My Own Quilts

Done! Dad’s Quilt is Done!

April 21, 2009

Though I really didn’t think I would finish it, Dad’s quilt is done! Handwork is done on the binding, it’s been washed, it’s been dried, it’s folded, in the car and ready to head to Paducah! And, the backing!  That’s a LOT of quilting!  See the next to bottom row, next to last one on [...]

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Dad’s Quilt Nearly Done

April 19, 2009

Tired of seeing Dad’s quilt yet?  I might be  . . ask me this time on Tuesday!  It’s off the longarm, threads are trimmed. The binding is on; all that’s left to be done is get the hand work done and wash and dry it before I leave on Wednesday. I went with green binding [...]

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Feathers and More Feathers

April 16, 2009

Yesterday I realized that if I’m going to give dad’s quilt to him when I see him next week, I’d better get it quilted! Loaded it and thought I could get it done yesterday.  What was I thinking?  Dad wouldn’t have cared if I’d done a panto or meander but I saw so much space [...]

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Two Older Quilts

March 30, 2009

It was probably 1995 . . goodness, that was 14 years ago!  My world wasn’t totally spinning out of control but it also wasn’t very stable.  I’m so thankful for quilting.  I had learned to quilt in 1980.  In about 1984, I learned to smock and was doing French handsewing and quilting took a back [...]

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First Quilts

February 17, 2009

Do you remember the first quilt you made?  Are you still working on it?  Do you still have it?  Here’s my first quilt. There’s a long story about it and how I got started quilting here. Can you imagine your life without quilting?  I can’t!  I think about the pleasure and relaxation I get from [...]

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Celebration of Freedom

January 23, 2009

Some who have been reading my blog for a while may remember this quilt.  It was made for the Moda Challenge in 2005 I think.  It was named “Celebration of Freedom”. I like it a lot but donated it to help raise money for The Pentagon Memorial Fund.  You can read the story about it [...]

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