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- Sandra
- My life as an art quilter, quilt appraiser and attorney in the beautiful redrocks of Southeastern Utah.
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My Blog List
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A Little Birdie - Antique Bird Quilts - I have a major soft spot for antique quilts featuring birds and blooms and even have a popular trunk show called (you guessed it) Birds and Blooms! Here's ...
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Ocean Waves - This week's block is Ocean Waves. Ocean Waves is one of those blocks that looks lonely by itself. It's a party block, it feels best when hanging out ...
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My Favorite Things: Surface Texture - Almost 30 years ago when I first started collecting quilts, there was something strange about the pictures of historic quilts in print media. Most of the...
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Mid October - How is that we are more than half way through October? Our leaves have hardly even changed yet. I better not get gyped out of some pretty fall colors. As...
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What Started As Sick Day Sewing - Three months a year, I go through medical treatments for a rare autoimmune disease and during the month-long recovery, I give myself permission to engage i...
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A Very Vintage Christmas Sew Along! - Grab your hot cocoa, your Christmas cookies, and most importantly, your Vintage Christmas Book because the A Very Vintage Christmas Sew Along starts next...1 day ago
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Aurora Quilt Show "Seeing Stars" - This years theme was "Seeing Stars". Someone left a comment that they were beautiful star quilts- yes they sure were! This one was actually one of my favo...
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Gem-o-logical - MJ Kinman’s gem quilts sparkle much like the gems she recreates in her quilts. You can read my introduction to her work here. MJ created a twelve month ser...1 day ago
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Sew Goodness – Breast Cancer Awareness + Sewing Service - [image: Sew Goodness – Breast Cancer Awareness + Sewing Service] Many of you already know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Many of you also...1 day ago
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Home Again Project Tour - Do you ever get the feeling that fabric is speaking to you? I've had that feeling, and sometimes I actually listen and go make what it is telling me to cr...
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Kate Clayton Donaldson's Appliqued Textiles - *Appliqued crocheted piece by Kate Clayton Donaldson* *Sold at Case Antiques* I've long been intrigued by this photograph in the Library of Congress, whi...
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Noah and Matilda 5E and "the big reveal" - I love the stripe in the stem on this one. It reminds me of Pippi Longstocking! Now that I am nearing my Noah and Matilda “finish” I think it is time to ...
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English Paper Piecing Tutorial - Off the Wall Friday - My parents cabin sits on the bank of a creekHi Everyone!! I want to thank you all for hanging in with me as I had to take a little break from blogging. ...
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AQSG 2018 part 2 - Hello! Here are the rest of the photos from the ASQG 2018 Seminar in Bethesda. Congratulations again to the ladies who put on the seminar this year. First:...
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WOW-WEDNESDAY -I'm Back! - I am happy to be back!! 10 days of a Social Media Fast is a lot of missed posts!! Thanks for worrying about me, Janessa & Judy D! It all started at the Wo...
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Antebellum 9, Johan Strubbe, DD Blocks - Oh what fun! Antebellum #9 Lexington Belle is done :) I made this block in memory of my maternal 2nd gr-grandfather, Johan Heinrich Friedrich Strubbe, w...
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Blockheads Wednesday - Blockheads Block #27 is here! I went into this week glad that we were going back to one block a week. However, this block (appropriately named Mountain C...3 days ago
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Dearest Boy and Mary Witherwax Updates - This time, the "Dearest Boy" pattern was a Darting Minnows block. It took a couple tries to get the points right. I used the Tri-Recs tool to do it. Nex...
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Spiky Desert Cactus - I just finished a new pattern. There are two sizes in the pattern, a 48" x 48" and a 22" x 22". 48" x 48" A close-up of the machine quilting. I call ...
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"America First" slogan - While collecting Sweetheart & Mother Pillows for my book of the same name, I came across one that features WWI soldiers charging in battle and the pillow c...
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Progress report...and snow... - Am I ready for that 4-letter word...s...n...o...w? Not really, but living where we are, I guess it is to be expected. After a solid week of gloom and heavy...
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Another Double the pleasure day with Lisa and Corey for blocks 25 and 26 - Happy Moda BlockHeads Wednesday! Today is the day for Lisa Bongean and Corey Yoder to dazzle us with their blocks! I'm thinking this may be our last doubl...
