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The Tootsie Pop Mini Quilt Challenge

  Here is the long awaited Contest/Challenge----ta-da! the Tootsie Pop MIni Quilt Challenge!  This is just a sample of a fun little project I started one evening, and I decided that I wanted to involve others in this mixed media "quiltercize"  And how else to get people involved best?  Give away FREE stuff!!  So here is the dirt on this fun summer take-along project. The rules:  1. Your quilt maybe no larger than 4" by 4" square.  My sample is 3.33" by 4" just because that is how it came...

More from quilt show, and more tonight

Here are a few more quilts from the Busy Bee Quilt Show and another teaser about the Blue Nickel contest. Here is a close up of the poppy quilt from the last post:        Now here is another quilt from the show.  This one is not as colorful as I would like, but very traditional which is nice.  What I liked about it was the small detail and great variety of all the blocks.   and here is a closeup...

heat wave, two quilts, and a teaser

 Summer has come to our area, and it has been too hot for much of anything.  At least for me.  Some people love this heat, but I prefer it down in the 70's, and it has been high 80's and into the 90's.  So for a quick post, I am simply showing 2 quilts from my guild's show that I helped set up last Thursday.  More will come maybe tonight.    Unfortunately, I was in a slammin' hurry to snap these photos, so I didn't get names or anything on them.  If I find out that info,...

Mistakes can be good? Yes, but Ducks are more fun to look at!

A life making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Bernard Shaw    I get a daily email with some kinda famous quote, and this one was today's.  It really makes me feel much better!  I have definitely been feeling as a late that I have made quite a few mistakes lately.  But it could be because I am trying to do more than just nothing, so it could be okay.  The more I think about it, the more I like this quote.  It encourages...