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Are you quilting this weekend? Feb. 15-16

4 years ago

Hello Quilters! I know I am late for a weekend post but this has been a busy week..again! I am still working on my mystery quilt but getting closer to a finish. I need to add the borders and that is my goal for today. I am changing the border from HSTs to flying geese made with the HSTs.

Jennifer and the girls spent the night here on Friday night. They like to have a slumber party at our house.

Are you sewing this weekend?

Linda OH

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msmeow
4 years ago
I’ve had a cold all week and yesterday had no energy. Just a trip to the grocery store did me in. I had planned to load a quilt in the frame but knew I wasn’t up to it. I did work a lot on my hand pieced top. The center is almost assembled!

I hope I have a little more energy today.

Donna
nannykins
4 years ago
I started a top on Monday and will quilt it today. It is a simple pattern and if I worked at it every day, it would be finished by now, but like Donna, energy is in short supply.

Theresa
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Hope all of you will be back to normal this week with lots of energy. I've been working on a top and I have one more column to piece and then I will decide if I want to make one more to make it bigger. The block is so simple it's laughable but when all the blocks are put together it's a pleasing design. It's called Indian Hatchet. There are a lot of different configurations to put the blocks together but I'm just going to make it simple and make them all go in the same direction. I'm doing it in all different colors with the central stripe in each block being a light gray. I need to try to stay on it because it's like Springtime here in Central Florida and the yard is calling, calling. Saw the first hummingbird yesterday on the honeysuckle arbor which is already blooming like crazy!
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