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Facing West Quilt

I finally finished my first quilt from Carolyn Friedlander’s great book, Savor Each Stitch.  This one is technically called “Facing East,” but my yard faces West, so we’ll go with Facing West.  This one is a present for my parents on their fortieth wedding anniversary.  I’m so proud of them for still having a strong marriage after…

car shopping

I’m in the market for a new car.  The car I would like to get is the Volvo XC70: In brown, if you please!  Sadly, this vehicle sells for on the order of $40,000.  I never would have looked at it in the first place if I’d realized Volvo was a luxury brand.  (I haven’t…

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Facing East quilt progress

Ready for basting: Basted and ready for quilting: I debated how to quilt this.  In Carolyn Friedlander’s book, she has two quilts of this style.  One of them, done in neutrals like mine, she quilts all over in a plant-inspired pattern.  The other, she quilts all the triangles behind the bars each “sun”, leaving the…

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quilt dilemma

For my next quilt, I’m planning to another Friedlander design from her book, Savor Each Stitch.  I’d like to do the Lattice quilt.  Here are a few examples . . . Made by Carolyn Friedlander herself below.  Note the large scale pattern in the background.  She discusses this quilt more in her book. And one more…

More on bedside tables

Next week, our nanny starts Monday.  L starts preschool Monday, and then I go back to work on Wednesday.  Needless to say, I’m just a tad bit stressed about all this, so I’ve been trying to channel my angst into bedside table shopping.  H thinks I’m insane, but I’d like to point out that I’ve…