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Read more: Drunkard’s Path
Drunkard’s Path
I have been wanting to practise my curved piecing for a long while. To start with, I watched a lot of YouTube videos on how to do this, and I tried and tried and tried. They were pretty bad. Tried pinning, clipping, and more. THEN I remembered there is a foot attachment you can buy that…
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Read more: Winter Retreat
Winter Retreat
Week 1: I am on my winter retreat- or more correctly, my retreat from winter. Weather here (Saint Simons Island, GA) is warm and sunny, so I am always surprised that the sun goes down so early. Even though I am no longer working and every day is like a vacation, this feels like a…
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Read more: Circles
Circles
Well, my circles quilt is done.. now it is off to the quilters. I’ve shown this photo a while ago, but wasn’t sure what the name of this block was. Sandy suggested Tennessee Waltz, so so I did some research. So many interesting takes on this pattern, depending on what you put in the centre of…
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Read more: A Little Colour in My Life
A Little Colour in My Life
I’ve been working on some more subdued quilts lately, and craved some COLOUR! The York Heritage Quilters Guild is having its UFO challenge, and I am using all the extra blocks I had cut out for the Border Creek Station challenge run two years ago at Quilts at the Creek. Here is the quilt I…
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Read more: All I Want for Christmas..
All I Want for Christmas..
is to finish this quilt… and I did it! I made hundreds of triangles from my orange scrap basket while a snow bird last winter. (I have no idea where the yellow ones are now!!) Well, I used a fair number of them up making this quilt. I made it as part of the Quilts at…
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Read more: keeping Canada Post in business
keeping Canada Post in business
Got home from lunch today to find stacks of boxes containing all my Christmas shopping.. so exciting! And the boxes are the best gift of all for Max. Now back to some sewing!
