O'Quilts

A quilting blog with new,old and antique quilts

Saturday, June 9, 2012

The joy in my heart...

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  Guess who had her first outing in my car in 10 months, since double pneumonia and infected gallbladder in August, the fall out...
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Friday, June 8, 2012

Typewriter pouch revisited..

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I didn't mean to allude that I do not like to try new things now that I am older...I just do not like it forced upon me, eg..learning ...

Doing it the easy way, harder....ugh

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Remember all those 20 year old summer clothes from Miami that I found in an attic box last week..Well, there was this cotton/linen skirt I...

Florabunda...done:)

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Thanks to Terri for her wonderful longarming, my Florabunda ,  block of the month variation is done.  I was so excited getting it back t...
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Monday, June 4, 2012

A joyful day

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Today I finished this quilt.  All washed and snipped.  I am delighted that I took a risk and tried something new.  When  Karmen  suggested...
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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Wisdom or not?

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My mother said that her father said that friends are all around you when there is fun and laughter, but when you are sick, grumpy or needy....
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Friday, June 1, 2012

Celebration

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Celebration: 1.  I am well...Thank you God....I am so grateful! 2.  Today is our 32nd wedding anniversary....Thank you God...I have th...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Sewing from Stash..Bring in the Clowns..

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Who would have thought from a mess of solid charms... And as for the old vintage dresses...one was silk and bled to death..donated,...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Good to have a daughter!!!

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From across the sea in Galway, Ireland came today a snippet from my girl,  Emily !  Great to have a daughter.  She is keeping me modern:) ...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Love love love the process

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The solid charm scrap bag quilt is morphing...so much fun..  Ten years ago our mother gave each of her daughters a hutch.  Charmaine g...
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Vintage?? Who me?

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Yesterday when my son was here, I asked him to go up in the attic and get down a box of files from Miami that I needed to shred.  He could...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Quilt Process

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How the brain works..amazing!   And we are all a bit different.  Here is a mess..and I mean mess of solid charms I had cut awhile ago...I ...
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Down home, free fun, better than any doctor or pill

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Oilcloth fun..pouch

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An accomplishment makes a nice day...started a bit fuzzy with my first outing since sick.  Saw my mother and was shocked with how she lo...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

What a difference a day makes...

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This midnight brings so much fun ( as opposed to last midnight!!!)...I am playing around with my new oilcloth scraps.  Cutting up the scra...

The light at the end of the tunnel...

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This positive life brings 4 different types of Hydrangeas from my garden shown in Grandma's old coffee pot..  It brings the firs...
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The midnight hour

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It is safe at the midnight hour to be rageful...and that I am.  Today I called the asthma specialist at 12 because I was so done with bein...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Quilting for the cure

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"Twisted Scrap", gifted to Lauren.  Love you Lauren..get better quickly.  When my newly delivered fabric from Fabric.com  ar...
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I have been quilting since 1973. Thank you grandma for teaching me how to sew...you have saved my life so many times:) I was born in Boston, raised in Arizona, lived 1 year in France, 2 years in England, 2 years in NYC, 2 years in LA, 20 years in Miami, Florida and now living for in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1994. Diane
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