Nature Walk

We live surrounded by beautiful woods.  Mark and I took a walk back in our woods.  We were noticing newly fallen trees (a rich part of any ecosystem in the woods).  As we were walking back up to the house I saw a pile of feathers, then a head.  It was a newly killed red tailed hawk. ...

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Quilting with Jeanne

Happily, Jeanne has provided a wealth of quilting videos to help those of us learning how to machine quilt.  You can find her here.  Sadly, Jeanne has passed.  I looked her up on the internet to find that she was about an hour from me, but I also stumbled upon her obituary. While there...

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Finished Quilt - Piper Girls Daisy Baby Quilt

Here's another Daisy Baby Quilt (Piper Girls free pattern).  Still needs some more quilting within the white blocks, but I ran out of white thread--it's on the way.  I quilted diagonally...

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The Accidental Block

B&W of the Accidental Block I was intrigued with some of the quilts made using the XBlocks Quilting Ruler. (They call it a rotary cutting tool).  The above block is made with a light purple...

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