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- My life as an art quilter, quilt appraiser and attorney in the beautiful redrocks of Southeastern Utah.
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Blog Archive
My Blog List
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Ta-Da! Buhl Bushong Center! - Yay! I got a little bit of time this week to finish the applique on the center section and get it all sewn together!! I used some different muslin, which ...
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Birds & Spiders #2: Quilts with Provenance - Kay Triplett's photo of a quilt in Jane Lury's collection with the bird & spider discussed yesterday. This post is about quilts with some family history. ...
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Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting Blog Tour – Linda Pearl - The last time I got to talk to Linda (link is to an interview with her) in person was about this time last year when I went to a quilt show to track down o...
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Lots of Stuff Going On - I'm a Cover Girl! 😊😊😊 Last year I was contacted by 50 Plus Life magazine asking if they could do a story about my quilting. Mary from my guild gave th...
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Quilt Mania Back to School - School House Block - My block for this month's jam-packed Quilt Mania theme of Back to School is a School House block. My recreation of an antique quilt block from 100 years...
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How to Make a Patchwork Baby Quilt with Precuts – Baby Lock Summer School - [image: How to make a beginner-friendly patchwork quilt] This week I’m teaming up with Baby Lock Sewing Machines for a fun Summer School series of beginn...1 day ago
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Jolly Bar Row Along – Week 6 - We’re back with the sixth release of the Jolly Bar Row Along! The Jolly Bar Book Volume 2 contains more than 20 fun, fast quilts made with Jolly Bars. In...2 days ago
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Interview on You Tube - When I first announced my book - I said I would eventually do a post about what the process was like! This interview is the start of that process. Gary P...
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Hand Quilting - I've been hand quilting on an applique quilt that has been ready for quilting for a long time. I took the top with me to the States to quilt in a hoop wh...
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July mini - A simple finish for this hot and busy month, *“Summer Nines”*. I started this in a workshop with Leslie Muir Volpe back in early March. It was the last pu...
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July Monthly Mini - Look at me--posting my monthly mini before midnight on the last day of the month! I will be linking up with Wendy, our fearless (cheer)leader, at The Cons...
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Feeding the Inner Artist on Off the Wall Friday - One thing I've noticed in this year of Corona, is that being in one place is not good for my inner artist. Over the years, I've developed habits that w...
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Gelato! - Just in time - my July Modern Mini: Gelato I had a hard time getting a good photo in late day sun. But I liked this one. I showed this sneak peak on Insta...
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Christmas in July - Tree Skirts Then and Now - First, a big thanks to Carol @ JustLetMeQuilt for hosting this fun "Christmas in July - Then and Now" Blog Hop! It's always so delightful to visit virtu...
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Mary Brown Update Plus Finishes - Time for July's Mary Brown update. This time I stitched the left corner section which involves three blocks. You will also recognize last month's sunflow...
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Life Goes On...................... - No excuse for not writing on blog.......just didn't happen. It's hot/humid here today so I needed to find something to do that didn't require much moving...
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July Mini - What fun! When I sent Wendy a block for her Covid Community Supper quilt, she sent me twelve 3-1/2" squares in return. I alternated those squares with 4 p...
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Week 30 Moda BlockHeads3 Ring Around by Corey Yoder - Happy Wednesday everyone! Week 29 Ring Around is by Corey Yoder. I made this sweet block in 2 sizes, 4" and 8" and because I am easily bored and have to ad...
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Ring Around {Block 29 Moda Block Heads} - Good Morning and welcome to week 29 of Moda Block Heads. This week it is my turn to share a block pattern with all of you. This block is “Ring Around” and...1 week ago
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The winner is... - The winner of the mini chocolate and caramel quilt is... Quilting Babcia - it was mailed off last week and should be arriving in its new home any day now. ...1 week ago
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New Pattern! Butterfly Garden - I, like most of you perhaps, have a love for not only fabric, but threads. I especially love working with the beautiful hand dyed threads created by *Valda...
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Bright Ideas Come Home to Roost - Do you remember back a few decades....1980's or so? Someone had the bright idea that when you have a fabric out for some other project, all straightened a...
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I'll Fly Away - “I’ll Fly Away” 40"x42" Copyright 2020 by Susan Brubaker Knapp White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton thread, cotton batting, cotton backing f...
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Serendipitous Contrary Wife - This signature quilt top has been christened the Sugar Creek Township quilt, after one of the block maker's home address. As a top it has never been used ...
