Eliza turns 1

6:52:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 29 comments

Indulge me for a post while I briefly put sewing and quilt making aside to post a few precious family photos.  I'll try to make the commentary brief. Chelsey, my 5th daughter, and Eliza (Lizzie), my granddaughter, had birthdays this month.  Chelsey lives in California but wanted to celebrate with Lizzie so she and her boyfriend Malachi came up for Lizzie's birthday.  If any of you remember last year on my mother's birthday, February 23, Lizzie was born.  Lizzie had a daunting first few months and somewhat first

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Easter Egg Cups - get ready

7:05:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 13 comments

I love egg cups.  I find them somewhat impractical but I love the idea of using them.  I think the shape is so pretty and the colors and designs are innumerable.  What can be better than pretty egg cups than pretty egg cups for Easter? Think how cute these would look with little scoops of Easter colored ice cream. Egg cups would look cute with herbs planted inside, tiny candies, votives  or as I use them...little holders for kosher salt and coarse pepper. Grab your Easter pastel fabrics, little lengths

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Baby Quilt

7:15:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 27 comments

Sometimes there are those "stop the presses" events when you have to move everything to the side and make a gift.  I consider those events a good time to challenge myself and try to make the most of my time and effort.
A family member is expecting in May but found out they are moving with only a few days notice.  So it became baby quilt making time for me pretty much over night.  I had a few triangle fabrics cut out already so I decided to

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Happy Valentine's Day to everyone .  I hope you all can find a fun way to celebrate this silly little holiday.
Today is the unveil of my Pam Kitty Love  quilt called "I Heart Buttons and Bows".  Thanks again to Pam for this really wonderful fabric and for sharing so graciously with me.  I have enjoyed playing with the sweet designs so much.  There was one issue with my finished product that caused me to hesitate writing the pattern.  In the end this turned out to be a very non-distracting issue.  I think I've overcome that problem now so I'm hoping to have a pattern up in a week or so for this very fun quilt.  The quilt is full of hearts that can be for Valentine's day but also I love hearts all year 'round.  

-nanette

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I'm Up to Date

7:49:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 9 comments

I'm been pretty proud of myself for keeping up with Lori's Row by Row quilt.  I was able to get the latest row of spools done in just a couple hours over the weekend. The spools were very simple and are a perfect addition to the other rows.  I used a brown gray solid for the spool. I looked through my fabric stash to pick fabrics that might imitate thread.  It was fun to add some new fabric choices to my rows.  I think they all turned out

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Fabric Friday Valentines

10:33:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 20 comments

I like stash fabrics.  Those are fabrics I can pull off my shelf and make anything with when the inspiration or need occurs.  My stash consists mainly of small yardage from fat quarters to under a yard.  Of course I have favorite pieces with larger yardage as well, but not as numerous. Valentine's Day is just 6 days away and in my head I imagine making fabric valentines for everyone I know.  But let's get real.  If I make a handful, I'm doing great.  I pulled a few

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I Have A Problem - Scrappy Trip Along

7:09:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 28 comments

Do you remember what happens when a vinyl record gets scratched?  It gets stuck and plays a short phrase over and over and over until the needle gets a tiny push.   I feel like I'm that scratched record.  Don't get me wrong. I'm not exactly in a rut. I'm being productive and having a good time. But I really should stop and move on to other projects that were started ahead of this one. What should I do to give myself that little push to get me

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