This is so much fun! This block allows you to send a coded message to the future at the same time you are giving a glimpse of history!
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt Block 21 – Shipping Lanes
We are revisiting the Log Cabin quilt genre with our Shipping Lanes Block this week. A few weeks block we did the Hatches of Patches BullsEye Log Cabin Block. Shipping Lanes is just the same… But Totally Different!
This Log Cabin has a Fields and Furrows set where every other block is turned 180 degrees. The result looks like those Shipping Lanes found in certain areas of the open sea (to me!)
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Fanciful Floral FourSquare Block 18-Roses For Mom-Quadrant C
Who Said This? “What a lovely thing a rose is!… Our highest assurance of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
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Father’s Day Is Coming Up!
What are you planning for the Dad in your life? How about a cozy quilt? We’ve done a few free designs recently that would really be appreciated by ANY Dad… (more…)
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt 20 Island Porthole
This block is a bit different. Instead of things concerned with a ship, this is the view from the ship. The island is my rendition of Santa Catalina Island… you know, 26 miles across the sea… from the SoCal coast. It may not be a perfect likeness, just my impression of beautiful Catalina!
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Nautical Tumble Quilt: Block 19 – 9 or 16 Hourglasses
Time is running out… Better make some Hourglasses! This block has some options… (more…)
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Fanciful Floral FourSquare Block 18-Roses For Mom-Quadrant B
Do you think Roses are the most beautiful flower ever? The Rose of Sharon is certainly a classic shape in Quiltmaking.
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2013 Sew Spangled Mystery Supply List
I am SO excited about this mystery! It is gonna be a fabulous quilt in any color combination! I have done mock ups in Patriotic and in Batiks on Black and they are both wonderful! And I know reproduction fabrics would be grand too! I hope you will follow through the clues and make this A Great Quilt!
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Camarillo, Here I Come! Drop By and Say HI!
Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 14, I am speaking at the Camarillo Quilters Guild. To the members and guests tomorrow… Please drop by my table and Say Hi and mention that you saw this post… And I’ll have a small gift for you! See you at the Serra Center! (more…)
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Nautical Tumble Sampler Quilt: Block 18 – Lyle Hess Cat Boat
Isn’t this a handsome boat? Just made for a leisure day exploring the coastline… The gentle sea, magnificent rocks, and a good companion. Maybe that is what Lyle Hess, the Southern California Boat designer, had in mind when he designed this 16 foot beauty. I know a day like that is what I was thinking about as I made my block!