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DQS10 Received!!, a photo by QuiltyBee on Flickr.Look at the fabulous and beautiful and simply wonderful quilt I received from Elisa for DQS10. The details, created with applique and embroidery, are so thoughtful and interesting. I just love the colors and all the texture. And see that 3D flower?! To add icing to an already delicious cake, Elisa sent 2 fantastic orange FQ--I am saving them for

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Sneak Peek, a photo by QuiltyBee on Flickr.Sorry for the lousy pic--it's snowing outside! Anyhow, my swap partner says she likes half square triangles--so I'm combining these with an idea I've always wanted to try. Look how small! I don't think they will ALL be this tiny--had to finger press these babies first, and then no steam on the iron. Maybe working on this little thing will help me feel

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Spring Flight a photo by QuiltyBee on Flickr.DQS10 Finished! I'm just loving the yellow and gray trend, so I fell off the StashPact and got a charm pack of Basic Gray (Origin's by Moda). And I always love HSTs, so here we are.Sometimes I finish one of these minis, and I think--too simple, my partner will never like it. My hope is for a bit of classiness. And I really like to highlight the fabric.

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Sneak Peek #2 a photo by QuiltyBee on Flickr.Wow, just a little pat on the back for myself here. . .nearly finished with my DQS10 quilt. All I need to do is stitch the binding to the back and collect a couple goodies to go with. I think this is the earliest I've EVER completed any swap (or maybe anything). Nice! Joys sunshine, glorious sunshine AND springtime warmth an extra cup of coffee

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Trying out Malka Dubrosky's pattern for with all purples and grays. The big version will be my son's graduation quilt. I do like the way these go together. . .I'd thought about taking the berry color out, but DS likes it, so it stays. Tried quilting it with all gray, maybe going to a charcoal and then quilted a little scrap size with purple--awesome, so it will be quilted in purple. The big

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Looky, looky, looky! I received the January/February Swap 'til You Drop (STUD) mini from sunflowerquilts today--a love touch of spring for me to enjoy on a truly dreary day. Plus, a bright and orange-y charm pack and a little notebook. Check out her quilting--beautiful stitches in a nice green thread. Fantastic binding as well. Really, a wonderful little swap--I couldn't

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Sunflower Days This pic is pretty mediocre, but I love this little quilt I sent to Sunflowerquilts. Can you see they're sunflowers?  I took a cue from Malka Dubrosky's Fresh Quilting with a kind of improv log cabin block. My partner and I agreed to use only from our stash, since we're both in StashPact11. I've fallen in love with yellow and grey, so I got out all my yellows,

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Or Wednesday WIP, take your pick.   Actually, this mini will be finished by the end of the day and in the mail on Thursday. I really want to keep it for myself. Yellow & gray are my current faves! Should be able to post a finished pic by Monday. JoysSunshine, glorious sunshine! Spring is right around the corner. Grandma's coming home from the hospital tomorrow--no nursing home for

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So close . . . My Mug Rug Swap 3 just needs a label and a wash and it's ready for the mail. Where will it go? I just love the green fabric--I think it's Patty Young. I might need to make one for myself. I used Handmade by Alissa's placement pattern to start. Lovely! JoysSunshine, sunshine, sunshine--all the snow is gone from the roof & driveway Boys who work hard on school

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Valentine coasters for someone special  = a small dent in the yarn stash. Get this great flower coaster pattern from Laura's Left Hook. I did add one more center spiral and take away a couple stitches in each petal--my tension might be a bit tight for all her stitches. Lovely either way. Joys Actual time to sew today?! Day time temps SOARED above 9--clear up to 20 on Thursday

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Turns out I have a stash of books & magazines, as well as fabric, yarn and beads. So part of my February strategy (read: stewardship of the stuff) is to assign some of my fabric sets to the great patterns in my books. Really, it's not as if I want to get ride of all my stuff--just use it. Just let it fulfill its purpose. This month, I think I'll focus on Fresh Quilting by Malka

