tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43838185012834908192024-03-12T18:17:49.015-07:00Quilting Precious TyesQuilting has helped me through some difficult times in my life. The quilts I make all have precious tyes in some way.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-28192032298923918932017-08-19T11:33:00.000-07:002017-08-19T12:49:54.503-07:00<br />
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little update...I have not quilted since my husband's death from suicide 5 years
ago. But I just recently felt the tinges of the quilting bug again
(although it still may be some time before I can start quilting again).
The past 5 years I have been attending college. This fall I was hired
as a Special Education teacher for 4th grade and Kindergarten students. I
feel like I have made a difference in helping them with their learning
difficulties. I have also been going to graduate school while being a
first year teacher and it has been overwhelming. In between earning my
Bachelor's degree and being hired as a teacher I meet someone very
special. We were married in May 2015. He is the most caring, generous
and loving person I have ever met. I am so internally grateful to have
found him and he is the love of my life. He is so supportive and I am
not sure if would have been able to accept this teaching job and
continue in graduate school without his support. He is a part time songwriter and performer and he has written several songs since we meet. Recently he wrote a song
which is very inspirational to me especially when I think about the
journey I have been on the past 5 years. We also sadly loss my father
this past September and my mom is having a tough time. This song was very inspirational to her. I hope it may touch others as it has touched
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<span id="yui_3_15_0_3_1492492395059_7">Enjoy --"The Song" Lyrics and Music by Shane Brown<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_vhBcwIDa8" id="yui_3_15_0_1_1492492395059_2608">--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_vhBcwIDa8</a></span></div>
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has also written a couple of other songs for me since we have met. You
can listen to them under the video link on his website at <a href="http://www.shanebrown.online/" id="yui_3_15_0_1_1492492395059_2619">www.shanebrown.online</a>
He wrote "Cowgirl Shadetree" and "There is a Place". Another one of
his songs that I love is called "A Girl in a Rainbow. I hope you enjoy
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<span id="yui_3_15_0_3_1492492395059_7">I
hope once I graduate with my Master's degree in Special Education and
have my first year of teacher under my belt I will be able to get back
to quilting and continue to update my Quilting Blog a<a href="http://niftyfiftyquilters.blogspot.com/" id="yui_3_15_0_1_1492492395059_2637">http://niftyfiftyquilters.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_15_0_3_1492492395059_7">Hugs,</span></div>
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Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-21046894904311833152013-10-02T11:17:00.000-07:002013-10-02T11:17:15.174-07:00I have not posted on my blog since December 2011. My quilting always has given me the strength to get through the tough times in my life which included living with my husband who was suffering from depression. On December 13, 2011 his struggle with depression came to an end through suicide. I have been living in a dark tunnel of grief since this time and I have not been able to quilt or write on my blog since then. Someone recently left a positive comment on one of my posts and encouraged me to keep posting. This has given me the courage to come back and post about losing a loved one to suicide. So my first post is this video which has helped me understand my own husband's depression...."This kid Thinks We Could Save So Many Lives If Only It Was OK to Say 4 Words".....<br />
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I hope it will bring awareness for others who are suffering from depression or know of someone suffering.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-85585513031394740352011-12-19T08:16:00.000-08:002011-12-19T08:16:04.445-08:00Winner!!!!I would like to announce the winner of my Dishcloth Give away and it is Sandie Anne!!! Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-73645690734546374802011-12-09T11:04:00.000-08:002011-12-09T11:08:57.253-08:00Breast Cancer Ribbon Washcloth Give-Away<span style="font-size: large;">This is the first give-away on my blog. I thought it was an interesting idea when I first read about the Blog Hop Party on the <a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/quilters-blog-hop-party/">Quilting Gallery</a><a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/quilters-blog-hop-party/">. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I love knitting washcloths or dishcloths!! They are easy and fast to work up. There is a great website called<a href="http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/dishcloths.php"> Knitting Pattern Central</a> that has free patterns for Dishcloths. This website has patterns to suit anyone's interest including hobbies, sports, holidays, animals and houses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are 100% cotton knitted cloths which can be used as either washcloths for the bath or dishcloths. I make them every year for my Mom for Christmas. She uses them as dishcloths. She loves them especially since you can place a dirty one on the top rack of her dishwasher and they come out sparkling clean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My sister lost her mother-in-law Madeline to Breast Cancer in 2010. My sister was very close to her and I chose to make her one of my favorite patterns which was an <a href="http://frogiezplace.blogspot.com/2007/12/angel-cloth.html">Angel washcloth</a> to comfort her during her loss. One of the things that Madeline always told her grandchildren was to take comfort from the beautiful sunshine whenever you are feeling down. So I chose to make them the yellow Sunshine washcloth. This pattern can be found on another great free pattern website called <a href="http://www.designsbyemily.com/freepatterns/">Designs by Emily.</a><a href="http://www.designsbyemily.com/freepatterns/"> </a> This website has another one of my favorite patterns which is a Heart. There are so many patterns to fit any occasion. My son is being commissioned in the Army this spring and I made him the<a href="http://wicketstitch.blogspot.com/2007/03/army-eagle-dishcloth.html"> Army Eagle</a> one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I have decided to give-away a couple of my hand knitted dishcloths. I decided that since our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/">Nifty Fifty Quilting </a>websites support Breast Cancer Awareness that I would knit up a Breast Cancer Ribbon for my give-away. I tried finding a pattern for the ribbon everywhere online and was unsuccessful. So I designed a pattern myself. