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Tammy’s Tessellation

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Tammy F. used Stone Cottage Designs Tessellation Revelation pattern in these beautiful fall colors.   These are favorite colors of mine. 
Just Gorgeous Tammy,
Barb

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Quilt-y fundraiser for Midland County Shelterhouse

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Thursday May 1st Stone Cottage will be hosting the 8th annual Quilt-y Fundraiser for Midland County Shelterhouse, Midland Michigan.
For more information go to Stone Cottage Designs website http://www.stonecottagequilts.com  Newsletter Page
We have the Slight Mystery quilt project, the ugly fabric auction/ which includes Quilt notions, books and hand made quilted items.
It is great fun. To see […]

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Fire Quilt-Schmidt Family Gets Their Quilt

April 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 In early January I put out a “call for blocks” to create a quilt for a couple that lost their home four days before Xmas, December 2007. The home is just up the road from us, yet we hadn’t met before. I received blocks thru February, from 18 donors, from across the US and one […]

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Freehand, Free Motion embroidery

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

  Hibiscus/leaves 10″ across.   
I have been working on a couple projects for for quilt market.  The Hibiscus will hopefully be part of a coat if I can get myself to finish it.   The fabric is a Robert Kaufman Cotton/Silk blend.  It is lusious.  I love making hibiscus.   I am using Presenci/Finca brand Perle Cotton #16.  It is such […]

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Back in The Swing

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

 
It has been a long month.  It has been a long winter.  I hope this will be the last of the snow, until the end of the year. Though most of this is gone now, we had lots of snow this year,  but it melted without flooding, so that is a good thing.
I haven’t kept in touch […]

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Helping a Family to Make a New Home Quilt

January 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The Schmidt family, who live in our neighborhood lost their home to a fire just days before Xmas  The loss of a home at this time of year is most defintly devastating. With the amount of snow we have had already, it makes me stop  to think about comfort and staying warm. How I would feel losing everything […]

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