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Giveaway Winner
Happy Friday!Congratulations Carol, from Texas, who won a box of scraps. Please send me your home address and I'll ship them out this week.Chris offered to pass some along if she won, so I'm sending...
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A Christmas Story!
It is my hands down favorite Christmas Movie. I can watch it again and again and again. I can recite whole passages, to the utter dismay of anyone watching with me.Last June on the way to the farm...
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It takes a Village....
Warning: This is long and photo loaded with Christmassy Stuff.I'm opening my post today with a photo of my Angel Tree.My mother gave me my first angel ornament and a new one each year until she passed...
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One World is Enough For All of Us
Quilters included. Modern shmodern, traditional, shmaditional.I've been a quilter now for over 25 years and it has been more than interesting to watch the birth of the Mod Quilt Movement. I think...
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Party On!
Welcome to the end of my blogging year 2015. Thank you first and foremost to everyone who has taken the time and showed me kindness and encouragement through their comments. It is the only valued...
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Go Ask Alice
or WWAD: What Would Alice Do?........This is a question I asked myself many times over the course of working on this quilt. Alice Payne made the original quilt in the late 1800s and I thought about...
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Hello Out There!
Thank you all so much for your overwhelming support and encouragement and nice comments on my Alice Payne Quilt post. I will post quilting progress when I make a little more.My first finished top of...
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January = Sanctuary
Happy Tuesday!I'm starting this post with an oldie. I made this small quilt in 1994 for Mr. Fun's Office in Chicago. It measures about 36" square. I love to visit my earlier quilter self. How...
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Westering Women
I'm opening today with my first block of Barbara Brackman's Westering Women Sew Along. Last year was so fun I decided to jump in again.Week 1: Independence Square - 9 inchesI printed out a couple of...
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Happy Groundhog Day - Happy Groundhog Day
Hello and thank you to the ladies of the Harvest Quilt Group of New Jersey who took my Hex Vex workshop on Saturday. The potluck was delicious and I had a great time meeting everyone.Here is a little...
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Stars in A Time Warp
Hello from very snowy Connecticut. I guess I asked for it in my last post with my remark about it being an easy winter! Hooray. I finished my Stars in a Time Warp top. It measures about 40"...
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Under The Sea - Modern Bow Ties
Thank you all so much for the comments and positive feedback on my last post.Can you imagine how much housework I have avoided to have another quilt top finished? Angel Tree? Dickens Village? Still...
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doll quilt, stars and birds, oh my!
I've been staying home lately and very keeping busy. Winter is so good for that.First up: A Little Doll Quilt for Diane. (Kelly - recognise the shoofly?)Here's the pieced back. I "made do" with...
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Redemption - Sumptuous Stars!!
The Stars are finally shining brightly!!Introducing: Sumptuous Stars 80" x 80". (sorry these are iphone photos)A behind the scenes view of how I attached it to the railing, ala Home Depot. No quilt...
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Westering Women with Friends
I'm popping for a Westering Women and Alice Payne Update.My friends, Sheila and Kathy (no blogs) are also hitting the ole' wagon trail on Barbara Brackman's sew along. We are making them in the 9"...
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Where's the Lido Deck?
Seriously....I've checked the whole house and it's not here. waaaLast week we went to sea for a little sun and fun. I took this very VERY long term project with me in order to actually get some...
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Happy Spring!
I finished the stitching of the cat needlepoint in Middle School when I was about 12 years old. I'm turning 54 this year - you can do the math on that one, ha haAs a girl we always had pretty Siamese...
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Giveaway - 2 ways to Win!
Hooray!It is finally my turn on Diane's giveaway blog hop. If you haven't already seen it, let me introduce her wonderful first book:Scrap Quilt Secrets. It is at the top of the charts on Amazon....
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Cake and Quilts Sturbridge Village
I love cake and last week while my son, Andrew, was visiting he requested The Bubble Room Orange Crunch Cake. Do yourself a favor and click the link to their website. You will see right away why I...
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Winning!!!
Thank you to all who entered to win Diane's Book "Scrap Quilt Secrets" or my Fan Stencil. It was great fun to read your comments. I hope you continue to visit Fun With Barb. Winner #1 for the Book...
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