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The quiltalong has started and the first block is designed by Gene Black, an artist and quilter who lives in Northeast Alabama. He writes an art blog and journals about his quilting experiences at http://www.artbygene.blogspot/. You have to admire a guy who likes to quilt. His block is called “Alabama Spinner.” So, here is my “Alabama […]

Oil the machine, put in a new needle, put a new blade in the rotary cutter and get your layer cakes ready! The layer cake quilt along starts tomorrow at http://www.moosequilts.blogspot.com/. The instructions for the first block will be posted tomorrow.  Sew it up and post it on the group’s Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1527403@N20/.  Make your

I have a habit of rooting for the underdog, so I heart the San Francisco Giants.  Watching them play this season was a real treat, even if it was torture watching them win their games at the last possible second. Game Two (Thursday), field level, first base line, row 25 seats 1 and 2.  Woohoo! 

It was fun to see my borders pop up on the blog at Patchwork Posse today. This is a round robin begun by Becky Jorgensen at Patchwork Posse.  The theme is whimsey.  She designed the center block.  I did the first borders.  They are only nine inches tall and five and a half inches wide, so

Here is my center block for the Patchwork Posse Round Robin: The theme of the quilt is “Whimsey” and the center block was designed by Becky at Patchwork Posse.  Every other week a new designer adds two sides to the quilt. Next week is my turn to add the left and right side to this block.