Category: Quilt Related


  • Day 1…Needful things for Quilters

    I have had many requests to offer this special during the 12 days so here it is…..by popular demand Day 1 Juki Sewing Machine  Now I know we pretty much all have a sewing machine…or two or three or even more…But I just have to talk about the sewing machine I use 99% of the time…It…

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  • Day 12…Needful Things for Quilters…

    Hello…and welcome to our 2nd year of Needful Things….I am going to give you 12 things that I cannot “live” aka “quilt” without!…thanks for joining me this year…I appreciate all of you…please comment if you wish…Santa might come a little early…it has been a good year! All of the 12 items I am showcasing are…

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  • off to houston….

    Sorry I haven’t posted for awhile…but you all know how crazy it is around market time…we have lost a few great people in our lives this last month….things were tough for us and our employees…but we pulled it together the best we can and off to Houston we go….Tina will not be with us this…

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  • winter break…on the last weekend of the year…

    I just received my year-end 2012 blog results from WordPress…I am so busy quilting I pay no attention to some of the techy stuff….but found this pretty report very informational… Here goes…my blog was viewed 750,000 times in 2012!  I posted 99 times…not counting today…so 100 times….The busiest day on my blog was December 19…A Primitive…

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  • Winners for A Primitive Christmas Blog Hop…

    Sorry it took so long for me to pick the 12 winners but there wasn’t enough hours in a day some days…Nick and Amy picked numbers between 1 & 99 for the winners… Each of the 12 winners below need to send me their address so we can send out a kit for my Sheep…

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  • scrap basket #11…I am on a roll…

      I have a confession…I am working hard…it is actually hard for me to do anything else…all I want to do is work???  Is that wrong?  Remember I am quilting????  Who wouldn’t want to do this all the time?  No seriously…I can’t explain it, but it is hard for me to stop working…Nick has been…

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  • scrap basket block #10

    Bet you all didn’t expect this next block so soon!!! I told you I was going to try harder to get these done…I also have #11 stitched too…so look for that one soon also… The directions for #10 are here   SCRAP BASKET BLOCK #10 By the time you get this I will be flying to…

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  • the dog days of a july summer….

    Jeter was taking a nap while I stitched in the chair next to him this afternoon….he has to be to be close……………..I thought I might share this summer’s pieced BOW…are you keeping up?  I have up to 3 all done…parts of 4 & 5 stitched and I am sizing 6 and 7 tonite…Carole is auditioning a border….hmmm…

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  • Wool Summer Block of the Week-2012-Evelyn’s Album

    Good morning everyone!  I am back from North Carolina where I taught and met a bunch of really nice ladies…a few of my favorites were Hillie and her friend….it went kind of like this, this is Hilda’s side of the conversation….Now, what is this?…I need that…and what about that?  that too…and what else can you…

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  • Quilt to Share…

    Here is a my design 45 & Life to go…done in red and white…it is just stunning…and the quilting…wow…does’nt get much better than that…. This is Maggie Honeyman’s quilt and I want to thank her  for sharing her quilt with me (us)…This quilt is 55×55, those are 1/2″ squares in the center of those blocks.…

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