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 It feels like an epic finish.  I started this quilt in 2004 maybe at least that is when the Kim Diehl book was published.  I made this with...

  On one of those cold windy days last week I folded the last of the Christmas quilts to put away for the year and pulled out this summery q...

As I sort through the closets I find lots of treasures including this heirloom.  I got it from my mother and I'm sur...

My maternal grandmother made this quilt in the 1930's, it has always been a source of awe and inspiration. It was on my parent...

Twenty-three years ago today I finished the binding on this quilt. I remember because Darling Daughter was born the very next ...

 Twenty some years ago I made this carrot quilt out of 1/8 yard cuts that I bought a quarter century ago. Doesn't a quarter century ...

We had snow and blowing snow the way it usually comes yesterday so between watching the snow drift and pile I put up Christmas d...

How I spent my summer vacation...........Sewing log cabin blocks by the dozen and........ reading. I read 4 books about Abraham Lincoln an...

Another old quilt and my favorite color of blue. My great grandmother made this quilt long before I was born. It was on my bed when I w...

My parents are both gone and my brothers and I begin the monumental task of sorting through the house. My oldest brother chose this ...

I seem to be on a theme of blue and yellow they are my school colors go Jackrabbits! The pieced sashing between the churn dash bloc...