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The Bear Family?

Last night we saw this bear on on way home and then while Mark was returning calls in the barn he saw a cub down by the water.  So we think this one is the mother.  Earlier this summer we saw a bigger and more brown bear who we think is a male.  But what do we know.  I'm hoping none of these bears becomes a problem in town since that usually means their death.  We leave nothing out and Sadie barks at every little noise just to let animals know she is here.  We're lucky we see any wildlife. 

09 Raffle Quilt

Once again I volunteered to design the raffle quilt for my quilt group. I'm not sure what made my hand go up. I really didn't want the stress but then I realized that I didn't want to be excluded. And really it's so nice to be able to design a quilt and have other people make it. In theory that is. I actually ended up remaking lots of the blocks. The dilema for me is that I am coming up with a total blank for what to do next. I'm haveing designers block and the pressure is on. Someone suggested doing the same one over but in different colorways but that seems like cheating and not a lot of fun. Well as they say, "back to the drawing board".

Yet Another UFO

Here is another UFO on it's way to being finished. It's amazing what you can find when you start cleaning. Of course this should have been done for Valentines day, probably many years ago, but here it is now and if I'm lucky I'll get to quilting it before next Valentines. I used some handkerchiefs, an old doily and some lace hearts in this along with the squares of the fabric. This was some sort of panel so it was very quick to put together.

More Orphan Blocks

This is a combination of the purple squares that I have no idea what I was planning to do with, crazy pieced blocks, and some curved piecing.  All the colors went together and then I found the butterflies and they seemed perfect for filling up some of that green.  What am I going to do with all these wall hangings?

Orphan Blocks

 

I've been cleaning out my studio.  We are having a yard sale at my quilt group next month so I was sorting out stuff to sell.  I came across all my orphan blocks and put them in color piles.  Yikes!  These I bagged to sell but then they started to talk to me and before I knew it I started to play with them and in the course of as many days I made 4 little quilts and am working on a 5th.  Oh just shoot me right now.  They will be good practice for the Tin Lizziek I keep telling myself.

Mystery quilt

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This was supposed to be a mystery quilt that I was designing for the guild.  It begins with a nine patch and then you cut it in half and then into triangles and and add a focus fabric.  It was fun to do even though we decided to make table runners instead.  I end up with a lot of extra quilts just figuring out what to do for programs.  But right now I need a lot to practice on with my Tin Lizzie.