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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Pretty in Pink
Standing in front of the mirror in the morning preparing for my classes at school was the inspiration for this baby quilt, “Pretty in Pink.” I pick up one outfit after another and trying to decide the perfect color combination that is just right for the school day.
To be honest, pink is just not my color. But to a new little lady in your life, she will be SEW “Pretty in Pink.” There were some brilliant shades of pinks in my stash, just waiting for the right baby quilt. Here right in front of my mirror, they were discovered, like a new star on the stage.
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Posted in Baby Quilts, Handmade Baby Quilts
Tagged baby, baby quilt, handmade baby quilt, pink, pink quilt, pretty pink, quilt, school
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Teddy Bear March Baby Quilt
Here in South Florida we have been pounded with our summer thunderstorms. These are so strong, that they can make you jump with the loud and sudden cracks and streaks of lightning that seems to come too close for comfort. Continue reading
Speaking the Language of Quilting
As a new school year is about to begin, I am preparing my classroom for my 38th year as a classroom teacher. Teaching our young men and women has been, next to raising my own family, the most rewarding experience of my life.
Many of our students come into the classroom today speaking languages that are not only different than English, but though beautiful to hear cause the child great hardships in classroom. Each needs to learn the basics of the language before the content can be mastered.
The same would be reflected in the quilter’s world. If you come to the world of quilting as a sewer, many of the following terms will sounds familiar. Sewing is not the basic class for quilting, so the following definitions will make it easier to understand the world of the quilter and the language that they speak.
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Tagged ABCs, backing, material, quilt, quilt material, quilting, quilting material, quilting vocabulary, rows of stitiches
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From My Hands — To Your Heart
“From my hands — to your heart!”
How perfect when designing quilts for babies. When I found this quote, I thought of all the little ones that would snuggle in my handmade quilts on those cold winter nights or could play on the homemade quilt instead of the bare floor.
I set to work making each of my baby
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The Best Things In Life Are Quilted
“The best things in life are quilted.”
Over the weekend I spent countless hours quilting, my passion, or blogging on many of the wonderful quilting sites on the Internet. Since quilting is a pastime that is done in solitude most of the time, taking time to observe the wonderful and beautiful artistic and colorful designs of those who have placed their work on the Internet for the world to see has been a marvelous outgoing experience.
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Posted in Baby Quilts, Children's Quilts, Handmade Baby Quilts, Learning How to Quilt
Tagged baby quilts, quilt, quilted, quilters, quilting
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Itching To Be Stitching
“Itching to be stitching.”
It is that time of the year again, the end of summer. For some people that might mean Fall is coming, and it is time to bring in the summer furniture and pack away the grill. Others might start to think about bringing out the sweaters and sweatshirts for those cool evenings when the sun goes down. Either way, time for those extra chores means less time with the needle and thread.
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Posted in Baby Quilts, Children's Quilts, Handmade Baby Quilts
Tagged baby, baby quilt, baby quilts, bed, handmade baby quilt, handmade baby quilts, handmade quilt, handmadee, quilt, stitching
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Blessed Are the Quilters for They Are the “Piece” makers
“Blessed are the Quilters for they are the piecemakers” so that can be used in the handmade baby quilts. Quilters sure can make a lot of small pieces from their handmade baby quilts very quickly. It seems like we enjoy … Continue reading
She Who Dies With the Most Fabric… Wins!
“She who dies with the most fabric… wins!”
To be a quilter you have to be in love with fabric. You drive down the road and your car just knows that there is a fabric store in the area.
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Grandma’s Handmade Quilts Have Love in Every Stitch.
Grandma’s handmade quilts have love in every stitch. Those days with Grandma are long gone but not her love, her patience, and her commitment to hard work. Those parts of my Grandmother will be with me each day in her quilts.
The Answer to Scrap Problem – Not Another Handmade Quilt
Truth be known – quilters know all the angles. Every quilter has that extra large stash of scraps. For some reason, no matter how many times you attempt to use these scrap for handmade project after project, not only does the amount of the scraps appear to increase, but there tends to be a need for more storage containers to store the stash.
Posted in Baby Quilts, Handmade Baby Quilts
Tagged baby crib quilt, handmade quilt, quilts, scraps, scraps of materials, stash
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