52 Quilts in 52 Weeks

WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR THE TRAVELING QUILTER. This little fabric box has a zipper in the base. When unzipped, the box folds flat to take up less room in your supply bag. First, the backstor...

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Greetings from the new location of 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks! If you don't follow 52 Quilts on Facebook or Instagram, you may not know I've moved to Parkland, Washington. It's wonderful to be near El...

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Time for a new "Block a Day" project! The BaD for Spring is one of the simplest blocks in the quilter's canon. And there's a story why I chose it. As you've heard me say many times, "I make t...

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The last day of December, 2012, I challenged 52 Quilts followers to complete 13 UFOs in 2013 . Since that announcement, every month loyal quilters have sent photos of their finished quilts. More ...

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I may not have been blogging much, but that doesn't mean I haven't been quilting!  November's Jelly Roll Party at Ruth's Stitchery features not one, but three easy strip quilts. All three are...

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How is this possible? It's November? And I didn't write a blog post for the entire MONTH of October? It's not that I didn't make any quilts -- and I enjoyed some serious stash enhancement! I wi...

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OCTOBER ALREADY?  TIME FOR MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY -- HALLOWEEN!  YOU KNOW, 'CUZ YOU GET TO DRESS UP, KNOCK ON STRANGERS' DOORS, AND DEMAND CANDY! First of all, the October UFO number is: LUCKY...

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I did it! 30 quilts prepped for the long arm in 30 days! Now, to be fair -- all but two or three of these were completed tops, "flimsies." The challenge was to prepare the backing and cut th...

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Or Spring, for my friends Down Under! Did you miss doing A Quilt Block a Day this Summer? I didn't receive any requests for a BaD, so I decided to take a rest for the 90 days of Summer. But I h...

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I couldn't decide which of my recent modern quilts to enter in Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival Modern Quilts category. Lucky for me, she allows two entries!   This is great-nephew Luc's 12th bi...

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Every year, I look at Amy's "Blogger's Quilt Festival" on Amy's Creative Side and swear "next year I'm going to enter!" Guess what? It's next year! And I have a fun quilt to enter in the Modern...

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Every year, I look at Amy's "Blogger's Quilt Festival" on Amy's Creative Side and swear "next year I'm going to enter!" Guess what? It's next year! And I have a fun quilt to enter in the Modern...

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You've probably read that I make a quilt for each of my Mother's great-grandchildren when they turn 12. The youngest boy in that generation turned 12 last month (there's still one girl who isn't ...

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It's pretty clear August is holiday month for quilters -- not many UFOs got finished this month! But first, the UFO number for September. It's" The first to join the parade is a blue ribb...

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Looking forward to greeting my friends from Around the Block Quilts today. They've been on a Row-by-Row Experience road trip to Santa Fe, and will stop at Ruth's Stitchery on the way back to Ch...

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There's a story behind this quilt. Isn't there always? A long-time friend hosts a cookie exchange each December. And she usually has an "ugly Christmas sweater" contest -- who can find the ugli...

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Here are some more goodies from my road trip to Idaho last month. First, have you ever seen the movie "Napoleon Dynamite ?"  The town where it was filmed is Preston, Idaho. More important (to ...

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Again, two, in fact! The best thing about unexpected time off from work is, a lot of quilts get finished! This week, I bound two. The first one is winging its way to Idaho. A former classmate...

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One of the best things about a quilting vacation is getting caught up on blocks of the month! I really dialed back the number of BOMs I signed up for this year ('cuz, you know, I have so many f...

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I believe the word is "meh."  According to Wikipedia , " meh" is defined as: > MEH /mɛ/  is > an interjection  used > as an expression of indifference >  or boredom > . It�...

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A Summer of travel means a lot of Stash Enhancement!  Here are some of the goodies I brought back from my trip to Idaho last month. One shop I don't get to visit often is the Sun Valley Fabr...

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The best thing about solo vacations is, there's lots of time for sewing! On my recent trip to Idaho, I hid out in a mountain cabin and sewed for three days -- what a treat! I made two projects,...

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Happy August! I'm on a quilting vacay in my home state of Idaho. The number for August's UFO is the color of the sky in central Idaho. I actually (!) have a finish of my own to share, but it...

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I had a wonderful weekend in Southern Idaho, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the class with whom I started first grade. Now it's back to our regularly scheduled blog post! In case you didn'...

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MY APOLOGIES THAT THE JULY UFO PARADE WILL BE LATE. I'M IN IDAHO FOR THE 40TH REUNION OF THE CLASS WITH WHOM I STARTED FIRST GRADE! In case you have a long weekend for the Independence Day hol...

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