Fabric Friday Japanese Gems

8:28:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 22 comments

Back to my roots today - my love of Japanese reproduction fabric.
I love strawberries in fabric. This fabric above in 2 colorways is from a line called Very Cotton. It is sweet dotted fabric with ribbons intersecting. Very unique and pretty I think.
This is another fabric from that same line of Very Cotton. The strawberries are very sweet.
This fabric I posted upside down, oh well, is retro kitchen items by Cosmo. I like it in both colorways. If I find a bit of fabric I like very much,

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My Family HIstory Flag Quilt

8:06:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 25 comments

I've recently picked up 4 out of 5 latest quilts from the quilter. And now I'm in the process of binding. Binding is "in front of the TV work". Good thing too, because I caught a summer cold and that is about all I've felt like doing the past few days. The first quilt I finished binding was my Family History Personal Flag quilt.I had a swirl/star pattern machine quilted into the quilt. Kind of hard to see in photos.
I really like how it turned out. It is

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Go! Baby Winner for Friday

8:29:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 5 comments

I loved reading all the comments from the Go!Baby giveaway. I know I always say this but it is true: I wish everyone could win. Thank you everyone for entering. I know that the Accuquilt company will continue to have these giveaways from time to time so I hope you keep watching for them. I'm sure the Accuquilt people want you to dive in a get one for yourself somehow. I printed out the names from the comments and randomly picked one.

The winner of the Go! Baby is

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Go Baby Giveaway! Buttons and Bows Quilt

7:11:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 191 comments

Hi everyone. Time for a great giveaway. I have been wanting a Go! Baby cutter for a while now and I finally have one. And now it is your chance to get one too. First I'm going to tell you how to enter the giveaway and then I'm going to show you what fun you can have using the Go!Baby.
There are just 2 things you have to do to enter the giveaway. 1. You need to visit the AccuQuilt website and register your email to get their free

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Fabric Friday - Inspiration without Fabric

7:18:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 21 comments

It is Friday but I have no fabric to show today. Instead I thought I would show things inside and outside that inspire me.
I have red roses in several areas of my yard. I love the color of a red rose. It is so pure. And red is so beautiful, especially set with green. Red and green don't always have to say Christmas.
I love fabric with flowers on it. Don't we all? My yard is quite busy, just like my quilts. Lots of untamed growth.
My hollyhocks inspired

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Baby Quilt Finishes X 2

6:11:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 12 comments

I'm still on a finishing roll with 2 baby quilt tops done and ready for quilting.
If you've been watching Lori's blog you can see she's got a tutorial for mini design boards. What a great idea. Well I have a table design board that is brand new. I've been wanting a frame forever to make a design board like the one that sits by Lori's cutting table. For my birthday Shelbie made me this design board above. And I love it. Thanks Shelbie.
I've been looking at the

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I am a Finisher

7:44:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 39 comments

I say I'm a finisher not to brag (Heavens No!) but to make myself feel like I'm accomplishing something in 2011. I have been on a finish roll this month and I have to tell you it feels really good.
I have a difficult time positioning quilt tops for photographing previous to the machine quilting. They are floppy and flimsy (yes, I love that name) and I don't like taking photos of them because of that. I had my daughter Laurie hold this one up for me but it

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Birds and Bees Fabric Friday

7:24:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 10 comments

I love novelty fabrics. Today is Fabric Friday featuring the birds and the bees.
This new retro novelty fabric by Alexander Henry has everything. It is kitchen fabric with letters, flowers and birds. The teapot and rolling pin are great. But of course so are the birds. Above is a chicken and 2 nesting birds.
The owl is really sweet surrounded by vegetables and fruit. The mushrooms are so 60s - 70s.
This fabric called Appleville was seen at market by Lori and me while we walked up and down

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Personal History Flag Flimsy - Check

7:58:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 40 comments

I've been working all year to make my 2011 Personal Flag Quilt that represents me and my family heritage. It's been a joy to explore my family history and the flags from those countries. I was inspired by Amy and her Union Jack blocks and her several flag quilts.
And I'm really happy to have finished my flimsy! I've worked on this project just in the background of other quilts and bags. It has evolved without a clear picture of what I wanted the finished project to look like.

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