In A Stitch Quilting

Professional Long-Arm Quilter in Milton, WI


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Friday Favorites: Spring Is Finally Here


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Spring Is Here

I was very remiss at cleaning out my gardens last fall. There’s plenty of debris just waiting for my attention. While long arm quilting recently my left eye detected movement outside a window. I stopped my Tin Lizzie to investigate. Carefully I moved toward the window. As I got closer I could see a big fat robin. The robin was tugging at the leftovers of last year’s Black Eyed Susan’s. Apparently their decaying stems make for an interesting find.

Stand Still

I stood as still as I could not wanting to scare away the robin. The bird paused for a moment and waited then tugged once more at the stems. He was successful at freeing up bits and pieces. The nestled the new-found items within his beak as he flew away. The male robin returned numerous times to gather more stems. Seeing this robin actively gathering stems and leaves reminded me that YES indeed spring is here! Yippee!

Take A Look

I took advantage of a rainy day recently to pause and take a few photos in my gardens.  This is the fruit of my labors.  Enjoy!

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While this post certainly has nothing to do with quilting it does bring you a small taste of the environment I live in.  My home, garden and landscape are also one of my “favorites.”   I hope you have enjoyed today’s tour.  Perhaps I will have the opportunity to interject more snippets of my garden from time to time.

Thanks for joining me on a another edition of Friday Favorites!


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Wednesday WIP: Miranda Day Bag


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Chosen for my May A Lovely Year of Finishes project was the Miranda Day Bag.  Since announcing that I would finish the tote, by the end of this month, I have made wonderful progress.  Here are a few photos.

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Quilting the Fabric

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Back Side of Panels After Quilting

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Outside of Tote Front After Quilting

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Getting Ready to Sew Bottom of Tote and Front Together

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Front Side of Both After Sewing Together

The tote is coming together rather quickly.  I’m so pleased with the outcome and can’t wait to get it finished.

I’m linking up with Freshly Pieced.

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced


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Where in the World Are They?


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Multitasking

The other day I was making a label for the back of a quilt. The center of the label contained hand printed lettering with details pertinent to the quilt. Surrounding the outer borders would be a patchwork of fabrics color coordinated with the quilt backing. As I cut, stitched and trimmed the border pieces, I was involved in a conversation with my oldest daughter. In essence I was multitasking.

Multitasking is bound to either get me in trouble, prove to be very productive or lead to a variety of half-completed projects. In this instance it resulted in three missing squares of fabric. I searched high and low looking for them. I looked all over my cutting table. I looked all over the floor and yet I couldn’t find the three 1.75″ x 1.75″ tidbits of fabric.

Oh My!

The longer I looked the more frustrated I became. Bewildered I paused to mentally retrace my steps. As I stood there pondering where next to look I happened to glance down at the sweatshirt I was wearing. Much to my embarrassment I was delighted to discover the three pieces of fabric clinging to my sweatshirt.

A Whole New Meaning

Now if you are at all familiar with the process of designing quilts then you just might be familiar with the flannel covered boards quilters use to create new designs. Typically they use the flannel side of vinyl table cloths as their medium. Apparently, in my case, my sweatshirt proved to be just as suitable as a table-cloth. Who knew? The discovery of my missing squares brought out a loud sigh as well as a broad grin to my face. Never in my wildest imagination would I have never thought my sweatshirt would be a magnet for fabric. Stray threads I am accustomed to but not fabric pieces.

Thanks for visiting!  :)


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Friday Favorites: A Lovely Year of Finishes


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Since January I have been participating in A Lovely Year of Finishes.  As part of the challenge entrants agree to designate one project as their item to finish during that month.  Having this as my “online” accountability partner has been very motivating.  To-date I am proud to say I have met all of my self-imposed goals.

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