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1. Cut 50 3" x 5" rectangles. You may use less rectangles, but no more. They may be from all one fabric or 50 different fabrics or anywhere in between.I started my project by fusing my hand-dyed fabric to some Heat N Bond Lite.  I didn’t do all of them – just some so I […]

I am writing this as a bittersweet post.  I have found out that Rose Mary Huber Pauls is going to have to drop out of judging further Project Quilting Challenges.  I am going to miss her and her expertise but I am happy that she is doing what she loves! She is currently helping a […]

Alright – here’s the next set of winners for the Rectangle Challenge – the Judges Winners. I’ll start with third place – with an average score of 8.25, MoranArtandQuilts takes home the bronze. Here’s what the judges had to say: Judge 1: Great job with the geometric design and quilting. It’s can be hard to […]

I have a lot of winners to announce so I think I’m going to split it into two different posts… I’ll start this post off with announcing the winner of this weeks Popular Vote.  With 37 of the 235 votes this week – the winner of 2 yards of fabric, of her choice, from FabricFascination […]

The girls and I decide we needed some fun last night and headed over to Ella’s Deli.  We got there before Papa got done with work so we decided to take a spin on the carousel before we had some yummy dinner and ice cream.Capri was a bit nervous about riding the horses on the […]

I took one photography class in High School, but I am NOT a professional photographer.  The weather was beautiful yesterday afternoon, my youngest was napping and my oldest, Cedi, actually agreed to be a ‘model’ for me for my hand-dyed dresses.  I’m not sure if anyone remembers the old pictures but they were BAD.  I […]

I woke up this morning thinking that I would do my ‘Themed Thursday’ Post on Scissor related items since my Golden Scissors – Charm Earrings were lucky to make it up on Front Page last night (woo hoo!) But then the girls and I decided we needed to do something fun today so we headed […]

I took one photography class in High School, but I am NOT a professional photographer.  The weather was beautiful yesterday afternoon, my youngest was napping and my oldest, Cedi, actually agreed to be a ‘model’ for me for my hand-dyed dresses.  I’m not sure if anyone remembers the old pictures but they were BAD.  I […]

Columbia County, WI is planning on setting up a ‘Barn Quilt Trail.’  I am planning on applying and crossing my fingers and toes that my orchard will get accepted.  Never heard of a barn quilt?  Well, they are quilt squares that are painted on a plywood (typically 8’x 8’) and then hung on the barns […]