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When I first started making quilts, I bought the Flynn Multi-Frame, which worked great for smaller quilts. Those early quilts were done with a freeform meandering pattern, so I didn't have to mark them in advance. They were quick and easy to do, but not as satisfying to complete after a while. I soon found myself wanting to make larger quilts, followed quickly by the desire to hand quilt them. There's just one small, but aggravating, problem...marking my quilts.

I've been hooked on scrappy quil… Continue

As I mentioned in my last (and first LOL) blog entry, I have made quite a few quilt tops in the past six months. More specifically, and excluding the ones that are completed, I have three quilt tops awaiting batting and backings, one quilt in the process of being hand quilted, one quilt top that is half done and in need of its smaller hearts and gizzards, and the Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt that is in desperate need of its inner and outer border fabrics being discovered. Because I have so… Continue

It's hard to believe that a small red dinner napkin with tiny hearts and flowers could cause such a change in one's life, but I'm living proof of that fact. While wandering through the craft and fabric section of a local thrift store in late 2007, I stumbled across a small swatch of… Continue