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The Cocheco Show.....Part 2!
I can't seem to stay on track with anything these days! Sheesh!But better late than never......posting quilty pics, right!?!These are from the Cocheco Quilters Guild show that was held October 12...
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On the design wall.....
I finished making all of the 4.5" log cabin blocks (finishing at 4" square), 1/2" finished logs. I started working on these at the same time I was doing those scrappy churndash blocks. They are all...
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A finished top, and......oh no!
I spent the last few days putting all those little 4" blocks together......and now it's done! WOOHOO!!!!I'm totally in love with this quilt! I don't know how I'm going to quilt it yet, but it will be...
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While I was buzzing......
.....on my caffeine high, I got so much done! Woohoo! But no, I'm not going to make that a habit! It was 42 hours of knots in my stomach, and nerves on end! No more regular coffee.....ever again!...
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Not the last minute! Yay!
I'm a HUGE procrastinator......and usually wait until the last stinkin second to do anything with a deadline! Not this time!I have a gift exchange at our quilt guild's Christmas party on Dec. 11, and...
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Snow....snow....snow!!!
We're loaded with it right now! And I love that! I'm hoping we'll be skiing by the weekend! :o)I have been quilting like crazy this past week, and will hopefully have pics of my latest quilt top to...
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Yum! Yum! Yum!.....and a new quilt top!
I spent the entire weekend baking my cookies for the trays that I send out. I usually make up 6 trays for some neighbors and friends, and then a huge tray goes with hubby to work. He works in the...
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Yet another top!
Ok......so I REALLY need to start quilting some of these tops up.......but I just couldn't resist making this last one! I had a lot of the pieces already cut when I had my caffeine-induced cutting...
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An inch is an inch.......really?
I don't know about you, but when I'm quilting, I'm using a ton of different rulers. I grab whatever is handy at the moment to get a quick measurement. I nearly always use a rotary-cutting type ruler...
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It's been so long......
....since I've had an empty design wall! Yay!Nearly 2 years ago, I started my Jubilee quilt, and the top was finished in just a few weeks. Then I started working on the back, and I got STUCK! My...
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Is it Spring yet?
I don't know where February went, but I suspect my brain was numb from the cold weather! I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted. I know I haven't been on the blogs much, and...
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I just had an email from a member of the quilting group whose applique quilts I had just posted about over the last few days.Evidently the group is terribly upset that I posted pictures of their...
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Progress!
While my current quilting project is not quite ready for pictures, we do have progress to show on a different project! The transformation of our dining room!The wallpaper has been peeled off......and...
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I'm still here!!!
I really can't believe it's been nearly 3 months since my last post! Cripes! But I can honestly say that I've been crazy busy......and it was well worth it!I finally finished My Jubilee quilt, and...
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Holy cow.....
.....what a summer......and fall!I can't believe my last post was June 30th! Cripes! AND.....the last line on that post said I was gonna post more often! HA! Who was I kidding!?!Truly, the summer...
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Just catching up!
Yep.....it's official......I can't be trusted when I say, "I promise to blog more often!"I'm full of crap, and I know it! And now you do, too! lolWe've been in Florida now for over two months, and...
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Running? Me???
Yep.....I can't believe it, but yesterday I actually ran my first 5K! Yikes!Our cousin April, here in Tampa, has been running the Gasparilla races for the last 8 or 9 years, and when we arrived down...
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Long story......
I have two.....yes, TWO......new machines! New to me, that is! Both are machines I've been wanting for a long time.....with no intentions of ever getting......but it's the dream, you know?But before...
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I took a little break from blogland!
I hadn't intended it to last over 7 months, but I guess time just got away from me!Lots of quilting being done, and tons of other stuff, but the best thing EVER is that our little grandbaby Madeline...
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Really? A year? Sheesh!
Yep....can't believe it's just shy of a year since my last post! I know....pathetic! I should just give it up.....but somehow, I keep coming back! HA!And I just had to post now, because we leave on...
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Merry Christmas!
Today was the first day of Winter! Woohoo! I can actually celebrate that enthusiastically, because it was 78 degrees today here in central Florida! Tomorrow, hubby and I are waking up early to get...
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It's just not Christmas without hearing lovely Karen Carpenter sing my favorite Christmas song!And, here's Achille Togliani singing Parla Parlami D'Amore Mariu.......just because it's so beautiful, and...
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It's been quite a year!
I think most of my posts start with how shocked I am that it's been so long since I've posted! This is no exception! Can it really be a year! Holy cow!And I haven't even looked at blogs for nearly...
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4 of the 4th!
Yep....that's a picture of 4 quilts on my bed right now!So when 'those' people smirk and say, "Why do you make so many quilts? How many do you need?"....just tell them, "There are some days we use...
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It's been a while!
Here we are in November already, and I'm just now getting back to blogging! I know....typical of me, right?Well, a ton of stuff has happened in this year, but to make a long story short...........my...
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