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Here are photos of the Breast Cancer Ribbon Washcloth/Dishcloths that will be given away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love hand made gifts and it would be nice to share ideas this time of year. Please feel free to comment on your quilting, knitting or crochet projects that you make for gifts. And if you are not making any gifts this year then you can comment on one of your favorite handmade gifts that you have received in the past. Actually any crafty related comment will get you in the drawing. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A copy of my free pattern for the Breast Cancer Ribbon Washcloth/Dishcloth can be found on my <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfcharityribbonpattern.html">Breast Cancer Charity Site.</a></span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-29210470284430878722011-12-02T10:07:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:07:29.166-08:00More Amish Quilt Blocks arrive and My First Give-away is Coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglg0Hnuz8Bf0MIb2HO0agM0THCgo0JpwxCoNuT4qMmwnZPWdwPs7UA194NMf3wzSM9aCufSkZ1f141fj9nuwd6dNH9wVPdZt7x2gUvwwoTBlrw3jq1Ct2_kGAa6eK2Wm7N94E8yv0CDrt1/s1600/DSC01902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglg0Hnuz8Bf0MIb2HO0agM0THCgo0JpwxCoNuT4qMmwnZPWdwPs7UA194NMf3wzSM9aCufSkZ1f141fj9nuwd6dNH9wVPdZt7x2gUvwwoTBlrw3jq1Ct2_kGAa6eK2Wm7N94E8yv0CDrt1/s200/DSC01902.JPG" width="200" /></a></div> More sample Amish blocks are arriving at my house for our<a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/"> Nifty Fifty 30 Swap.</a> We are getting a great variety of patterns and colors. This will be a very unique Amish quilt.<br />
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I should start sewing our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfcharity.html">Nifty Fifty Breast Cancer Charity</a> quilt as these blocks arrive but I have been too busy trying to get some Christmas presents finished before the big day arrives. I think I will start sewing them together in January.<br />
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This week I will be working on the item that I will be giving away on my blog. So check back on December 10th to take part in my free give-away. A hint.....it will be a handmade item.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-17988229474213336652011-11-06T18:04:00.000-08:002011-11-06T18:04:56.086-08:00Fall and Amish Quilt Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</tbody></table>I chose a colorful one for my home state of Virginia. The more color the better especially to represent the beautiful Fall trees. My dad is from Massachusetts and loves the snow. The block I chose reminds me of a twirling snowflake. I chose the color blue to represent the cold. <br />
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I love the state of Maine and all the beautiful evergreens. My quilt block reminds of the evergreens. One of my favorite trips to Maine was viisting <a href="http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm">Acadia National Park</a>.<br />
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Judy from Michigan also sent in her sample blocks this week. Judy is representing Florida, Michigan and Mississippi. She chose Pink for her Florida block to represent the Pink Flamingos where she spends her Winters. Judy has done her homestate in blue to represent the Water Wonderland of Michigan.<br />
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I am looking forward to receiving all the Amish Quilt blocks from our swappers this month.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-1765826298532213882011-10-14T21:05:00.000-07:002011-10-14T21:05:14.562-07:00Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts I just came across the article about the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/cheerleaders-chastised-inappropriate-breast-cancer-t-shirts-222837009.html">Cheerleaders at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318553202_0">Gilbert High School</span> in Gilbert, Ariz.,</a> raising money for Breast Cancer Awareness and that they were banned from selling their t-shirts because they were inappropriate. <br />
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All I can say is if one person can be saved by the message on their t-shirts that state “Feel for lumps, save your bumps,” then it is well worth it. They are doing a great thing making these t-shirts and should not be denied raising money for this cause. Anything that promotes Breast Cancer Awareness should be accepted! If just one person can be saved from this disease by checking for "lumps" than it is all worth it!! What do you think?? You can leave comments at:<br />
<a href="http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/cheerleaders-chastised-inappropriate-breast-cancer-t-shirts-222837009.html">http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/cheerleaders-chastised-inappropriate-breast-cancer-t-shirts-222837009.html</a>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-1502200395685623632011-09-10T15:05:00.000-07:002011-09-10T15:05:44.202-07:00Healing by Quilting and the WTC Pentagon PA Memorial QuiltsI just posted a story on our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfsurvivor.html">Nifty Fifty Breast Cancer Survivor Page</a>. Many of us who quilt are the first ones to step forward and help anyone in need through sewing a quilt. Whether it is just making one quilt block for a huge project like the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/9-11-WTCPentagonPA-Memorial-Quilt/133717216674000">WTC Pentagon PA Memorial Quilt </a><br />
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What happens though when the quilter is the one in need and is hurting through personal tragedy? Many times that quilter actually stops sewing and quilting. I don't really know why this happens but I have seen it many times. I myself have had a few family tragedies the past four years and I just realized after reading the story I posted on our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfsurvivor.html">Breast Cancer Survivor Page </a>that I have not been quilting like I used to. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOWwHn-z8FtUmY64x5c87XDhzogw73O4MKc_1w0U_QIE7KhKNRdImsIP-Ef8154thzbJ4KRK1SPeg7deUvlXeqNgWBr8u4CY4fk_20i9DTrpIj9_uBeFEHRWdl7rdJ-EITdBAJMGq-W_i/s1600/honorbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOWwHn-z8FtUmY64x5c87XDhzogw73O4MKc_1w0U_QIE7KhKNRdImsIP-Ef8154thzbJ4KRK1SPeg7deUvlXeqNgWBr8u4CY4fk_20i9DTrpIj9_uBeFEHRWdl7rdJ-EITdBAJMGq-W_i/s1600/honorbanner.jpg" /></a></div> I think I got a little boost today to inspire my quilting. I was one of the organizer of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/9-11-WTCPentagonPA-Memorial-Quilt/133717216674000">WTC Pentagon PA Memorial Quilt.</a> <span id="goog_308943480"></span><span id="goog_308943481"></span> This project received almost 20,000 quilt blocks to honor the 9/11 victims.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSjjuJR7_6CxLIY2PGdP5gKHPYT-k6-qg07altJF-nIq5sGSKR8Vgip27M9Yf5AKMWqfSZJabvra5AG4poANBegqIC-O2Ib_u4rJt18Ez-3scQJiLKPpmZyFa2pgsFNAkEzNmUjTYUZ1W/s1600/honorbanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSjjuJR7_6CxLIY2PGdP5gKHPYT-k6-qg07altJF-nIq5sGSKR8Vgip27M9Yf5AKMWqfSZJabvra5AG4poANBegqIC-O2Ib_u4rJt18Ez-3scQJiLKPpmZyFa2pgsFNAkEzNmUjTYUZ1W/s1600/honorbanner.jpg" /></a>We used 7500 quilt blocks in the original quilt panels and we donated some to other WTC quilt projects. <br />
