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July 29, 2024
Bumpkin Baskets ~ The Original ~ A New Quilt Plan from Podunk Pretties

 Hello Quilty Friends!  After a week of this quilt hanging on my longarm I finally found(made) the time to take a picture.  This is the quilt I thought I quilted and gifted to my daughter about nine years ago.  Last Monday I shared a peek inside my quilt designing brain while I tried to come up with a plan for a new quilt using the same basic basket block in red, white and blues.  I'm happy to finally announce I have a final quilt design!  Woohoo!


The drawing was made in EQ8.  It's a rough drawing of ...

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July 22, 2024
A Small Peek Inside My Quilt Designing from Podunk Pretties

Hi Quilty Friends!  The good news is all the quilt block applique has been stitched in place on all the blocks. YAH!   


The not so good news for me is it took forever because I kept playing around with sashing and border ideas.  Fabric was pulled from the scrap bins, auditioned and rejected many times.  Sometimes I didn't even bother to take down the previous fabric as shown by the green arrow below.  So many photos were taken of the ideas.  Way too many to share.  You're getting just a few highlights of my crazy brain.  Getting to ...

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July 8, 2024
Look What I Found! from Podunk Pretties

Hello Quilty Friends!  Let's start the new week with a new project.  Well, it's not really new, it's a UFO. 


It took some digging to find her. Over the last couple of years there's been a lot of rearranging going on here in the studio.   After about an hour of searching, I sat in my sewing chair wondering if I had  accidentally tossed her in the trash or donated it along with unloved fabric.  And then I saw the white plastic baskets in my little green cabinet.  That's where I hid these little lovelies!  Thank ...

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