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Another beautiful quilt and going to a motor museum tomorrow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Mar 23

I wrote about visiting a cousin and how she is a quilter. Here is another of her lovely quilts. Vince preferred this one to the one I showed in a previous discussion. The butterflies look like they are of stained glass. Did you...

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A most beautiful covid quilt

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Mar 23

I’ve written about visiting a cousin. She is also a quilter and had some lovely pieces hanging in her lounge. I particularly like this one. Vince took a photo for me on his phone. The colours are much brighter on Vince’s screen...

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The Backstory

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 9 Mar 22

Sometimes life just doesn’t go as planned and the past week or so has been a stellar example. My schedule has been turned upside down and nothing has gone quite the way I expected or wanted it to. Oh well, that’s life...

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The Whole Top!

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 28 Feb 22

Finally, a day that was dry enough to spread out the quilt top I finished last week and get a photo of it. Unfortunately, it isn’t a particularly good photo. The quilt is too large to be able to see the details and for some...

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Herding Butterflies

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 21 Feb 22

Between other tasks, I have been working to assemble the hourglass blocks that you see in the photo into larger blocks that are supposed to look like flying butterflies. The tricky bit (for me at least) is following the...

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Bonus Bits

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 12 Feb 22

I am working on a Mystery Quilt. What is a Mystery Quilt? The quilt designer posts various clues over the course of a period of time each of the clues is a step in the process and the end result is a finished quilt top. The...

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A special wall-hanging to suit a special clubroom

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jul 21

At the ride we attended at the weekend, they were offering soup and a sausage sizzle for those who wanted it. They had chicken and corn, pumpkin or pea and ham soup so over the two days, we tried out all three. We’d forgotten...

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Village Quilt

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 23 May 21

The past year has meant staying home. When I’m home, I hide out in my sewing room. The results have been prolific. This is yet another finish. I’ve named this quilt....Covid Village in the Snow. The panto I used for quilting...

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Another Quilt is Now Finished!

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 14 May 21

This is a quilt with a story. A local man embroiders for his mental health. It began when he was little more than a teenager and was involved in a serious automobile accident. Six years ago he and his mother decided to turn one...

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Quilting Blues

Quilter @fatragu (677) • United States 19 Oct 20

Before we moved I worked on a quilt almost every day. Now that we have moved, all of my sewing items are in the storage unit and I won't have access to them until we get out of this efficiency and moved into a larger place. With...

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Still Quilting

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 12 Oct 20

The weather is still pleasant. I've taken a walk almost every day. Some days I walk almost ten kilometres. Quilting keeps me busy. Recently I finished a quilt for a friend. Her mom passed away just over a year ago, leaving...

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Another Week Passes

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 6 Sep 20

Another week has passed. September is flying by. Last week hubby and I spent a day or two perusing potential homes for our son and his family. Due to Covid 19 they can not travel into our province for a quick visit, so we are...

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A Different Technique

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 2 Sep 20

Many quilting instructors were offering free tutorials during the worst of Covid 19 lockdown. One instructor in Germany, Claudia Pfiel offered a quilt lesson that intrigued me. She suggested colours and had us cut...

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A Little Tugboat

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 27 Aug 20

This kit was ordered as a reminder of last years travels. we visited Astoria last September and some of the blocks/rows included in my quilt are from places we traveled last year. The blocks are pieced and then the tugboats...

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I Missed A Day or Two

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 26 Aug 20

The best intentions...... Quarantine ended for us on Sunday at noon! Hurrah! We can get groceries, go for a walk, pick up the mail, and live a somewhat normal life again. This morning I made a quick trip to our local quilt...

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Using a Photo

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 23 Aug 20

As the number of blocks grows, I don't always have the kit, nor the pattern to work with. A cupboard full of fabrics makes choosing the fabric the easiest part of the process. This block was made using just a photo for...

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Spinning Spools

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 22 Aug 20

Two weeks ago we headed to Ontario to visit the children and grandchildren. Who could resist stopping at a quilt shop along the way and picking up a kit for another Quilter's Trek block. Blue is my favourite colour. This block...

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Off to School

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 19 Aug 20

Another block completed for my Quilter's Trek, True Blue, Take Two. This block was mailed to me from Ontario. It shows the Amish heritage of the community. The children are heading to school. The pieced stars on this block...

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A "Journey"

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 18 Aug 20

The last few years I have participated in a "Row by Row" quilting challenge. You visit different quilt shops and either pick up a free pattern or purchase a kit for the block or row that each shop has designed. This year, due...

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Another One Finished

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 18 Jul 20

Seven years ago, between customers at my bridal shop, I cut and stitched a few butterflies. For several years they have languished in a box. This is the year for finishing projects. Soon after the Covid 19 Lockdown began, I...

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