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For National Quilting Month, Worldwide Quilting Day and just plain old weekend fun, I’m working on my applique quilt below. I hope to get the top completed this weekend. I also finished sewin…

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Ardella’s bright French Roses quilt – playful freehand feathers and flowers in the borders. Simple bg fill and in roses to pop. Hobbs 80/20 batt and Superior Omni thread in white

ten random thoughts on tuesday (on wednesday night) I Heart Peeps Easter was lovely and long. We had quite a fun (which translates to exhausting for mama & daddy) three-day extravaganza. I won't bore you with tons of photos, but...

Neat applique and variegated thread machine stitching

de Jong Dream House: Quilt #65: Gioia's French Roses

Fused and Stitched Rose block

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The borders have been added onto my French Roses Quilt top and it is now ready for quilting. The pattern I used is French Roses by Heather French. It came together very quickly using raw edge app…

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I have discovered something about quilting. It doesn't make for fascinating blogging. It takes a while and in this case I am making the same...

Pictures - Completed French Roses quilt - Hi, Finally completed my French Roses quilt. I used fabrics that I hoped would compliment the style of raw edges. Two of the photos show it before it was washed, and one shows the effect after washing. My husband really likes the look after the wash. I'm sure it will look even

This is a full size quilt that I made for my wife. It is one of those top stitched quilts that fray when washed. It was very easy to make. Which was a good thing because I don't like to spend weeks on a project. And since I sometimes have lapses of accuracy; this is a very forgiving quilt to make. In fact, I am supposed to teach a group of non sewing husbands how to make a quilt. I am seriously considering using this pattern for a lap quilt. I know these fellows can do it. And wouldn't their…

Mid-20th-century applique quilt stitched with black embroidery thread in a blanket stitch. It's #12.18 in my Encyclopedia of Applique, Rose Cross from Ruby Short McKim Published in the Kansas City Star about 1930 A better view from McKim's book 101 Quilt Patterns in which she collected her newspaper designs. One of these McKim sources must have been the inspiration for the quilt at the top of the page. Her drawing is better than mine. McKim's pattern is based on traditional applique. Central…

Bette’s French Roses quilt – pattern by Heather French – freehand, medium custom.

I want to tell you about a wonderful quilt shop called Stash that I found about three years ago in Walla Walla, Washington. It's about 2 hours from my house but I make it there several times a year because I love it so much. When you walk into this quilt shop you just feel the inspiration all around you. There are a ton of projects made up in different kinds of fabrics so that you can picture what your project is going to look like. I just love that. You may notice that several of these…

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