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North Carolina. An active quilter and long armer. Give me a quilt and watch it come to life as I stitch it!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

O My Gosh it's quilted

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It's gorgeous!  My heart is singing.

Also the third sprout column is well under way.


I have figured out what I will do on the bottom as well as the top.

As for what I was going to show you, well it didn't work out.  I hated it.  I tried to use whole pieces of fabrics for the arcs in the double wedding ring block.  In addition I have figured out why some parts did not fit.  Duh it helps to position the D part in the right orientation.  Live and learn...  It hasn't diminished my continuing on this quilt.  Full stream ahead lol.

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Friday, September 25, 2015

On The Frame

My morning quilt is being quilted as I write this.  I wanted to have this quilt finished by the one year anniversary of my sons death.  That will be October 30.  So I think I will make it.  It is a Sue Garman pattern but I used inch and a half squares and added appliqué for the final border.  The top was completed in about ten days.  I took something so terrible and put my heart ache into a quilt.  Quilting is my therapy!



This is a bad picture, the quilt is MUCH LIGHTER than it shows.



Pattern is hearts and swirls.  I used So Fine thread in white top and bottom.  Yum!

Come back to see what else I'm working on, beside the sprouts...

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

New Sprouts

Here are the orange peels blocks this week.

It's rainy and yucky outside.  I'm very comfortable in my Jammie's and it's only 5pm.

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Sunday, September 20, 2015

And then there were two..

Enjoy, cause I am.   These are much brighter in real life.  I am thinking about the bottom, from where they sprout.  I already have a plan for the top.
 
And for the kitty lovers:

Ah aren't they cute.

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Orange peel is growing

I have had a long week with work.  We pushed out a new version of our software after the old one quit.  All went well considering.  I am so glad it's done.  Now to mo pave forward.

The orange peel is growing...


What's that on the side?  Looks like the start of a double wedding ring quilt.

I think I will change the centers and the sides with different light colored fabrics. 

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Sunday Stitching

I have been steadily hand stitching these blocks so,this morning the light seemed perfect for a picture.

I think they are fabulous.

Hope you have stitched today and enjoyed it.

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Postage stamp flimsy

After emailing with Karen I decided I was tired of looking at my blocks on the wall.  She was just the inspiration I needed to get going on these.  So this morning I picked out a neutral batik and got busy.

The picture is a little blurry...  Sorry about that.  To finish it I think I will make more 5 x 5 blocks and have them float in the neutral fabric.  It will look great when I finish and there will be plenty of area for quilting.

I'm steadily making the orange peel blocks.  There is something so soothing about stitching them.

It won't be long before I will need to design the rest of it.

Time to get back to stitching.

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