This Mariner’s Compass quilt top was donated to the shop where I volunteer—isn’t it striking? We’re quilting it now as a future raffle quilt, and it’s already drawing a lot of attention. I’m a history buff, and my love of antique quilts comes from that, I’m sure.
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Okay, I’ll admit it: I’ve never been all that good at sitting around. (Unless, of course, there’s a book in my hand!) So here is a slice of my life—since Amazon’s dashboard for uploading books takes something close to forever to operate and much twiddling of fingers
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There’s a new baby coming for a special couple, and I was thrilled that they welcomed the idea of a quilt from me. I had such fun designing this! It’s not perfect, but my one of my quilting gurus calls those mistakes humility blocks. The Mother Goose
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I’ve been working on utilizing donations to the seniors handcrafts shop where I volunteer, in order to piecing Christmas throws and wall hangings for our group to quilt and then for the shop to sell. I didn’t get enough advance notice to be able to be part
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Like many of you, I’m guessing, I have inherited a number of lace doilies and what were called dresser scarves (sort of table runners to put on top of a dresser.) I even have a set embroidered to go beneath a sugar bowl and cream pitcher. I’ve
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