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Thursday, April 29, 2010

tiny quilts


I just machine-stitched the last one of three....
love the jewel colors with the gold in the fabric...

I tried different ways to display them...
these patterns are from one of Carol Doak's books..

I used a decorative stitch for the self binding...
since I keep records of most everything!!!...
I discovered upon investigation...
I actually paper pieced these 5 years ago!!!...
I did finish two of them almost 3 years ago...
Thanks to Naomi for getting me to think about finishing...
she has a gorgeous tote bag on her blog....
I must find that fabric....as I reallly..reallly like that fabric...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

the red, white and bold


I finished this quilt...
a "plan as you go" kind of project...
strip tube ruler + jelly roll + border fabric to match...
strip tube ruler demo is
here....
used 6 strips that were left from the jelly roll for the binding....

Saturday, April 17, 2010

binding on the RWB



love to sit on our patio....
nice to have hand stitching to do....
like the diagonal stripe fabric on the binding....
nice to stop and relax after a busy week....
still have most of the binding to hand stitch to the back...

Saturday, April 10, 2010

more about red, white and bold



this quilt sat for 6 months.....
waiting to be quilted....
other projects took priority....
then last month I started to machine quilt it....
lots of loops and hearts and stars and words.....
now I need to finish it up...
to be continued...

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

story of red, white & bold


one year ago...
the strip tube ruler....
love the Moda red, white & bold jelly roll...
let's make a quilt...
joined flickr group Pat Sloan FIU Challenge May 2009....
trouble finding border fabric to match...
photo shows pinning the quilt Sept 2009...
to be continued.......

Thursday, April 1, 2010

peaceful





sun shining on the hills....
by the lake....
before sunset....
looking toward the east sky....
then the sun going down....
then magical twilight....

card class




Last week we had a super fun class at Stamp Delights in La Mesa, CA. Jenny Griffiths of the Memory Box Design Team was the teacher and she always has great cards for us to make.

The poppies and the eggs looked so good with the glossy accents.