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My Left-handed Leftover Liberal quilt has found its owner.  A lovely Iowa friend with whom I travelled years ago has made contact after almost 40 years.  It’s fun getting to know her again - we have both changed so much.  And I’m delighted that this quilt will be living with her.

I’m putting the finishing touches on this piece which will hang in my dining room.  Windham fabrics has issued a challenged using these this palette selected by Jacquie Gering. These shot cotton fabrics are wonderful.  Some shot cottons are so thin.  And some shot cottons, like the ...

There have been questions regarding how I made the Tula Strings blocks and border. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at keeping notes and drawings, so I will do my best to recreate the pattern. First, I laid out the various colors of shot cottons from my stash, then pulled out coordinating Tula prints. One and one half inch strips were cut – solids and prints.

The strips were paper pieced onto a 10 1/2″ square of paper, beginning with a solid strip in the center. Was the paper necessary?  For me it was because the shot cottons definitely lend ...