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In the Bee Unique Bee Knotty bee, Nancy sent a pretty red and white snowflake print and asked us to use some of it, along with our own fabrics, to make a block for a Christmas quilt she has started. This is the block I made for her: Every year around Thanksgiving, I plant amaryllis […]

In our Bee Unique Bee Knotty bee, Debbie sent some lovely dark grey Kona cotton and asked us to make her a star block. I love to make kaleidoscope blocks, so I made this kaleidoscope star for Debbie. Sewing this block has really put me in the mood to make another kaleidoscope quilt. I just

Between the bees I am participating in and the Farmer’s Wife Quilt-Along project, my poor little Bernina got a real workout this weekend and had to be taken to the sewing machine shop for some serious bobbin tension issues. This is week eight in the FWQAL and I should have 16 blocks completed. I am

Today I discovered a fun, free, design tool on-line called Pattern Playground. The URL for the site is http://www.freequiltpatterns.info The site claims to offer one million different quilt designs. You can choose either a single block quilt, or a two block quilt and you are offered three different fabric choices from Moda, P&B Textiles or

In the Journal Round Robin Bee that I have been participating in, Debbie (OrangeQueen1) asked for a block representing our favorite season.  This is the block I made for her: I love late spring, early summer when my roses are blooming in a riot of color, the days start lengthening, and the weather begins to