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  • A Beautiful Adoption Quilt

    One of my dearest friends adopted in 2018 and I was able to throw her shower. I LOVE showers and I was so happy I got to do this one. Because it was an international adoption I went with a globe/map theme, utilizing my local Buy Nothing group to borrow a bunch of them. We had a beautiful group of women and I wanted to do something extra special for our activity. I love the idea of guests books but think they are not always the best for long term… how often do you get them…

  • Triangle Corners

    I’m so happy to have this lovely quilt finished (50 x 58). I already blogged about it here so I won’t go into too much detail. I quilted this on my domestic machine (my beloved Juki). It may be one of the last quilts I quilt on that thing – as I’m a month or so away from getting my long arm. I really really can’t wait! To do this simple quilting I used a walking foot, especially because my batting was so puffy. Here you can see how simple it was. Yes I used some…

  • Quilts on a Bridge

    I own a bridge now. Well Bj and I half own a bridge since we bought our vacation house on the other side of said bridge with our dear friends. It has proven to be a FANTASTIC quilt picture taking place Not gonna lie though I’ve had some close calls with heavier quilts and the water… And why is this quilt so heavy? It’s a “quilt as you go” type of quilt. So it has lots of tiny pieces, lots of quilting and lots of batting! I can’t stand to toss scraps of batting so I…

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