Bouquet – In Progress

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Evergreen Panel – Part I

Evergreen and Ribbon- Panel I, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.
Evergreen & Ribbon Panel – Part I
Machine-pieced and Hand-appliqued
From JoAnn Fabrics, Holiday Tidings QBOM

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Violets III – In Progress

0918081748.jpg, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.

This is the third Violets block from the Quilter’s Garden, QBOM.

The craftsmanship is much more fine, but after I finished stitching it — I realized that I made a large mistake.  (Anybody who knows me, knows what a nightmare of stress that I’ve been under this week.  If this is the [...]

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Tree I

Tree I, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.

Tree I
Machine-Pieced, Hand-Appliqued
from JoAnn Fabrics, Winter Wonderland QBOM

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Bouquet – In Progress

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Violets II – In Progress

Violets II – In Progress, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.

Violets II – In Progress
Hand Pieced, Hand – Appliqued
Waiting for Ruched Violets to be added
JoAnn Fabrics, Quilter’s Garden – QBOM (1996)

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Poinsetta II

0917081822.jpg, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.
Hand pieced, Hand Appliqued
JoAnn Fabrics, Quilter’s Garden QBOM (1996)

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Hourglass II

Hourglass II
Machine-Pieced, Hand-Appliqued
from JoAnn Fabrics – Garden Impressions

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Here is the second block of the Hourglass.
You can see I did a better job of appliquing the teardrops.   With this block, I did the needle-turning first and basted the seam allowances down before appliquing the patches.  The first version, I attempted to perform [...]

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Violets I – In Progress

This is from the 1996 JoAnn Fabrics, QBOM – Quilter’s Garden. I had made it a personal challenge to piece this entire quilt by hand. I initially started this project pre-circa-2004.

I drove a truck between 1994 and 2004. During that time, I frequently complained that I was not able to indulge myself and sew as [...]

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Patchwork Hearts

Patchwork Hearts
from JoAnn Fabrics, Heartland QBOM (1996)
Hand-pieced, Hand-Appliqued.

0915081407.jpg, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.

Patchwork Hearts

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