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Another Slice of Stash So I've been digging through the stash and thinking about how to shrink it. My fabric and yarn and beads need to fit in a certain space, and that's it. To help me figure this out, let's look at the current state of the stash: + On the Plus Side  +Much of my fabric was purchased for specific projects--mostly quilts.So most of it  coordinates. I still like a lot of it (

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Whittling down my stash of strange acrylic yarn with a big bag for schlepping stuff to work. It's going fast! What are you working on in winter? JoysSunshine! Mindless crochet Taxes nearly done

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Slice of Stash Now I hate to make resolutions. I'm not even that good with goals--oh, I can set them, I just don't follow through. So I hesitate to go public with my plan to reduce my stash. But the fact of the matter is I have lots of stuff, and it's getting in my way. So here's the deal for 2011: Much of my stash was purchased with a specific project in mind (at least I don't impulse buy "

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2010 I'm a little surprised I could come up with 20 items--most of these are for swaps. Now, I certainly love swaps, but not having much else to show for 2010 might explain the size of my stash. Stay tuned for the 2011 Stash Buster strategy. Hope 2011 is starting out well for everyone. I am deep in reflection (and year-end reports at work). Peace,QuiltyBee

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Life is Awesome #1 It may need attention (and a front porch :), it may be a bit out of date, but this little cottage keeps us warm in windy, snowy, subzero weather when the only sane thing to do is spend the snow day home from school playing hearts and baking cookies. Our home is awesome!

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4th Sunday of Advent God of love, may everything I do become an expression of your love. Amen.~ Beth A. Richardson, The Uncluttered Heart

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3rd Sunday in Advent God of joy, may I dream dreams and share tales of hope as I enter into this third week of Advent. I praise your mighty name. Amen. ~ Beth A Richardson, The Uncluttered Heart If you're snowed in too, take joy in the beauty of the earth.~ QuiltyBee

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Friday Finish Using Attic 24's pattern, I have a few snowflakes ready to block & then tuck into a package for my brother. Barcelona doesn't have our Christmas snow (at least I don't think so). Lucy's look more flakey--better yarn choice--but I love these all the same. Just 2 weeks to go! With a night of wrapping I'm pretty much ready :)Hope you are enjoying these weeks of preparation

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Just a few clucky gifts. . . I think I can swing a couple of potholders this year. How would this look in your kitchen? Today's PraiseChristmas gifts all ready (except for a couple potholders)--a simple list really helps Really cute teenage boys--at least today they're cute! A DH who is truly kind and giving

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2nd Sunday in Advent God of Advent, walk ahead of me, helping me keep sight of your vision of peace. May I hold peace in my heart and pray for peace in our broken world. Amen. ~ Beth A. Richardson, The Uncluttered HeartPeace is a tough one, requiring each of us to let go at least a little. Remembering you are loved helps.  Peace, QuiltyBee

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Sew & Tell Friday Finish (es!) Mug Rug SwapI couldn't make up my mind so I just sent all 3! Here is my New Year's Mug Rug from Lily Lemon--see the bubbles in the glass! I love how sparkly these are--fairy frost is great for the glitz. These are absolutely addicting to make. I'm working on some for Christmas gifts--how nice to have a little room for something sweet

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Monday Musing Grandma & Auntie Recently I traveled across the country to Spokane, Washington to visit my 93 year-old grandmother. She is doing pretty well, all things considered. Even though I have lived in Iowa for over 20 years, I miss being able to see her regularly. I am so thankful that she passed on to me: A deep love for creation: camping, gardening, just walking in the

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1st Sunday in Advent God of Advent, kindle within me the flame of hope. As I walk through this day, may that hope remind me of your promise that something good is coming. Amen.    ~ Beth A. Richardson, The Uncluttered Heart My hope is that each of you knows you are always and truly loved.Peace, QuiltyBee

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Today's Praise How easily we can forget how precious life is! So long as we can remember, we've just been here, being alive. Unlike other things for which we have a comparison--black to white, day to night, good to bad--we are so immersed in life that we can see it only in the context of itself. We don't see life as compared to anything, to not-being, for example, to never having been born. Life

