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Aunt Grace Quilt Completed
Posted by Claire on May 09 2014
My first quilt finish of 2014! This was one of the UFO quilts I finished over the Christmas break. The quilt pattern is Aunt Grace’s Garden from Fons and Porter. Their version had a wide, appliqued border but I didn’t want to make a double sized quilt, so I left off the border and went […]
Dots and Spots and Polka Dots
Posted by Claire on May 28 2013
I mentioned in my last update on “Raise the Roof” that I was planning to tackle a second quilt this summer. I think I’m so determined to get all my UFOs and wanna-sews done while I can because I know the fall is coming and the fact that I’ll be heading back to school to […]
Raising the Roof a little higher
Posted by Claire on May 15 2013
I’m so glad I’m able to sew regularly again. My sanity suffers if I don’t! My winter term at college was a heavy one, teaching wise, and by the end of April, it seemed that marking and lectures and exam prep were a 24/7 job. I was lucky if I got to lather, rinse and […]
Raise the Roof: a new pieced quilt project
Posted by Claire on Apr 22 2013
You’d think after finishing Spring Bouquet, I’d be all quilted out, but apparently not. I hadn’t even finished appliqueing all those flowers down and I was already planning my next quilt, which I intended to be a pieced quilt. I borrowed Carrie Nelson’s “Another Bite of Schnibbles: 24 Quilts from 5 and 10″ Squares” from […]