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I organized the volunteers to sew the remaining 7,000 quilt blocks into <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021213155155/http://wtcmemorialquilt.com/photohonors8_21.htm">Honor Banners</a> and Charity Quilts. The Honor Banner Quilts were dontated to the Military, Firefighters, EMTs, Churches, Rescue Dogs, Port Authority, Pentagon, Airlines and Shanksville PA. <br />
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She was not comfortable about mailing them to Arizona because our organizer of the project <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=134117283300660&set=a.134116383300750.22823.133717216674000&type=1&theater">Amy Sue Leasure</a> had suddenly passed away. She did not know who was going to take over the project so she kept them safe at her house. She emailed me a few weeks ago wanting to know what she should do with the quilts. I asked if she would bring them to me so I could find a home for them locally.<br />
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She arrived today with these beautiful quilts. The quilt blocks are red, white and blue stars and are signed by their makers. There are even two quilt blocks from France. These two quilts will be at our local <a href="http://stafford.va.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=290">9/11 ceremony at the Stafford Courthouse</a> tomorrow.<br />
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I photographed the quilts and I will be making a label for them. These quilts have inspired me to get back to quilting. You can learn more about the WTC Pentagon PA Memorial Quilts on Facebook. Here is a link to the video <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1485273825124">https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1485273825124</a>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-77730288426039114332011-08-16T18:54:00.000-07:002011-08-16T19:16:41.315-07:00Breast Cancer Awareness Quilt Finds a Permanent Home at Michigan State University MuseumI have very exciting news regarding our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfcharity.html">Nifty Fifty One Breast Cancer Awareness Quilts</a>.<br />
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I will be mailing the quilt to Michigan this week so it arrives in time for them to photograph it for their upcoming Quilters Newsletter Magazine. The Museum plans on using our quilt to continue to bring awareness to breast cancer.<br />
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We are very excited about the Museum's request and look forward to seeing updates regarding our quilt at their Museum. We will keep you posted on any new news regarding our Breast Cancer quilt on my blog or you can follow their blog at <a href="http://quiltsandhealth.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/nifty-fifty-quilters-of-america/%20">http://quiltsandhealth.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/nifty-fifty-quilters-of-america/ </a><br />
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And those of you living near the Michigan State University Museum will able to visit our quilt in person!!!<br />
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We would like to thank the Museum for taking an interest in our quilt and to continue to use it as our groups have in the past to bring more <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003WSNYXW&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>awareness to Breast Cancer.<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1571201637&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-20852760444198145432011-08-09T12:42:00.000-07:002011-08-09T12:42:36.168-07:00Quilting versus House RenovationsIt has been quite some time since I have posted on my blog or even quilted. We have been busy getting work done on our house. Now that all of our children are on their way with either jobs or college we decided to take the plunge!!! In the Spring after completing our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf29.html">Nifty Fifty 29 Butterfly Swap</a> all my quilting was put aside and paint brushes and estimates took over my life. <br />
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We installed a new kitchen and Brazilian Cherry hardwood flooring. It took a lot of time getting estimates, selling our furniture, shopping for new furniture and putting a fresh coat of paint on our walls.<br />
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</style>It was very refreshing to find some hardworking and honest contractors through our endeavor. I was so impressed with Larry who is the owner of <a href="http://www.thehometeamflooring.com/">The Home Team Flooring</a>. Larry installed our hardwood flooring and did an excellent job. He even did our stairs for a reasonable price!! He does not take advantage of the consumer and offered all our wood flooring at the wholesale price. He only charged us for labor. I was so impressed that I helped him put up a website starting with a great <a href="http://www.thehometeamflooring.com/reviews.html">Review Page</a> so other consumers could find a top quality honest businessman.<br />
Here a a couple of photos of our new Brazilian Cherry Floors.<br />
