Month: September 2010


  • quilt olympics?

    Do you think if one existed you would want to be a competitor?  I think I could do it…as I was quilting away tonight finishing the trip around the world nine patch…this is the smallest pantograph I have ever done…it is tiny…it looks deceiving here..but those are 3″ squares…you can see how small it is…

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  • taking a break…

    I am going to sit down a minute and blog…this is my break…I need to write about 3 patterns and all the instructions for my 6 nine patch quilts before the end of this week…I need to get this last quilt, quilted so we can get them to Jason…our photographer…I love visiting Jason…he totally understands…

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  • back again…

    Well I am home from Minnesota and had a wonderful time teaching and lecturing about my life and quilts…I had 11 wonderful students in my workshop and met several quilters that have been customers for a long time…It is always nice to visit and talk about what they are working on…here are my students from…

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  • off to MN…

    You know I love going to teach and meeting new quilters, but I have to admit that it is a lot of work to get ready…not only do I have to pack all the stuff, quilts kits, threads and teaching materials…I have to get myself ready and being away from home another 4 days, is…

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  • merry christmas

    ok…not yet… but I have my first three blocks sewn for the Heart to Hand BOM that the fabric finally arrived for…and we will be ready to send them this week yet…so if you were waiting they are coming…here are my blocks, they don’t look too christmassy yet.  I had to get these finished before…

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  • quilts from the madison show…

    I literally got to spend 15 minutes walking the show before it opened.  These quilts are inspiration for a lot of reasons, it may be the color schemes, the quilting ideas, the patterns themselves might give you a whole other idea for something else…but here are my photos from the show.  I may not photograph the…

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  • sewing…

    spending the day sewing my nine patches together…I have 100- 3″ and 200-  1 1/2″ little ones…how many little quilts can I make?  I made 12 into stars…will show you progress later…

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  • MENASHA WINS!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MENASHA BLUEJAYS DEFEATING THE (POWERHOUSE)APPLETON NORTH LIGHTNING.  8 TO 3.  THERE WERE 3 OPPONENTS ON THE FIELD MENASHA, APPLETON AND THE WIND.  MENASHA’S DEFENSE  SCORED A SAFETY IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO GO UP 2 -ZIP .  APPLETON NORTH SCORED AN ALMOST 50 YD FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER WITH HELP…

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  • Liz Armstrong’s- Lisa’s Garden )different setting

    Liz Armstrong from IL sent me this photo of how she set the BOW…I thought you all might want to see it.  I love it….she is going to put a little applique in the corners… Thanks Liz for sharing your quilt. I have been sewing more nine patches and going to football games…Nick is the…

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  • Garden Baskets Quilted

    I have finished quilting Garden Baskets…(I need to give credit to who gave me this name) I just outlined all the appliques and blocks.  Did a little flower thingy in the inner border with black.  Then quilted in the ditch the nine patches and then did straight lines out from the nine patches again in…

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