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This is my first “quilt-along” and I’m so excited.  Currently, I am working on a vintage crib size quilt.  I have already picked the fabrics and I am sewing the squares together. When I think of vintage my mind drifts to subdued tones and wonderful textures.  Unfortunately, the fabric isn’t very textured, so I’m going [...]

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Phase 1 Completed

Phase 1 is probably just thinking up this crazy quilt, but you get my point.  I have completed the middle top of the quilt as of midnight June 3, 2009.  What a task!  This part was hard.  Figuring out where to put what and make it flow correctly was harder than I expected.  A few [...]

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So close I actually laid the quilt out.  SO EXCITING!!!  I have a vision of course.  It entails two 3X3 8 1/2″ square blocks sewn together to make a very large block.  One is a windmill pattern and the other is a block pattern.  If the block pattern has a proper name I don’t know [...]

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So much for taking a step back yesterday.  From my alarm going off at 5:20am, work out at 5:30am, Cheyenne drop off at 7:50am, work at 8:00am, Cheyenne pick up at 2:30pm, off at 4:00pm, Cheyenne’s golf lessons at 4:20pm, visiting Roslyn & new baby Teija at 6:00pm, home at 7:00pm… Dinner and bath time [...]

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This is consuming my every available second after all the other unavoidable responsibilities I have.  The ones that can wait are waiting.  This is top priority. I’m enjoying watching the progression.  I definitely need to take a step back tonight and think about filling in the blanks.  I’m keeping a majority of the quilt plain [...]

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My mom is very crafty.  She’s extremely creative, which feels like a complete understatement.  She’s amazing.  She has been, in a variety of different ways, trying to get me to make a quilt.  Its been going in one ear and out the other.  Been there.  Done that.  Not doing it right now! Then she started [...]

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