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</a></div>The only problem with getting such beautiful flooring installed is now our fireplace looks drab and old. Does anyone know a great way to spruce up brick? I was thinking of maybe staining it but this is uncharted territory for me and I do not want to mess it up. Any suggestions out there?<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/BonaKemi-WM710013358-4-Piece-Hardwood-Floor-Care/dp/B000ALEW4O?ie=UTF8&tag=niftfiftqui01-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">BonaKemi WM710013358 4-Piece Hardwood Floor-Care System</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=niftfiftqui01-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000ALEW4O" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-58921361694015219882011-04-08T18:14:00.000-07:002011-04-08T18:14:00.194-07:00Butterflies, Butterfflies Everywhere!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I finished sorting out the hundreds of beautiful and unique butterfly quilt blocks this week from our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf29.html">Nifty Fifty 29 Butterfly Swap</a>. They are now flying their way across the country…..Louisiana, Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, California and Oregon to name a few.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting the <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/twentyplentyblocks.html">Twenty Plenty International Quilt Blocks</a>.<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">It was a lot of fun sorting them and seeing each design spread out across my table. It sure was a lot easier sorting 6 inch quilt blocks from 16 participants (everyone did 3 states) than 2500 12 inch quilt blocks from 50 participants as we had done in our other swaps. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halfway through!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished sorting and the butterflies are ready to fly across the country. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> I took the packages to the post office today at noon. They said delivery should be by Monday but they are not guaranteeing it. They may take a little longer to reach the west coast. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> But I am sure you will get them sometime next week. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am looking forward to everyone’s comments when they first open their packages. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">So on to the next swap…..Amish. We are picking out the fabric this week. I am so excited for this swap since I did not participate in the other <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf30.html">Nifty Fifty Amish Swap</a>.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> I have had several quilters concerned about me retiring the <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/">Nifty Fifty Swaps</a>….who knows if an idea or unique theme takes me by storm……. I might just reconsider. Leave a comment if you have an idea.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=niftfiftqui01-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=butterflies" target="_blank"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003698FEK&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Search Amazon.com for butterflies <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0375828826&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></a><br />
<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=niftfiftqui01-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></div><span id="goog_2019442497"></span><span id="goog_2019442498"></span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-57362835297429290142011-03-19T16:27:00.000-07:002011-03-19T16:27:32.878-07:00Japanese Quilters and Comfort Quilts for Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Victims<span style="font-size: large;">Our Nifty Fifty Quilting groups have also done international quilt block swaps. Our Nifty Fifty swaps usually had 50 quilters but we thought 20 international quilters would be a more reasonable number of quilt blocks to manage. So we chose the name Twenty Plenty for our international swaps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We eventually had a total of three <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/twentyplenty">Twenty Plenty International quilt swaps.</a> We had so many quilters for our second swap that we had to divided the groups into two. The theme for our third Twenty Plenty swap was <a href="http://www.swmpratt.com/tp4/tp4.htm">Sunbonnet Sue and our hostess was Suzanne Pratt.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our international swaps included over 50 different countries and 135 unique quilt block designs. We had several quilters from Japan. One of these quilters was Hiroko. Hiroko participated in all three <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/twentyplentyblocks">Twenty Plenty Swaps.</a> She did many unique and beautiful quilt blocks. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hiroko's Quilt Block</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hiroko's Quilt Bloc</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Hiroko was contacted by our local newspaper when they did a story about our swaps called <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/patchworkoffriends">A Patchwork of Friends </a>and she was quoted in the newspaper article....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="line-height: 19px;">"Hiroko Onozawa wrote from Japan to say: "I can’t find any suitable words to express my mind. I have <br />
received 60 blocks from around the world." Later, Onozawa wrote to tell members that she would appear on television in Japan because of her participation in the project."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text"><span style="line-height: 19px;">And sure enough Hiroko did appear on a Japanese television show...showing off her completed Twenty Plenty Quilts. Hiroko sent me a copy of the television program. It was great to actually "meet" one of our quilters from Japan even though it was on a taped television program. I loved being able to see the international quilt blocks that I had sorted and swapped out of my house in a completed quilt.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiroko'sTwenty Plenty Sunbonnet Sue Quilt</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">This is Hiroko's Sunbonnet Sue quilt from the Twenty Plenty Swap. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love the way Hiroko used the purple sashing and border to bring out the beautiful quilt blocks. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiroko's Twenty Plenty International Quilt</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiroko took a different approach in sewing together the first set of Twenty Plenty swap blocks. She used a more neutral sashing and border but added a spark to the quilt with a variety of colored stars in her sashing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am happy to say that I have been in touch with Hiroko since the terrible Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Hiroko still had the same email address even after all these years. I contacted her and I received a response right away. She said that nothing is broken, fallen down and nobody is injured. I am not sure how far away she was from the earthquake. I am glad to hear that she is safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had three other quilters from Japan in our swaps. But I have not been in contact with them. Hopefully they are all safe like Hiroko. Here are the other Japanese quilt blocks from our swap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe with this blog they will read about us inquiring about their safety and contact us. We are especially worried about Nancy as her quilt block is signed Sendai, Japan. Our thoughts and prayers are to all of those in Japan living through this tragedy. Quilters always come forward to help those who are in need and the Japanese people are in need of quilts to keep warm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.quiltersnewsletter.com/index.html">The Quilter's Newsletter</a> has been in contact with the <a href="http://www.viq.com/english/indexe.html">Patchwork Quilt Tsushin</a> which is a leading Japanese quilt magazine. The Quilter's Newsletter will be collecting quilts for Japan and forwarding them to the Editor in Chief of the Patchwork Quilt Tsushin, Naomi Ichikawa. Here is the information copied from the <a href="http://www.quiltersnewsletter.com/blogs/insideqn/2011/03/18/call-for-quilts-for-japan/">Quilter's Newsletter Blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> "Send quilts of any size from baby to adult to: </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dana Jones<br />
