Thimbleberries Quilt – Piece by Piece

| April 20, 2008

This month’s addition to the LAKESIDE THIMBLEBERRIES QUILT was amazingly simple…… it sure is fun putting together a quilt – piece by piece – an adventure over time.  I really love these fabrics – the colors make me happy! A small assignment is a joyful experience – and I get to cross it off my […]

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Orange Crush – Pineapple Crush – Decisions Decisions Decisions

| April 20, 2008

Many quilters from all over the world are at this very moment happily completing Step Two of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt designed by Bonnie K. Hunter (if anyone is interested in joining in on the fun – go to www.quiltville.com.)  Weeks ago, while waiting for our Step 1 instructions, many of us (including yours truly) selected our […]

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April Birth of a Sampler – THOUSANDS of 1 1/2 Inch Squares

| April 20, 2008

I wonder how many other quilters have ever cut so many extra strips of material that they could almost make a WHOLE quilt with the leftovers?  I guess I got CARRIED away with making my little 1 1/2″ square four-patches for the round (shown below) on my Birth of a Sampler Quilt because I had an embarrasssing number of […]

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TA DA Step 2 of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt

| April 18, 2008

Oh what a stretch it was to go TOTALLY SCRAPPY on this!  I was feeling more brave about mixing “EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK” with each block that I pieced.  My grandma used to make quilts like this – and so I am trying to give up control and fight against my “CONTROLLED AND ORGANIZED GENE” […]

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Dear Jane Civil War Quilt – Baby Jane – My Newest Endeavor

| April 13, 2008

I was inspired to make a DEAR JANE (Baby Jane) CIVIL WAR QUILT by the quilters on my recent Wakefield, VA retreat.  Some people call our reproduction quilts BABY JANE QUILTS, reserving the title of DEAR JANE for the original quilt made by Jane in 1863.  I have been reading all about young Jane who made […]

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