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Feb8

Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

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Little Vintage Finish and Back to Work!

50 cent find

 

Retreats and Florida vacation, oh my!

Here’s one of my flea market bargains, finished!  It measures about 32 x 39 inches and I’m amazed how great it looks quilted.  The sewing is very “off” and several blocks were trimmed in the process of squaring it up for binding.  Even with puckered seams and unusual fabric, I love how it looks!  I finished it with some very old chambray fabric from my pre-quilting stash.  This would make a great little play mat or mini picnic quilt.  In case you’re wondering, I paid 50 cents for the unfinished quilt top!

I’m linking up with A Stitch in Time for a February finish.

February Finishes
Drew and Ma

 

Yes,Orlando was wonderful and we had a great time enjoying the sunshine and walks around the lake.  My son likes to grow a beard for Florida “winters”!  We visited a couple nice quilt shops, too.

Now that taxes, laundry and mail are caught up, I can get back to LAQ.  The next one is big.  The backing fabric uses every inch of my leaders!

no more room

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting!  🙂 Linda

Jan28

Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

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Design Wall Monday – Big “O” Quilt

20 Big O Blocks

 

My quilting buddy, Candace, always has an idea for my fabric.  I had a fat quarter bundle, some solid fabric and no quilting plan.  Here’s a blog post at selfsewn that we based this quilt on.  Selfsewn called her quilt, “Shoofly”, I’m calling mine, “Big O”. I love how it looks and I hope I can find some time to sew it together!

Shoo Fly

 

In BlockBase this is #1645.  One of the published names is Shoo Fly.  It’s the same as my “Big O” block with the colors rearranged!

 

 

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects!

Thanks!  🙂 Linda

Dec22

A Christmas Quilt for Chris

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A Christmas Quilt for Chris

Chris and me! Chris's Stacked Squares QuiltOne of my favorite things is giving quilts!  My goal in life is to make a quilt for everyone in my family.  I have a big family and it keeps growing with marriages and babies!  I couldn’t be happier, more quilts to make and give away!  Even though Chris is not “technically” a family member, he is definitely family and has won our hearts, including our daughter’s.  This is one of my all time favorite quilts to make and give away.  It’s a cozy quilt that’s easy care, machine wash and dry.  Yes, I have another Stacked Squares quilt started!  I’ll keep making them until the fabric runs out!

Thanks for looking!  If you’re traveling today – be safe!  🙂 Linda

Nov29

Jordy’s Lil’ Twister

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Jordy’s Lil’ Twister

Jordy is one today!  We celebrated his birthday last week and like his cousin, Anabel, he got a Lil’ Twister quilt!  However, this is not a dolly quilt but a “color mat”.  A fun way for him to learn his colors.

It’s hard to believe he’s one already!  Seems like yesterday I was finishing his Tummy Time quilt the night he was born!

 

Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

It’s little, but it’s another November finish!  I’m linking with A Stitch in Time to celebrate!

Check out other November finishes here!

November Finishes

Nov14

A November finish – Bridget’s Bagettes

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A November finish – Bridget’s Bagettes

 

Sometimes it’s fun to make small gift projects, and Bridget’s Bagettes by Atkinson Designs is a great one to try.

I started by making 4 of the larger Bagettes, measuring 5″ x 9-1/2″.  These will be used by our women’s group at church for offering envelopes!

 

 

 

Next, I made 2 sets of all the sizes to give to my sisters during our recent weekend together!  My sister, Marge immediately put one to good use with shopping coupons.

Using vinyl was a new experience for me but the pattern has tips for making it easier.  One of them is to put tissue paper between your sewing machine bed and the vinyl.  And yes, that really is necessary, otherwise the vinyl sticks to the machine and you’re sewing crooked!

 

 

I’m linking with A Stitch in Time for a November finish!  Yay!  Hopefully, there will be more!  Thanks for looking!  🙂 Linda

Check out other finishes here.

November Finishes

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