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Sandy’s Special Quilt

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Sandy is Lincoln’s sitter. She has been with us even before Lincoln so she has been a family friend for a very long time. Recently she was admiring a specialty quilt that I made for another friend and I told her I would make one for her that featured something she loved. Did I mention that Sandy is an amazing photograper? Well, she is. So I wanted to make her quilt with a camera theme. I asked her to send me some photographs she had taken….some of her favorites. Having received them I started laying out a design that would include a camera and film and this is what I came up with. The camera and film roll are applique. The black and white film is pieced fabric made to look like film. I printed Sandy’s photos on EQ8 Satin Printable Fabric Sheets. The border fabric with cameras I got through Joann’s. This quilt took way more time in planning than I anticipated but I was happy with the results. And I think Sandy liked it!

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Fabulous Bulldog Jackets

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged , , , on May 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

We had a terrific Mother’s Day weekend with my sister, Suzanne, and my niece, Alexis. We did lots of fun things while they were visiting but the most fun was painting these denim jackets with the Georgia Bulldog. They look great! Nice work girls. I know you will enjoy wearing these.

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1 Van, 5 Quilters, 9 Days, 10 States, 31 Quilt Shops and 2723 Miles!

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Travel, tagged , on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

What more is there to say! We started with a 15 passenger van and 5 quilters. We spent 9 days traveling through 10 states covering 2723 miles and visited 31 quilt shops. It was a Fabric Acquisition Road Trip. Just look at my haul!!!! This will keep me busy for a little while. We spent about 7 months planning the journey . Our group was amazing and so much fun. Everyone was amiable and flexible so we added and left off some stops along the way. We fit in just as much as we possibly could. Some of you followed along with our adventure and watched as Wilma, Barbara, Katrina and Janet made our way through 10 states. And even our friend Denise who had to drop out at the last minute went with us in spirit. It was an epic trip! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with their finds.

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The Missouri Quilt Museum

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

An unexpected and delightful surprise in Hamilton was the Missouri Quilt Museum located in an old multi-story school house. There were some amazing displays there from quilts to a machine collection and a miniature doll quilt collection. And the best part was the young man who was there to sell the tickets. His family runs the museum and he was a wealth of information. And he was thrilled to show us the quilt he had made. At 12 years old he is already on his way to be a terrific quilter.

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A Day in Quilt Town USA

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , on March 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

We spent the day in Hamilton Missouri better known as Quilt Town USA due to the Missouri Star Quilt Company. Jenny Doan and her family started a small quilting business there 15 years ago that boomed into 12 shops and a very successful online business. Jenny does terrific YouTube instructional videos on quilting and has become a star in the quilting world. On the way to Hamilton we listened to Jenny’s autobiography – How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith and the Power of Giving. It made the visit to Hamilton even more interesting knowing how it all started. The first thing we did was go on a tour of the warehouse to see how it all worked. So interesting to see, especially the 30 long arm quilting machines they use to quilt all the projects that are sent to them. They do about 500 a week! WOW!!! Even though it rained most of the day we still had a great job shopping the 12 MSQC along the street. There were 5 quilters on the trip and one of our friends couldn’t make it at the last minute so we took her along in spirit and had photo ops with her along the way. You see a photo of her here with Barbara checking out BLOCK magazine – a production of MSQC. Then we loaded up the van to go again.

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The Fabric Acquisition Road Trip

Posted in daily painter, Quilting, Serendipity, Small Town Life, Travel, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Last Saturday a group of quilters left on a Fabric Acquisition Road Trip to Missouri. We have had so much fun so far stopping at many, many quilt shops along the way as well as other roadside attractions. I thought I should catch up on what we have done so far. We went from Virginia to Ohio for our first stop and saw lots of farmland, windmills, barns and barn quilts.

We have seen so many odd things along the way…including the mobile Baptismal running along the interstate!

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Summit Grove Quilt Retreat

Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Workshop/Retreat on March 10, 2023| 1 Comment »

Arrived yesterday afternoon for a quilting retreat in New Freedom PA at Summit Grove. There is a great group of quilters here…. All set up and working on some amazing projects. Can’t wait to see how they turn out! Stay tuned.

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Starlight, Starbright Altered

Posted in Serendipity, Sewing, tagged , , on February 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I completed this Starlight, Starbright quilt based on a Missouri Star Quilt Company pattern. I altered it a bit with a border around the star. This one I made as a traditional quilt top and sent it out to be longarm quilted. It turned out great! I love the look. It was made using charm packs (5″ squares) plus some yardage for the star and borders. I’m excited to share this one now as we have a tour group leaving next month to go visit the Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton MO. We will be making several stops along the way there and back to visit fabric and quilt related businesses. We’ll be gone for 9 days and I know we will see and acquire lots of great quilt related items. Stay tuned to see more about our adventure. And in the meantime watch in the next few days our Quilt Sale.

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Lincoln is 14! Happy Birthday!

Posted in Dogs, Holidays, Serendipity, Small Town Life, tagged , , on February 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Lincoln helping with naps
Sleeping Lincoln
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Walker
Lincoln looking handsome in a blue sweater

Today we are wishing a Happy 14th Birthday to our Lincoln. He has been living his best life for all 14 of them! We want to thank everyone who has been so kind to him all these years as he has greeted you at The Studio. He loves his job and takes it seriously. I hope you’ll take a minute to flip through the photos and enjoy our Lincoln. He’s a special boy!!!

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Stitching Accomplished

Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Workshop/Retreat, tagged , , , , , on February 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »

With all the game playing and museum visiting you wouldn’t think we would have had time to get much accomplished….but just look at all the great projects we made. We quilted, crocheted, knitted, make rugs, and more! We are a creative, fun-loving group! Can you tell???!!!! We can’t wait till the next one!

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