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Blooms abound!
June is bursting out all over…..and it is still May for one more day! The lilies are all putting on a great show. Check out the volunteer sunflower growing by the mermaid bubbler. Seed planted by a...
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Just as nice the second time around!
I have been busy……with church activities, with frogging bad quilting, with a field trip with the Sew n Sisters, with some much needed housework. So I have no new quilting to show this week. Instead,...
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Split Personality
A couple of years ago I found an applique pattern by Pat Campbell. Pat was a very famous applique artist known for her Jacobean pattern.s I purchased it for my friend Virginia who does lovely hand...
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SunBonnet Sue through the year
One of my very good customers sent me a SunBonnet Sue quilt top to quilt for her. When she told me it was a Sunbonnet Sue I cringed! Yes, I cringed! I have never been enamored of the originial SBS...
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Chubby Chicks
Cute cute cute! I just love this pattern and hopefully someday I’ll be able to show my version of it – my chicks are fused down and my pinwheels are cut. Until then, enjoy Martha’s Chubby Chicks....
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Lilies, lantana, and more
Lots of pretty blooms to share so let’s just get on with the show!
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Blooms of another nature
The pattern for this quilt is called Blooming Nine Patch from the book Tradition with Twist. It was all the rage a few or more years back. More …..I think I started mine in 2005 or 2006. Maybe earlier....
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Quilts of Valor
It has become a tradition that the president of Quilters of SC issues a challenge to the membership. We have done Artful Bras which supported breast cancer – specifically a charity that helped provide...
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Sisters’ Choice ala Betsy
Every year or so the Sew’n Sisters work on a joint/mutual project. A couple of years ago we decided to make Sisters’ Choice blocks and do a block exchange. We cut lots and lots of 2 1/2″ strips from...
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The Ponderosa in Waynesville, NC – the perfect place for a quilting retreat
Just back from a wonderful long weekend quilting in the mountains of western North Carolina. We held our retreat at The Ponderosa, owned by Kim Polson. It is a wonderful retreat house fully equipped...
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Ponderosa Retreat Project Pictures
Virginia’s Stars Stars Stars for Quilts of Valor Another Quilts of Valor by Virginia Jolene’s Churn Dash for Quilts of Valor Karen’s Civil War BOM blocks set with Windblown Squares. Peggy’s Fall...
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Special cross stitch quilt
Yes, I know I haven’t posted in awhile. After the Ponderosa Retreat I spent a week at Edisto Beach with my good friend Carol and her hubby and three college age boys – the oldest is 22 and then twins...
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Monday Memory – Take One
I am going to try to feature a quilt from my “past” every Monday. So many are worth seeing again. This one is Rambling Rose meets Jamestown and was a Block of the Month featured by Sew n Sew, one of...
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Thursday Throwback
I don’t have anything new to show in the way of quilting. I have one on the frame but it isn’t finished. I guess I need to start doing a “what’s on the frame now post.” But it is fun to look...
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Just Clowning Around
My customer Kathy A did this darling applique clown quilt for a grand. It is very long – so long I can’t hang it from my quilt hanging rack to get a full picture. So I took pics of every block and...
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Plum Feathers ala Kaffe Fasset
I have a customer in the upstate who loves Kaffe Fasset fabrics and unusual piecing patterns. This one she called Plum Feathers. It is a strippy style quilt and I love the way the squares are...
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A Galaxy of Stars and Feathers!
Many of the quilters across our wonderful state of SC have taken the Galaxy Star class from Anita Bowen. It is a popular class and a stunning quilt pattern. I have seen it done in a variety of colors...
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Wrestling with a huge fluffy white elephant
Back in the early part of the year a comforter/home dec factory went out of business and was scrapping all of its batting. One of our QSC members found out and rented a truck and rescued the batting....
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Swirling Leaves – a wedding quilt
My dear friend Nancy B made this one for her son’s wedding. Nancy is a wonderful piecer and I really enjoyed “listening” to this quilt and taking cues from the fabric and the piecing to develop my...
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