April 2009

Honey, I’m Home!

April 25, 2009

Where do I start?  As always, the show quilts were unbelievably gorgeous.  The vendors were all so tempting.  The crowds were as large as I can remember having seen them.  Prior to arriving at the show, I wondered how the economy and problems with the Executive Inn would affect attendance and I was very happy [...]

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Scraps vs. Stash Quilting

April 24, 2009

A reader asked me to share my method of saving and organizing scraps.  Bonnie Hunter is the scrap queen!  She has a wonderful method for saving and organizing scraps. I’m a stash quilter.  I’m not much of a scrap quilter.  There’s a difference in my mind, though no one else may understand it but me. [...]

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Does the Stash Control You?

April 23, 2009

Most of you will not relate to this but I’ve known quilters who hardly ever quilt because they no longer like the fabric in their stash.  They feel they can’t buy new fabric because they have a stash . . though they don’t want to use it so . . they don’t quilt. What if [...]

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Sashing and Border

April 22, 2009

The border I used on my dad’s quilt is the same border as on the Poinsettia quilt on the free patterns page.  Also, for those using EQ6, it’s one of their “auto borders”.  Simple, simple, simple with EQ. The “X” sashing square that was used was explained in this post.

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Fabric Buying

April 22, 2009

Ahh, you thought I was confessing already to having bought yards and yards of fabric?  Nope.  I’m not saying “Nope, I haven’t done that!”.  I’m simply saying “Nope, that’s not what I’m talking about today.”  You see, I do not have access to the internet while I’m away.  Where we’re staying has wi-fi but I [...]

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Off to Paducah

April 22, 2009

By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Paducah, KY for my very favorite quilt show . . the AQS Show. The only bad part of the trip will be crossing those darned bridges but luckily, my buddy Elaine is going with me and she’ll be driving across the bridges. Somebody [...]

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