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A Long Time Coming

6/6/2017

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Well another six months has flown by and I have been very very remiss in not recording what I have been doing. It has been a very busy time.

First and foremost of course, my newest grandson was born in February.  Needless to say I have spent quite a few weeks visiting and helping out where possible.  He was a healthy 3600 g plus (8 lb) and 56 cm (22") long.  He certainly seemed to be all arms and legs. First photo is 3 days old, the second one is 4 months.
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He has grown a lot (as they all do) and filled out quite a bit too.  So far he is a very happy fellow and quite the "chatterbox".  Missing him as I write this, so must be time for another visit.

You might think that with this distraction I haven't been doing much quilting, but that is definitely not the case.  Lots has been happening, but I will try to spread it out over time.

First up of course, is the quilt that I made when this little fellow was born.  I was visiting Quilt Essentials in Newcastle and just fell in love with the fabric from Moda's Darling Little Dickens range.
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Sometimes you just see a pattern or fabric and it "speaks to you".  This was certainly the case when I saw Cottonways Summer Nights pattern. I knew it would be just the thing to team up the Figtree Black and White Dots and Black Tie Affair.  I was thrilled to pieces with this finish.  As someone said - it is a very elegant quilt.
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Another long awaited finish was this Snippets quilt (another Cottonway pattern) made from a huge range of Figtree fabrics.  The piecing was started in February 2016 and the finished  blocks had sat in the cupboard just waiting to be sewn together.  This was a project commenced with my stitching partner Lynda and she finished her quilt top, thus encouraging me to complete mine.
This is another quilt I am thrilled to pieces with.  

Love too the Overlapping Crop Circles quilting.   I even had enough squares left over to make a smaller version (lap size).  

My customers have been busy too, but I will have to save their efforts for another time.  

Happy quilting.

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    Karen Styles

    Providing long arm quilting service in the Illawarra region.

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