Quilters Newsletter<br />
741 Corporate Circle, Suite A<br />
Golden, CO 80401</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>• Mark your box: “Quilts for Japan.”<br />
• Send quilts as soon as possible and no later than April 30, 2011.<br />
• Enclose your name, address, phone number, and email address with the quilts."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read more information about sending the quilts to The Quilter's Newsletter or you can contact them with questions by visiting their blog at <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/fA9SP">http://networkedblogs.com/fA9SP</a></span><br />
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</span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-77851720883519394332011-03-05T14:32:00.000-08:002011-03-05T14:32:40.252-08:00Looking back at September 11, 2001 Quilt Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">The weather is just starting to turn and it is just starting to feel like Spring. This week I spent the time updating some of the Nifty Fifty Websites. I changed the main pages to a much lighter look. This week a quilter from our Nifty Fifty 27 group emailed me to tell me that she had gotten her NF 27 quilt blocks and signature squares mixed up and now she does not know which quilt block belonged to which signature square. The NF 27 swap was Red, White and Blue Patriotic Theme for September 11, 2001.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NF 27 Quilt without the signature squares</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Each of these quilt blocks had a special signature square which had a heartfelt statement about 9/11 from each quilter. I was so happy to give her our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf27.html">Nifty Fifty 27 </a>website so she could match up her quilt blocks and start putting her quilt together. Here is her NF 27 California quilt block and signature square for 9/11. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NF 27 California Quilt block and signature square</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> Even though every state was represented in this swap. The four areas of the country that was affected the most on 9/11 were done by four of our original Nifty Fifty One Quilters. Wendy lived in Pennsylvania and did her quilt block to represent the state where one of the planes went down.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennsylvania 9/11 Quilt Block and Signature Square</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> Marjorie who lived in New York did her quilt block representing the twin towers falling.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxHjZPsWIo1Xj1hn2F4KWD_xivwdL09TliF-6qowVkTtIlmk4WykoVJ64g9KXAIvqg_KxKUy3uBp65r4gT_uQJ2qQz6Lnb4z2N_N2ZAC_L88ZXgcEkoM3NUNtkhXJlMEkYF65FJn13_nU/s1600/newyork.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxHjZPsWIo1Xj1hn2F4KWD_xivwdL09TliF-6qowVkTtIlmk4WykoVJ64g9KXAIvqg_KxKUy3uBp65r4gT_uQJ2qQz6Lnb4z2N_N2ZAC_L88ZXgcEkoM3NUNtkhXJlMEkYF65FJn13_nU/s400/newyork.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New York 9/11 Quilt Block and Signature Square</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> I lived in Virginia and we had many people in our area working in the Pentagon that day and my Father had also worked there for many years. We knew several in our community who lost their lives that day. There was one survivor from our hometown who barely made it out of the Pentagon with her most of her body burnt....months later she visited my girl scout troop in her body cast to tell the girls of her experience. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Virginia 9/11 Quilt Block and Signature Square</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> Pam who also lived in Virginia only south of Washington DC did her block to represent where the plane was originally headed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington DC 9/11 Quilt Block and Signature Square</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">You can see the rest of our quilt blocks and signature squares on our Nifty Fifty 27 website at <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf27.html">www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf27.html</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-56047019371532727692011-02-27T14:29:00.000-08:002011-02-27T14:29:38.759-08:00Olympic Torch Quilt Block, Sharks Teeth and Memories<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of our original <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/">Nifty Fifty Quilters</a> contacted me through our website this week. I was so excited to hear from <a href="http://suzy/">Suzy</a>. She represented Georgia in our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf1quilts.html">first Nifty Fifty Swap</a>. She designed her Georgia quilt block after the Olympics by doing an Olympic Torch. It was always one of my favorite quilt blocks in our swap because it was so original and it represented the Olympics which were in Altanta Georgia the year of our swap. You can visit <a href="http://www.suzyssitcom.com/">Suzy and her crafts on her blog. </a></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">Suzy was one of the quilters in our swap who traveled to Virginia to help Wendy and I sort the <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf1.html">2500 Nifty Fifty One quilt blocks</a> and to sew the first <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfcharity.html">Nifty Fifty Breast Cancer quilts</a> together. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> <span id="goog_2111031377"></span><span id="goog_2111031378"></span>We had a great weekend of sewing, socializing, show and tell and laughter. One of my favorite stories was about Jeri...our Oklahoma swapper. She also traveled to Virginia for the weekend. Jeri confessed to our group that she was a beginner quilter and she had bought and cut up enough fabric for 2500 quilt blocks. She thought she had to make 50 quilt blocks for each of the 50 states. Our other swappers jumped in and helped her out by buying her extra fabric squares. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">We had so many memorable <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfhistory.html">quilting stories from our first Nifty Fifty Swap.</a></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Here is our group of quilters holding the <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nfcharity.html">Breast Cancer Charity Quilt.</a> Suzy is on the bottom row fourth from the left. Jeri is pictured on the top left holding the corner of the quilt. I am in the top right row third in from the left. We are holding my son's Nifty Fifty Signature quilt. My son Sean swapped fossilized sharks teeth for signature blocks from our Nifty Fifty Quilters. He collected these 15 to 20 million year old sharks teeth on the banks of an island on the Potomac River. My son Sean is pictured between the two quilts. Below is a photo of one of the sharks teeth and photos of the island on the Potomac River in Virginia. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15 to 20 million old fossilized Sharks Tooth</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> I would love to hear from other Nifty Fifty Quilters</span>.Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-47999157831508060692011-02-06T10:08:00.000-08:002011-02-06T10:09:37.869-08:00January Challenge Completed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNJCCHvaD7vlFGZLi52aZQhUsPDNzsCc_GNJbBAIqPy_54YvtaGsVnqNyhgiwSdGhIFhdrsZ9wRXVIGPBBBPs45KVAzOyxzO1ddMY8wQgXiufOyQQGj_Ensnv3tqvjwf2AQMYyicxk9hP/s1600/1226102335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNJCCHvaD7vlFGZLi52aZQhUsPDNzsCc_GNJbBAIqPy_54YvtaGsVnqNyhgiwSdGhIFhdrsZ9wRXVIGPBBBPs45KVAzOyxzO1ddMY8wQgXiufOyQQGj_Ensnv3tqvjwf2AQMYyicxk9hP/s200/1226102335.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> I finished several Mug Rugs in Blue for the month of January. Here are my Snowflake Mug Rugs for the cold winter days. The snowflakes, borders and binding was done in Glow in the Dark Fabric so they are easy to spot on those dark winter nights. Great way to enjoy your coffee, tea or hot chocolate on a cold winter day and there is room for your snack too......which my first choice would be chocolate but you know us quilters and our chocolate.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLjKbsj1m3Zew_1_X36BliUJE7JN4HZJ8RDwcOvCliGAEKMr_iJTJFYqDvUf-6OdTJDhNmPk0cUpoOGRMlm2_QfwQZw-Gs9QRwFbIIBwhTKRfxV44Wj-Y4pjGBYqbKciDDvUWaqpGcdgw/s1600/1226102333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLjKbsj1m3Zew_1_X36BliUJE7JN4HZJ8RDwcOvCliGAEKMr_iJTJFYqDvUf-6OdTJDhNmPk0cUpoOGRMlm2_QfwQZw-Gs9QRwFbIIBwhTKRfxV44Wj-Y4pjGBYqbKciDDvUWaqpGcdgw/s320/1226102333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I am not saying which Mug Rugs I sent to my secret buddy in the Mug Rug Swap but I also included a goodie in my packet to her. It is one of my knitted 100% cotton Angel washcloth. I hope these goodies will help warm her up this winter whether she uses them with coffee, tea or hot chocolate.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18lxAXJYO2b73RcRTKw-_TRAILjxE6rX4NADHYjRnTOqTisn9YYovZZ9ZTGAkIRLiyOuYQ6DHDjzAbc56l30Wmo6ne4gGwc1iCTDHNwSgUbtToSbRMHZXgmEKmy39t8E-MrKqXeVj2wkL/s1600/1226102336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18lxAXJYO2b73RcRTKw-_TRAILjxE6rX4NADHYjRnTOqTisn9YYovZZ9ZTGAkIRLiyOuYQ6DHDjzAbc56l30Wmo6ne4gGwc1iCTDHNwSgUbtToSbRMHZXgmEKmy39t8E-MrKqXeVj2wkL/s320/1226102336.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> You can find the pattern for the Angel at <a href="http://frogiezplace.blogspot.com/2007/12/angel-cloth.html">http://frogiezplace.blogspot.com/2007/12/angel-cloth.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Now that is it Feburary, I must start thinking of a project for my Red scraps. Valentine's day is coming up and my Granddaughter lives four hours away. I wonder what quick project I could whip up for a 6 year old. If you have any ideas for me please leave me a comment. <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00006BHK2&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span><br />
<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0007IJE0W&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000EMK4VE&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001EQ4MPI&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-36801254625398833182011-01-17T15:48:00.000-08:002011-01-17T15:48:45.865-08:00Quilting Motivation<span style="font-size: large;">I have decided to join a Swap and a Challenge this year to keep me motivated and quilting. The first one is the Mug Rug Swap. I plan on revisiting my various totes of fabric for the Mug Rugs.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a few years since I have gone through those totes. Every time I sort through my fabric or pattern books whether they are my knitting, crochet, cross stitch or quilting books I get a rush of motivation. Then I came across the 2011 Rainbow Scrap Challenge and immediately joined. This Challenge gives me a plan and a purpose while sorting my fabric totes. It will make me sort my smaller scraps by color and use them for the 2011 Rainbow Scrap Challenge. The best part of the challenge so far is that the January project is making Mug Rugs!!!! Here is the site for the <a href="http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2011/01/scrappy-mug-rug.html">Blue Mug Rugs for January </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think I will be using some leftover snowflake blocks for my Mug Rugs. They are on a blue background fabric. These 4 inch quilt blocks are leftover from when I designed a snowflake pattern called <a href="http://www.afabricoasis.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=7310">Snowy Snowy Night </a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowy Snowy Night Pattern available through <a href="http://www.afabricoasis.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=7310">A Fabric Oasis</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf17.html">My Nifty Fifty 17 Snowflake Quilt</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">The idea of my <a href="http://www.afabricoasis.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=7310">Snowy Snowy Night pattern</a> came from my <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf17.html">Nifty Fifty 17 Snowflake Swap</a> where we swapped 9 inch snowflake quilt blocks. Everyone used the same white glow in the dark fabric for their snowflakes and the swappers had a choice of a dark or light blue batik for their background. I designed many of the snowflakes in our swap and used those designs in <a href="http://www.afabricoasis.