Quilt the Life Into It - Yellow 12wt
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Quilt the Life Into It {Mini Quilt}

I am really thrilled to get to share this mini quilt finish with you today. I agreed to another private mini quilt swap with Renee @Quilts of a Feather earlier this year, and the ground rules were that I was to make something and use free motion quilting for her and she was to make something and use straight...

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Starlight Crystals - Quilt Photography by Kitty @Night Quilter
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Introducing Starlight Crystals & The 2017 Quilter’s Planner

I am so excited that I can finally share my quilt pattern and design that is included in The 2017 Quilter's Planner today: let me introduce you to Starlight Crystals. There is so much to tell you, I don't know where to start! First, let me thank Kitty @Night Quilter for the beautiful quilt photography. Kitty is doing amazing photography...

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Bundle Buster
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilt Pattern, Quilts

Bundle Buster {August Stash Builder Box Pattern}

I am so thrilled to get to share with you my latest quilt finish and newest quilt pattern today: Bundle Buster! I teamed up with Amanda @Stash Builder Box, and Bundle Buster will be one of the two patterns included in the August Stash Builder Box. So after you read all about the pattern and my version of the...

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Rainbow Rose QAL
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2016 Finished Quilts, quilt along, Quilts

Rainbow Rose QAL {Finished Quilt}

I am really pleased to share with you my finished Rainbow Rose QAL quilt today! I made the small / baby quilt size during the quilt along, which finishes at approximately 40-inches square. It was a joy to put together, and I loved getting to do the final photo shoot and see all the bright colors outside. One of the...

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Flight Path
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Flight Path

In late April, I learned that one of my friends was pregnant. About a microsecond after she told me, my brain was already thinking about the baby quilt I would be making. I reached out to several of her other friends, and in the end 7 of us collaborated to make this special quilt. Today, I am really excited...

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Ombre Mini Quilt
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Ombre Mini Quilt Swap

I recently participated in a mini quilt swap with a small group of quilting friends. I occasionally get to travel to visit with my husband's family, and while I am there, I have been fortunate enough to get together with this group of friends for dinner. It is only once every 3 or 4 months, but the joy of sitting...

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High Road Low Road
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

High Road Low Road {Finished Quilt}

I am really pleased with how my quilt, High Road Low Road, finished. It started as a re-examination of the block and piecing technique that I used for Beacon, and morphed into something entirely new. And then I let myself play and have a lot of fun with the quilting. This is a very double sided quilt, in my opinion,...

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Beacon
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2016 Finished Quilts, Blog Hop, Quilt Gallery, Quilt Pattern

Beacon Pattern Release & Blog Hop

I am excited to announce that my quilt Beacon is finished and the pattern is also now available in my pattern shop. The pattern will be on sale for $7 for two weeks (through April 3rd). The Beacon quilt pattern is an intermediate level, minimal, modern quilt design offered in three sizes: baby, lap, and queen. I believe that quilts hold power...

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Midnight Mystery Quilt - Quilting Detail
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Midnight Mystery Quilt Finish

Cheryl @Meadow Mist Designs hosted another wonderful mystery quilt pattern this year, and I am thrilled to get to show off my finished Midnight Mystery Quilt Today. When selecting our fabric last June, I decided to shop my stash. I used Mercury in Yellow by Alison Glass, an old blue with yellow star print, Rocket Age Rocket Blast in Navy...

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4" Square Mini Mini Quilt
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Mini Mini & Lucky Lady

As of today, I only sleep 4 more times in my own bed before I head to Pasadena for QuiltCon. I will be arriving early on Tuesday morning because I am volunteering to help set up the show; I expect it will be a great learning experience for me to participate (in a very, very small way) and see...

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Lap Charity Quilt
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Lap Charity Quilt

I am thrilled to share the finished lap quilt for Project Linus today. Just like with the baby quilt, the blocks were designed and created during the 2015 New Block Blog Hop. Thank you so much to the 19 women who designed and created the blocks used in this quilt. They are listed below left to right, top to bottom as seen...

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Red Herring
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Red Herring

I finished Red Herring, and I am so excited to get to reveal the whole quilt to you today. Well, the wind was as excited as I was yesterday. The photo shoot was a bit of of a challenge, to say the least. But with the corner flipped up, you can see how beautifully the Kona Bahama Blue (background) and...

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Love Letters Quilt - Used on Day 1
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Love Letters Quilt

Many thanks to Stash Bee Hive 2 and a few extra friends who shipped me quilt blocks when I was queen bee in June. I was so delighted to finish the quilt and gift it to my husband on Tuesday afternoon. He loves to be the first to pull a quilt out of the dryer and pet its soft...

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Be The Light Lantern Quilt
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts, Reclamation Project

Reclamation Project VI: Light

Inspiration Song & Lyrics Bea Miller - Fire N Gold When you're stuck in a moment And your spark has been stolen This is our time to own it So own it Baby, we were born with Fire & gold in our eyes Uncomfortable in My Own Skin: Reclamation Project VI - Light A beacon of hope Shining light into darkness Carried in my heart When I was writing my post...

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Prismatic Rainbow - Quilting Detail
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2015 Finished Quilts, Blog Hop, Giveaway, Quilts

Jaftex 85th Anniversary Blog Hop – Prismatic Rainbow

Co-sponosored by: Aurifil Threads, Schmetz Needles, and Janome I am so excited to help continue the blog hop to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Jaftex. If you are a new visitor to my site, welcome, and I hope you come back to visit again soon! I had the pleasure of receiving a 20-piece fat quarter bundle called Fusion Illusion from Blank Quilting. I played with organizing groups of...

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Bird Quilt
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Finished Bird Quilt

After Miss A's visit and quilting on Monday morning, I had my normal Monday chores to get out of the way in the afternoon. Boy is grocery shopping at 8am much more pleasant than 2pm. But I digress. I was able to get the bird quilt loaded on my long arm Monday afternoon, and after puzzling over how to quilt it the...

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HST Scrap Quilt
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

HST Scrap Quilt {Finished Quilt}

I really love how the HST Scrap quilt came together! I went with much less dense quilting than I have been using lately and focused on using dot to dot techniques along with other straight line quilting patterns to hopefully enhance the geometric design of the quilt while leaving it very soft and fluffy. For comparison, the photo above is...

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Myer Family Quilt
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Myer Family Quilt

I am so excited to finally get to share this large queen sized quilt with you! I worked on this quilt last fall and winter, and I teased heavily modified images of my progress on my Instagram account. Now that it has been gifted, I am really looking forward to sharing the details. :) I was contacted by 3 sisters...

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Collaborative Baby Quilt II
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Collaborative Quilt II {TGIFF}

My mother and I recently wrapped up our second collaborative quilt for the year. This is a baby quilt for a new family member, and her baby room is going to be decorated with a mermaid theme in aqua, coral, and white. My mom chose to purchase and use my Tessellated Leaves pattern to piece the top, and we picked...

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Baby Sheet Quilt - Snoozin Safari and Grey Dot
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2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Fitted Crib Sheet Quilt: Take Two

I published a tutorial a month ago on how to turn fitted crib sheets into quilts. I had been approached by people interested in having a very coordinated baby quilt to baby sheet option, and it worked out surprisingly well: there is a lot of fabric in a fitted crib sheet. Since then, I have purchased several sets of...

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