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Oct
31

Blockheads ~ Block 35

I'm awake. Really. It's November, right? The blue prints are from Lizzie's Legacy by Betsy Chutchian and the background is still from Snowberry by 3 Sisters. With last week being Fall Quilt Market, I didn't get my Figgy block finished. I'll be caught up by next week. But to try to make it up to you...
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cnelson
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Betsy Chutchian, Block Heads, Jan Patek, Jo Morton, Kansas Troubles, Lisa Bongean, Lynne Hagmeier, Patchwork, Primitive Gatherings, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Oct
24

Blockheads ~ Block 34

This is an important week! It's week 34 for the Blockheads and it's Quilt Market week. Mi casa. Su casa. Jan Patek has a wonderful appliqué House for us today. This is Tammy's block - the fabrics are from Moda's Weave collection, Deb Strain's Homegrown (coming soon), Lella Boutique's Farmer's...
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cnelson
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Betsy Chutchian, Block Heads, Jan Patek, Kansas Troubles, Lisa Bongean, Lynne Hagmeier, Patchwork, Primitive Gatherings, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Oct
24

On my reading list...

I have always loved books. Every kind of book. It goes without saying that I love quilt books... even those written in different languages. So one of my favorite things about Quilt Market is that there are always new books to see - just published, coming soon and "is this ever going to be here?"...
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cnelson
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books, Free Motion, Improv, Moda All-Stars, Quilt Books, quilting
Oct
20

A new demographic...

We've all seen the surveys... the "average quilter" is a woman in her late 50s. We may need to skew that number down a little bit. This sweet young man is 3-1/2 years old and he stitched that pillow on a sewing machine. He picked the fabrics too! But more on him in a moment... Kids are learning to...
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Kid's Sewing, Patchwork, Quilt, quilt show, quilting, School Block, Sewing
Oct
17

Blockheads ~ Block 33

Hello Hello! Today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day! Vicky told me that if I showed any more food pictures... my safety might be at risk. So a block with fabrics in a lovely, rich chocolate-brown will have to do. It's not quite dark chocolate... maybe milk chocolate with coffee nibs. (Vicky... you...
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cnelson
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Betsy Chutchian, Block Heads, Jan Patek, Jo Morton, Kansas Troubles, Lisa Bongean, Lynne Hagmeier, Patchwork, Primitive Gatherings, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Oct
17

Baking a Cake...

Do you have a favorite kind of cake? Mine is Carrot Cake. (I have a really, really good recipe for it too.) I'm also partial to Carrot Cupcakes. Image and seriously good recipe for Carrot Cupcakes by Garrett McCord on Simply Recipes. Are you with me? I know... those cupcakes are very distracting...
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cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Notions
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Cake Mix, Charm Pack, Cupcake, Layer Cake, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Oct
12

New Designer: Linzee McCray

That's right. Linzee McCray! The same Linzee who writes a weekly post for The Cutting Table! That's Linzee, kayaking in Minnesota. By the water is one of her favorite places to be. For Linzee Kull McCray, it’s always about the stories. An innate curiosity about people, what they’re passionate about...
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cnelson
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feed sacks, Linzee McCray, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, True Blue
Oct
10

Blockheads ~ Block 32

October. Fall. Fall? It was on Monday, and it's expected to be in the 90s again by the weekend. Yesterday was bliss - in the 50s in the morning, beautiful most of the day. Today is supposed to be almost as lovely. Maybe we'll have Fall by next week. It's Blockheads Wednesday, v. 32. Tammy's block...
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cnelson
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Betsy Chutchian, Block Heads, Jan Patek, Jo Morton, Kansas Troubles, Lisa Bongean, Lynne Hagmeier, Patchwork, Primitive Gatherings, Quilt, quilting, Sewing
Oct
10

Classic yet contemporary...

If you were a quilter in March of 2011, you will probably recognize this image. Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red & White Quilts, the five-day show of Joanna Rose's quilt collection at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. It was a spectacular display of 800 red and white quilts. The...
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cnelson
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IQSCM, Linda Pumphrey, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Red and White, Sewing
Oct
5

Her Quilting is Our Bliss...

Teresa Silva. Longarm Quilting. Quilting Is My Bliss - or Quiltingismybliss . (On Instagram.) This is "Big Bear". The name is really "Big Sky" but "Big Bear" is more appropriate. And cooler. It was made with Big Sky , the debut collection by Annie Brady . Big Bear the quilt designed by Annie Brady...
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cnelson
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Longarm Quilting, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Teresa Silva