June 2010

Pajama Quilter

June 23, 2010

No, I don’t quilt in my pajamas . . not usually.  But Dawn Ramirez apparently does quilt in her pajamas and is known as “The Pajama Quilter“.  She has excellent DVD’s and workbooks to help those of us who are artistically challenged.  I really can’t draw a decent stick figure but, I can do some [...]

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The Same But Different

June 22, 2010

Have you ever thought about how similar quilters are?  When I’m with one or two or a whole room full of quilters, we always seem to have so much in common.  Almost always when I meet a quilter, it seems like we’ve known each other forever. But, when you get right down to it, we [...]

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Clue #4

June 22, 2010

Sew a 3-1/2″ x 5″ background rectangle (N) to opposite sides of a 3-1/2″ medium accent square (O).  Make 17. Join the Unit #6 pieces to the above segment to finish Block 2.  Make 17 blocks. Go back to the flying geese from Clue #1. You have 4 flying geese, all the same color, per [...]

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Patience is a Virtue

June 21, 2010

And I’m not very virtuous!  Over the weekend Vince cleaned and oiled his new Singer 404 machine.  And then he came into the sewing room, carrying it under his arm and said “I’m ready now!”  And I said . . Go Away!  There’s no room in here for you!  I didn’t say that but really, [...]

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Design Wall Monday – June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010

Ahhh . . something on my design wall!  I’ll talk more about these blocks tomorrow but for now, here they are: Aren’t they bright and cheerful?  I’m not sure what to do with them.  There are 20 of them.  I was going to set them with sashing, 4 x 5, but then I thought about [...]

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Ouch — That Had to Hurt

June 20, 2010

Does one of these eggs look extra extra extra large? The Red Stars (including Ruby) lay the brown eggs.  Two of my Easter Eggers lay aqua eggs that are almost as big as the brown eggs.  One Easter Egger lays an avocado colored egg (in the picture above) and her eggs are usually a good [...]

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