Category Archives: Blog
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Snow, snow and more snow!
Posted on March 1, 2019 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltThe storm of 2019 will make this a memorable year! We haven’t had a storm like this since 2o08. The past ten years our winters have been very mild. Many of you probably think that we in Southern California have no clue as to what snow is. We don’t unless we live in the mountains […]
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Catching up, at least trying to!
Posted on February 1, 2019 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltIt will be interesting how the rest of 2019 goes! For the last two and a half months, I have been so busy taking care of my husband after his knee replacement surgery in mid-December that everything else was put on hold. I finally decided to make it a point to at least catch up on […]
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Quilting, Cooking and Blogging
Posted on January 1, 2019 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltI came across this list as I was cleaning up my desk. When I traveled the country lecturing and teaching I shared the following thoughts, ideas, concepts or whatever you want to call them with my audiences. Thought it would be fun to share these ideas with you for the new year. You might want […]
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UFO 12-Christmas is Coming!
Posted on December 1, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltWhen I hear the statement “Christmas is coming,” I think of that Christmas song with the second line “the goose is getting fat!” So looking forward to Christmas, it is always a special time of year with family, memories, baked goods, decorations and celebrating the birth of Christ. That is what Christmas is all about. Here […]
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UFO 11-Forging ahead
Posted on November 1, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltFor those of you who asked and those collecting the block of the month, whether the PDF or EQ, they are finally available, just go to the link at the bottom of the page. Sorry about that! Finally getting back to work on the #1 UFO, the Floral Alphabet Garden quilt! This is what it […]
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My Happy Place Show and Tell
Posted on October 9, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltSome of the participants of the My Happy Place Row Along have made rows from the other participants as well as their own. So today is show and tell! I keep thinking each year I will do the same, but just don’t get my act together. So looking forward to next year’s row. Don’t know […]
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UFO 10-Trying to catch up
Posted on October 1, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltI had no idea how my knee replacement surgery would take so much of my time and energy. Just figured I would be able to go on doing all the things I love to do! Wrong! Between exercising my new knee, physical therapy and post-op appointments I barely had time to post the project for this […]
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This is My Happy Place–Day 3
Posted on September 11, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltWhen I first decided to take part in this Row Along, this idea immediately popped into my head! The table runner is completely made from Northcott Fabrics, including the tea which was leftover from the Christmas Carol Row Along, Angels We Have Heard on High. Thank you, Marian Pena at Seams to be Sew for getting me […]
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My Happy Place Row Along–Day 2
Posted on September 6, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric Quilt, Machine PiecingSo many of us have a place that calls to us and is a reminder of happiness and contentment. It is so much fun to see what everyone around the world thinks about as their happy place. I actually have two, but when the theme was announced, the first one that popped into my head is […]
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UFO 9-Interruptions in life…
Posted on September 1, 2018 by bdieges in Appliqué, Block of the Month, Blog, Electric QuiltHad planned another UFO tutorial this month, but Total Knee Replacement surgery intervened. Keeping it moving is the secret to a successful surgery, or so I am told. Almost three weeks and I am happy with the results. Thank goodness My Happy Place Row was finished before the surgery, haven’t had much time for quilting. […]
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