Baby this week in my feeble attempts to ward [...]

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Home is where the Quilt is: Final Sneak Peek

Done is my “Home is where the Quilt is” quilt!  Here is a final sneaky peek for you.  I opted to do allover swirls on this quilt to go with the “comfort” theme.  I didn’t want to do anything fancy, just something simple… but with a twist.  If you look closely, You can spot “tails” [...]

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A flowery sort of detour…

I was asked to work on the floral centerpieces for a friend’s wedding reception over the weekend. I made a grand total of grand total of 19 for the joyous occasion. This is one of the centerpieces placed at the head table: This is one of the centerpieces placed at one of the guest tables: [...]

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