Nine Patch Extravaganza

The Quilt on the Bed

December 29, 2011

The quilt on my bed in the photos yesterday caught the attention of some of you.  It’s Starlight Path- from Nine Patch Extravaganza.  It was my first book and some of my favorite patterns are in there. The books do not come spiral bound.  I get the ones bound that I travel with so it’s [...]

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Weekend Quilts in Top 10

December 23, 2011

A blog reader, Donna, sent me an email letting me know that on the Quilters Newsletter Blog, they have a post listing the Top 10 Quilt Books for 2010 and Weekend Quilts is #5. You think that made my day?  Yep!  It made me very happy.  This is a great time to thank you all [...]

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Which Backing

September 24, 2011

This top was made to test a pattern for my first book, Nine Patch Extravaganza.  It’s time it got quilted and found itself a new home so it will be donated to the Texas wildfire victims. In this picture, along with the top, is a potential backing fabric.  The fabric is tan/brown with a little [...]

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Quilts for Red Cross Donors

June 18, 2011

I’ve been a bit slow in getting these quilts photographed and in the mail.  I hope to get them all to UPS early next week but here are the quilts that will be going to new homes.  I wish each and every person who donated could have received a quilt!  You were all so generous [...]

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One More Quilted

April 16, 2010

The binding is going to have to wait because I don’t have enough fabric.  I believe I can still get the fabric so I’ll see if I can find it in Paducah before ordering more. This quilt is Starlight Path from Nine Patch Extravaganza.  Nancy Miller made the quilt for the book but this is [...]

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Finish #17

April 3, 2010

Binding is all done . . finished by machine last night.  Nice to finish a UFO! Even though Warm &  Natural batting isn’t my favorite weight, it surely seems to be my favorite as far as making nice, flat, non-rippling edges.  I like this quilt a lot and may keep it for myself.

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