Tag: Sewing
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Little Hands, Big Helper
I have an 8 year old Granddaughter and we visit and talk everyday, afterall she is my next door neighbor. She has grown to like a lot of the things that make my world go ‘round! We both enjoy baking, gardening, movies, shopping and the list goes on and on. Above all, we love to…
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Quilting is Poetry
What book could you read over and over again? Other than my Bible, there are two books in my library that I never tire of reading. Both books are authored by different early 20th century poets, Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost. I have found that creating a quilt is much like creating a poem. The…
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Quilting Rewards
The best compliment I ever received was from my Mom. The first quilt I ever made was with her direction in sewing and quilting. After we finished the quilt she said that she was proud of my accomplishment and she was ready to show her sewing friends. There was no better compliment and to this…
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Work in Progress
The title is a bit misleading because I have many unfinished projects that are actually evolving, slowly. My current focus is producing a quilt made with hexagons. The Omni Calculator for hexagons is a great tool that tells you how many hexies are required for different sized quilts. I have chosen a smaller size quilt…
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A Quilt for All Seasons
My first quilt was a cooperative effort with my Mom. Her years of quilting experience and tremendous patience helped me through the process of selecting fabrics, cutting and piecing our quilt. The process was truly overwhelming for me. The sewing part became a never ending stitching and unstitching seams, patches and whole blocks. This was…
Sew, this just happened! 