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Quilt Show Photos - Y'all thought that I had forgotten... but nope. I've posted not just the winners photos but a few quilts from fellows that I personally know. Congrats to...
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Sajou, and a new pinkeep - I don't do many SALs anymore, but when Lori (humblequilts blog) starts one of her little doll quilt SALs, I have a hard time resisting. Well, actually, I d...
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Bald Head Island Marsh, After the Storm - Bald Head Island Marsh, After the Storm by Susan Brubaker Knapp 31.5" x 45.5" (Copyright 2018) Cotton fabric, cotton threads, cotton batting, ink. Raw-edge...
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Autumn Happenings - Happy Autumn! We've finally had a break in the weather here in Phoenix, and it's a welcome change! I have a few things to share about the upcoming months...
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Cot Quilt from Cardigan - Here is a small cot quilt from Cardigan in Wales. Like many a baby quilt, it has been intensively used and washed, and has lost most of the colour that i...
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Out and About - Examples from our NEW Pin Ball Pattern*I hope to see you soon!* Thank you for all of the wonderful feedback on the book! It was a labor of love and I'm ...
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Heartland Heritage — September - In the month of September for the Heartland Heritage pattern we are making the Willow Tree block! I love that simple patchwork can make such a cute Willo...5 weeks ago
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Creating a Book Out of Memories - This one kept me up because I was so excited. It began as a three ring binder of sermons from the 30s and 40s from the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church...
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Rick Rack Riot - Some years ago at a garage sale I came across four panels of tab curtains, 90" long. A dollar each. That's a lot of yardage for a dollar! Nice fabric. How ...
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Quilters Meet and Greet - Hello! I’ve been blogging for almost 10 years but only recently moved Reproduction Quilt Lover from the Blogger platform to WordPress. There is still a l...1 month ago
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Quilt Re-Folding - Ha! A mere three years between blog posts! This summer I've been going through my 20+ years' worth of quilts and sewing treasures. Everything from fabrics ...
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Emma Andres Fourth Quilt Fan - Emma's 4th Quilt Fan 1932 Emma's 4th quilt was a Pink and Green Fan. She quilted it on her lap using a double thickness of Mountain Mist sheet wadding. S...
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Wedding Present Quilt - I made this quilt in 2013 and finally added it to the My Quilts list. This was a wedding present quilt for my sister. They liked my Ruled by Chocolate q...
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Maine Quilt Show PART 2 - Thanks to Pam Weeks, I now have a fullsize photo of my Favorite piece in the New England Quilt Museum Exhibit at Maine Quilts. See how huge it is?! And...
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Blog Hop Winner! - Thank you to everyone for your great comments! It was a lot of fun to read about how much you all love hand stitching. I hope you will all pick up some thr...
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Baltimore Garden Quilt Layered Flowers - On the original antique *Baltimore Garden Quilt* made in 1848, many of the flowers were created by arranging and sewing tiny fabric petals one at a time, ...
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New Blog - I'm blogging solo at https://fromthebuttonbox.blogspot.com. Stop by and say 'Hi'.3 months ago
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Catching Up - Sometimes I honestly forget that I have a blog, and those sometimes seem to be more often then not of late. Oh Instagram... you have made it so much easi...
4 months ago -
Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Sam, Still Kickin' - "A Meeting of the Sunbonnet Children" by Betty J Hagerman (1979) I never set out to collect Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Sam quilts. *Then how did so many...
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Legal Triangle Wonky Quilting Fun - I had fun playing with color and shapes and quilting in making a miniature courthouse steps quilts for the Curated Quilts Mini Quilt Challenge: Triangles....
6 months ago -
Garden Mystery Blog Hop - Wow! It has been a long time since I blogged.. so sorry friends! Not sure if anyone out there is still following my blog??? Rhonda of Farmhouse Threads h...
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National Quilt Museum Benefit Auction - Here is the quilt I just finished for the benefit auction this year. It is 7.25" x 9" . The eight pointed star blocks finish at 2.25" and the binding is...
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Ideas for Decorating with Vintage and Antique Quilts - Ideas for Antique & Vintage Quilt Decorating by Vintageblessings [image: vintageblessings] The Antique Quilt Collection Decorating with Antique and Vinta...
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A Quilt for Kennedy - Kennedy is my newest niece, born on December 31, 2017, just in time for her banker daddy to get a nice tax deduction. Here is the quilt I made for her. Her...
