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Amazing Quilt

Talk about your dedicated quilter!!!  This woman put 3000 hours of work into this quilt over four years!!!  A true work of art!!  It was sold this year for $70,000.  Absolutely amazing!  See pictures following link below.

http://robynefmelia.blogspot.com/2010/10/sold-money-is-in-bank-this-time.html

Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt

So I’ve completed the first two blocks of the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt. 

Choosing fabrics for a sampler quilt is quite intimidating!  After an hour of putting different colors and patterns together I was overwhelmed and took a break.  Then I thought why don’t I do this like a true 1920′s farmer’s wife would [...]

“Hooked” on Vacation

We’re back from the lake!!  Had a great time except for one trip to the emergency room!

My husband and I tried having a fishing contest this year.  He caught one 24″ northern.  I caught two weeds, one small northern wrapped in weeds, and one 175 lb. Norwegian! 

My darling husband was unwrapping the [...]

Rosewater Quilt

I finished my first long-arm machine quilted quilt!  Go me!

The pattern is from the January 2006 issue of “The Quilter” magazine.  The fabric is from P&B Textiles Rosewater collection.  This fabric is absolutely gorgeous!  These pictures don’t do this quilt justice if I say so myself!

The fabric  is a watercolor pastel in [...]

Knit & Crochet

With the help of an unbelievable come-back on Saturday, the MN Twins took the series in interleague play with the PA Phillies.  In more “interleague” play the young Irishman, Graeme McDowell won the U.S. Open golf tournament, followed by the Frenchman, Gregory Havret, in second place!  My favorite player, Tiger Woods, made a good run for the title on Saturday with an [...]