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  Project Quilting – Trees
  Posted on January 9, 2015 January 13, 2015 AuthorAndrea20 Comments
  I'm so excited to finally get a chance to participate in Project Quilting. This is it's 6th season, but I just discovered it at the end of last season, so I didn't get a chance to participate. The idea behind project quilting is to complete a new quilting project each week. The first project theme Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsbirch, birch trees, buck, deer, mini, mini quilt, Project Quilting, Project Quilting Season 6, quilt, Quilting, quilts, tree, trees, winter, Winter Solitude
  Posted on January 7, 2015 January 7, 2015 AuthorAndrea8 Comments
  The new year has started off pretty well for me, at least as far as my quilting goes. I finished Rayden's baby quilt. I'm almost done with the 1st Project Quilting Challenge. I just need to add my binding to it. And with the help of my MIL, I finally got the impromptu quilt basted. Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTags#pq6, baby quilt, basting, binding, Project Quilting, quilt, quilt basting, quilt binding, Quilting, quilts, wip, WIP Wednesday, work in progress, works in progress
  Posted on January 2, 2015 January 6, 2015 AuthorAndrea12 Comments
  I'm super excited that my first quilting finish of 2015 came on the 1st of the year. But even more than that, I'm thrilled that the quilt will be for my nephew Rayden. My step-brother Jeremy and his wife Cassie are due to have a little boy in February, and this quilt is for him. Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsbaby quilt, blue, child's play, cool colors, equilateral, equilateral triangle, green, lap quilt, quilt, Quilting, quilts, teal, triangle, triangle quilt, triangles, zen chic
  Posted on December 31, 2014 December 31, 2014 AuthorAndrea8 Comments
  It's been a while since I've done a real Works in Progress post, but I figured that I should end the year right by telling you what all I've really still got in progress. First, let's talk about the finished tops: My king-sized Communique quilt top and backing are still hanging out at the house, Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsfabric, flimsys, flimy, patchwork, progress, quilt, quilt top, quilt tops, Quilting, quilts, wip, WIP Wedneday, work in progress, works in progress
  Posted on December 19, 2014 December 19, 2014 AuthorAndrea9 Comments
  Once again, Anna has been gracious enough to share another one of her quilts with us. Today I am sharing with you Anna's very first quilt, and let me tell you, I am impressed. She found the pattern in an old Good Housekeeping book on quilting. The patterns, colors, and fabrics screamed 1970s, which was Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsfirst quilt, quilt, Quilting, quilts, Storm at Sea
  Posted on December 10, 2014 December 10, 2014 AuthorAndrea5 Comments
  It looks like I am a bad influence on Anna. I've convinced her to try her hand an making crazy patch blocks, and I have to say that I am impressed with her progress so far. Her blocks remind me a lot of the ones in my first crazy quilt. She told me that I Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsAnna in Spain, crazy quilt, crazy quilt block, crazy quilting, progress, quilt, quilt block, quilt blocks, Quilting, quilts, wip, WIP Wednesday
  Posted on December 8, 2014 December 27, 2014 AuthorAndrea22 Comments
  I really thought I was done making Christmas projects, but, last week I ran across the Dresden Forest Mini Quilt by Leigh Laurel Studios. It inspired me to make my own version of a forest for our wall, and knew I had to make my own version. I love that it will also make a Read More …
  CategoriesQuiltingTagsdear jane triangle, decorative quilt, eyelet trim, fmq, free motion quilting, inspired, Leigh Laurel Studios, mini, mini quilt, quilt, Quilting, quilts, tree quilt, wall quilt, winter, winter quilt
  Posted on December 1, 2014 December 2, 2014 AuthorAndrea4 Comments
  The University I work for recently closed it's ceramics program. As part of the process, we are going through all of the items left in the pottery building. When going through the building, I collected all of the Raku "Monks" which are small ceramic objects that have a monk-like sculpture the department created to test Read More …