An Oldie!

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I came across this photo today and thought I'd share it. This is a quilt I made for DD before she was born 19 years ago. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. The fabrics look SO old now!

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A few posts ago I wrote that DH and I took a little mini vacation to the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. On the way we were able to stop at a shop I've been wanting to get to for years - Endless Mountain Quiltworks in Tunkhannock, PA.

I had met the owner, Jeanette at market a few years ago when I attended with my friend who owned the LQS. I've also seen Jeanette vending at some local quilt shows and she always has such nice things so the posse and I have been dying to see her shop.

Lets just say I was not disappointed and if DH was not with me the loot would have been a lot bigger! She has some of everything - redwork, reproductions, novelties, thimbleberries, lots of gorgeous samples to inspire.... I took these pictures to show the posse what they missed and to convince them that we NEED to do a road trip to Tunkhannock SOON! So I thought I'd share the pics with you all as well.

We also stopped at another shop in Wellsboro, PA - Needles Quilt Shop - no pics from that one - sorry! But if you are ever in Wellsboro this one is worth the stop also - lots of civil war reproductions and homespuns and two owners who are the nicest ladies - even DH was chatting it up instead of sitting on a bench waiting like usual!

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Fishys

My investigator at work just had a baby (or his wife did anyway) so I made this little baby quilt for their new addition.

I don't think the picture shows it but those are fish in the center and top and bottom panels.

I just did a loop de loop quilting design and it quilted up in no time. I have to remember that next time I procrastinate about machine quilting!

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A short vacation

Week before last DH and I had a vacation week. We only went away for two days though. DH's sister and her husband recently bought a cabin in North Central Pennsylvania and we took a ride up there. It is near the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.



Unfortunately the weather was not the greatest during our visit so this is the best picture I could get. There is also a great quilt shop in town so i was able to do a little shopping! We are looking forward to getting back there again - there are lots of hiking and biking trails, lakes, etc.



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Doll Quilt Swap 7!

I'm so excited! I signed up to participate in Doll Quilt Swap 7. I've seen doll quilt swaps going on in blogland but never have seen them during the signups until now.

I've gotten my partner's info and checked out his or her likes and dislikes and I have a few ideas ruminating around in my head. There are quite a few doll quilts that I've been thinking of making so I think between now and September (the deadline) I will be making more than one and as I get to know my partner better I will then decide which one I will send.

We are supposed to post some of our likes and dislikes so that our partners have an idea of what we like. So - to whoever has been assigned to send me a doll quilt - as my profile on my sidebar says, I like just about everything! Brights, pastels, reproductions, thirties, Kaffe, Amy Butler, modern, Kansas Troubles, Thimbleberries, Asian, Art Quilts, applique, piecing, paper piecing, hand quilting, machine quilting, ric rac, beads, buttons, yo yo's, you name it! Seriously, there are very few types of quilts I DON'T like. There may be types I don't MAKE, but not many I don't LIKE. So partner - please feel free to do whatever moves you and I am sure i will love it. I did add a bunch of photos to my favorites on flickr - but really, I just like everything!

Well, DH and I are back to work tomorrow after a week's vacation - ugh! I really could use another week!

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Here is another quilt I finished recently. This was a UFO and I finished it for my niece as a graduation quilt. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture before I gave it to her (do you see a pattern here LOL!) so all I have is the pictures she took and emailed me. Since she was by herself in her dorm room with no one to hold it there is no full size view.

I tried sewing the binding on completely by machine and was pretty pleased with the results. I also tried something new (for me) - instead of a label - which I am very bad about doing- I stitched the info onto the binding with the alphabet feature on my machine. I have to work on the mechanics of this but I was very happy with the way it turned out!



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A finish!

I have been doing some quilting even if I haven't been posting! Here is one of the things I've been working on - a baby quilt for my first great niece Ella. My nephew and his wife are stationed in Okinawa Japan so my sister-in-law (the proud grandma) hand delivered the quilt for me. The center is a hand embroidered paper doll and surrounding it are hand embroidered doll dresses. This was a lot of fun to make!
Some of the other things I've been working on are my Gail Pan BOM blocks (all caught up!) a graduation signature quilt for DD (not done yet!) and another baby quilt. Pics of all of those are coming soon.

I also just joined the Doll Quilt Swap 7 so I started loading a lot of pics to my flickr account - same name - piecefulchaos - there are more pics of the embroidery on Ella's quilt posted there.

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