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Here is my first finish for October! These were swap blocks from back in February this year. I pieced the top together in either August or September and just finished the binding this morning! I am so proud of myself for all of these finishes. I had always been intimidated by machine quilting but since I started hand basting with thread instead of pins it has worked so much better for me. I was going through youtube one day and found a Sharon Schaumburg hand basting video and it works great for… Continue

I finished adding the binding to these 2 baby quilts the other day. I pieced them but I can not take the credit for the quilting. That was done by my wonderful friend Shirley. I just love how she quilted the turtles in the yellow brick road quilt. You can click on the pictures and it will open a larger view of it in a pop-up window.

This is for my baby girl due to arrive the end of this year. The quilt block is the Alabama Block and Shirley quilted it with a wonderful flower.… Continue

I have been really busy working on some UFO's that have been laying around my sewing room. I think that I have finally reached the 'too much energy' part of my pregnancy. That or I am nesting already and trying to accomplish something before this baby girl shows up the end of December. Anyways, these were tops that I did machine quilting on. All blocks are from swaps, and I still have 2 more tops waiting to be completed with LOTS of more swap blocks waiting to become tops. Enjoy the pictures!… Continue

This was the first mystery that I have participated in and it was so much fun and I just loved how it turned out. Now comes the quilting part which takes the longest for me to do. I tried to convince my husband last night that I needed a quilting frame with a midarm but he didn't fall for it. I will have to try again later. Anyways here it is! I went to my local quilt shop and just fell in love with the Moda Tranquility fabric collection and just had to buy it.

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I have been busy the last week or so making a challenge quilt top for an online quilting group that I am a member of. The challenge was to make a top, any size you like, using at least 4 different fabrics and the alabama block. I found the cutest fabrics in my stash and just had to use them. I am going Wednesday to buy batting and backing so that I can start on basting and then quilt it.

Thanks for looking!

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