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WIP Wednesday Lovely fabrics from Kate Spain's 12 Days of Christmas line. Lots of red (she said she LOVES red). All coming together for the Modern Christmas Stocking swap on Flickr. I will admit to a bit of unsewing (no pattern, after all). But all in all, I might just want to keep it. Or I might just have to make a guitar version for DH, who has had no stocking in the last 18

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Monday Musing The BIG 5-0 that is. Thanks to my kind and generous friends & family, I received LOTS of birthday money (out of pity, out of love??). My first thought was "chocolate!" Then my mind raced with all the things I want, all the things I need, all the things. Finally, after much contemplation, I knew how to spend all that moolah . . . Let me introduce you to my

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Gratitude is heaven itself.~ William Blake And gratitude will keep you warm are the temperatures outside fall.

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blogtoberfest 31 The sunbeams stream forward , dawn boys,with shimmering shoes of yellow.~ Mescalero Apache Song  A beautiful day to praise God & His creation.

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blogtoberfest 30 I can't believe I've managed to post every day this month! Just one more to go. . . . Thanks to this great challenge, I've learned a few things about blogging. . . This "quilting blog" is not in fact about quilting, mostly because I hardly ever quilt. Hmm, that may be more about my life than my blog. The day-to-day details of my life are pretty mundane, and I don't

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blogtoberfest 29 Last marching of the year and probably forever for DS1 (the grumpy one on the right). They gave an "indoor marching band" concert, playing everything they know. The last piece all the seniors left their shoes (their "legacy" footprints) and passed their hate onto an underclassman. DS2 received one from the 1st chair tuba. Waving goodbye for kindergarten was a

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blogtober 28 So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.  --Brenda Ueland How does one moodle in 15 minute snippets of time? Can one moodle while doing the dishes, chauffering the kids, folding laundry? For me these are the perennial questions. Granted, a "studio" or room of my own would simplify the process, allowing me to leave things out

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blogtoberfest 27 Since today is sideways gusting rain & sometimes snow, I spent lunch crocheting a sunny, cheery hat for a Christmas present. Still channeling Grandma!

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blogtoberfest 26 Tonight we have DS2 in an orchestra concert--the high school kids get to wear Halloween costumes. They love it, but now at the last minute he's changed his mind on the costume! The workings of the 15 yo mind. Regardless, his cello will sound so cool, so rich. And they always play interesting music. Looking forward to a nice evening.

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blogtoberfest 25 Oh. my. word. It's finally happened. After relentlessly  lightheartedly teasing my husband for over 7 years for receiving his own cards, it's finally happened to me. I turn 50 in 7 days. Just my luck. Today's Praises I don't feel 50! Grilled cheese for supper on a rainy day.

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blogtoberfest 24 "Satisfaction is the paralysis of the church. While relentless grace works to take us further, we are all too satisfied just where we are."  ~Paul Tripp, Twitter Post Gratitudes Good general health Work to provide for my family & care for others Opportunities & success for my children that they may continue to learn the value of hard work   

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blogtoberfest 23 Finally have this quilt started 3 YEARS AGO ready to quilt. My hope is to speed right through it (I know, I probably jinxed that :) The recipient will be driving through town in a week. Can it be done? Vroom, vroom!

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blogtoberfest 22 Day 22 and I have nothing to post about except the tedium of everyday life. blah, blah, blah (although I've had a nice quiet day off). While I'm happy I've posted every day this month as challenged, I'm disappointed that I have no sewing to post about. This is "supposed to be" a quilting blog, or at least a creative blog. . . . Alas, I spend more time thinking about quilting

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blogtoberfest 21  To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.Joseph Chilton Pearce   Working on this hat, I've been WRONG at least 5 times so far. In fact, I finally just started over because I didn't check my gauge--it would have fit King Kong the way I was going. On the other hand, fear of making a mistake, of wasting that beautiful fabric, of using up time--

