Row by Row from Bee In My Bonnet

5:35:00 PM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 29 comments

I picked up several quilts from the machine quilter recently.  I've got 6 new quilts to bind.  But I think binding is fun so I'm looking forward to getting reacquainted with my quilts. The first quilt I bound was my Row by Row from Lori at Bee In My Bonnet. Thanks to Wendy, my quilt lays flat (or flatish).  I was so happy to lay it out on the floor and see it all completed. My border is a tad too blue to match the background, but I'm

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Freda's Hive Fat Quarter Bundle from Donna's Lavender Nest and Sunshine Block from Riley Blake Tutorials

6:38:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 14 comments

Thanks to everyone that left a comment last week in the giveaway and contrats to the winner of fabric from Donna's Lavender Nest.  The Freda's Hive Fat Quarter Bundle will go to heartsease54.  She commented "Those are probably the exact fabrics I would have picked! How did you know?".  I emailed her and she will receive the fat quarter bundle from Donna and a little package from me.  Donna has the custom fat quarter bundle up on her website if anyone is interested in getting a little bit of fun fabric for

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Donna's Lavender Nest Fabric - Freda's Hive Fat Quarter Pack Give Away

7:22:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 139 comments


I'm really REALLY excited about the Give Away this week here from Donna's Lavender Nest.  Donna has let me pick fabrics from her store to make a custom Freda's Hive fat quarter pack.  And she is going to let me give the fat quarter pack to a lucky blog reader this week.  Also, the bundle is available for purchase in Donna's online shop. Donna has really lovely fabrics in her online shop.  I like to call them all "Nanette fabrics", meaning they are all  fabrics I want in my

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Back to Red

10:35:00 PM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 20 comments

I know it doesn't always appear that way, but at my heart, I'm truly a finisher.  Those UFO projects under my cutting table weigh heavily on my shoulders.  I like to get things done and move on.  I started my Red Herring-bone project last year and I was happy to bring it out and make friends with it again. I'm not quite sure what size it will end up.  Lately all my quilts are queen or king bed size and that is fine with me.  We will see.

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Mother's Day

7:19:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 11 comments



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Irons Wars! (not really)

12:08:00 PM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 16 comments

I'm sorry this is going to be wordy but may be helpful for someone who is considering a change in their current iron.  (read to the end because there is a Reliable iron giveaway tip)
Thanks to everyone for their iron input from this post.  My Oliso iron was dropped and the prongs that make it go up and down stayed permanently up.  So I began my quest for a new iron.  Your comments really did help me.  I was all over the map when reading them.  I was

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Any Old Left Over Block Quilt

6:39:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 36 comments

Last week I gathered up all my UFO blocks and I decided to finally make the quilt I had thought about for more than a year now.  I've seen some other quilts like it around blogs, too.  Whenever I would have left over blocks from a project, I would keep the blocks together not wanting to let go of my "extras".    Shelbie and Whitney helped me figure out the placement of all my blocks.  I was pleasantly surprised with how it worked out.  Some of these blocks are 7

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