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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Happy Fourth of July!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

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Michele McLaughlin: Pennsylvania, United States; A passionate quilt collector, I love sharing my enthusiasm about the history of quilting and the women who shaped our sewing. For information about programs available, visit my website at www.michelejmclaughlin.com or email me at mickiemclaug58@yahoo.com.

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The Morning Latte

2024 Week 18 To-Do's: On Nature's Schedule & Let's Talk Back Pain From Sewing - Happy Tuesday! I've been a little busy with yard, garden and other outdoor work and playing a lot of golf so it's been a couple weeks since I last checked in...
julierosequilts

MONDAY MURAL, et al - WIPS = scrappiness ;)))= Happiness;)))) ************************* and here are the first of my lovely Bleeding Hearts blooming by our deck steps... they...
Busy Hands Are Happy Hands

OMG for April Finish… - Was a FAIL! I got the muslin sewn to the sides of the flimsy , but stalled out. Some medical issues and some forgotten purchases of grommets, overnight c...
Canadian Needle Nana

Tempestry Project, Confetti Scraps, Woodpecker Slow Stitching, Friday Nights - "Into your hands and out of your head"- Kate,* The Last Homely House*. She was referring to the comfort and special calm that stitching can bring us. ...
The Cheerful Chickadee

Indigo Way. - Indigo Way is a flimsy. The fabrics was from a quilter who are no longer quilting, her family had no use for the fabrics. They have been turned into a qui...
With Strings Attached

Weekly update: two luncheons and WITB leads to a finished quilt - "Destination Heartland History" was the topic at the Clara Cummings Book Club luncheon on Thursday. Cynthia Clampitt enjoys discovering lesser-known s...
QUILTINGISBLISSFUL

A VERY LOST WEEK-- - My main friend this week has been a box several boxes of Kleenex and bags of cough drops!! So much fun here at Ivy Cottage--????? Good thing I happened...
Gretchen's Little Corner

Hearts & Wreaths - The bottoms of the center blocks for Hearts & Wreaths have been quilted. Here are pictures of those blocks. I've included a couple pictures of the corner...
Little Penguin Quilts

Slow stitching an April heart... - While we were away on our trip, Melisa posted her April heart called "Early Birds." As soon as I could get to it, after we got home, I traced and prepped ...
Sew Preeti Quilts

Peach on Earth - Although I had completed Blush, I had plenty of strips left over. It was time to play improv. Strips and Scraps Pop of Green As I pieced strips of varyin...
The Knitting Quilter

More Ruler Work and FMQ - I missed I Like Thursday this past week. I went shopping for my Mother of the Groom dress. It was the second time I went to a bridal shop trying on gow...
Barbara Brackman's MATERIAL CULTURE

Anglo-Saxon Quilts#1: Manifest Destiny - *National Museum of American History* *https://www.si.edu/object/1843-1845-pink-phillipss-lily-album-quilt%3Anmah_556525* Album quilt with blocks dated 184...
Not Afraid of Color

creativity this week.... quilt challenge with a yellow parasol, mixed media, and watching paint dry... and a story for you - The Guardians a painting, just a quick painting to see colors dance with each other on paper, moving, spreading, blending and creating lines. I mig...
wabi-sabi quilts

Quilts at the North Carolina Museum of Art - The other day David and I went to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh for the first time. It is not too far from our townhouse. There is a s...
Civil War Quilts

Kentucky Classic #2: Kentucky Wildflower for Caroline Amelia Moore - *Kentucky Classic #2: Kentucky Wildflower* * for Caroline Amelia Moore* *by Elsie Ridgley* The individual design units here, the conventional rose and s...
gladiquilts

April 23, 2024: A Finish, A Trip, and A Performance! - Greetings dear readers! My reproduction style quarter log cabin crib quilt is finally complete! I made the top in 2022 and it languished in the “to be quil...
Pennsylvania Piecemaker

Break - *Good morning and happy Wednesday!* *I'm just posting to tell you that I need to take a break for the rest of the week. Janet's memorial is on Saturd...
Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Getting Ready - Getting ready for a quilt along is one of my favorite things. I’m joining in with Sandra of MMMQuilts for her new quilt along, Luminous Layers. Are you q...
I LIKE TO CREATE

Everything is in bloom - I love geraniums. I'm always looking for an unusual or different color, petal shape, or foliage shading. They just make me happy. I've bee working o...
Red Needle Quilts

RSC Week #16 - End of Yellow... Almost - *...at least for me!* *I have a small finish* *The table topper got black border and binding, Grunge Onyx Black* *The hot pads, placemats and coasters ar...
Life on the Hill

My Own Bed! - The rehab staff did all they could do make the residents feel at home. I had beads for Mardi Gras and a bunny on my door for Easter. Nevertheless, afte...
The Constant Quilter

Animal quiltalong - finis! - This year's theme for Corinne and Cecile's sew-a-long was "animals". I have been oh so bad about posting my progress but ever so happy with the final re...
Home Sewn By Us

Blogging Break - Hi, our lovely quilting friends and readers. We are taking a break from blogging for a bit. Life has dealt a family member with a serious health conditio...
Letting Go of the Bay Leaf

Because I knew you - I am so blessed to have many good friends, and one of my deepest joys comes from sitting around a table, chatting and crafting. It's a tapestry all its ...
Barrels of Monkeys

Project Quilting 15.6 - Irish Chain - The last of the 2024 Project Quilting challenges is Irish Chain. I took this quite literally, and made a miniature Irish Chain, with a little variation ...
Texas Quilt Gal

Villa Rosa Blog Hop - My Day - Rogue Star - Welcome to my day for the Villa Rosa Blog Hop - Fast and *More* Fun! If you have missed any of the posts, you can check below, where I have a clickable li...
BooksnStories

Latest Book Obsession - Jane Austen meant nothing to me until Freshmen year of college. Our Intro to the Novel instructor, an very tall man named Clarence something, led us th...
Bitten by the Quilting Bug

Cured of Making Mystery Quilts - Linking Up with Quilt Schmilt Plans for the last two weeks were Next Blockheads block. Well its been two weeks so two blocks. Quilt the stars on the Oh My...
Retales de ilusión

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What about Rheema?

I Like Thursday 218th Edition - Welcome to my 218th post of I Like Thursday. Join the group at LeeAnne's at Not Afraid of Color that share the things that they have found that they li...
turkey feathers

September Splendor - It's September and the garden has reached its glory days! I'd hoped to post more projects and news this summer, but time seems to have slipped away once ag...
Food For Thought

ALMOST DONE WITH....... - this quilt top....just have to put a couple cars on the road. Then it will be a filmsy. This is my See ya Later Alligator Blog Hop..The story behind t...
Bits of Stitching!

Summer Mountain / Filigram - Pattern: Summer Mountain by Filigram Threads: Called for Fabric: Artiste/Zweigart Evenweave 28ct Ivory Started: March 2022
Cultured Carbon County

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WonkyGirls Journal

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Home Sewn By Us

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stitchintime

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MIP HANDMADE

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Women's Work: Quilts

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Q is for Quilter

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