It’s hard for me (at least) to find women my age who like to quilt. So I offered to teach a class for my mom’s group. I was really excited about the prospect, but kinda nervous about the turnout. It turns out I didn’t need to be worried! There are a total of 10 girls working in our little quilting…
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Getting ready for Christmas
The payoff
I finished Amalie’s quilt. As you can see from her expression, she loves her new quilt! (I may or may not have plopped her in front of Elmo’s World.) I am disappointed in the size, only because I have a ton of fabric left over and if I were thinking just a wee bit harder, I would have made it…
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Quick quilt: Jelly roll
I made this quilt for a friend who came over to take pictures of my daughters. Hopefully I can post those pictures soon. More importantly, hopefully there are at least one or two cute pictures of my little wild girls! Anyways, I found these fabrics as a jelly roll. I was planning to make something else, non-quilty with them, but…
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Project Preview: Orange hexagons
I really wanted to do a hexagon quilt using English Paper Piecing. I love the simple shape and pattern. I’m not sure if I’m going to use the blue fabric yet. I will decide after I am done with the piecing of the hexagons. I may use a geometric black fabric. It will be a smallish quilt, since I only…
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Lisa’s Quilt: Brown and turqoise yo-yo
I finished this quilt I made for a sister-in-Christ. I really loved how it turned out. And I really love how I felt after I gave it to her. She loved it! I ended up using the tying method to quilt it. The quilt is small, maybe a mini-quilt?