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Finally got that paper-pieced turtle quilt set off to my sister in law.  She loved it, thought it was so cute.  I really wish I could post a photo, I've tried everything I can think of.  My Vivitar digital camera software just isn't going to cooperate.  Anyway, if any of you have gone to Java House quilts and seen the original pattern, you'll have a pretty good idea what it looks like.  Only real difference is the fact that I used a whole strip of a cute cartoon turtle print for the outer…

I recently started a new project, or rather picked up one that had been hanging fire for some time.  My brother used to like to buy me fabric; trouble is, he liked the large-scale scenic prints.  One day he came home with a large scale scenic of pheasants around old farmyards.  I got a notion, and used the "Hunter's Star" block in red and white, and blue and white, fussy cutting the pheasants fabric for setting blocks.  Somehow I managed to cut twice as many pheasants as I needed, and the…

Well, I should be able to see the last of those darn paper-pieced turtles by the end of this week.  I got all (I hope!) of the machine quilting--in the ditch, no less, finished up Sunday, and got the binding cut and sewn onto the front side yesterday.  Now all that's left is to whip-stitch it down on the back.  I may be able to get my friend to post a photo on the website--cross your fingers.  My computer repair person tells me the problem I'm having with posting photos is the software that…

Those darn paper-pieced turtles have almost driven me to banging my head against the wall.  After I finally got them all pieced, I started setting the blocks together, but wound up setting the first four turtles with their heads pointing into the center of the circle.  Then the remaining two turtle blocks would NOT match up the way they were supposed to.  So I had to rip them all apart and start over.  What made this even worse is that the blocks were oversized to the setting blocks and had…