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Happy New Year! 2018, a Quilty Good Year - Another year gone. I used to hear my parents and aunts and uncles at reunions talk about how every year went a little faster than the last one did. As a...
9 months ago -
Long time gone - Lots going on in the studio and beyond. Quilting customer's quilts as well as my own. New opportunities in the longarm world. Road to California in January...
11 months ago -
I’m on instagram now - I haven’t been posting to my blog because I spend my time posting on Facebook and Instagram. Find me on Instagram by searching notesfromthequiltlab. Quil...11 months ago
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Brenda's Bounty update - When I last posted about this quilt most of the blocks were done and I was a little worried about the piecing together stage up ahead. Happy to report all ...
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Posting old favourites... - Not much sewing getting done, but as it's the last day of winter....yay!.... I thought I'd repost some old favourites. Lovely and fresh, ready for spring. ...1 year ago
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Hopscotch - Remember playing hopscotch? MamaNana Patterns newest baby quilt pattern, yes called *Hopscotch*, is quick and easy...so easy there aren't even any seams...
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"Spare Parts" is Quilted! - Actually, it happened months ago, but I didn't have decent photos until now. Meanwhile, it's been to two shows and it's been slept under a few times. You...
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A Fictitious Detective Story: The Completely Made-Up Case of Elma's Quilt Blocks - This is a tale of pure fiction, yet one that presents an opportunity to share some pictures of pretty, historical quilt blocks. We also hope it will pr...
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My Color Kit - Have you ever seen one of these? A friend passed it on to me a few years ago. Basically it's an embroidery kit. It's made of a canvas like fabric. Skeins ...
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We have news! - Hi, Terry Grant here. I am so happy to let you know that we have self-published a book documenting our Colorplay Project! If you've been following along ...
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BERNINA Ambassadors: Telling Our Stories - *Hello there! I'm stopping by today as part of a BERNINA Ambassador blog tour. This week (March 20 - 24, 2017) seventeen of us are sharing our stories and ...
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Moved to Bloglovin - I'm trying Bloglovin out. It seems easy to post from iPad which I use most of the time now. We will see how it goes. You might find me blogging once again. Sue1 year ago
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This Blog Is No Longer Active - Thank you so much for visiting over the years! I still enjoy quilting and making new work, just not blogging ... and I know there are many, many other wond...1 year ago
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Finish-Along, 4th Quarter 2016 - I'm just going to list one project for my Q4 Finish-along goal: my king size Maple Leaf quilt. [image: maple quilt blocks] This is a phone pic from 2 week...2 years ago
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Welcome to Hollyhock Quilts!! - Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoy browsing through this site and seeing what's up at Hollyhock Quilts. Although this website is in blog form...
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Since April.... - You might wonder what the heck I've been doing since April when I last posted. Well, I have been busy with multiple things; work, stitching, relaxing, etc....
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Girl's Weekend to Arizona - [image: desert girls trip] Girl's Weekend Away To Arizona - Fairmont Scottsdale PrincessWhen I was in my sophomore year of high school, my family had to mo...
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Flying By ... with an update and a craft - Oh, I've been AWOL - but you probably noticed. What I didn't realize of course is that it has been over a year. That does not mean I haven't thought about ...2 years ago
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More Joy - Not quite 12 x 12 (more like 18 x 36) but it is my JOY quilt. Part of the :"Dare to Dance" Project and published in the block of the same name. And a patte...
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Well... - it's been another 2 years and I'm back! Leaving for Australia tomorrow and I didn't want the girls to ask if I had blog since the last time I made this sam...2 years ago
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October Meeting - We have basically used this blog to announce upcoming quilt events. We have decided to *try *to post summaries from our monthly meetings. We will try ...
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Modern Makeover Hand Quilting - Hello quilty folks out there in Blogland. My Modern Makeover progress on my Good Earth Quilting Blog is going well and I'm enjoying it, even though my righ...
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Even though we're back in snow country - I prefer to post this photo I took just before leaving Florida. It will be quite awhile before we see flowers blooming in Maine. But it's been a great t...
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A NEW WOOL PASSION - I have been missing in action from this blog but all is well. I just celebrated my 63rd (egad!) birthday without any major trauma. Like Sweetie says, it ...
