Right on track today! Here's the August Pattern link.


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It's June and the first day of summer, I've heard. Here's a very June block. I was thinking of all the weddings which take place this month, and the songs written with moon and June rhyming. So I had to include a little romance in this month's block!


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Sorry this is late, but there are two reasons. One was the two-week visit from my best friend, taking in the Cincinnati Quilt Show and a trip to Pigeon Forge-Gatlingburg for sight-seeing. The other was indecision. When I made the list of the 12 months last fall, I had one idea for April. Lately, another idea had been driving me crazy. So I ( Read more... )

My best friend is visiting, so not a lot done, but I did manage to do this one motif from the site that Mary Frances sent. Loved that site. This is only part of the motif, but I thought it was just enough for this spot.


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It's time to post the February block! I had a lot of fun with this one, and I hope you will, too.

Here's the picture:


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The mail the last couple of weeks brought home my 3 cq swap blocks. These are 4 x 6, and each one was done by a person on the shawkl Blog Files yahoo group of Kathy Shaw. You might remember her wonderful Twelve Dozen in Twelve Months stitching ideas. She did one block for everyone who joined the swap and the rest of us only did one for each of ( Read more... )

Last night was FSNI, and I worked on two stitchery projects. First, I advanced my first CQ journal page for the project:


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Lots of stuff going on this last week, just not getting posted because I'm so busy. By the way, there's a pincushion pattern and kit giveaway on my desertskyquilts blog - link in the sidebar.

Here's my CQJP first page, so far. I've used some of the TAST Week One - Fly Stitching. The picture was taken with a flash, but it isn't too bad.


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Today, I'm revealing the first part of my 2012 redwork design, Facts of Life! This is the banner across the top - although there is more to the banner. This is the part that needs redwork.


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There were so many wonderful things I wanted to draw this month, but I settled for these two. They go at right angles to each other, and I'll put them on opposite corners of my block. I don't think I'll get the blocks set together until 2012, but I'll post as I do, with layouts ( Read more... )