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Lucky Stars Table Runner

Over Thanksgiving I had the pleasure of visiting a LQS close to LaCrosse, WI called Olive Juice Quilts. On Black Friday, they had a BOGO yard of fabric…. Someone did some damage, but talk about a deal. I bought LOTS of fabric at low prices, and we all know that I needed it and thatContinueContinue reading “Lucky Stars Table Runner”

Hand Piecing Experiment

Every couple of months I get on a hand stitching high. Well, I am on a hand stitching high right now. When I moved a couple of months ago, I was stuck in a hotel room for two weeks and I fell back in love with hand work. There has been a Sew Along thatContinueContinue reading “Hand Piecing Experiment”

Beginning of Two

One of my best friends from college is getting married. Yay! She is also pregnant! Yay! And she is also having twins. For reals?! So that means I get to make two quilts for her daughters to be. I\’ve been wanting to make a wonky pinwheel quilt for awhile now, but have not had aContinueContinue reading “Beginning of Two”

How Exciting Is This??

So I couldn\’t help but post about this because you all will understand, no one else does!! So I\’m in Minneapolis for a couple of days for business and on one of the blogs I follow I saw a mentioning of the Minneapolis\’ MQG meeting being this week. I thought to myself that it wasContinueContinue reading “How Exciting Is This??”

Color Wheel Swap

If you have hung around my blog in the last couple of months you have seen that I am in the rainbow mood and I love playing with the color wheel. That is why when I saw a swap by Megan at City Stitches, I jumped at it. Not only is it a color wheelContinueContinue reading “Color Wheel Swap”

Wednesday Afternoon

So this is what I have in progress this week. 1. First Swoon block fully completed. Trying to decide if I like it enough to keep going. Initially I was going to make a queen sized quilt for my bedroom with this color scheme. Not sure if I\’m still emotionally bought into it. 2. MorkContinueContinue reading “Wednesday Afternoon”

This Tuesday

So I decided to have a lazy weekend and a catch up Monday. I needed to finish some siggy blocks so I could mail off some bee blocks. I also decided to jump into my Sew Bee Joyful block, to get it out of the way. We had a 2-3 month window since we gotContinueContinue reading “This Tuesday”

Winner of My Fugly Fabric

Bundle 1:Lisa Cox Feb 8, 2012 09:57 AMHmm, Bundle #5 is very pretty too.But actually, I would be happy to take any of them off your hands. Yes, even the creepy pandas.Bundle 2:Alison Feb 7, 2012 11:19 AMI would take bundle 2!Bundle 3:Rosa Feb 9, 2012 01:36 PMI like bundle 3Bundle 4:Margaret Feb 7, 2012ContinueContinue reading “Winner of My Fugly Fabric”

My Fugly Fabric

So when I heard about Charm About You\’s Fugly Fabric Event I knew I had some pieces that surely fit the bill. MY mom was a seamstress by trade and she was able to keep most of the leftover fabric from projects she made for people because they didn\’t know what to do with it.ContinueContinue reading “My Fugly Fabric”

I\’ve Got a Solid Bee.

I was lucky enough to be put in the Solids Hive for the 3×6 Bee this quarter! I have been wanting to play with solids for months now and I finally have my chance!There are some very talented ladies in this bunch so I\’m excited to see what we create!First of all, between the otherContinueContinue reading “I\’ve Got a Solid Bee.”