White Christmas, Maybe….

Well, it is the last week before Christmas.  We’ve had two snows, so far.  One was just a dusting and the 2nd one didn’t accumulate enough for the county to get their plows out.  They will not start plowing until 3-inches fall, but they did get the sand & salt trucks out.  Thankfully they have checked their formulas.  Earlier this month they put out the ‘pre-snow & ice’ road treatment, but got the formula wrong, and ended up creating a slippery mess – about 10 nasty accidents on the beltway which was caused by the mixture!

So, now off to making my list and checking it twice…

December 16, 2010 Snow Experience

December 16, 2010 Snow Experience

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Quilt Stolen at International Quilt Festival

Just sharing some Info — I know I may not have a huge following, but wanted to pass this information on to my readers.  An antique quilt was stolen from the  booth at the International Quilt Show (I think it was the one in Houston, Tx, on November 3-4, 2010).  Click on this link for picture and contact information.

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More ‘Free’ Toys

Been busy with left over fabrics & stuffing — Did buy a few items to complete the projects.  (The Plastic Rings, and the clips on the end of the ‘leash’).  I just played with the fabric and randomly created different shapes.  Only thing I didn’t have was a squeakie to put into one.

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Quilts for Charity

Remember in September, I posted pictures of some fabric? (See my post here.)

I have completed 5 quilts and on Tuesday I turned them in at Quilting for Good.  I had a number of errands and couldn’t stay, but said hi to everyone.  Of course, any good quilting group must have “Show & Tell,” so I stayed long enough to show off the quilts.

Three Quilts were made using a Super 9-Patch Pattern I got off the web at Quiltmaker.  It uses 1-yard each of 3 coordinating fabrics, folded 2 times and cut 2 times.  Mixing & Matching the cut pieces, 3 quilt tops approximately 33″ x 40″ are made.  Add 3 yards of backing fabric and you have 3 completed baby quilts.

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Last month when we made a trip to Lancaster County, PA, we stopped at Weavers Dry Goods in Lititz, PA, and picked up some Panels (as well as other fabric).  using the Panels as the quilt tops and adding batting & backing – Quilt-As-Desired – and you have 2 more baby quilts.

All of these quilts were done using the Pillowcase Method – layer batting, backing & top (right-sides together), stitch all around the edges using 1/4″ seam, & leaving about 6″ unstitched.  Turn right-side out, stitch the open seam closed, pin & quilt – Tada!  It’s done, no binding necessary.
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Changes!

My Blog was hosted by MS Live Spaces.  There has now been a change – MS Live Spaces has partnered with WordPress to host the Blogs.  So — Welcome to WordPress.com. I will need to browse and check out the options available.

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