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  A bunch of math and then cutting I’m ready to sew. This week is for me! Last week was one obligation after another and none of it blog wor...

It took me all week to baste/ pin four quilts I must be getting old or maybe lazy or easily distracted. The first quilt went on the frame wi...

 The borders of this were nagging me all last week.  I decided I couldn't come upstairs until it was finished and to sweeten the...

Back to my previously scheduled quilt top.  The borders are sewn.  --Ann--

I went with the traditional baptist fan for the border,  my handi gadgets quilting templets were not big enough to fill the border s...

The bright colors of the bias squares next to the black of the red eyes has a very folk art look.  What is folk art?  Just art by folk....

 I stayed away from the computer last week because I needed a low tech week. Sometimes pointing and clicking brings no happiness.  Finishing...

I haven't worked on this quilt for a while. I need to get it done so I can baste it at the same time as click this quilt which ha...

 Changing the quilts on the walls always improves the spirits in the winter. Out with the snowmen and up with the spring baske...

Another quilt out of the cupboard.  I named this quilt Steps to the Campanile , I made it for my oldest son, he was the first of ...

 The blocks sewn together  Borders added and on the quilt frame for spray basting. ( click to see the other 2 log cabin fan quilt tops...

  My second son stopped over the other day and saw this quilt from his childhood and asked if he could take it. I said...

I had parts left from the first quilt (click) I must have been thinking I would make the first one 5 across and 6 down rather than 4 x 5 ...

 My Pumpkin Pie quilt. I made this star quilt in a class. I had made star quilts before but with plenty of problems. In this class w...

Accent borders are like a mat with a beveled edge or a double mat on a framed piece of art, just a little inset of color between the blocks ...