The Back Door

The finishing touch has just been added to my studio and I feel like a queen. My Bernina, Aurora 440 QE was delivered and I need to rejoice…
What a treasure! Not the studio, but the daughter whose generosity made it all possible!

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The option of quilting “as-you-go” has always intrigued me…
I try to work on at least one quilt each meeting and while I travel. Additionally now I am trying to fit in the projects I am working on for RJR, McCall’s and Cotton Spice. So currently the McCall’s project is with me on our vacation. It is due to them July 1st so I guess I need to quit blogging now and get back to quilting!

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As the photographs of my quilts have been posted to Penelope’s Pride Quilts I must say that I am in complete agreement with Lisa Boyer.

Quilts have beauty that can only be appreciated tacitly. In Lisa’s book That Dorky Handmade Look she describes how she would host a quilt show. “I would have all visitors sit in big comfy easy chairs and tuck quilts around themselves. Some soft music would be lovely, and maybe a nice tray of cookies and hot tea.” …
I too “hope that the quilts I make are precious enough to be loved to shreds.” So when looking at my quilts in 2D remember my open invitation to wrap in my quilts and feel the love I have placed within them.

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