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Bright Colors, Redux 27 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
I usually finish a flimsy when I get all the components sewn together, but I never sewed these bright letters together. Yesterday I got started sewing them together. Sorry this isn't in focus, but I ...
Change Partners and Dance 25 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
When I got tired of doing finely detailed pencil portraits... I did something a bit different. I worked with watercolors and made some abstract 3-D pieces. Some of them made it into art shows and we...
Rainbow Baby, Quilted 23 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
The rainbow baby quilt is back from being quilted. As soon as I spread it out on the bed, Millie lay on it. She is enjoying entirely too much. I asked my Mom if she saw the photos of the Sunburst Ra...
Sunburst Rainbow Flimsy 22 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
It's a flimsy!
And The Winner Is... 21 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
After I hit "Publish" on yesterday's post, in which I asked readers which they preferred, the "Sunburst" or the "Wave" design, I thought to myself "I ask my readers' opinions a lot, but I never liste...
So Far 20 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
I sewed another long row together last night, and almost sewed it to it's neighbor upside down. I sewed about 12 inches before I caught my mistake. A purple block was about to be sewn to a green one. ...
Two-Thirds of a Rainbox 19 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm
I've sewn six of the nine vertical rows together so far, and I am really happy with this. I selected a very unusual fabric for the backing. What I like about it is that it's neutral. There's so much...
More Rainbow... 19 Aug 2013 | 01:33 am
I've been sewing rows to the Rainbow Quilt, and putting them up on the wall to get them out of the way. Today I put them up and when I stepped back I saw this. Well! That was unexpected!
Oops. 16 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
I goofed. The column with the RED block at the top was supposed to be on the left, and the one with the purple on top was supposed to be on the RIGHT. It was getting late last night, I was watching ...
It Seams To Me... 15 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
(You all know how much I love a good pun) When I started this quilt, I knew how the blocks would be joined together, so I pressed all the seams to one side. This allows me to alternate them so the se...
