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Snippets of Work
Bags & Small Quilts ► March 24, 2015

Snippets of Work

Another busy week last week.  And the hard part is I can’t share most of what I worked on. Drat. I can share snippets though. This is a picture of one of two quilts that...

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Balance and a Book Review
Bags & Small Quilts ► March 14, 2015

Balance and a Book Review

What a week! We had some glorious weather- warm, sunny days. Spring was in the air and I hope it is here to stay, don’t you? I had a lot of projects on my plate...

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Mixing a new quilt pattern with surgery
Quilt Community ► March 7, 2015

Mixing a new quilt pattern with surgery

This week I was working on a new quilt pattern. I had gorgeous fabric from Batik Textiles to play with and a fun design that I was really excited about. So what went wrong? Well,...

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Busy Week and Upcoming Fun Stuff
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► May 23, 2014

Busy Week and Upcoming Fun Stuff

Hi! I just got back from Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. What a busy few days!   Have you seen our newest pattern? It debuted at Quilt Market and we loved hearing the oohs and ahhs....

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Giveaway, Round Robin update and more…
Bags & Small Quilts ► May 10, 2014

Giveaway, Round Robin update and more…

How are you? I am great! I took a class yesterday thru the local quilt guild, ACQ, with Mickey Dupre. I went with my quilting friend Wendy- we had a lot of fun and we...

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Look who has a pattern in McCall’s Quick Quilts!
Bags & Small Quilts ► May 7, 2014

Look who has a pattern in McCall’s Quick Quilts!

Why, yes we do! I love this runner- perfect for a baby’s room. We called it Hexi Hop because I thought it looked like birds playing “hexi” hopscotch! Isn’t it cute?       Elizabeth...

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Introducing Brick and Mortar
Fat Quarter Patterns ► October 16, 2013

Introducing Brick and Mortar

Another newbie! Brick and Mortar is another of our new quilt patterns and we just love how it came out!      The design was inspired by old, classic brick houses.  It was a pretty windy...

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Cats and Quilts
Quilt Patterns ► May 19, 2013

Cats and Quilts

Since Kate and Elizabeth are away at Quilt Market, I’ve hijacked the blog for the day to see if you can help with something.  I’ve seen all the quilt pictures on Facebook, here on the...

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Meet Ribbon Candy
Fat Quarter Patterns ► May 15, 2013

Meet Ribbon Candy

Say hello to Ribbon Candy, our version of a scrap quilt! Or should I call it a “stash quilt”?                         We wanted to make this...

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Meet Tiger Lily
Quilt Patterns ► May 13, 2013

Meet Tiger Lily

        Tiger Lily is one of the new quilts in our Cat Nap series- quilts named after our cats.               Tiger Lily (the cat) is my baby....

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