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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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My Blog List
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Where have I seen that quilt before? (3) - *The French expression "deja vu" translates to "already seen" and is meant to express the uncanny feeling of recollection. Sometimes people look at the qu...
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Perfect 10 Sampler Quilt Along: Week 6 - Week 6: Lemon Sorbet and Mint Chocolate Chip Welcome back to week 6 of our Perfect 10 Sampler Quilt Along! We’re quilting our way through the Perfect 10 ...15 hours ago
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Sajou Revisited - I know there were many Sajou quilts made that never made it on the linky party we had. So I am opening it up until Thursday and will draw a number for the...
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The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful - Well, I'm either really late for last weeks post or I am one day early for this weeks. Mothers Garden was on display in Houston at the Festival. It is al...
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Zakka Home Project Book by Sedef Imer - [image: Zakka Home Project Book by Sedef Imer] A few months ago, Sedef Imer of Down Grapevine Lane, asked me if I’d like to review a copy of her brand ne...19 hours ago
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Cheddar Birds -Antique Appliqué Quilt - Such an odd duck? of a quilt! Birds and fish and roosters surrounding Whig Rose or Rose of Sharon. Part of my Birds and Blooms trunk show.
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Design Wall Monday - Mariner's Compass Sunflower -testing Tula Fabrics - I played a little with Tula Pink fabrics from my Stash. I think they're fun to use. This is the Revised book for the Skinny Mariner's Compass. I tested ...
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Bourbon/Harrison County Fan Quilt 1893 - Art collector Bert Hemphill gave this remarkable quilt to the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art in 1987. It's even more remarkable when you look at i...
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Pink and Yellow - Love that twirl! Some easy Sunday sewing. I have been a little under the weather so this took some effort. But it was sunny and that lifted my mood. ...
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Gratitude Sunday - We’re eleven days from Thanksgiving. Eleven. Please don’t be shocked by my admission that I had to look this up. These last two weeks have been full and th...2 days ago
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More from My Visit to National Quilt Museum - On our way from Maryland to visit the Grand Canyon in September, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY HAD to be a stopover! We saw fabulous quilts fr...
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The Godey's Lady's Best Bits Book - My newest e-book is live and ready to roll. The Godey's Lady's Best Bits Book: March 1854 It's collection of some of the best bits of the Godey's magazin...
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Squared Away Cutie Quilt - The very first Cutie Pattern I designed was Squared Away. This is one of my very favorites for that reason. I also love it because it requires no border...
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5 Things You Didn't Know about Georgia O'Keefe - Off the Wall Friday - Sitting in my parents' cabin, I watched as fall turned into November. I've gotten a lot done on my pinwheels quilt and have found it very therapeutic. ...
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On the Cover! Quiltmania! - Very shortly the newest issue of *Quiltmania* will be on newsstands or in your mailbox if you're a subscriber - the November/ December 2018 issue. Here's a...
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What's New? - Received Pam Buda's new book shipment and am just as "wowed" by it as I thought I would be! I might even be able to keep up with this program! What a ...
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Celebrating 300 Years - A couple of weeks ago friends and I went on a tour of the Whippany Burying Yard in Whippany, NJ, in celebration of its founding in 1718. It's a small cemet...
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Blockheads Block #30 - This is Block #30 by Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic. For the pattern, visit Brigitte’s blog. This is a nice big 18″ block. For my version, I used Prairie...6 days ago
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Autumn Love Block Party ~ Crows & Vines - It's a quilted couch pillow. Quilted Couch Pillow by Deonn Stott Featuring RBD Wool and *Autumn Love *fabric by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet for Riley Bla...
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Top 100 - It is Quilt Market time - and my book is in the Schiffer Publishing booth (1749). There are 13 new titles in their booth as well as best selling titles t...
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Noah and Matilda update - My latest Noah and Matilda block. I cheated a bit on this one. I love this fabric with the little medallions so, once again, I let the fabric do all the wo...
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OMG for November...and Retreat... - Here I go again...linking up with Patty at her One Monthly Goal ...I am jumping in to join her OMG link for November. So to start off, my goal for this mon...
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Fall Days - You can tell that fall is here when it is time to make apple butter. Our granddaughter Rowen stands beside 11 bags of apples cut and ready for the apple bu...
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"Bricks" Series Celebration - 13" x 17"At last! It's been a long time but . . .done is done. Here is the ninth and final quilt made from the pieces of a c. 1900 Bricks top I took apart...
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Emma Andres Eighth Quilt Doll Nine Patch - Nine Patch Doll Quilt c. 1933 Emma's notes say she got the idea from a quilt some tribe of Indians had made for Mrs. Fortner. Hand pieced and hand qui...
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Sajou redo & October Mini - I know, I know--I was adamant that I was not going to remake my Sajou (again), even though I wasn't crazy about my finish. Well, I lied. The border was jus...
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Sarah Good hanged as a witch - Arrested and Hanged As a Salem Witch One of Salem, Massachusetts' Witch Trials first victims in 1692 was Sarah Good, a woman of childbearing age who, indee...
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Dearest Boy Block Update And A New Quilt Finish - The 30th has rolled around fast. I stitched my block on Sunday evening. I was about to forget about doing it. This one is a tree block though I didn't s...
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Wasatch Fiber Arts Class - What a crazy day! Friday night before bed, my face and chest felt funny and itched a little bit. When I went to brush my teeth I saw that I was bright red. ...
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All You Need is Love - Beatles Quilts - I loved being part of the Beatles Quilt Project and making this fun bird quilt. My song was "And Your Bird Can Sing". There is a book available of all the...
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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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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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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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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...2 months 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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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...2 months 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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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'.4 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...
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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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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...
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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...1 year 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...
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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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