My gang started doing these retreats a year ago. We found a great Airbnb in the East Mountains of Albuquerque and, after 3 retreats last year, have a retreat booked and planned for every quarter of 2019. Albuquerque doesn’t get a ton of snow, but we are a mile high in altitude and typically get …
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I recently posted my Hawaiian Sampler Quilt which was a great finish, but it is not the first Hawaiian quilt I have done. I completed this wall hanging top some time ago – couldn’t tell you when – and pulled it out to quilt after I finished the sampler. I figured I was good and …
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2019?? Really? Seems crazy. I finished 3 of my 5 projects from last quarter, so I have a bunch of new things in the works for Q1’19. 1. Quilt the Summer Sampler: I finished the quilt top at my October quilt retreat, but I was really bugged by a large grouping of orange in the …
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I am so happy this quilt is finally finished! I’m not sure I can even pinpoint when I started it. I do have a list of events that I remember happening that led to it getting made: I saw a Hawaiian sampler quilt that was the inspiration in a quilt store in West Des …
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2018 is nearly done so it’s a good time to look both back and look forward. Quilting JetGirl is hosting another yearly planning party, so I thought I’d take this opportunity between holidays to reflect. Looking Back – 2018 For 2018, my word of the year was Grow – as in build or develop. Apparently …
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Today I’m happy to share my Blueberry Orange Peel Quilt Finish. I talked about the start of this quilt and the piecing here – I had fun experimenting with my Classic Curves ruler. I designed the quilt with a lot of negative space to enable quilty creativity, then promptly had a mental block on how …
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