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Patchwork Braids – adding squares to a braid
Braid Quilts ► April 23, 2025

Patchwork Braids – adding squares to a braid

Hi friends! I have been sharing about the different chapters in my new book, Patchwork Braids and today we are chatting about adding squares to a braid! In previous posts I chatted about basic braids...

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TGIFF – my donation braid projects are done!
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► September 14, 2023

TGIFF – my donation braid projects are done!

Hi friends! Today I am sharing about my most recent quilty finish- braid projects that I made as a donation! ACQ Guild I belong to a local quit guild called the Arapahoe County Quilt Guild...

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Deadlines, Design Wall issue and Mistakes
Quilting Tips & Tutorials ► August 21, 2019

Deadlines, Design Wall issue and Mistakes

Hi friends! I am sitting here trying to decide what part of this topic to start with, the deadlines, the design wall or the mistakes! Deadlines Let’s start with deadlines. When most people learn that I...

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Creative Spaces Blog Hop- Week 2- These are a few of my favorite tools!
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► July 18, 2018

Creative Spaces Blog Hop- Week 2- These are a few of my favorite tools!

  Hi friends! As I started writing this post, I found myself singing a song from The Sound of Music: These are a few of my favorite things….   It is week 2 of the...

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More Mini Braid fun!
Braid Quilts ► June 13, 2018

More Mini Braid fun!

Hi friends! Yesterday morning I got up early and cleaned my house for 3 hours. Nothing so remarkable in that; it is just that I have not cleaned like that in a while. Lately it...

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Use it Up!
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► April 18, 2018

Use it Up!

Hi friends! Some of the Island Batik ambassador alumni  decided to do a blog hop called “Use it Up!”. I love this idea! We all have leftover bits of fabric from our ambassador projects and what...

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Playing with my Mini Braid
Braid Projects ► April 4, 2018

Playing with my Mini Braid

Hi friends! How are you? I am so excited about my new series of blog posts with my friend Tammy Silvers! We are calling it Adventures in Quilting with Kate and Tammy.    Last week...

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A time for reflection…
Block of the Month ► December 27, 2017

A time for reflection…

Hi friends. It is so hard to believe that 2017 is almost over. I think we all say this, probably every year, but really, where did the year go?  And I think most of us,...

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100 Blocks Magazine Winners
Bags & Small Quilts ► November 22, 2017

100 Blocks Magazine Winners

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great week! the weather here this week is lovely- we are supposed to get to the 70s on Thanksgiving. Weird but nice. I was going to skip...

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And the seasons change…
Braid Projects ► November 2, 2017

And the seasons change…

Hi friends! How are you? I just got back from Quilt Market in Houston and it always seems those few days I am away make a huge difference in the seasons. The leaves are now...

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