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| our good quilting friend patty is moving back home to california...so naturally there is a quilt xo |
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| she loves houses...so her quilt friends each made a special no rules anything goes house ~ judy and carey magically put it together , i machine quilted it w loop the loop and susan finished up the binding xo |
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| and on the back judy made a special label complete with photos of all her homes including her new one in california |
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| milo earl cole has arrived ~ 845 pm may 19 th 2015 7 lbs. 8 oz. ~ rocking his new cradle from great uncle adrian at five days old |
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| just finished up three quilts for janie on the weekend ~ this one is a crabapple hill pattern |
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| lucky girl takes meg hawkey workshops every year xo |
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| embroidered wild flowers in canning jars xo |
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| xo janie's detail in the embroidery is wonderful |
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| and this is janie's disappearing 4 patch done w loop the loop |
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| and janie's car quilt done w race cars ~ such a great boy quilt |
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| i love a good pile of finished quilts |
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| and we got the garden in ~ tomato , potato, kale, lettuce, carrot, beet, padron pepper, pumpkin and a few sunflower volunteers are growing this year xo |
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| and just for fun i made a few pee pee tee pees for our granbaby boy who will be arriving very soon... my friend kay told me about them ~ easy peasy tutorial here @ crunchy mamacita |
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| and last but not least i have a new camera...i have been using my phone for the last few months after dropping and boohoo breaking my last one xoxo |
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| so happy to get this one on the longarm...started back in 2011 after making and loving the ms raffle quilt that i made that year ~ with some of my absolute favorite fabrics ...more here |
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| i cut it out but my sister did the piecing for me a while ago in exchange for some longarming [ it is a very good deal] and then it sat patiently waiting to be quilted xo easy peasy zigzag tutorial here from creative chicks |
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| i pieced the back with some yummy leftovers and some flannel [my favorite] machine quilted it with hall of mirrors from apricot moon designs and decided on a very simple binding |
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| i love how an improv pieced back finishes up and all out of necessity too cuz i ran out of flannel xo |
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| i added my special ticker tapes...this one deserved a "this took forever" seeing how it was started back in 2011 ~ info on ticker tape labels here |
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| and a stamped label is my go - to these days |
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| hand stitches [ my favorite part] |
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| and a finished binding is the best xo |
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| i finished up a dozen burp cloths for my granbaby |
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| i used my leftover bits of flannel |
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| i used flannel on both sides for a few and then i decided to try a few w terry towel on the back |
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| terry towel is my favorite..i think they will be more absorbent... i just i bought a 6 pack of bar mop cloths at ross for 2.99 ... inexpensive and i love the finish with the soft colors xo |
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| i have been using this pattern for a few years now...so fun to make a dozen for my first granbaby xo |
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| i finished up this simple baby quilt in march at my quilt retreat...it was originally started as a graduation quilt but put aside cuz it was too baby.... |
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| i machine quilted it yesterday with bellybop |
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| and i used my special where the wild things are flannel for the back...i bought 10 yards on a sale table a few years ago... it was actually nick who spotted it ~ i remember it well cuz that is the one and ONLY time my husband has ever "found" fabric |
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| i love how simple it is and i love that simple is definitely a favorite |
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| i made a matching cover for the cradle mattress with double batting |
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| the cradle is a gift from my friend kay ...her father made it for her children forty years ago... |
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| sam and lani took the cradle home last night ... soon there will be a sweet baby boy rocking in this beautiful cradle xo |
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| camped at washington park in annacortes on the weekend xo |
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| the spring wild flowers are here |
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| we walked up to the south bluff preservation ~ my favorite view EVER and we saw seven eagles soaring above the channel |
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| i love that when a tree falls in a park forest it just gets moved aside and continues with nature xo |
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| gifts from the sea ~ glass is always my special find while beach combing |
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| my friend sharon [thank you xo] recommended the majestic inn in annacortes for their 5th floor rooftop restaurant with a view of the san juans ~ it was a chilly beer but they had blankets xo |
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| and there are always a few of these babies around |
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| and the sunsets were great xo |
