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Scrappy String Quilt Progress Post

It’s an honest-to-goodness sewing-themed blog post.  It’s almost as though this blog is aptly named!!  ;o) I’ve been sewing the scrappy string quilt from the kit Mom gave me– and I’m really enjoying it! A few progress photos? This is probably how I’ll lay them out, with the white central lines forming diamonds. In the […]

Crocheting & Quilting

The doily has been done for several days, but remains unblocked.  I think it may need a bigger surface than the foam insulation board I normally use for blocking.  (Another largish doily has also been hanging around the house for over two years, waiting.)  There’s a new system I want to try for blocking larger […]