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![NOT sitting on a beach in the South Seas!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_b7f756d98130464ba3e724815abd15f8~mv2_d_2496_1664_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_b7f756d98130464ba3e724815abd15f8~mv2_d_2496_1664_s_2.webp)
NOT sitting on a beach in the South Seas!
I know it's been awhile since I posted, but believe me, I haven't been lazing about! May has been a time of intense quilting plus...
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![Quilting that Kool Kaleidoscope Quilt!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_220c095364e349cfa3d1a902d9ab9337~mv2_d_4000_2248_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_220c095364e349cfa3d1a902d9ab9337~mv2_d_4000_2248_s_2.webp)
Quilting that Kool Kaleidoscope Quilt!
FINALLY it's on the frame! I've managed to quilt about half the quilt--so far 20 hrs invested in quilting and design. Must say that I'm...
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![Lots of waiting....](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_07237e045abb4e29b5b826cd370ec047~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_07237e045abb4e29b5b826cd370ec047~mv2.webp)
Lots of waiting....
So, I'm still plugging away on my competition quilt for the KCRQF Display Challenge using the Ricky Tims Kaleidoscopes on black. Besides...
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![Glad this part of the quilt is finished!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_f8314ba229e34c709cf77dc06c024fd4~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_f8314ba229e34c709cf77dc06c024fd4~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
Glad this part of the quilt is finished!
I'm attempting a Ricky Timms Kool Kaleidascope quilt for the KCRQF Display Case challenge and it's testing my skills! His book doesn't...
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![My Whole Cloth is finished!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_6cf6454d341549769bffd934dd10817d~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_6cf6454d341549769bffd934dd10817d~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
My Whole Cloth is finished!
After some initial fear about actually quilting on RJR Radiance (80/20 blend of cotton and silk with a nice sheen) that prompted an email...
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![Reviews are in....](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_08016b2834f2411f93eb51d8fc7e285e~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_08016b2834f2411f93eb51d8fc7e285e~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
Reviews are in....
The practice piece in my last post has been critiqued now by a close friend that has entered quilts into juried shows and by the machine...
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![Sometimes Press & Seal works!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_af4688368fc946c398ee2084beb71608~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_af4688368fc946c398ee2084beb71608~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
Sometimes Press & Seal works!
Remember me getting all whiny in my last post about how Press & Seal didn't work for transferring a quilting design? Well, while I...
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![(Almost) Finished Mason Jar Quilt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_103bfd4d85624fefa840b7885867dd76~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_103bfd4d85624fefa840b7885867dd76~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
(Almost) Finished Mason Jar Quilt
Happy New Year! Wanted to let all of you know that saw the "green pokies" after my failed experiment with using Press & Seal and a...
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![Live and Learn!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_3d5a704548af4c7c90ca78bce494f86e~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_3d5a704548af4c7c90ca78bce494f86e~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
Live and Learn!
After all the family left on the 26th, I was anxious to start quilting on a true collaboration project. My sister, Lee did the...
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![Making great progress on those memory quilts!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1406a6_56a85771cf8f4718a41c9a87d3fc3e4f~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_295,h_222,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1406a6_56a85771cf8f4718a41c9a87d3fc3e4f~mv2_d_2048_1536_s_2.webp)
Making great progress on those memory quilts!
Here are more pictures of the memory quilts in progress. Remember all those corners cut from the snowball blocks? They became half...