Friday and Saturday were both a bit rainy, and I had some time to get progress made on the custom quilting I was doing on the Quilt of Valor. After putting motifs in the rest of the darker triangles and elements of the last blocks, I changed the thread color to an ecru, and went …
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Reworking a Quilt of Valor
Sometimes our local chapter of Quilts of Valor receives a quilt from someone outside the organization that just doesn't meet the standard for our veterans. This one was such a dilemma, as it had some gorgeous blocks, but it had significant issues. We loved the quilt idea, the workmanship of the embroidery and the effort …
Stashbusters July Check In
Another month has gone by, and we are halfway through the year of using up some of our stashes. Did you do well this past month? I had a momentary lapse, but did get a little bit done. I picked up my Dahlia quilt from Asheville Cotton's charity show, and took the opportunity to spend …
Quilting and Blogging
The weather this week has cooled off and the humidity is down, so there was a lovely day to open the windows behind the longarm and get this quilt done. It was 58º at dawn, when I got up, and by the time I began working on this QOV, it was still in the 60s. …
Sunday Chat – Wildlife, the Garden and a Gift Basket
Once again, we've had a busy week with yet one more quick trip to Atlanta among appointments and planning a big event that was held yesterday. I'll have more on that for you in a day or so. In the heat this week, my daylilies decided it was time to start their show. I got …
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Honoring Veterans and a bit of Quilting
Veterans Day was a weekday this year, so the British Car Club committee for the Veterans Drive planned an event for the Sunday after. Three British car clubs from North and South Carolina gathered for a lovely autumn color drive in the mountains. We had 33 cars, and most of those had two people, so …
Sunday Chat
It was a week of flitting from project to project. Somehow my concentration was a bit off. Early mornings were cool, but the days warmed up fast to hot and humid. On the bird feeder this week, a mom cardinal brought her son. You can see he is almost done molting his baby feathers and …
Sunday Chat and Critter Watch
Someone was sitting nicely, paws folded on our front door mat the other day. The mat says 'wipe your paws' but I'm not sure he did so. Still, cuteness abounds and peanut butter sandwiches needed to be made and offered. This week, I made my Summer Squash Casserole, with a slight change. After mashing the …
Quilt of Valor – Stars on Point
We are not yet back to doing Quilt of Valor presentations, but the construction of quilts goes on. At some point, we'll need a closet full to cover the backlog of veterans in line for a Quilt of Valor. So, we continue to sew, piece and quilt, in i-sew-lation. This one was pieced by Didi …
A Quilt of Valor with Frankenbacking
This quilt came off the longarm about a week ago. It is a Quilt of Valor, and was a bit more of a challenge at the beginning, as the backing had several problems. This is what I call Frankenbacking. There are four vertical seams and two horizontal ones. The friend that gave it to me …
From My Carolina Home 