Six Gables Designs

     2018 is a wrap!  I'm hoping for more excitement this year.      I got a couple of quilty things for Christmas. This should keep me supplied for a while.      Rick gave me th...

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     This is not a quilting-related post.  This is a rambling, stream-of consciousness post about how I really hate Christmas shopping and what I've learned to do about it.      Let me s...

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    I'm excited that C&T Publishing invited me to participate in the blog tour for their new giveaway. They are giving away not one, not two, but the entire set of TEN e-books of Carol Dean Jon...

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     I could start by saying it's hard to believe I haven't posted since March, but honestly, it's very easy for me to believe that.   It's been a quieter year than usual - not a lot of quilt...

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     So much for the 30 days of blogging challenge in December. Honestly, if I was boring myself to death, I can only imagine what I was doing to you, gentle readers.   Equinox quiltle...

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  I test drove a new (and out of character for me) outfit- a red, purple and bronze silk Chico's tunic over a red turtleneck, black stirrup leggings, and bronze shoes. The leggings reminded me o...

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     Tonight was my quilt guild's holiday party. We have a potluck (apps and goodies) and a silent auction of member's handmade items. I bid on several things, won these two cute star ornamen...

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     Started the day with a simple errand (running out to get a $10 Walmart gift card for my husband to give at a holiday party Yankee Swap), and wound up two hours, three miles, and four sto...

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     Gwen from Tillalili had the booth next to me, and I couldn't resist these fat quarters. The top two fabrics are "Jingle Birds" from Moda, the one at lower left is "Pixie Noel" from Riley...

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     I finished the Boxy Stars quilt top this morning. I'm thinking of doing a pieced back. I have some leftover 108" wide  fabric in a subtle tan tonal floral and a long strip of a Moda Kan...

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...snow will be starting in 38 minutes. Hmmm....we shall see.     I'm off tomorrow, so until I have to head outside and help with the shoveling, I'll probably be hunkered down with one of sev...

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    Today I made a bit of headway on the scrap quilt. Three of the four rows sashed and joined; I'll finish the top tomorrow.            Nothing at the book sale struck my fancy t...

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...so this past Saturday, one of the rare days Rick and I were both home, we decided on the spur of the moment to go hiking at Bluff Point. We had a glorious time. It's the perfect hiking place- ...

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Trials and tribulations of a fabric hoarding quilt designer with a twist- I love hoarding (and using) other people's unwanted scraps!

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     Wow! Four consecutive days!      I had a few minutes to kill before work today, so I ran into my favorite consignment shop, armed with a $1 off coupon.  Five minutes and $7.83 late...

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     Earlier in 2016 I submitted a design to a major quilt magazine. Like Twisted Star, it was a design I had done a while ago, but it wasn't until I changed my color selection, that I decide...

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Making the scrap quilts I posted about yesterday was a great way for me to get over "Quilt Designer's Block". I discovered after they were done I was ready to tackle some of MY OWN new designs on...

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     Wow! Almost a year and a half since I last posted. I have no good excuse for this, so I am challenging myself by participating in Cheryl Sleboda's "31 Day Blog Writing Challenge" . This ...

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     I'm here. Wow! Has it really been 8 months since I posted?      The huge scrappy quilt I referred to in my last post has been quilted, and is available as a laminated pattern , as w...

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     Yes , I'm alive and well. Quilt show season is over, and it was a good one. The newest patterns all sold well, and I nearly ran out of my initial order of periwinkle templates (placin...

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     Eight p.m., a summer evening in a coastal New England town. The phone rings. "What was the Final Jeopardy question?" a male voice asks.      "Who was T.E. Lawrence?" I reply. ...

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    In my last post, I showed an assortment of vintage fabrics, each piece approximately 11" x 18". I had them for several years, and they taunted me every time I'd look at them. Thanks to the...

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     Since you ALL know I love working with other people's scraps, you'll also know I'm ecstatic to finally have an idea for this group of fabrics. I refer to them as WWJW, what would June (C...

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    A while back, a friend sent me a box of fabric, which included three Moda Jelly Rolls. This immediately got the creative juices flowing- how easy it would be to come up with three new patt...

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  After several days of raw, rainy weather, today finally felt like spring. And how better to celebrate than with a giveaway?      Martingale, Island Batik, and Ackfeld Manufacturers (makers...

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