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Passed down through the family.

Sue Meggenhofen brought me her antique quilt top to be quilted.  Her quilt top has cinnamon pink, plaids, stripes, indigo and depression blues.  Sue said this quilt top was given to her grandmother as a baby gift in 1904 and … Continue reading

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Quilting a Tree Skirt

As a long arm quilter I am always up for a challenge, like when Marcia asked me to quilt her tree skirt.  I heard other quilters talk about quilting them so I knew it could be done. She embroidered on … Continue reading

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Double-Sided T-shirt Quilts

Do you have too many T-shirts that you don’t want to part with?  Keepsake T-shirts make great memory quilts and I can turn them into a double-sided T-shirt quilt.  I use the largest T-shirts on the back and you have … Continue reading

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Polyester Hexagons

I attend the Common Threads Quilt Guild and at a meeting, a lady brought in this hexagon marquise quilt top and all the hexagon pieces to finish it.  She said she started it a long time ago and was not … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Brother!

My younger brother Mark, likes wolves and when I found this panel I had him in mind.  Panels are sometimes not straight and can make it difficult to cut apart.  I left the panel as one unit then I added … Continue reading

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Elephants all week long…

A dear friend asked me to make a baby quilt with the theme of elephants and in the colors of purple and gray.  Some months earlier, I had purchased seven tea towels at a garage sale that were hand embroidered … Continue reading

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Quilting with Fleece – Three of Three

A simple quilt made of two layers of fleece with no batting.  Quilting was with gray Omni thread and digitized Edge to Edge Daisy design by Deb Geiser.  It is lightweight and very soft and warm.  The double sided fleece … Continue reading

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Quilting with Fleece – Two of Three

This quilt has fleece on both sides of the quilt.  I bought yellow 60 inch wide fleece from Jo-Ann’s.  The quilt top is made by cutting a wide strip of yellow fleece, then a strips of Batman flannel, then strips … Continue reading

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Quilting with Fleece -One of Three

I like to use cotton fabrics for my quilts, but I thought I would give fleece a try.  On this quilt top I cut cotton fabrics (Black, Gray and Indianapolis Colts) into strips and sewed them together.  I like to … Continue reading

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Making it personal

Christine bought this panel and added a border. She wanted to make it personal by adding two names on the panel and a simple quilting design.  She said the saying, “I love you to the moon and back…” is special … Continue reading

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