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blogtoberfest 20 How cool would it to be 15 years old and have an entire fall day to skateboard. . . wish I could manage that kind of balance. It looks so fun to have speed and air all at once. As the last bit of Jack's birthday, we hit the road with two of his friends so they could skate in Spencer, the town with the GOOD skate park. They got several hours in with a break at Pizza Ranch

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blogtoberfest 19 This is the time of year to make THE BEST COLESLAW, or some of you may just consider this cabbage salad. DH & I love this; the boys hate when I make the dressing because it stinks (you'll see why). This cabbage is supposed to keep 1 week, but it never lasts that long. One Week Coleslaw (serves 8-10) adapted from The Frugal Gourmet's Whole Family Cookbook 2 1/2 lb head of

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blogtoberfest 18 Or maybe that should be "Caw! Caw!" I never thought I'd ever go through a haunted house, not at 49 & 11/12, but our church youth group wanted to go. Susan (the other leader) and I were just going to stand outside, waiting patiently . . . . Then this clown with green skin ran up and pounded on the car windows. The girls screamed. Emily wouldn't go unless I went. So I bought

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blogtoberfest 17 Thou that hast given so much to me,Give one thing more, a grateful heart.Not thankful when it pleaseth me,As if they blessings had spare days;But such a heart, whose pulse may be thy praise.~ George Herbert I'm grateful today for awesome kids, both at home and at church.  Sometimes it is so easy to be cynical about teenagers (or maybe we are just embarrassed remembering our own

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blogtoberfest 16That's what I need before I post about today's road trip. All I can say is I wish I could skateboard. XXOO

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blogtoberfest 15Well, for my 101st post, I have no time to stop and talk . . . my day off was full of errands and driving to and fro . . . I was so hoping to sew this afternoon, but I was only home about 15 mins. However, my brain has been busy planning a variety of projects. Aside from seriously finishing some WIPS and starting some swap postcards, I think this will be the year of crochet for

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blogtoberfest 14 from The First Importance     What the gospel rests on “Do you require yourself to remember? In order to live as you can and should, you first must remember who you are and what you’ve been given.” - Paul David Tripp, Twitter post

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blogtoberfest 13  Well, not work-in-progress, more like work-in-brain. However, I AM going to sew Friday afternoon no matter what. I'm in a fabric postcard swap (Christmas or Winter), and I have an idea for a table runner. Today's PraisesGorgeous sunshine! Busy time = not boring :) Split pea soup & grilled cheese for supper

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blogtoberfest 12 Rest in peace, Ginger. Ginger is was our '97 Escort, 235,000 miles plus (nearly to the moon!) and 12 years in our household. Fortunately, DS#1 is unharmed and brimming over with lessons learned. Fortunately, it was a one-car accident. Today's Praises All in our household are safe All in our household are humble (!) Ginger served us well & protected my boy

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blogtoberfest 11 Oh, for a man in uniform! My man (DS#2) is difficult to see behind the bell of his tuba--he's the one nearly smack in the middle of the shot. The other DS is off to the side behind a melliphone bell. They both looked so sharp in their uniforms, marching so straight. Sigh. Yes, I sigh with nostalgia for marching bands, having been in one. Mine was not nearly

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blogtoberfest 10 Fabulous fall weather Young love The chance to worship God Kids singing "Amen!" Laundry done (Amen!) Turkey burgers on the grill A week with more time at home A chance to sew Time with family

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blogtoberfest 9 Like grandma, I like TV (there, I confessed) but find I can't just sit and watch. It's good to have some kind of low-thinking handwork to keep me busy. This should turn out to be a vest. We have enough beanies and dishcloths. (I'm trying to keep my dismay over the size I need in check.) I'm blessed to be the recipient of many of grandma's projects: a beautiful lace

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blogtoberfest 8 One problem I've always had with blogging is posting about real life but not in real time. For example, I love Sew & Tell Fridays, but Fridays are the only day I really ever have to sew (if I'm going to get to). It was very difficult for me to post about whatever I'd worked on the last Friday--because I hadn't worked on it "this week." Just a little ridiculous, I know

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blogtoberfest 7 From one of my favorite blogs: http://firstimportance.org/ Two Lessons for Christians to Learn“There are but two lessons for Christians to learn: the one is, to enjoy God in everything; the other is, to enjoy everything in God.” - Charles Simeon, quoted by John Piper in The Roots of Endurance (Wheaton, Ill.; Crossway Books, 2002), 113.

