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Over the past couple of weeks, more blocks and donations have been received, and I got to work to prepare for the first sewing day with friends. I measured the blocks and divided them into piles based on their size. The blocks ranged from 12-inches to 12-1/2-inches, with a fair number at 12-1/4-inches. Thanks to …
Continue reading Assembling the First Blocks for the Fire Quilts
Sometimes you run across something quite by serendipity, and it turns out to be brilliant. I was browsing around youtube last week as I was curled up in my chair with a quilt waiting for the anesthetic to wear off from the dental work I had to have. I hate that miserable feeling and it …
I am working on several things now that I just cannot show on the blog yet, Scrap Dance Square Dance is one! I have it about half done, and had to pack it up for a while as I cannot let anyone see it. The other thing taking up almost my entire sewing space right …
Today is the big reveal for the Fat Quarter Shop's Classic and Vintage Quilt Along on their blog Jolly Jabber, and I was delighted to be able to participate as a quilting blogger. Just click on the Fat Quarter Shop link, and select 'blog' on the right side of the blue bar at the top …
Continue reading Classic and Vintage Quilt for Fat Quarter Shop – Double Nine Patch
I've finally had a chance to get back to the Nine Patch Star that my friends are helping to make. We've had two sewing days to make the blocks and assemble the top, and then I started on the strips to add the borders. One of the sewing day ladies took a bunch of strips …
I hope that everyone will read this post, even those that are not quilters, because I need your help. Most readers will be aware of the devastating fires that have swept across California destroying everything in their wake. Like many, I am grateful for my home and family, especially with the holiday season, and cannot …
Are you a planner? I have to confess that I am not much of one anymore. After spending many years in the business world and the medical field, using complex planners to keep track of appointments, travel arrangements, goals and objectives, this is the last thing I want to do now. For me, quilting, cooking, …
Continue reading A Year at From My Carolina Home, and a plan for next year
I've been concentrating on charity quilts in for the past few weeks, and recently quilted two sampler style quilts meant for Elizabeth House, a local hospice. Both quilts are samplers of a block of the month, pieced by a lady who made two blocks a month. The blocks were assembled into two quilts by my …
Long time readers of my blog may remember this pillow design I did for Moda Bake Shop last year. When I finished it, I thought that the tree looked a bit plain, and it might be fun to embellish it a bit with some hand work. So, this year, I dug out some Christmas buttons, …
Continuing on our quilt-along, we'll finish it up today. If you are just now finding this post, start HERE. Quilting the Nine Patch Star was next. Here's where I left off last week, with the border on the blocks matching the center block in the nine patch. I loaded the runner on the longarm and …
From My Carolina Home 