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=7310">Snowy Snowy Night</a> pattern but made them into 4 inch quilt blocks instead of 9 inch. You can see photos of all the snowflake quilt blocks we swapped on our website at <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf17.html">www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf17.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1564774805&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1885588658&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> </span>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-51535113925808927562011-01-14T11:47:00.000-08:002011-01-14T11:47:48.244-08:00Illinois State Quilt Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">I have all the Nifty Fifty Illinois Quilt blocks that were swapped in our 29 exchanges up on the Illinois state page. We got a large variety of quilt block patterns representing Illinois. The most popular pattern made was the Log Cabin quilt block which represented the one room log cabin in Illinois where Abraham Lincoln was born. There is another log cabin that Lincoln's family moved to in 1830 but Abraham only visited this cabin since he had already left to start his own homestead. </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">We recieved some very original quilt blocks which represented Abraham Lincoln himself...not just of his home. My favorite is the one which was done in Redwork... Another one is Sunbonnet Sue wearing Old Abe's famous hat.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">And of course Chicago needed be represented since it makes Illinois famous with it incredible shopping and tourist sites. What better way to represent Chicago then by having Sunbonnet Sue visiting the city as she did in our <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/nf25.html">Nifty Fifty 25 Swap</a>.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-58029681973621928002011-01-08T13:54:00.000-08:002011-01-08T14:10:55.651-08:00Determined Cat Trying to Get Treats<span style="font-size: large;">Five years ago there was a stray cat at my in-laws house. She was leary of us but very sweet. You could hear her purring from across the yard if you talked very nice to her. You could tell she was starving because my father-in-law threw out a pizza crust for her and she grabbed it and ran. She hid under the jet skis and I have never seen a cat eat anything sooo fast. My husband had a lot of patience that weekend and was able to catch the stray cat. We called her Tootie and within a few weeks this skinny little thing had four kittens. We had no idea she was pregnant!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B001HDKYJQ&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Needless to say we kept two of her kittens. One orange tabby we named Joey</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfNOfJ1HcuhWMNYVG41bxlgvs5N4pgzvM6xE8AUQ5DhQ8BQWhb-txlTrU6ZI5IueWfvrWNpgwLW2_RiYlcTM521yMpeBzSGdzoiD5_kL7Hyc7FVK56UPf4KQiRJuazECY6FdAcZu6QVfD/s200/19.jpg" width="200" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sitting in front of my<a href="http://www.afabricoasis.com/Tyes-Patterns.html"> "Old Man in the Mountain" </a>Pattern</div><span style="font-size: large;">When they were kittens I received a treat jar from my sister.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> They knocked it off the table tying to open it and it broke. I was so upset!!!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> This week....I found the exact treat jar at a thrift shop.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Maggie immediately remembered it after five years and right away tried again to open it.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> After Maggie spent a lot of effort with no results, I finally helped her by tipping open the lid. <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00448X1T6&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Her brother Joey waited until he heard the lid open and then he came over to reap his sister's hard work.......Maggie patiently stepped back while Joey tried reaching in to get a treat but it was more difficult then he thought. Finally he stuck his whole head in the jar to find one. Maggie also got her treat by sticking her head into the jar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Happy New Year!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I made these mittens for Christmas presents this year. They are easy and work up really fast. They are so comfortable that I made myself a pair using double strands of Wool Ease instead of the Homespun yarn I used for the little ones. Enjoy!! Please let me know if you have any questions about the pattern.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">One Skein of Homespun Lions Brand Yarn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Can substitute two strand of Lions Wool Ease for the same result.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Size 9 needles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Abbreviations:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">K-Knit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">P-Purl</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">SS-Stockinette Stitch</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">CO-Cast On</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">BO-Bind On</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Continue with stockinette stitch ( K one row P one row) for a total of four rows.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of the next knit row CO four stitches.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of the next purl row BO four stitches.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Continue in SS for 5 ½”, (6 ½”, 7”, 7 ½”) from the beginning or desired length.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Cast off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can make a very small child’s mitten using the same pattern but casting on 18 stitches and increasing 2 stitches on the last row of ribbing. Do SS for two rows after the ribbing and then CO and BO 2 Stitches. Cont in SS until the mitten measures 4</span> <span style="font-size: large;">to 5 inches from the beginning.<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000QHFD5Y&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B00164GCU6&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003D7Y3NC&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383818501283490819.post-36286334610729507422010-12-16T08:52:00.000-08:002010-12-16T09:20:09.620-08:00Vintage Quilt<div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">I went to drop off a trunk full of items to Goodwill this week and they asked me if I would like a 20% off coupon for the store. I was not planning on going shopping but I could not resist once they gave me the coupon. I thought I would run in real quick before heading home. Well a quick trip turned into over an hour and my trunk filled once again!