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Frida: Timeless
Long time readers know that I have a special fondness for Frida Kahlo. Her art and heart have inspired me and I hope this post inspires you too. During our family reunion I was able to see the...
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Southern Hospitality
Charleston! Rainbow RowI met up with my Besties, who I hadn't seen in over 2 years. It was HOT! Here we are in the waterfront park in a grove of live oaks.The Pineapple Fountain. (great crane,...
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Fair Report - 2021
Hooray! The Durham Fair is back! What FunI love the agriculture displaysThe AnimalsGreat Decorations for these cows!Horse PullThe demolition derby - oh yeah!The food vendors - there are about 100The...
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Quilt Show in Review
Yay! Finally a quilt show and it was my guild, the Ninigret Quilters Guilds' 40 year anniversary Ruby Jubilee Show.The show is held at the Westerly Armory. We had 205 quilts - all in one room! Here...
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No Tricks all Treats
I made two new Halloween quilts this month which I didn't need; not sorry. Haunted Mansion Medallion - 28" x 31"I came across the liberated house block in my sewing room and decided to make a little...
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Time Hurries On
I can hardly believe it is November! More wins for my Sparrow Quilt.My son, Andrew, and I attended the CT Fair Association 2021 Banquet Dinner. It used to be a small homey affair but this year was...
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News of the World - My World
Here is my quilt published in a beautiful new book "The Quilters Night Before Christmas".This book illustrates each stanza of the poem written by Clement C. Moore almost 200 years ago. I made a santa...
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Gnome Sweet Gnome
I made this little quilt last week just for fun and because I haven't been in the sewing room very much lately. I think I'll hand quilt this one.the mushrooms were really fun and easy to make. Here...
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Happy New Year News
Happy 2022~ Please! Many of you may have seen this big announcement on my Instagram and FB. I will have 24 quilts, spanning 30 years on display at the New England Quilt Museum. Click here to see a...
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2021 Intention Review
January means I hang up Flat Stanley! For my 2021 intentions, I batted 500, which sounds better than I did only half of what I intended to do.Whig Rose - I have finished quilting the center and 1...
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Bits and Pieces
This year I decided to hang my Asian Grandmothers Flower Garden in our BR for the winter months.It's nice to see an older quilt get a little display time. I hand quilted this EPP quilt in 2009. My...
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Year of the Tiger! 🐯
I was born under the Tiger in 1962. Yep, I'm turning 60. Seems like only 10 years ago I was 50.🐯🐅In the Chinese zodiac, a woman born in the Year of the Tiger is independent, solicitous and a born...
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February Fun
New England Quilt Museum!I had a day of good weather so I drove up to the NEQM to see the new exhibits and my quilts on display. Thank you to Pam and all the volunteers who made everything look so...
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Life....You Know what I mean?
It's what happens when you are making other plans. I've been away from things for about 2 weeks. Mr. Fun was in the hospital for almost 5 days with a transient stroke. It was very scary and it took...
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Baby Boy Quilt
Off it went today to a new home for a sweet boy named Warren.It was made with two different swap blocks; the star and the churn dash. The tutorials for those are still on my blog below the header. I...
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Something New
On a whim, I decided to start this new applique' quilt. It is very bright and happy. I will share more of my intent as I move along. Numget looks perplexed and concerned. I am reprising a quilt I...
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Hooray for Spring!
What am I doing with my time? Spring stuff, I guess.I posted this quilt on IG recently. It is a fan quilt that I made Hanna when she was three years old. (1996) Each fan has a different color story...
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Hey Hey It's May
It's Not Pie! When my friend Nancy Strife first said this expression I didn't really get it. The concept is so simple and clear. I really changed the way I thought about things. It is a sentiment...
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Atlanta~
or Hot-lanta which is what my husband calls it. I visited the Bullock Hall Quilting Guild and I stayed with my friend, Diane Knott of Butterfly Threads Quilting. We had a such a good time.Being an...
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Hello from Here
Hi friends! It has been a long while since I have posted. The news of the world has affected me a bit, but I'm here now to catch up.arbBarb turns the big 60!As you may have seen by now - I turned 60...
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