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Its been a productive couple of weeks...managed to finish all of the charity quilts ready to be delivered next week.

Had a lovely 'I Spy' quilt to finish. Given its colourful fabric I just meandered over it. Still find that the most effective and fast ways to finish some of the more scrappy type quilts.

Nearly got side tracked again in going through my stash to find similar fabric that could be used for an 'I Spy' quilt. Such a good isea and a fun project! Restrained myself though and kept going with the next charity project.

Shirley, hooked by Kyoko Okamura, 40" by 37"

 So, I'm onto my 2nd big project- Autumn Fruit designed by Pearl McGown & Jane McGown Flynn.  I'm still pretty shocked that I got this lovely pattern on linen with all the wool kitted out and class instructions all for $20 on eBay.  The more I looked at the project, the more I realized what an amazing deal it was.  Not to mention, it's a perfect 2nd project.  First it will teach me to follow a pattern and also shows me how to gradate the pattern to give it depth ...

I quilted the flannel baby quilt on the right.  The squares were sewn together last year, so on this one I added the border ...

Do you remember the phrase “quilt in a day”? It was a slogan Eleanor Burns used, the premise being, if you used her patterns and gadgets, you could complete a quilt (top) in a day. Well, I’ve got that beat—I finished two tops in one day! 

The pattern is called Moondance, and it’s from Villa Rosa Designs. 

It makes a quilt that is 40” x 50”, so not huge, but one of our guild charities is Gabriel Project. Wouldn’t this be a cute baby quilt? I am absolutely in love with the fabric. 

It has little ...

Yes a “cold front” finally came through-the temperature late after went from 94 to about 78 in less than 20 minutes – lightening and thunder and about a half inch of rain.  I had been working on Georgetown but needed to unplug the machine so I set it aside.  I am half way finished with […]

How did your Chookshed Challenge number project go for July.  My progress was slow, but I was able to get all of my Fishy Business fish hand appliqued.  These fish have been traveling in my handwork bag all year.  Here they are on my design wall ready to be put together into a wall hanging. I really love them!

For those who are waiting for it, the August number is 7.

My number 7 is to do some paper piecing.  The two biggies I have to choose from are Vesta and Disney Princess blocks.

My time flies when you’re having fun…or at doctor appointments all the time. Last week was another week of doctor appointments. I promise, I’ll give you an update once all the appointments come to some kind of conclusion. For now, we had an MRI and two radiation appointments last week. I took my stitching with …

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August is here, it's hard to believe that summer is almost over. Seems like summers fly by too quickly. Soon the evenings will start to cool down and the leaves on my one maple tree will start to turn, it's always the first tree. I have a little touch of autumn in the middle of August. The garden seems slow this year... only one tomato so far, I'm hoping for more of course. (We've have had a lot of rain this year.) I have picked a couple of nice batches of green beans. I roasted them ...

August is here, it's hard to believe that summer is almost over. Seems like summers fly by too quickly. Soon the evenings will start to cool down and the leaves on my one maple tree will start to turn, it's always the first tree. I have a little touch of autumn in the middle of August. The garden seems slow this year... only one tomato so far, I'm hoping for more of course. (We've have had a lot of rain this year.) I have picked a couple of nice batches of green beans. I roasted them ...

This morning, Patrick went golfing and I got to work on cleaning up before I did anything else. I did stop and play my war game at 9, then back to cleaning. 

Before and after Patrick came home, I was working on the WILTZIUS family. I received a message from another family member and wanted some documents. So, I pulled out my file and started reviewing it. I made sure I didn't miss anything or get anything wrong. Then I scanned them and sent them on. He didn't want but one direct line, so I didn't have ...