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Blog Namesake: "Sew Sunshine" 2-2013



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2008 Book Club Friendship Raffle Quilt
Each Member in our Online Book group signed a block 
my design with applique and pieced blocks


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Art Gallery -Pat Bravo designer for Art Gallery offered free 
scrap bags to online friends. 
d9p made from those scraps - 2012

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2012 Relay for Life Silent Auction quilt donation
just made up design

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2013 Relay for life silent auction donation
Elizabeth Hartman design "Birdbath quilt"

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Nancy Zieman Tumbler template
Tumbler in green 2013 for my mom in the nursing home

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Spring 2012 before Mom got sick we worked on this quilt together.
She sewed some and I did too but we ended up with different sized blocks. 
Two of her blocks I put on the back since they were smaller than mine.
Donated to QOV (quilts of valor) 
Sadly, our last work together on a quilt.

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Scrap quilt of my design for charity 2012

I call this my Starbucks quilt. 
Improv log blocks randomly placed.
Charity quilt 2012

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d9p again -charity quilt 2012

Tried to sew strips in a new way
random chevron, charity quilt 2012

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Refurbished doll bed (my husbands when he was a tot)
Made dolly quilt "trip around the world" and sheets with matching pillow case and pillow. 
Bits of "Husker" fabric thrown in. 
For my great niece Sophie Christmas 2012

May Modern Block 2 block made into a quilt - finished June 2013
 
 


Star Flower quilt finish July 2013





Comments

Wonky Patchwork said…
Gorgeous quilts, I especially love the 'sew sunshine' one with it's beautiful, vibrant colours. Did you paper piece this one?
March 31, 2014 at 6:34 AM
Kris said…
Yes that was a paper piece pattern from a book by Jean Wells. The pattern was called Firefly.
April 5, 2014 at 6:57 AM
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