Braid Parade Quilt

| January 23, 2008

I have a new appreciation for our fore-mothers.  The hand-pieced quilts of yesteryear were made with love and dedication.  Here is my attempt at a hand pieced quilt – my parade of braids.  This has taken a whole week and I have used many bandaids.  I wonder if I will ever get good enough so […]

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Step 6 of the Carolina Mystery Quilt – half square triangles

| January 13, 2008

The final part of Step 6 of the Caroina Mystery Quilt was finished this evening.  Four little corner triangles and 16 larger half square triangles.  Now I can sit back and wait for Step 7.  I will be in Kansas City, MO when this clue comes out – so I won’t actually be finishing this […]

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Step 6 – The CORRECT OHIO STAR BLOCK – with the blue center – for the Carolina Mystery Quilt

| January 13, 2008

Here are six (of the 16) 9 1/2″ Ohio Star Blocks for the Carolina Mystery Quilt.  These are the correct blocks with the dark center.  I am glad that I UNSEWED the incorrect ones, with the light center, and made them correctly.  I say that NOW but I wasn’t too sure last night around midnight […]

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Step 6 The INCORRECT Ohio Star Block of the Carolina Mystery Quilt

| January 13, 2008

I finally accomplished Step 6 – the Ohio Block of the Carolina Mystery Quilt.  I don’t know yet how the final quilt will look (that is the MYSTERY!) but I am pleased with this block!  I guess I should say that I am FINALLY PLEASED with this block.  I accidently sewed light middles in the […]

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| January 10, 2008

January 10, 2008 I, along with hundreds of other quilters from parts far and wide, am anxiously waiting for Bonnie Hunter (quiltville.com) to post STEP 6 for the Mystery Quilt that she is leading us through, step by step.  We are following her, with blind faith, diligently putting together tiny delightful blocks – hundreds of […]

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