Doll and quilt

I made the doll at retreat 2011. Her name is Crystal. The little quilt measures 12.25 X 18. It was made,using bonus triangles from another project. They are both at my job on my desk.



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Busy Day

Yesterday I quilted a love quilt. I used the baptist fan panto.. When finished I had mixed emotions about the finish. I set up a hanging area between two trees (I have many). After seeing it hang outside its lovely. What do you think.




I couldn't resist hanging my court house steps quilt....



WOW!

Here are the blue strings I did yesterday. All that did not really make a dent in the blue string drawer. How is that possible?




Happy sewing / quilting on this Veterans Day weekend. I have served my country and fully support ALL military personnel serving their country!!

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Court House Steps quilted and more

Yesterday was a productive day. Margeret came over and we sewed ALL DAY!!!!!! We both accomplished a lot. Margaret completed 16 star blocks that she is working, a commission. Me, I had started quilting the court house steps quilt Thursday night. Got two rows done before bed. Yesterday the machine ran all day till around 5:30.



The panto I used was giggle. I am SO HAPPY with the results.


Today I think i will try and string a rope between two trees, clothesline fashion to display my quilts.

last but not least some green string blocks from last Sunday.



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Battle of the batting (Sunday)

You know all those scraps of batting that you cut off??? Well, when the pile gets too high, it's time to use them. I will be able to get at least 3 quilts from all the batting scraps. When they get too small to use, I donate them to a church.







And it being Sunday morning I baked bread, cinnamon rolls with chopped apples. They "we're" good, but now gone. I just might have to do it again this Sunday. Did you know that you could use parchment paper as a lining. Clean up is a breeze!

I have been steadily making small spool blocks with no project in mine. Just enjoying the process of making them and adding them to the drawer. I average about ten an evening on a work night. This makes a nice gentle ending of the day ahhhhhhhh!

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Purple strings and more

As promised, here are the purple strings. They measure at 7 1/2 inches square. Aren't they yummy?


The whole stack so far. The spool of thread is 4 inches high.


This morning I have ground flour, made bread and two batches of apple raisin cinnamon rolls. They are rising as I write this. YUM!

Now I can play in the quilt heaven! Yes.

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Strings and a flimsy

Yesterday I sewed pink colored strings. Aren't they pretty?




Last night I brought out the bag of court house step blocks that were Done more than a year ago.... I only had to make two more for the flimsy.

Today I sewed the rows together and put a border on. I began with a warm brown fabric. But after cutting and joining two pieces of fabric together, the quilt top was SCREAMING for something more exciting. So this is what I finally decided. I think I picked a fun print.



This will go on a full size bed. I wanted it to have enough of a over hang.


Tonight I have picked out purple strings for some wild sewing.

Hope you are having a quilty weekend....

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Blocks for Erin and strings

Erin hade a post http://vesuviusmama.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-action-wanna-help.html

I am not good with the HTML function in blog press.

The are disappearing four patches that start from seven inch squares. Erin has a little tutorial on her blog. These are really easy to make.


These are the strings I have from the last few days. I will add these the the pile from retreat . Yummy colors.


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