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Gifts!

Posted on April 24, 2019 by heARTs Creations

Gifts are fun – especially when given by someone special.  A friend recently came to stay for an overnight play date (yes, quilting of course!).  She brought me her farm fresh eggs – no picture as they didn’t last very long! If you’ve never had farm fresh eggs, let me tell you that they are the best! The shells are fun because they’re not plain white, the yolks are a deep yellow and denser, and the sizes are big, big, big!

My friend has a farm in South Carolina – Fox Trot Farm in Lancaster. Touring the farm is fun and a great time to spend in the country. As their website states, they have:

Grass Fed Lamb, Fresh Eggs, Honey, Soap, Tours, & Farm Fun!

Honey, oh my! Not only is it fresh and yummy, I love the bottle and label!

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Cord holders – I’ve been meaning to make these handy little things for some time now but somehow have never gotten around to it. I put them to use right away. Awesome!

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Knitted dishcloth – love these.  This one has now been used several times – didn’t even get a pic when it was brand new. Mine have a lot of wear and tear  so this is very welcomed.

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AND…I know, more – right?!  This beautiful embroidered towel. I do like dragonflies and have a few scattered about the house and she noticed!

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Thank you for these wonderful gifts that keep on giving!

Spring here in the NC Piedmont continues to delight. Temps have been perfect too! It’s also had me gardening and doing a bit less quilting.

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One of Three

Posted on April 17, 2019 by heARTs Creations

Planning, pressing, cutting, pinning, sewing – I do truly enjoy all of these.  Quilting not as much. But I also don’t want a closet full of flimsies! Most of mine go to the long arm quilter although I do enjoy free motion quilting table runners, table toppers and wall quilts. Most Hospice quilts I piece or are group pieced at retreats,  I need to quilt myself. I am SO grateful to the friends who volunteer to long arm a quilt every so often – what a huge blessing!  I recently shared three tops I made for Hospice and have quilted one.

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I did wavy lines that cross over at various points and a free motion design in the small rectangles. How brave of me to show a close-up! The binding was done scrappy style with the leftover strips. I like the look and am always pleased when one of these is complete because of where it’s going. An extra big Thank You to Pineapple Fabrics for providing all of the fabric for this quilt.

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Now I’m actually looking forward to quilting the other two and hoping to be able to get to that soon!

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Whew! Spring Retreat!

Posted on April 8, 2019 by heARTs Creations

The 2019 Spring came to an end yesterday. Once again there were 20 fun and amazingly talented quilters/knitters! These retreaters never disappoint – they share, laugh, work diligently, and of course, laugh some more!

Blocks were sewn for Hospice quilts. Here is one set on the design wall.

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There were prizes. Tina was the lucky winner of a quilt kit from Pineapple Fabrics. And thank you to C & T Publishing – a deck of Bonnie Hunter cards for everyone who attended!

And of course, Show & Tell.  WOW! Thank you Ladies for another great Spring!!

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A Finish & March Wrap-up

Posted on March 31, 2019 by heARTs Creations

Another Hospice finish and I love the back and forth of this quilt. The pretty leaf blocks were leftovers from donations to a friend’s daughter’s project. Amazingly enough, I found a beautiful striped fabric in my stash that coordinated with the blocks perfectly! It was fun to put them together and see a pretty quilt emerge. I even had a great swirly fabric for the  backing and binding.

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Laurie (my friend who had passed the blocks on to me) was visiting one day, saw the quilt top, and offered to take it home to quilt and bind.  Now that’s an offer I have no problem accepting! As always, she did a great job.

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Winter’s end  and March is at an end – how quickly it passes! Monday not only brings another month, but my Birthday – yay!

Happy April Fool’s Day to everyone!

WIPs 2019

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Tribal Finish

Posted on March 27, 2019 by heARTs Creations

This quilt has been in progress for quite some time as I blogged about here.  I am so glad to say that it is quilted and bound! All the cutting and sewing on this quilt was definitely worth the effort.

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The backing is made up of the leftover fabrics. I love when I can do this and not try to figure out how/where to store the remains.

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The smaller bits I cut into the scrap sizes I have been saving and they are tucked away in their proper bins. I am trying so very hard to keep up with this and not end up with the daunting task I had before I began this system.

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This finish has me doing my Happy Dance!

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Triplets – Quilts of Course!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by heARTs Creations

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Some time ago Pineapple Fabrics donated pretty gold, orange and black print strips for Hospice quilts.  I decided to sew strips together then slice through, turning the cut strip. I really like the look.  Quilting will, of course,  bring much more character to these quilts. I even have the backings cut and the bindings prepped. Yeah Me!!

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I plan to devote a couple of weeks in June to machine quilting charity quilts. By then I should have a few more tops complete and will concentrate on finishing. How wonderful it will be to have so many more done half way through the year.

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Special Greetings

Posted on March 17, 2019 by heARTs Creations

I wanted to send two special greeting cards recently. Cards in the stores usually leave me feeling like they don’t quite fit the bill. So…for someone going through some health issues, and who also happens to like the color red, I did this:

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I sewed the log cabin on a piece of stabilizer as the base then glued it onto a blank card. I keep a stash of those on hand for just such occasions. A hand written note on the inside and a personal greeting card was sent!

Then, for my sister’s very special birthday, I did what is typically called a mug rug. I just think of it as a little greeting quilt. Funny how such a small project can be so much fun when choosing the different fabrics. Glitter press-on vinyl was used for the flames A glitter was applied to the numbers just to jazz it up a bit!

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I do hope the recipients got as much joy from them as I do making them.

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