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Little blogging break to spend some time with some special girls. A few posts here and there are scheduled, stay tuned...

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Quilters' Garage Sale!

If you're looking for a bargain - don't miss the garage sale at Bindings, Borders and Squares Shop. The address is 325 Droste Road, St. Charles, MO 63301 (636) 949-2077. I'll be there trying to reduce my inventory. I'll have some small quilts, quilt tops and some Longenberger baskets.

I also have some fabric (surprise, surprise!) all $3 per yard.

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Star Struck

A new pattern using my beloved "Bliss" fabric in red and aqua.

The design is really easy - there are no set ins - even though everyone will think you did!

Here's a Christmas version done by my friend Jean. The patterns are available from the Hickory Stick - (573) 221-4538

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Hexagon Quilt

I originally saw this quilt in the April issue of "Quilt" magazine. Loved it - but when I got the issue home I found that it used templates and applique for the center hexagon. So I started sewing strips and cutting them up with my 60 degree ruler - not knowing what size it would be or what I would end up with!

Most of the fabric is Spa by Rosemarie Lavin. It does have that soft "spa" feel!

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Sunburst...

Has anyone seen a pattern for this quilt? I'm simply enamored by it...

Pottery Barn

I'm even thinking maybe in this??

Innocent Crush

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Progress...

I've divided my sewing time up this week to do a little machine quilting...

And a little piecing... (36 of 99 blocks done!){ I shouldn't have counted - I thought I was further along.}

And I'm on trend with the gray. The Oct. issue of Real Simple has a great article on decorating with gray.

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Lists...

So last June after my marathon month of travel, I decided to make a list of all the projects I could work on over the Summer. I had no intention of finishing them all or even starting them all. Do you ever walk in your sewing room and have trouble deciding what to work on (not due to lack of projects)? The goal of the list was to help me quickly make that decision. What happened is I got so much done! All but 9 of 23 things are crossed off. Not every project is completed, but enough done to cross it off the list.

A couple of the uncrossed-off projects are well underway. I have 160 flying geese made and half of them trimmed down.

My Jewel Box quilt from Fat Quarterly is also progressing. I'm using Hope Valley and Kona Snow.

What's up next? I currently have an obsession with grey fabric. I'm loving it as a neutral with colorful prints. Here's my grey and citron stack. I also want to try grey and turquoise, grey and red, and grey with yellow.

On my Summer list was to try Dale Flemming's 6 minute circle. The circle is pieced instead of appliqued and I'm in love with this method! So easy! There's a tutorial on HGTV's website. I'll definitely be making more of these!

I've got a nice little stack of Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow. I need to figure out what to make with this!
Today's the first day of Fall and I'm making a new list. My hopes are high!!

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