Category: Quilts
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Crazy Shortcut Quilt Stories!
My friend Sara, in Abu Dhabi, made a childs tee shirts quilt. Sara has made so many CSQ quilts that I think she can make them in her sleep!! Here’s the story on her newest quilt: My sister was visiting and brought with her her children old tee shirts and asked me to put it…
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Quilt Photos!
I have a great email from Amy Palmer Henry, showing off her second Crazy Shortcut Quilt! Amy said that this one features a zigzag stitch, but she’s just gotten a new sewing machine with tons of decorative stitches and they sky’s the limit for her next quilts 🙂 Almost immediately an email came in from…
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A New Quilt Design
Hi Quilters, we found some quilt inspiration on YouTube! This quilt was inspired by a video that I watched on YouTube and that I talked my daughter Sarah into making. She loved it so much that she made about five different tops! Check back here regularly because I’ll be playing with new designs on the…
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More Quilts from Michelle and Crazy Postcard Tute
Michelle sent me pics of her newest baby quilt and she even made a Quilted Birthday Postcard after following Katrina’s Tutorial on how she made hers from her Crazy Shortcut quilt scraps! I think Michelle has made about 4 or 5 of these “Shortcake” Quilts – she’s awesome!
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A Whole Lotta Crazy Shortcut Quilts!
Ok, I had some setbacks and I didn’t finish a quilt, but I have a list of quilters who did!! Hurray for them! Judy of KS sent this one, Derek’s Quilt made with Teenage Ninja Turtle Fabric! Amanda made these two as Christmas presents: Sara from Abu Dhabi made a RolyPoly and Marie Bartels…
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My Design Wall Trinkets
I watched a video that made me start thinking about all the things that I keep up on my walls in my quilting area. As a response to the video I watched, I made this video which thanks the original artist, Margaret Fabrizio, and shows some of my cherished bits and tells their story. The…
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Jean N and her Hawaiian Tee Shirt Quit
Jean wrote to me a while back about her collection of gorgeous tee shirts – she made a gorgeous quilt from them! The shirts on the quilt represent 16 years of taking my fourth grade students on an annual study tour of the Big Island of Hawaii. Although there are only 15 blocks all 16…
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Two More Quick Quilting Projects …
… that I can’t take credit for either! Judy Salzmann made these great potholders for her girlfriend in South Dakota and Sara in Abu Dhabi sent a pic of her finished tablerunner. She has her handmade items for sale in Sara’s Etsy Shop.
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Three Quilts …
… but none are mine! Don’t I wish I could take credit for these 🙂 First, Michelle’s Quilt (her second Crazy Shortcut Quilt) and here’s her message: I love this technique – it is very easy and quick. I like the shortcake pattern because I like working with the smaller squares. I am ready to…
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Selecting Fabrics for a Quilt
I just discovered that I choose fabrics based on the mood I am in, which is often affected by the weather! It’s been raining for about two years here and I long for spring or summer. Soft, summery colors is what I went for when I checked my fabric stash for this quilt. I first…