Scraps and Threadtales

Thoughts on the creative process, quilting, fabrics, and living life in the Southern U.S.A.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Christmas Quilts

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I did do a bit of Christmas decorating this morning. I put up my Christmas Sampler in the living room. Believe it or not Tonya helped me pi...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Mystery Step Two!

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This may be a first...I've kept up with a Bonnie mystery through the second step! I'm using green where she used blue only because I...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

It is still November....

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Only a couple days after Thanksgiving and almost half the houses in my neighborhood are decorated for Christmas. Is it me or does that feel...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

Quiet Friday

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I successfully avoided the entire Black Friday hoopala...I stayed in gave my dog a bath and sewed. A nice quiet day...except for having to ...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving! Things I'm thankful for....the Diningroom is ready for the tablecloth and placesettings and of course the food! Do ...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

What is another project...or two!

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Does that stack of blocks look familiar? Yes, I started Bonnie's mystery quilt. I had all these black fabrics still our from Hallowee...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Found it...thanks for your help!

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At the end of the day...or of the little quilt...I ended up using a rose-purple inner-border and a grape purple outer border on the HST quil...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Border Decisions...

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That bowl of 2-inch half-square triangles I wrote about earlier this month is still full...even after making two more doll quilts/wallhangin...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Rushing the year...

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I know I should be getting ready for Thanksgiving but all I want to work on is Christmas things! At the show in last month I picked up these...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Log Cabins...

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Bill V. at willywonkyquilts blog is part of a quilt study group in Oregon. This weekend they are going to look at log cabin quilts. Try as...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Elf Day...

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14x18 4-patch It all started yesterday morning. Freda at Imprera Magna blog asked, "Want to help Santa out?" I mean really, who...
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Monday, November 07, 2011

Fall cleaning...

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CW block 45: Port & Starboard Sorry I've been out of blogland for a few days while we got a new computer up and running. It is amaz...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

seeing stars...

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The past couple of days I have been playing catch-up on some on-going projects...interestingly they all involved stars! Do you hold onto art...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween...

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Happy Halloween everyone.... I was hoping to have my quilt-top ready to show but a cold (again!) put me flat on my back yesterday. So close...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Getting ready for Halloween

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Thought I would share a few Halloween quilts from our show as I am frantically trying to finish a jacket and a Halloween top. Hopefully now...
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AQS certified Quilt Appraiser and lecturer. For over 25 years I have been collecting quilts and making my interpretation of them. I'll try any type of handwork from applique through red-work to piecing.
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