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Virtual Quilts: Viewing, Studying and Enjoying Them in New Ways - If you belong to a quilt guild, visit quilt exhibits, participate in workshops, take classes, or study quilt history, you have likely had an event canceled...3 weeks ago
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July is here! - July means we've been here for 6 months. Mission life is so different in Covid-19 time. The 8 Sisters are giving Virtual Tours. Click the link: www.calen...
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Hand Quilting with No Hoop - When I teach hand quilting, I offer several different ways to make the stitches (rocking, running, and stab stitch), with a hoop or without. *(The stab st...
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Quilt Giveaway - *FREE QUILT GIVEAWAY * Each month for a year, I will be giving away one of my homemade quilts.The quilt below, Gradient Star is this months giveaway. F...
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Life mostly at home for Lockdown - I have had a lot of time at home during lockdown, keeping safe and observing social distancing. Luckily, Suffolk has not been so badly affected as other ar...
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New Board Members Needed! - *Parliamentarian* Should attend the monthly board meetings (1st Monday of the month at 1 pm) Should attend the annual meeting held at Quilt Festival Ensure m...2 months ago
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Using Art to Connect and Stay Sane - Here are more of my dress cards. The first one is inspired by the Korean traditional dress- Hanbok. I never thought I would continue to make this but goin...
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Baskets and Quilts - *A tisket, a tasket* *A green and yellow basket * *I wrote a letter to my love* *And on my way I dropped it* *I dropped it* *I dropped it* *And ...
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Adult Coloring - I was introduced to the idea of adult coloring at the senior center in my hometown. It was set up as an activity for people to do while the knitting group ...
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The Days are Long But the Years are Short - I keep saying to myself that I am going to be better at keeping up with the blog. Sigh. This has been a very long month. Living in a pandemic is weird. ...
3 months ago -
Solidarity Block - Quiltmania are running an online free project. It’s called a Solidarity and you can read about in on their blog. This is my block which has been done in ra...
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Faded Memories - This blog post immediately feels inadequate to me. How do I post something without acknowledging what we are collectively going through right now? And yet,...
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Irving Berlin and Songs of Sequestering - *“How we love sequestering, * *where no pests are pestering” * My music-history-loving husband, Gary, has created a radio show based on his select...
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Watch It Wednesday -- Full Heart Panel, part 2 - Seven weeks ago, I posted the first video about how to quilt this panel. Then my disease flared up when my entire house was under re-construction at the s...
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Crossroads revisited - *In 2016 I co-authored an article for Blanket Statements, the newsletter of the American Quilt Study Group with Marian Ann Montgomery, Curator of Clothin...
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Quilted Joy - New Pattern and Class - Sending out the old year and welcoming in the new with JOY!!! Here's a closeup of my new pattern and applique class Quilted Joy. A bit of the antique inspi...
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Our love affair with sewing machines - Hi friends! Today school began in Los Angeles, and last week in the county where I live north of LA. This made me think about the school girl darning and p...
11 months ago -
Emma Andres Fourteenth Quilt Arizona State Seal - Arizona State Seal Quilt Original Design by Emma Andres Collection of the Arizona Historical Society Emma planned, designed, hand embroidered, and hand qui...
1 year ago -
Life after a Flood: It's Not All bad! - Between 5 and 7 PM on February 27th, a small cold water valve under our master bathroom sink gave way. I was gone but had been in there prior to leaving...
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Basting a Quilt on a Table - If you're a person who bastes your quilts on the floor, as I did for years, you might want to know that you can save your knees and do it on a table. I le...
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Little Quilts - So far this month, I've finished seven small quilt tops for doll quilts, wall hangings, or table toppers. The smallest is 13" x 16". The largest 19" x 28"...
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Heartland Heritage – Baby Quilt Option - At the beginning of the year, I promised a baby quilt layout to go with the Heartland Heritage blocks. And the time has finally come! Each month Heather ...1 year ago
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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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New Blog - I'm blogging solo at https://fromthebuttonbox.blogspot.com. Stop by and say 'Hi'.2 years ago
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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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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...
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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...2 years 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. ...2 years ago
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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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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...3 years 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...3 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 ...4 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...4 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...5 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...5 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...5 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...6 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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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...8 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...
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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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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...
9 years ago
This is another block I keep on the back burner thinking I will make one someday. It looks good in green--doesn't seem to be a common choice for two-color quilts.
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