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Scrappy Celebration 2 at Retreat
Last week Linda, Edna, and I (and 6 others) went on retreat to Ritter Ranch in southern AZ. We took our Scrappy Celebration 2 blocks so we could put them up on the design wall there and determine the...
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Design Walls at Retreat
Last week I went with 8 others from Pebble Creek to a retreat ranch in southern AZ. We had a wonderful time, and everyone accomplished a lot. I have so many photos, I'm going to split them into two...
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Tops Finished at Retreat
On Monday I posted about all the design wall activity from the retreat some friends and I went on a couple weeks ago. Now for Friday finish day, let's look at the finishes from retreat. Jean likes kits...
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Kaffe Gradient on my Design Wall
One of the projects I worked on at retreat involved some 5" squares of Kaffe Fassett prints I inherited a while ago. Recently I acquired some partial FQs - scraps - of more Kaffe prints. I had seen a...
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July Stash Report and Goals Update
July was a busy, productive, and hot!!! month. Also a fun one. July is indoor season here because of the heat, so I spent a lot of time in my sewing room. I was able to escape the heat for a few days...
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Scrappy Celebration 1, Finished
Back in the spring my neighbor and quilting buddy Linda approached a few friends with the idea to form a "hive' (a.k.a. a bee) to make blocks for Scrappy Celebration, which was on the cover of the...
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Kaffe Shuffle
In 2014 when I was working on my book Cut and Shuffle Quilts (now out of print), the publisher asked me to include a quilt using Kaffe Fassett fabrics in the book. This is the quilt that ended up in...
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Christmas Quilts for Hospice
Recently PCQ's Community Service Committee chair had a request from Hospice which we can fill. Hospice has clients who never get visitors and never receive Christmas or holiday gifts. How sad! They've...
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Kristen's Quilt
Back in 2013, my youngest niece had recently learned to sew. She wanted to make a quilt. She was in Girl Scouts and the leader had taught the girls simple patchwork.My niece lived in Tulsa, I lived in...
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What I've Been Up to Lately
...Not blogging! I've actually been pretty busy with quilty things, but not all of them lend themselves to photos and blog posts. In no particular order: Prepping for and teaching a color class for...
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PCQ Christmas Quilts for Hospice: Kits and Progress
On Monday I wrote about quilty things that have been keeping me busy. One of those things is PCQ Community Service: pattern development for Christmas Quilts for Hospice and prep day for making kits. We...
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Scrappy Celebration #2
Another fun group project, and now it's finished and ready to go to one of the charities PCQ supports.This one started with leftover blocks from our first Scrappy Celebration that were too dark and...
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Kaffe Stained Glass Project Update
This is the Kaffe stained glass project with the rows halfway sewn together and placed on the wall with the sashing strips. I cannot look at this photo without cringing. The purple is not right; it's...
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September Community Service Sew Day
Remember the kits we've been making for Christmas Quilts for Hospice? Saturday was a Community Service Sew day to work on them. We don't have a total count of how many kits there are because some of...
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Moving the Red Round Robin Medallion Forward
Any progress is good progress, right? This top has been finished since April. It was started in the fall of 2020 so it's already been in UFO status for awhile. It started as an orphan block, and I...
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August/September Stash Reports and Goals Updates
Apparently I didn't post a recap for August, so this one will have to combine both August and September. In August PCQ learned that one of our charities has a need for small quilts for resident hospice...
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Road Trip Blocks
I've been making blocks for Road Trip off and on all summer as I've had time. There are quite a few now so I put them up on the wall to start arranging them and see what else I need. As is, there's...
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Santa's Elves
The push is on to get PCQ's Christmas Quilts for Hospice quilted. A lot of progress has been made in the last couple of weeks, but there's still work to do. Just a reminder, these lap quilts are for...
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A Baby Quilt in Teal
I just found out that my niece's baby boy is due in less than three weeks. Yikes, I thought I had more time! The baby's room is decorated in teal and white, so I pulled everything in my stash that...
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