The Blues

I did a wall hanging for Pamela Allen's class. It was a lot of fun to work with the blues :) And I think the hint of yellow is a nice compliment.
It is has batting and is hand stitched, then I stretched it over a gallery canvas. I like the look.

I am working on a couple more pieces will post when they are finished.  We are finally getting some spring weather, but it still needs to warm



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Easy Street

I finally finished the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, it was a labor of love. I am thrilled with the results, it has minky on the back and is now on my bed...a nice burst of color after our very long winter.



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Wool Felt

I have been playing around with wool felt. Fun and love to do the hand stitching. This is my own design and I'm liking it :)

I also made a little mini quilt to bring on spring :) The birds seem to be happy lately . A fun little project and I hope to make one for each month of the year, I just need to get out and find a good twig for the hanger. We still have



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AboutTown

Decided to finish the Art Gallery piece, it is on a glowing background and I am starting the stitching on it.

The last lesson was a real stretch for me. We were to do a night scene! I decided to carry on with My Town and here is the final result..I will definitely stitch and finish this one. Not too much tweaking and actually was easier to do than I first thought.  I also have a moon in



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About Town

I am presently taking About Town with Pamela Allan...so good to get the creative juices flowing. This is such a different subject. Here are some of the fabric sketches I have done so far...don't know what our grande finale' will be :)
Lesson #1 I chose an iconic building that we lost last summer. The Alaska Hotel...it was built in the '30's and added on to during the 40's when the Americans arrived for the building of the Alaska Hiway.



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Easy Street

I have finished piecing the blocks for Easy Street..it is BIG...had to have my son hang it so I could take a picture. Will add borders and hopefully quilt it next week. This is my second mystery with Bonnie and have to say I love the journey and the ending :)  I have some dark grey that I will put a small border on and then a larger one with a light grey, I think that will finish it off



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Easy Street

I have finished the units up to all of Block 'A'. Just need to get block B put together.  I was a bit worried about my colors but am liking it as I put it together. I think I will be putting larger borders on it to make it fit my queen bed. This is my second mystery with Bonnie...you gotta love them!




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Easy Street


I am busy working on Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt, Easy Street. Have a few units together, but as you can see many more to go :)  Have exhausted my stash of black and whites for this project.
I am hosting a block swap on a FB group Just Us Quilters...we are swapping a big Star Block from Missouri Quilting. The finished block measures



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Easy Street and Crabapple Hill

I have finished step #5 of Easy Street, this quilt is going to be bright. I hope we get to use our green fabric soon...will wait patiently for next Fri.  I love looking at all the other bloggers sites who are doing this mystery, some luscious color schemes :)  Bonnie does a link up on Monday, I will add the link then.
I've had a pleasant morning making some of the blocks for my Crabapple Hill quilt. The snow is



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Easy Street Step #4

Busy today finishing up Step #4 of Easy street. I like how these flying geese units turned out. I'm using orange where Bonnie used purple...this will be a bright quilt.  Looking forward to step #5..on Friday.
I have developed a cold, darn. Christmas baking is going slowly. made lefse yesterday so the family was smiling...maybe butter tarts tomorrow.  The tree is up...so I'm not totally behind.



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