We can’t live anywhere without making it more beautiful and more of a home. It doesn’t matter that this condo we are living in is not ours…we’re living here now and so it must become more functional and beautiful. In fact, we even have a family mission statement about that. So we’ve been sprucing up […]
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Now how’s that for a blog title?! I bet you think I’m about to show you pictures of large red and green pickles. 😉 Nope…this is still a blog about quilting. Although if anyone makes some red pickles, that would be pretty funny. No, I have the great pleasure of sharing with you a beautiful
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Recently I made these mobiles as an attempt to add some much-needed color and whimsy to the building for my friend’s wedding reception. I was heavily inspired by the lovely example HERE. But I needed to do something on a much larger scale and with a different color scheme. 😉 And thus, my project was born.
Welcome to the second installation of Quilting Around the World. Today I’m delighted to share with you Alia who blogs over at Coffeebeans Dailies about her very interesting life in the Middle East. I find her quilting life to be just fascinating. I hope you all ready what she has to say. I’m learning so
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Well, today was the big day for my friend! She’s now officially a Mrs. And though I still need to go back in a few days to the reception building, for the most part, the decorations are complete! And I think the fish were definitely a hit! The wedding colors were cobalt blue and orange,
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Well, last night was the big push to decorate the building being used for my friend’s wedding reception. I’ve been super busy working on that and frankly, I can’t wait until it is all finished and I can focus on all of my own many projects again. It has been fun, but a lot more
This post is part of an ongoing series of posts for A Zig and A Zag Quilt Along I’m hosting here on my blog. You can join in at any time! You will find the links to all previous steps in my sidebar. So the Zig Zag Quilt along here is coming slowly but surely.
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Welcome to the first installation of Quilting Around the World. I’m very excited to kick off this series with the lovely Ayumi. I know that you will recognize her work immediately and if you don’t, then you will have a new favorite person to follow! I hope you enjoy getting to know a little bit
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Phew! Bottled Rainbows is complete! First off, a big thank you to Rachel for designing this fun quilt and giving us all an excuse to use up some of those precious scraps we’ve all been hoarding. I’m so grateful for this quilt design as it has always made me happy to work on it and has
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I’ve been busy busy busy lately! Not just with quilting but also with decorations for my friend’s wedding reception. In fact, those decorations have been taking the majority of my time. So I’ll have to share some of that with you all soon. I did mention earlier that the colors are cobalt blue and orange…and
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