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Excitement in Janesville, WI!
Our local quilt shop “Life’s A Stitch” is featured in the latest issue of Quilt Sampler magazine!
Here are a few pictures taken from the article. Don’t you want to come and visit?
I’m so excited because I quilted the featured shop quilt. I’ve never seen my name in print before!
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Wow, have these 2 quilt tops been waiting to be quilted for a few years or what?
Remember the “Best Friends” panel? The cutest old quilting ladies.
The panel is surrounded with bricks and 4 patches from a fat quarter pack from the same line. Backing is from the same line that I found at our local quilt shop in the sale [...]
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It’s been almost a month since my last post. SHAME ON ME! Life just gets so darn busy. I worked on my taxes all weekend. Every year I think I’m going to “keep up” rather than “catch up”. Silly me.
I have gotten three of my own quilts quilted! Remember, way back when, I said I was going to finish [...]
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Of quilt tops I have accumulated over the years. I just love the thrill of the hunt! And it’s caught up with me. I am going to part with a few. It’s tough to decide which ones to keep. I love them all. Lord knows, if I haven’t gotten to them after all this time [...]
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I’ve been busy quilting up a “snow storm”. Lord knows I can’t go outside in this weather. Did you see the Packer game yesterday? Silly-silly boys. Not knowing when to come in out of the cold!!
Here is a little pillow I stitched to go with the Dick & Jane quilt. I saw the saying in a [...]
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I just finished this “Fun with Dick and Jane” quilt for our new grandson,Landen, arriving in February. His Mom is a first grade teacher so I thought it was fitting. Not, of course, that she will remember the Dick and Jane readers. So I bought six books to get her started. And the matching tote! It is [...]
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I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 weeks since I last posted. Time sure is flying by this season. But doesn’t it every year? The older I get the faster it zooms.
I still have a few cutsomer quilts to finish up before I can get my grandson’s on the machine. Was hoping to be finished up by the [...]
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Or what I did this week……………
Christmas Panel “Star of Wonder”
American Flag Quilt
King Size Heart & 9 Patch
12″ wide “curly feathers” borders
Mike & I are heading for Milwaukee this morning to pick up our grandson. We are babysitting until Monday evening. I don’t plan to get much done with a one year old around. He just started to [...]
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One of my dearest friend’s granddaughter was married this weekend. It was so nice visiting friends and family at such a happy event. Here’s the quilt I made for the happy couple. Remember the B&W split 9 patch? I also made the garter and ring bearer pillow.
I have a busy week planned. Lots of customer [...]
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Just so you don’t think I’ve been goofing off this week………….
Thimbleberries “Sunset” Sampler
Overall “curly” feathers
Close up of quilt back
Pretty Pink & Green Scrappy
I have been working non-stop. Trying to make up for the time I lost while sick. That’s one of the draw backs of working for yourself. No sick pay. And no one to help keep you on [...]
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