My lovely mother came out and spent just over a week with me in early December. We managed to get a "baby" quilt done during the course of the visit. It is a bit bigger than a real baby quilt (56" x 56"), so I feel like it was a great accomplishment. This quilt is for the 3rd grandchild...

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When I stumbled across a fabric that had a blend of purple and yellow in it, I knew I had to make a quilt for Michael's aunt, Lynne. Her favorite color is purple, and the fabric just seemed to imply what should follow. I initially set out to make smaller blocks for this lap quilt, but the finished size...

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Our friends Matt and Delia Kampner are expecting their first child this December. When I heard they were expecting, I got so excited about making them a quilt! They found out in late July that they are having a boy, and Matt, Delia, and I went fabric shopping in mid-August. I had a pattern in mind but ended up...

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When I was back visiting my family in Tennessee earlier this year, my mom and I had a wonderful time going to all her local quilt stores. At the first store (the store I ship my quilts back to for long arm quilting when they are too big for me to do), I had to buy this crazy fabric...

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I wanted to make a quilt for my brother. When I saw the "Red Rover" pattern in "Cozy Modern Quilts", I thought it would be perfect, but I was happy to honor his request to substitute blue for the red in the quilt. :) It took a bit of time to get the top pieced together - there were a...

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Back in August, I was visiting my in-laws and we decided on some beautiful fabrics for me to use to make them an over-sized lap quilt.  They both quickly agreed that they wanted fall colors, and my mother-in-law and I had a wonderful afternoon in a local quilt store looking at fabric.  We picked out 8 different fabrics based...

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