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blogtoberfest 6The weather person predicts our first frost, so here is the last of the "Julia Child" roses. They smell just a bit like licorice and fade into the loveliest yellow. These were planted in honor of my mother. Gratitudes Woke up feeling 100% better!  Lovely fall day--still. Feeling content.

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blogtoberfest 5 Oh. my. goodness. I haven't had a cold like this in years. After the X-C pasta feed (they ate it all--even 3 gallons of chocolate milk!!), I went home and felt as if I'd been hit by a truck. Each day I get to experience a new symptom. Oh well, I guess I just have to get a real cold every few years. Even with beautiful weather outside, it seems to be going around everywhere (

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blogtoberfest 4 Pasta (red + white) X (Cinnamon Rolls)2 + Chocolate Milk + Bananas = 30 Full X-C Men Does this compute? We hope so! Hosting the men's cross country team tonight for carb loading before tomorrow's meet. The menu was requested by my son and includes spaghetti, tortellini, meat sauce, alfredo sauce, veggies, bananas, garlic bread, cinnamon rolls & chocolate milk. Just thinking

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blogtoberfest 3 James Galway is just as charming and delightful as anyone could hope. Last night's concert was a truly lovely selection of pieces, including a concerto for 2 flutes by Cimorosa I'd never heard--lyrical and clever without being overly showy. The Carmen, of course was showy. Even better though, were the encores. Galway is a consumate entertainer--explaining how

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Blogtoberfest 2 Tonight one of my dreams is coming true . . .DH and I are going to see Sir James Galway and his wife Lady Jeanne in concert. James Galway is probably the world's MOST FAMOUS flutist (and has been since I was in high school--that's over 30 years). James Galway was always the pinnacle for we flute players. In college I discovered I would not be a professional flutist, but I kept

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blogtoberfest ~ day 1 Of course, I'm so out of it that I didn't even realize my idea to post everyday in October in order to jumpstart my blog again ALREADY EXISTED. So how great to open my blogroll and find that many great minds have the same idea--post every day in October. You see, I've been lamenting the absolute boredom on my blog and trying to figure out how to post regularly

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DQS9 Received!! Looky, looky what I found in my mailbox! Quiltmakertg send me this fabulous mini--beautiful, bright pinwheels surrounded by chocolate brown. The setting and quilting are just perfect. I love that I had already made it a "favorite" on the Flickr group before I even received it. I just love how fabulous a simple, even traditional block can look with the right

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Well, I really didn't mean to fall off the edge of blogland this summer. It just happened that I was rarely home. I didn't have anything to sew show! What a whirlwind we had with kids going to camp, working, blah, blah, blah, blah. . . . That's why I am super thrilled to finally have a finish for Sew-n-Tell Friday--my Doll Quilt Swap 9 mini sent off to my secret partner this week

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Yahoo, I got into the new Doll Quilt Swap. As you know, I LOVE these swaps. The Doll Quilt Swap is extra fun because (1) you get to stalk your secret partner, trying to figure out what they might like, and (2) you get a few months to create something new and fun. I love the STUD swap, too, but sometimes 1 month feels a bit rushed. So secret partner, what do I like? I like so many things, but

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Sew & Tell Friday Here are my May STUD quilts. Top left, a wonderful sewing machine from Scrapnchick, inspired by my previous post on my mother and her sewing machine. The details are great, as was the letter sent along with it. I just love it! Top right, SaraSQuilts "Wish You Were Here" mini of her farm in PA. Check out the little cows in front of the barn! The back also

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Sew & Tell Friday   1. dec stud rcvd, 2. Received from Julie!, 3. November STUD Recd, 4. Jan STUD Rec'd, 5. Definitely NOT Square! from Meg, 6. Fresh Churn Dash from SaraSQuilts Ok, so I didn't sew any of these--I can't actually show you the 2 minis I finished this week, at least not until my STUD swap partners receive them. Be sure to check all the Sew & Tell finishes over at amylouwho

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Wish You Were Here STUD swap Not any better clue than Sara gave me :) On its way today!If you want to enter my 75th post giveaway, scroll down. Open until Thursday!

