May Redwork Birdie Stitches

20 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

I have missed having a small handwork project. Another quilter recommended Birdie Stitches Block of the Month by Little Miss Shabby available free online:
http://www.littlemissshabby.com/2010/12/birdie-stitches-supply-list/ When I saw it, I knew it was the perfect project for me. The designs are fun and whimsical. There are twelve small projects - one for each month - that are



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Category: Calendar Quilts, May Redwork Birdie Stitches, Redwork and Counted Cross Stitch, Redwork Birdie Stitches Calendar Quilt

Main Characters of Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas

19 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Home Circle Quilt Block

This month in the Quilters' Book Club, we are reading and discussing Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas.  With Charlie Bullock off to fight for the North in the Civil War, his young wife Alice and his mother are left at home together on Bramble Farm near Slatyfork, Iowa.  I found some free quilt pattern blocks online that go with the main characters of



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Category: Alice's Tulips, Contrary Wife Quilt Block, Home Circle Quilt Block, Mother's Dream Quilt Block, Quilter's Book Club, Sandra Dallas

Alice’s Cunning Housewife for Charlie and My Very Own Housewife

11 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
The Inside of My Housewife with Stork Scissors Attached

In Alice's Tulips, Alice Keeler Bullock writes in a letter to her sister Lizzie, "I used leftover scraps to make Charlie a cunning housewife that is brown with blue pockets, bound in red twill, and it rolls up nice and fastens with hooks and red strings.  Inside, the housewife is fitted up with needles and



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Category: Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas, Civil War Housewife, Quilter's Book Club

The Setting of Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas

10 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Economy Quilt Block

For the month of May, the Quilters' Book Club is reading and discussing Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas.  We'd love to have you join us!  Check out the book from your local library and begin reading!

The story takes place in Slatyfork, Iowa during the Civil War.  Times were hard for the women who were left



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Category: Alice's Tulips, civil war, Quilter's Book Club, Sandra Dallas

Hummingbirds Around Starwood

09 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

Hummingbird

I'm The Nectar Inspector,
Sweetness Detector -
I sip -
I don't sniff.
I love juice
not perfume.
In its deep-throated scarlet
cup of a bud



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Category: Around Starwood

May Redwork Snowman

08 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
 
The month of May is named after the Greek goddess, Maia.  It is known as the Flower Moon or the Planting Moon.  May is a time when many flowers begin to bloom and when crops first emerge.  It is one of seven months that has 31 days. 
 
May-Time

There



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Category: Calendar Quilts, May Redwork Snowman, Redwork Snowmen Calendar Quilt

The Theme of Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas

06 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Friendship Scrap Block

This month, the Quilters' Book Club is reading and discussing Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas.  Some of us are also making a quilt block to go with the book. 

The author said that in Alice's Tulips, she wanted to write about the women who are left behind during wartime and the bonds they forge with



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Category: Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas, Friendship Scrap Block Quilt Block, Quilter's Book Club

Moss Covered Rocks Around Starwood

05 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Rolling Stone Quilt Block
 
 
 
"A rolling stone gathers no moss." 
 



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Category: Around Starwood, Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill, Lord Byron, Rolling Stone Quilt Block

A Note from Alice’s Tulips Author Sandra Dallas

04 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by


Tulip Quilt Block

Welcome to the free, online Quilters' Book Club.  This month we'll be reading and discussing Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas.  So grab the book from your local library and come join us!  Here's a note from the author, providing some background information on the book: 

Author's Note from Sandra Dallas



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Category: Alice's Tulips, Quilter's Book Club, Sandra Dallas, Tulip Quilt Block

Of Seeds and Fields and Kindergarten Plants

04 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Farmer's Fields Quilt Block
 

Barley and Rye Grass Seeds Planted by Kindergarteners

Fueled

Fueled
by a million
man-made



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Category: Farmers Fields Quilt Block
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