#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 35
By Week 35 of my journal quilting project, my pregnancy was in full swing, so to speak. Inspired by the Batman television series, I created this journal quilt to record those first kicks. I put scrapbooking stickers on fabric, painted over them with fabric paints and then removed the stickers …
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Design Wall Monday – on Tuesday
What I have been working on lately could qualify for Throwback Thursday. I started working on these in 2012 and then put them away from a while. I just picked them back up and got the facing done on 9 quilts over the weekend. Many years ago, my sister wrote …
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Photo Friday – Selective Focus
In the last incarnation of my blog, I had a feature called “Photo Friday.” Photography is another love of mine. I’m not an amazing photographer, but it’s been something that I have enjoyed for as long as I can remember. The last photography class that I took, however, was in …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 34
This week in 2012, I was inspired by the mundane. It was Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and we had dinner with good friends at our house, but the most interesting thing that happened during the weekend seems to have been that our generator came on. The power wasn’t out …
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7th Time is a Charm!
Finally, finally the top for Arabesque #3 is done. The center star required seven tries, cutting out three different stars, cursing, and prayers. It’s still not done well, but I decided that seven was my limit. If it lays flat when it’s quilted, it will be a miracle.
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 33
This week’s journal quilt was one of my favorites because of the cool batiks and the silver threads used to create bare winter trees. I made it the week of January 5th, 2012, and it just makes me think of the hush of a winter blanket of snow.
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 32
Week 32 of my journal quilting project fell over New Year’s 2012. We had a typical New Year’s celebration of dinner, a movie, and a Harney & Sons visit with our dear friends. But, it was also the Iowa caucus and my DH suggested that I use that and the …
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Looking Like Christmas – Another Tablecloth Hack
Apparently, cutting up old tablecloths is a habit of mine. One of my grandmothers passed away last November. For Christmas last year, I took her old Christmas tablecloth . . . . . . which was worn and holey, and cut out the poinsettias and holly leaves to applique onto …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 31
We had a scare just before Christmas in 2011. I was pregnant with our daughter and we went in for the second ultrasound a few days before Christmas. The doctor reading the ultrasound couldn’t get a good view of her heart and he asked us to come back the next …
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Looking Like Christmas – Advent Calendar
I might have mentioned before that I was working on an advent calendar for my daughter. I saw this calendar in the Pottery Barn catalog and decided to make my own. I am extremely happy to report that I finished mine by December 1st and my daughter has been enjoying …
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