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I know, in some ways I think ONLY 75 posts. I've been dabbling at this blog thing all along. But I missed the 50th, and I think the last 25 or so I'm starting to get the hang of this. When I started this blog, I thought I'd be able to consistently post 3 or 4 times/week (I thought I'd get to sew that often--silly me). I thought maybe I'd make some things to sell. I thought none of it would take

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Sew & Tell Friday Hmmm. . . which swap partner do you think will like these? Inspired by Oh, Fransson's Rick Rack block, I started with the yellow and blue scraps. After looking for some dots (to be like Elizabeth), I found this great cherry fabric from Robert Kaufman--my partner LOVES cherries (or so she says). Anyhow, turns out this classic square within a square block is not so

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Sew & Tell Friday Today's Sew & Tell post is all about my mother. The day after Mother's Day, I finally received her sewing things--she passed away 3 years ago. It's so exciting to have her Bernina sewing machine (yes, 18 years old but still computerized), her Bernina serger, her big fancy sewing table, and most of her notions. She LOVED her sewing machine, as you can see form the

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Sew & Tell Friday Don't Be A Square for Meg April's STUD Swap couldn't be square. I spent most of the month thinking about the possibilities--circles, hexes. . . . after lurking around Meg's website I knew I wanted to use Asian fabrics. Finally, I went for simple--this great star. It was definitely easy until . . . . The binding. I know, I know, IN THEORY the miters work the same

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Definitely NOT Square! from Meg Originally uploaded by QuiltyBeeSew & Tell FridayCheck out this cute little hexie quilt from Meg, my April STUD Don't Be A Square swap partner. And it IS little--about 8" across. Meg used these cool mermaid fabrics (sorry, I don't remember the line) in oranges and browns and blue. She hand pieced it, with machine quilting and binding. Now I'm inspired to finally

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Check out this red & aqua love sent to me by SaraSQuilts for April's STUD swap. It is a sweet mini with beautiful shoo fly churn dash blocks and lovely quilting (despite her protests). There is something about these simple, straightforward yet wonderful quilts. I find myself drawn to 2,3 or 5 fabric quilts over and over. Thank you Sara! I promise I'm working diligently tonight on yours--it

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Sixteen pinwheels done for the ORBC Quilt Along. Next I'll put them together with plain squares of the other fabrics in the Flora & Fauna line, and maybe some gray and shot cotton in lime. This one is for my bed! Can't wait. Spring is such a busy time--lots going on at school and church. Any free time should be spent on the yard. Oh well :) GratitudesSpring time weather--wild,

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We always enjoy a quiet Easter--no family get-togethers where we live. But Easter always reminds me of those childhood Easters. My mother always wore an Easter hat (this one has a pink linen cape to go with it); in this photo I had one, too! I always received new gloves from Great-Aunt Blanche, a new dress and new shoes. The family would go to church together and then have dinner--ham

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Sew & Tell Friday Today's finish is a gift for a special friend who turns 50 (! I'm next) on Sunday. I've known S. since we were in 2nd grade & we even graduated from college together. He has a wonderful brownstone in Chicago, decorated in a kind of art deco style. I am hoping this pillow will go. The Asian fabrics are sashed with navy blue and should pick up the dark reds in his

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JELLY BEANS!My "J" mini from QuiltinLady21 came in the mail yesterday for March's STUD swap. This is so cute. I love her choice of colors to go with the jelly beans, and the quilting is great. Look closely to see jigsaw quilting in the jelly beans. She also included some nice goodies--FQ and Jelly Bellies (already gone! I can't even blame my teenagers.) All in all, a very nice