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Moving my blog to: Wabi Sabi Quilts - Hello fellow quilting bloggers, With the new year just around the corner, I'm simplifying a bit and starting fresh with a few things.... including in term...3 years ago
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Finally!! - It is finished! 2 years and 10 months. Pop over to my blog to see a complete post. This is me, Barb Vedder, signing off of the Jubilee Blog.
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Venting ... It's a New World Dance Craze - Shall we dance? All I see in the world today is a dance. But it is an ugly contortion. No swans, no hoe-downs, no cha chas. It is only a mashup of movement...4 years ago
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Retired - I've taught my last class and given my last lecture! Now to stay home and work on the quilts I want to make and see if I can get bored. I loved teaching p...4 years ago
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Tall Grass/Deep Water: Chris Wolf Edmonds & Pam Sullivan - Chris Wolf Edmonds and Pam Sullivan are showing their work in July and August at the Lawrence Arts Center. The opening reception is July 11th from 5 to ...
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Seeking Fabric - A friend of mine needs help finding some fabric. She would like at least two yards of it. If you have some you would be willing to sell, or know of a sto...
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Ann Robinson Bedcover - This bedcover is one of the earliest quilts in the Shelburne Museum collection, and is on the cover of the book Enduring Grace, Quilts from the Shelburn...
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McKim Studios - Ruby Short McKim Revival: 2016 CELEBRATION - Click on the photo to visit the website! 16 Marks the 100th aniversary of Ruby Short McKim's 1st published Quilt Pattern, Quaddy Quiltie, in 1916. - See mo...4 years ago
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New Year, New quilts - Last year I think I only sewed. I certainly didnt knit, crochet or make anything other than quilts. I had far too many trips away from home but still had a...
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My Lone Star - In October my oldest son requested a quilt for Christmas. I managed to get it done, quilting and all. Below is my working drawing of the quilt. I d...
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Come on Over to My House! - by Laura WasilowskiThe Artfabrik website is up and running again and I'd love to have you come visit. You'll see my blog on the front page and links to th...
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Not quite a quilt.... - I haven't been doing much quilting of late - just the minimum amount to maintain my sanity - or not quite! (should ask my children if they think I'm still ...
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Another T-shirt quilt - Here's another T-shirt quilt that I just finished....I am now making them for hire...thanks Pam for being my 1st customer! I am also thinking about having...
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Where the Market Is - Antiques are like anything else. There are trends and cycles: When Gee's Bend Quilts were hung at the Whitney Museum years ago, African American Improvisa...
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Broken Dishes Doll Quilt - The blocks in this quilt are 4" square and the quilt itself is 16" x 20". It was a fun little quilt to make! Here are close up photos of some of the ...
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An Outlier Uncovered - *Unquilted counterpane dated 1782 with initials E.B.* *Collection of the Winterthur Museum* In 1974 the Orlofsky's book *Quilts in America* gave us all ou...
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wonderful old quilts ~ yuba city, ca - I had a *great time* with the Yuba-Sutter Valley (CA) Quilt Guild I *gave a talk* at their meeting last night and this morning I *appraised* some the memb...
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Taking a blog break........... - Taking a break from quilting and blogging to recover from knee replacement surgery. Ouch. Had no idea it was going to be so painful. O my, am I learning...6 years ago
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We Have Moved - New Blogs and Website - I am delighted to announce the launch of our new website and my new blog. Visit - Sue's blog at www.suespargo.com/weblog2 Kelly's sto...
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Homemade Wallhanger for Quilted Wallhangings with Sleeves - From Sea to Shining Sea Gaye Rice Ingram 1840-1849 Eagle Motifs in America Decade Quilt Series 1770 - 2010 (This beautiful piece is hung on a sample han...
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Getting Together - Normally December would be a time of getting things into place. Getting them together. Tax receipts. Almost finished quilts. Articles that have to g...6 years ago
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Bad Bad Blogger! - I've been a bad, bad blogger. I know I've been MIA for longer than I care to admit. Honestly, I'd hit a wall. I had a to-the-death struggle with the f...
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Early 19th Century Tree of Life Quilt from a Welsh Family - *[image: full view 1810 c] Tree of Life Quilt in the collection of Jen Jones, Wales, UK * The palampore fabric was painted in India and later made...
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WE'VE MOVED! - Thank you for your readership, your support, and your comments on this blog over the last couple years. To give our readers a more pleasant and full exper...
7 years ago
I love baskets! And the added flowers, birds and hearts are so sweet!
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