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Warm Quilts-

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Hey Everyone - I know there is a storm outside. The best I can offer is a warm cover in a storm.

I have not been quilting much -

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Im busy Running for City Council School and, I got REALLY tired of living in a pig dump house. I have been working hard cleaning out this dump. There was so much stuff I could not move without stuff falling everywhere. Im not even making that up. I have lots of piles now - 1 pile is for yardsale stuff 1 pile is for recycle 1 pile is trash. Im also working on a give away pile - stuff I have that I think my friends might need or want. Another thing Im really lucky to have -- is, I live in a little city where I can put things on the sidewalk and the walkers will pick the stuff up. Two days ago, I put a few old windows I had picked up... with a plan for someday -- but that day is not going to come. They got picked up in less than 20 min. My yardsale keeps getting put back because we have had so much rain! I need to get a nice day on a weekend to get that shit out of my place.

I joined a guy quilter link party --

Check out the other guy quilters -- http://www.pigtalesandquilts.com/

Pillow -

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I decided to make some pillows - These ones are made from some old things I had around.  I hope to keep learning how to make better home dec. items. 

I want to make quilts full time -

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Im open for business.

Quilt show --

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I know Ive posted Pics of these quilts before - but, here is what they look like up on show walls!
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This is how it started ..

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I saw a quilt I liked that was made like this -- So - I cut up a pile of pieces and made my own -- I did not have a pattern - but, I think everything is OK.                               I really like the way it turned out -- I dont know that I have ever used white b-4 as a background. Well, I have made a few Red and white quilts -- I guess i have .. but, I like this one. We will see how I finish it. Most of these fabrics are commercial quilting fabrics that were given to me as scraps from my Aunt who is a quilter. I used a cool process that I saw on a jenny doan youtube video - I used 10 inch squares - sewn together at 1/4 inch all around the outside -- (right sides together) then cut them all into an *X* -- magic = 4 half square finished triangles. The cutting took longer than anything else.