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Sew & Tell Friday Dots & Daisies, Dizzy, Ditzy Dots & Daisies!The theme this month is Alphabet Mania, and I was assigned D. This seemed like the perfect chance to try out some new techniques from Rebecca Wat's book, A Fresh Twist on Fabric Folding. These petals start with a kind of origami-folded rectangle; with a single line of stitching, it's all transformed into a petal and

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This is what came in the mail this week for Doll Quilt Swap 8--isn't it fun? (Even upside down with my weird photo--it's already hanging in my office.) Jan from Minnesota sent it. I love the funky log cabin blocks and the bright colors with black & white. DH thinks it looks like a bees in blue flowers :) Thank you, Jan, for such a nice little quilt. It is so much fun to GET MAIL! I am now on

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Simplify Sunday Well, I've organized 8 plastic bins of fabric. Yes, I had to purchase a couple more--but that's it for bin space. The Stash looks lovely! I still have more, which does not look lovely. Simplifying is exhausting. After reading about stashes in blogland and in magazines, after wrestling my own stash (Me 1, Stash 3), after trying to envision the end result, I pose for

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Sew & Tell Friday All my finishes, that is. No time for actual sewing this week. Aside from dreaming of whipping my WIPS into shape (so close yet so far), I got my copy of Liberated Quiltmaking II by Gwen Marston. It is every bit as good as the first book--full of interesting discussion/instruction on design, construction and color. Now for a day of liberation. . . . Maybe next

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First the WIP: I started the ORBC Quilt Along (click the button on the sidebar) a bit sooner than planned. I wanted to finish at least one project, but then I saw some great pinwheels on Flickr and realized I had the same Flora & Fauna fabrics--I couldn't resist. And I had so much fun making HST triangle blocks--very therapeutic! And this one is for me. :) Now for this week's giveaway

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Simplify Sunday Of course, I had this post all written in my head last night while I was falling asleep. . . . Like many of you, I love quilting and beading and crocheting and even cooking because making stuff, CREATING, helps keep me sane. It gives me peace. It gives my brain a different kind of work out than "what's for supper" or "how will I get DS1 to work and DS2 to practice." It takes me

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Sew & Tell Friday Actually, I finished the top in December, back when I thought I'd have all sorts of stuff done at Christmas. This ORBC Quilt Along (wonky log cabins with Quilt Dad) was lots of fun. Once I got over  trimming away fabric to make it wonky (seemed wasteful, but there are ways to be less so), it was a lot of fun to be using some fabric I'd purchased a year before and not made much

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Feb STUD Received   Look it what came in the mail yesterday! All the way from Norway, "Love is in the Air."This is so cute--great fabrics (not as lime-y as in this photo--I forgot to turn off the lights at work), very cute applique owls on a heart. I put it up in my office at lunch time! The quilting is beautiful.  Thank you so much, Mari. I hope you like mine as much as I like yours. Now for the

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 Simplify Sunday  In the interest of my family's sanity, I'm working on fitting The Stash into a couple dressers and a few boxes (instead of spread out on all 3 floors--that's another post). I read somewhere that we should only have 6 months worth of fabric. I don't know how to measure that, but I do know that I would like to wrap up all my WIPS in the next 6 months. And that I'm trying not to

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Sew & Tell Friday   I'm so excited to be finished with my Doll Quilt Swap 8 mini. It will be in the mail today to someone special somewhere in the world (it's still a secret!). Go here to see some other great doll quilts.Lessons LearnedWhen what you thought was linen is really just stretchy (yet beautiful Daiwabo taupe) cotton, it might not be the best choice for whirlygigs or other blocks with

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You all had some fabulous ideas for these sweet fabrics. And you've given me another idea--I'll post about that on Sunday. For today, the randomly chosen winner is . . . Kristen who said:I would love to combine these with linen. So pretty. Maybe a bag or journal cover too!Check out her blog here. She has some cute little linen mice! Congratulations, Kristen! Email me your address, and I'll get

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Simplify Sunday Posh by Chez Moi for Moda + a bit of Alexander Henry's Aragon Swirl In the name of simplifying, I'm going through my stash and trying to either (a) use it or (b) share it. So what have I discovered? Even though I bought nearly every piece with a specific project in mind, I have collected too much over the years to ever actually sew up, at least with the time I have.

