We have a second home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. We bought our first place there in 2007 and enjoyed it thoroughly over the years. It was small – half of a duplex – and there was no fence around the yard. This made the yard look quite nice, but was pretty inconvenient for our pack …
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My friend Kim LOVES her some Kaffe Fassett fabric. Last year we went to Missouri Star Quilt Company and every time we’d go in to the Florals Shop she’d enter, look around, sigh and say “Kaffe” (like an exhale). Most other times when she sees some Kaffe it is a more excited exclamation – “KAFFE!!” …
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It is no secret that I really love Elizabeth Hartman’s patterns and all her cute little critters. I bought her cats pattern a few years back and thought it would be a really good stash buster quilt. I had some white, some black, a nice background grey, and a ton of solids to work with. …
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This guy is another in my series of 2.5″ scrap quilts. Actually it is a partner to my Big Blue Plus quilt, which I talked about here. With that one I used the 2.5″ scrap pieces to make a plus, and here I used them to make a big X. So creative!! 🙂 I really …
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I think I was making a bunch of HSTs (Half Square Triangles), using up some of my grunge stash and preparing for my Generative HST quilt. I made a ton extra, then set to trying to figure out what to do with them. I played with a few different layout ideas, but kept coming back …
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I don’t know what it is about these chickens. I just keep making them. These blocks are great stash busters and are really pretty easy to make. I cut out a bunch of extra fabric when I made my last one and finally got to putting them together and in to a quilt. By the …
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