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June 27th, 2008 | by Jessie | Back to the quilt I posted yesterday hanging on my new, beautiful quilt rack.
The quilt is made up of the traditional Birds in the Air blocks shown here:
The black units would be the birds, the white represents the air, and the red I would guess is the land (or water?). Traditionally pieced, [...]
June 26th, 2008 | by Jessie | Here’s my favorite new piece of furniture:
Isn’t it grand? I love it! It was made and given to me by my Grandpa Bob. He was a high school shop teacher and has always enjoyed wood-working as a leisure activity.
There is more to the story: this last Christmas, my dad’s side of the [...]
June 20th, 2008 | by Jessie | I was hired to design and make an anniversary quilt for a couple marking their 50th wedding anniversary, which was in April, but they are celebrating it with a reception next month.
Can you tell I love stars? It was strategic, there are 50 stars on this quilt, one for every year of wedded [...]
June 19th, 2008 | by Jessie | Last Friday and Saturday I worked at the Adel Quilting and Dry Goods booth at the Central Iowa Shopper’s Spree at the Holiday Inn in Ames. I had a great time. There weren’t as many shoppers as anticipated, but it was an ok turnout. With all of the flooding closing roads and highways across the [...]
June 11th, 2008 | by Jessie | I thought I’d share a current project with you. I’m not sure about it. I like it, but I don’t know if I love it. I’m leaving what I have on the design wall now so I can look at it with fresh eyes later.
I’m using a fall palette… out of step with the [...]
June 2nd, 2008 | by Jessie | comments closed That’s the name of my most recent quilt. It was commissioned by a customer for whom I made a baby girl quilt earlier this year. My customer chose the same pattern but wanted a similar color scheme to another quilt in the gallery of my web site (Single Block – Boy). The original quilt was [...]
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