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Sew & Tell Friday Not sewing, but crochet couch potato olympics. Using stash yarn, I've made 12 plus 3 of these cute little doilies from Crochet Today.   I have no idea what to do with these--oh, guess what all my friends are getting instead of cards this year. Really, I love these chunky doilies. Crochet Today has a whole retro thing goin' on in this issue. Next I'm going to try

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And the winner is . . . (picked by my personal random number generator, DH, who did not read the comments in advance) #4 Ginger and Pickle said... ooh! I LOVE the ugly bag idea! Thanks for the generous give away chance! We have stopped using wrapping paper - it is so much fun using handmade and recycled items (fabric, magazines) to make a gift look special and garbage free!Ginger and Pickle,

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Plus Giveaway!   As I mentioned last week, I love quilting and sewing and beading and generally crafting so much that I have acquired a lot of stuff supplies over the years. To top it off, I'm better at starting projects than finishing them. So I have lots. Make that lots of stuff. In the interest of simplifying my life, I'm trying to use things up and share them with others who can use them now

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Sew & Tell FridaySunday Giveaway "Love is in the Air" IS finished and ready to mail to Norway for the February Swap Til You Drop (STUD), but I can't show it to you yet! However, I CAN show you this cool & easy way to display those minis-- Fast Finish Triangles! I've seen this around the blogosphere, but the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative has a great tutorial here. It's so easy to

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Nearly Wordless Wednesday Playing with scraps & whirlygigs. Counting down to the Olympics! Giveaway on Sunday. . .

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  Do you have enough fabric to start your own store? Do you have so many craft supplies that if you even if could make them all into "things," you could still have your own craft show without renting out any booths? Maybe it's just me, but after making things off and on (mostly on) for the last 25+ years (read "since high school"), I have collected such a substantial stash of fabric, beads and

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Sew & Tell Friday This little one-patch is made from a Joel Dewberry Aviary charm pack and Michael Miller Krystal. The pattern is from Bits and Pieces by Karen Costello Soltys, a sweet book with some great starting points. I actually put it together awhile ago and am now ready quilt it. I would really like to machine quilt it with a lovely heavy thread in a kind of milk

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 Mary sent me this beautiful pillow cover for our Valentin Swap. It is absolutely lovely--pieced border, raw-edged applique and a blue bird! It will look great on my cranberry couch, but I think first I will hang it in my office so I can share it with more people (and keep it cat hair free). She included some fun treats and a great pincushion with a vintage button in the center and an orange

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Sew & Tell Friday!  Finally, I can talk about this mini I made for my January Swap Til You Drop (STUD) partner--I had fun playing with snowball blocks and using up some pink someone had given me. I was really stumped on the quilting, though. I think a stipple or something would highlight the blocks better. Sometimes when I looked at it I could NOT find the snowballs at all. I know using more

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No, not those kind of snowballs! The temps have soared to a whopping 27 degrees here in Iowa, but I'm still inside experimenting . . .   I found directions for a 3-to-1 ratio of large squares to small, 4-to-1, and even something in between (that was hard math). In the end, I just cut large squares to fit my project and small squares just a little bigger than the 4-to-1 ration (3.5 inch large

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Sew & Tell Friday   But I just couldn't resist. I know for every swap I've been in I specifically say "no pink, no cutesy, please." And here we have a pink background (very sweet Japanese print) and Kitty Cucumber. But you see, about 20 years ago when I lived in Seattle, there was a fun stationery shop on the "Ave" (near the University of Washington) that had great pop-up cards and Kitty Cucumber

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We had plenty of snow the week of Christmas--it started Tuesday night and pretty much just snowed through Saturday for a total of about 18 inches. Needless to say, when we woke up to this Christmas morn, we just stayed in our pj's ALL day! Two weeks later--with plenty of below ZERO weather (extra cold even for Iowa), we now have this today (about 5 inches so far). No confirmation tonight! And

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