Quilt Along – DONE!

I managed to keep up with the weekly schedule and finished each and every task on time, which left me with a beautiful quilt to celebrate the Fourth of July! I took a leap of faith and did the free-motion quilting and have to agree with all those who posted to the forums that the [...]

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Quilt Along: Basting and Quilting

I thought I was officially one week behind when I didn’t get a chance at all last week to baste the quilt together.  I looked for opportunities for the kids to be occupied in their own play long enough for me to ensure a clean and swept kitchen floor to spread out, tape, and pin [...]

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Quilt Along: Week 4 – part 2

I finished sewing the quilt blocks together and I’m left with this beautiful quilt top!  I’m really so happy with it! Just like Dana instructed on her blog, I used the pressed seams to help guide the piecing together and produced mostly perfect corners where each block meets.  Wow, who knew the simple act of [...]

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Quilt Along: Week 4 – part 1

I finally got the living picked up and swept so I was comfortable with working on the floor.  I even got the children to play in the playroom for a bit while I attempted to layout the pieces of the quilt… well, until I got caught anyway. Izzy could not contain her excitement when she [...]

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Quilt Along: Week 3

It took me 5 days to get all the sewing, ironing, and cutting done, but I now have 39 quilt squares ready to be pieced together this week.  The kids have been showing more of an interest in the variety of things in the sewing room, so I’m only able to steal away 5-10 minutes [...]

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Quilt Along – Week 2

I got all of my fabric cut this week and it couldn’t have been easier, just 2-1/2 inch strips. This was the first time that I cut my own fabric for a quilt.  I bought my material pre-cut and followed their directions for putting it together, so I’ve already done two things that I haven’t [...]

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Quilt Along

In my effort to be ready for Christmas before the arrival of our little one in October, I decided to join the Old Red Barn Quilt Along.  It should be fun and educational.  I’ve never done a quilt completely start to finish and I know that I’ve skipped steps with the two quilts that I [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

I woke up early this morning to a paper trail of hearts leading to my computer with a beautiful poem written by my dear husband on the screen to wish me a Happy Valentine’s Day.  How lucky am I!?!? Later we went “shopping” for gifts.  I got James a warm wool long-under type shirt to [...]

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All Done!

I finished up the quilt on Sunday and even managed to wash and dry it so it would get all crinkled and fluffy.  It’s far from perfect and the quilting isn’t straight, but I’m happy with it no less. Jackson is just awesome for feeding my craftiness.  He get so excited and happy when I [...]

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Holiday Knitting – Done!

I just finished the farm play mat for the kids’ Christmas present!  It took 6 months of knitting and I’m oh so proud!  I hope they like it.  I envision many days ahead of knitting little farm animals and searching high and low for a perfect tractor.  More pictures on Flickr and Ravelry.

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