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Heather’s Modern Jelly Squares Quilt
Heather used my book “Quilt As You Go {reimagined}” and resized her quilt to king size and sent me the pics and this note – I am just speechless! Hi Marguerita I just wanted to show you the king-sized quilt I made from your Quilt as You Go Reimagined Book. It has taken me 2…
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Debbie C’s Special Quilt
I met an Alaskan Quilter – Debbie lives in Anchorage and sent me a pic of her quilt and the most heartwarming message to go with it: I make charity quilts mainly for a NICU, but occasionally I will get a request to do a special quilt for a family. I thought I was in…
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Judy’s Corvette T-Shirt Quilt
Judy and I have been emailing since 2009, when she wrote to tell me about a quilt she made and about using my first book to make it. In the years between we’ve just kept in touch, asking a few questions here and there and and sharing brief updates. But recently, she sent me pics…
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Teresa Rush’s Finished Quilt
Not only did she finish her quilt (here’s more about finishing any quilt), and beautifully, she sent the most gorgeous pictures too! Here’s Teresa’s story: I hope the new year is finding you happy and healthy. I thought you might enjoy seeing what your book, “Finish (Almost) Any Quilt” has recently inspired. I have been…
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Caroline Pope’s Table & Quilt
Another custom sewing table is created (read more here) and a quilt waiting to be finished. Here’s Caroline’s story: Hi Marguerita, I am a new machine quilter, this is my first machine quilt. I ambitiously went ahead and pieced together a full sized quilt, not even thinking about how to manage the quilt on my…
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June Copeck’s Table & Quilt
June asked me a common question about my Sewing and Quilting Table adaptations and when I replied, she sent me pics of her table and her quilt (check out those gorgeous batiks!), along with her story: Thanks so much for your information. This is what I did. My sons cut a hole in my sewing…
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Gloria’s Quilts
Gloria graciously sent me pics of three of her quilts, made using our quilt-as-you-go techniques. Thank you so much for sharing your quilts Gloria! Here are her pics and notes: I made this quilt for my grandson’s 8th birthday. The appliqued blocks are all of the things my grandson loves; fishing, his dog and cat,…
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Maggie-beth’s Delicious Quilt
“Lettuce All Be Berry Happy” is her name and below is Maggie-beth’s quilt story: Hi Marguerita At long last, the quilt I started after buying your book LAST SEPTEMBER – is done. And she’s pretty, if I do say so as shouldn’t. Actually I finished her late last Wednesday night, but didn’t get pictures of…
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Sharon Nadeau’s Owl Quilt QAYG Adaptation
Sharon sent me a pic of her Owls Quilt – called Look Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed, by Susie C Shore Designs – that she adapted to be quilt-as-you-go, as shown in my book “Finish (almost) Any Quilt“. Here’s the note Sharon sent: Hi Marguerita, I am attaching a photo of my recently finished…
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Jean Knapp’s Quilts
Jean texted me (to my email) months ago with pics of her quilts and notes about them and I have to admit that I know so little about phones and texting that I had no idea how to open any of her texts until today. Seriously. Here’s her message and pics – finally! Hi, first…
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