The Clampetts?

 If you are of a certain age, you know the Clampetts.  Jed, Granny, Jethro, Ellie May.  Hubby and I felt like kissing cousins to the family today.  We have a bunch of STUFF stored in a rented storage facility nearby.  The movers will not move any of our things that are not at our house.
Today using a borrowed trailer and our big SUV, we made three



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You’ve been promoted.

I have had a quick glance at your job description this morning and as members of the Management team, you are “expected to make complex decisions within concrete parameters”

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That means, that whilst I am off teaching today you get to decide which of these photos will be the pattern for photo for the new beginner pattern.



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Rainbows and feathers.

When I heard that the Bloggers quilt festival was on again I just had to get involved this time.
So here's a rehash on the Matjana quilt I finished earlier in the year.

Over a year  ago I popped into my LQs and picked up a few fabrics in a ROYGBIV range. I can't do bright orange so I opted for more subdued, apricot tones.

Here's the first quilt I made.



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Friday Night Sew In Tonight

Tonight is the Friday Night Sew In, and I am all ready.


I pinned this string quilt today. I am trying silk batting for the first time. It is lovely and thin, and is supposed to be breathable and wonderful for a summer weight quilt.

There is still time to sign up for the Friday Night Sew In, the link is for Crafty Vegas Mom.

Thanks for



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Bloggers Quilt Festival 2012

Bloggers' Quilt Festival - May 2012

Amy's Creative Side
I've been eagerly anticipating this event ever since I read about it on Amy's Creative Side blog!  I decided to go with one that I made last year called Sea Glass. The wonky log cabins are inspired by the tutorial series fromQuilt Dad. I love the colors of the sea - I made this quilt as a way to try the technique and the colors together. I didn't have a specific recipient in mind until my toddler came



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Blogger’s Quilt Festival

Amy's Creative Side

Spin it Like you Mean it

I have a thing for pinwheels. It started with an attempt to make a baby quilt featuring them for The Boy. I didn’t know how to make a pinwheel but I figured it couldn’t be hard. I drew a picture and tried to recreate the picture and had an epic fail. I was a newbie and didn’t understand how to work in a seam allowance.

Anyway, fast forward about ten years and I discovered this zippy way



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Dress Rehearsal

I finished my Thirtysomething Stars quilt; unless I decide to border it. It is an enlarged version of my quilt, Dress Rehearsal from my book, Thirtysomething. I thought it would be a good idea to make a few Thirtysomething quilts with some fresh new fabrics. Some of the first quilts I made almost 20 years ago and it shows.

I've made several of this quilt, always changing values of the sashing, background,



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Eli Leon Collection of Titus Family Quilts


(Click on Photos for slideshow.)






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Eli Leon: One Champion and Major Promoter of African American Improvisational Quilts as Art.


Eli Leon 
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Eli Leon, the man who helped to bring African American Quilts 
from Freestone County,Texas into the "Limelight" of the Art and
Quilt making worlds.Thus putting them on the map as true art. 


Read more about his work at:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/quilting-jazz-with-a-needle-and-thread/

To the Titus family lineage of quilt makers based in Freestone County,



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