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May Flowers Banner

Posted in Block of the Month, Quilting, Sewing, tagged , , , on May 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The May Flowers banners look great! Nice job ladies. I love how these turned out. What fun to try something new!

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Have Featherweight Will Travel

Posted in Little Known Facts, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged , on May 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »

This is what the little Singer Featherweight Sewing machines were made for…travel!  They were advertised as portable, and while in today’s terms, eleven pounds may seem heavy, they really are easy to take along.  They are perfect for piecing quilt blocks.  I love them!  This one is a fairly rare 1961 Tan Featherweight… named Barbara Ann for my mom.  She’s traveled with me to the last two retreats.  I try to rotate the Featherweights I have so they all get used and I can keep them maintained.  I have 6 now…Oops, how did that happen???!!!  Did I mention that I love these little machines?

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For Barks & Bags

Posted in Animals, applique, fundraiser, Quilting, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged , on April 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago I made this little banner that I donated to our local Humane Society for their Barks & Bags Fundraiser event.  I hope it auctioned off and raised some $$$ to help those babies at the shelter.

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Northern Shenandoah Valley Quilt Show

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity on April 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The Northern Shenandoah Valley Quilt Show was this weekend in Berryville and it was awesome. What a great job the local guilds did putting this show together. Just take a look at a very small selection of the almost two hundred quilts that were on display. So much talent!!!!!

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More April Banners

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, tagged , on April 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

More fabulous April banners. Just look at the great work these ladies did on these. Our monthly banners are gorgeous!

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April Showers Banners

Posted in Block of the Month, Holidays, Quilting, Sewing, tagged , on April 6, 2024| 1 Comment »

We had a fun evening last night creating these “April Showers” banners as we continue our series of monthly quilted banners. These ladies did an awesome job on these. Love the little ducks!

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Tish Completed Her First Quilt

Posted in Quilting, tagged on April 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Tish just completed her first quilt…and isn’t it terrific???!!!! Great work Tish! If you have been wanting to learn to quilt watch for upcoming quilt classes at The Studio. Check out what we have on our calendar now by clicking here.

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Baltimore Square Quilt

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Workshop/Retreat, tagged , , on April 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Last week I shared that I had started a third quilt top while at the retreat in Pennsylvannia and that I was working on my 1961 Featherweight. (Read about it here.) When I got home I set the little machine up and continued to piece the Baltimore Square quilt top. I was enamored with this pattern. I’m not sure why but ever since I saw it I wanted to give it a try. So I finished the top a few days ago. I love that I did it on that sweet little Featherweight. And of course, Lincoln helped! I’ll send this one out to a longarm quilter soon and when it is finally completed I will share the final result. Oh, and yeah, there is over 2800 little 1 1/2″ (finished size) blocks in this quilt. 🙂

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Two More Begin with a Star

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, tagged , , on March 30, 2024| 4 Comments »

Two more of our beginning quilting students completed their “Beginning with a Star” quilt recently. Arent’t they amazing???!!!! Great work Melissa and Laura. Y’all did beautiful work. And it was fun seeing you embrace a new art. Can’t wait to do another quilt project with you!

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1961 Featherweight Hard at Work

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, tagged , , on March 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I started this quilt while at the quilt retreat a few weekends ago. I took my 1961 tan Featherweight to the retreat to piece several quilts that I was working on there. This little machine is a jewel! It has the most perfect stitch so it is gem for piecing. This quilt, the Baltimore Square, involves sixteen fabrics and many 2 inch strips that are then cut apart and sewed back together again. You know that is the craziness of quilters….taking perfectly good fabric, cutting it apart and then sewing it back together, over and over. LOL! So since getting home from the retreat I brought out the little machine that I named Barbara Ann after my mom. (Featherweights are often named and all of mine are. Read more about that here. ) And she has been working away the last two days to sew these pieces together. When this quilt is completed there will be almost 2900 2 inch pieces all together to make a beautiful quilt. I’ll share it when it’s done.

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