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the best part of the trip was finding a old quilt for $2.40!!! The quilt has some very interesting and unique fabric pieces in it. I love the blue borders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The quilt is in fairly good shape. The binding is coming apart a little and I have found one piece of fabric that is damaged. I have a vintage fabric book but I could not find any samples of fabric similiar to what is in this quilt. Here are photos of some of the more interesting fabric pieces in the quilt. Does anyone recognize the age of the fabric?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Black Paisley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This fabric has different huts or houses throughout it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unique pattern!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> This looks like old movie reels</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looks like oriental fabric</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Pineapples</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deer Fabric</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe 1930's?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting Paisley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oriental Bridge?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute Turtle!!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">I am always frustrated when I have to hang my large quilts on my quilt racks. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I can never seem to fold them just right so they lay properly. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I just took two of my quilts off their quilt racks to hang up my mother-in-law’s two Christmas quilts. This is the first Christmas without my mother-in-law Joy. Sadly she lost her fight with ALS this past March. I have chosen to place her Christmas quilts on the racks this season so my kids can appreciate their beauty instead of them being folded up on the fireplace. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mother-in-laws other Christmas quilt</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Joy and I took our first quilting class together 21 years ago. We spent many hours sharing fabrics, designs and quilting books. We took three hand piecing and quilting classes together. Over the years I have continued doing hand piecing and quilting but have moved to machine work since I have so many projects to complete. Even though Joy was an avid sewer her whole life she only quilted by hand…she never once in 20 years did any of her quilting by machine. Here are the quilts on the rack and some hints on hanging such large quilts on a quilt rack.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;">This how the quilt looked the first time I tried hanging it on the rack..... I was frustrated that it was not hanging nicely. </span><br />
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</a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmbQGfU_8DKsv_g2XVgF6ILgjrO77a32Z2i9KqLv_H77dA6LMh7tcDk8U732KloDw0pWFRajp6SUyCHEQfaO-DEK9AI_jqu58NKHbk4c2CQfEdVbOyatD2Xb31NJs1bbHX3niKA9ejvtr/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;">So I took it off and measured my quilt rack across the top which was 28 ½ inches. I decided I wanted 26 inches of the quilt showing on the rack. I then laid the quilt face down on the floor and measured 13” out from each side of the center. Then I neatly folded each side in so it measured 26”. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4FlbOYq4eKQ4mTU2zHYG9ngxgwAbj3-qCTOQDUgK63RXswVVSXpOdIwi63lPobBBjln_8qhD_kfg5x7y6RrZvTzLjZLX3Qjk_1aMt3QRG0T7BFni9VNVTC9Fq3UURwoCI3p6bYzjcjoo/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4FlbOYq4eKQ4mTU2zHYG9ngxgwAbj3-qCTOQDUgK63RXswVVSXpOdIwi63lPobBBjln_8qhD_kfg5x7y6RrZvTzLjZLX3Qjk_1aMt3QRG0T7BFni9VNVTC9Fq3UURwoCI3p6bYzjcjoo/s200/007.JPG" width="161" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Then this is where it always got tricky for me. In the past as I would lift the quilt up, it would bunch up and look awful on the rack. This time I decided to fold the quilt again so it was half the size. Then I gently picked up the quilt keeping all the layers held tightly together and I laid it over the quilt rack and it stayed neatly folded. Finally the quilt was nice and neat over the rack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;">We are doing 2.5 signature squares for our swap instead of actually signing the quilt blocks. The signature squares only needed to have the quilters name and the state that they are representing in our Nifty Fifty State quilt block swap. Diane has gone way above the requirement and has not only taken on extra states in our swap but she has drawn the shape of her states on each of her siggies. These unique siggies make a very nice label for the back our Nifty Fifty Quilts. Here are photos of a few of Diane's siggies and her unique Butterfly blocks from Iowa and Illinois:</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Louisiana Siggie for our butterfly swap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iowa Butterfly</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Idaho!!</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Idaho Nifty Fifty State Quilt blocks are up online...all together on one page from all 29 of our quilt block swaps. Did you know why Idaho produces more potatoes than any other state? It is because the Volcanic soil in the state of Idaho is perfect for growing potatoes. Though we did not get any "potato<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=niftfiftqui01-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0896899721&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>" quilt blocks to represent Idaho even though it is known for its potatoes, we did get a quilt block to represent the state fish which is the the Cutthroat Trout. The fish is in flight jumping out of the water. There were a couple of Idaho</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beauty quilt blocks made and one quilter made hers because it </span><span class="text" style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">represents the bright stars of Idaho. The Redwork Idaho quilt block has the outline of the state of Idaho stitch in the center of the quilt block along with the state bird, state flower and the year Idaho became a state which is 1840 and that is was the 43rd state. Take a look at these beautiful quilt blocks on our Idaho State page at <a href="http://www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/idaho.html">www.niftyfiftyquilters.com/idaho.html </a></span></span><br />
<span class="text" style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Our Illinois quilt blocks will be up soon so be sure you follow our blog!!</span></span></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445613306210265061noreply@blogger.com0