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Finches in Flight

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 Spring is nearly here. Real spring; sometime following fool's spring and the spring of deception. It is a good time to have finished up this latest project. Another pattern called 'Due South' by Carrie Nelson. I made some changes to the pattern, and went with a color scheme rather than basing my fabric selections on tone. It's near enough to her pattern that credit is certainly still due.  Someday when the ground is dry I'll see about getting better photos of the entire quilt. I'm standing on a ladder in this photo and don't quite have the wingspan (pun intended) to hold it out completely. There's a sweet little sawtooth star in the top corner that's hidden in this image.  I'm very pleased with all the components of this quilt, and the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. All cotton fabrics, sourced from far and wide. New stock, destashes, garage sales, so on. The batting is wonderful- 100% cotton with no scrim, very drapey and soft. T...
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"You reel me out, then you cut the string"

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      Introducing my most recent finish: Fifteen Step!  I'm really enamored with this one, just absolutely chuffed. The pattern is "Two Step" by Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company. I adore her patterns. I found this pattern, along with another of hers, a year or so ago at an estate sale. (more on that other pattern later) Her designs are classic, gorgeous, and deceptively simple. Precision, care, and attention are rewarded with a final product like this quilt. I can't get enough of sawtooth stars, and it seems like neither can Mrs.Nelson.  The top of the quilt is composed entirely of woven cottons from a few different producers of fine quilting cottons. Wildflower Wovens from Art Gallery Fabrics, Warp and Weft Ooh Lucky Lucky from Ruby Star Society, Space Dye Wovens from Figo Studio, and some scraps from here and there and everywhere. It's such a joy to work with this kind of fabric. The colors and textures are incredibly rich. They all behave a littl...
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Hello, world

 Testing...testing... first blog entry to figure out what it is I'm doing here. I've torn myself away from the Janome for as long as I can bear it to see about making myself a diary of my quilting. Having abandoned social media, I'd still like a place to showcase my work and keep an archive to recall everything I've made. Here I am and here it is.  What I intend to do: post updates on my works in progress go back in time to display quilts I've made sell my available quilts conduct my annual (sometime bi-annual) raffle to support local mutual aid groups shoot the shit, maybe do some yapping, share a little scuttlebutt.. what-have-you Who I am: Hello, my name is Dani I work full-time in land conservation mornings, evenings, and weekends, I'm a quilter I am right-handed, leftist, and located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania I came of age during the heady days of aol instant messenger, limewire, and the whole Internet felt like the dark web. So making a blog in These Try...
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