Category: My Quilting Journey
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It was my mom’s birthday earlier this week. I sent her this beaded Friendship Bag: I also made her a tote bag from a Moda Bake Shop Tutorial: Close up of the stitching: Free-motion stitching on the back:
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Slowly, over the last few weeks (months?) my sewing area has reached the disaster you see here: Piled in the mess are 5 Friendship Bags, 6 baby quilts waiting on labels and binding to be finished, and two lap quilts waiting to be quilted. The table you see in the front does not belong inside.…
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Did you ever wonder why I started this web site? What was behind me creating the Quilting Bloggers directory? What’s my vision for the Quilt Shop Locator? Find these answers and more as I’m a guest blogger at Women on Quilts: Michele Foster on her Quilting Gallery, Not an Anonymous Woman Anymore.
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I have always been intimidated by free motion quilting, until now. My first attempts were awful: jumpy, inconsistent stitches, tension problems, stitches where I didn’t want them, etc. I was determined to improve this year. I have been working on six baby quilts for the local guild to donate to NICU babies. Pictures as soon…
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Last year, I ran a contest here on the Quilting Gallery site, Charms for Charity. We raised 1,149 charms. Last January a couple friends and I started a charity sewing group and invited others to join us. We meet once a month. Several of the ladies in the group have never sewn before, never mind…
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Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!
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The quilt I made and the one I received for the Spring Blooms swap, plus goodies and a fabric postcard from Norway.
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After I left Spring Market and Pittsburgh behind, I travelled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was a gorgeous trip, in perfect weather. Route PA30 is quite mountainous and an exciting experience for me, as it’s pretty flat here in Ontario by comparison. My ears kept popping, just like they do in an airplane. I finally found…
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The quilts I created for the Quilt Shop Locator booth at Spring Market.
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I started working on my Spring Blooms Mini Quilt last night. Looking for some border ideas.