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This is my 3rd quilt. I count it as #3 because I did actually sew most of it! The story: a friend had been suggesting for years that she make a quilt for me. All I had to do was buy the fabric and find a pattern. She would do the piecing. Early in 2014, she started the piecing using Double Aster and Ohio Star blocks. Then in August 2014, I 'discovered' quilting for myself, After I finished 2 quilts, she said that if I didn't mind, now that I knew how to quilt, would I take over and finish the quilt she had started for me so she could move on to make quilts for family members who don't know how to quilt. I said sure (of course). The fabric collection is 'Wingin' It' by The Buggy Barn for Henry Glass Fabrics, plus there were other prints pulled in to blend. My friend pieced eight 12" Red, Pink and Turquoise Double Aster blocks and eight 6" Ohio Star blocks. I sewed all of the rest of the blocks, sashing and borders, and finished piecing in April 2015. The finished size is 88.5" x 88.5". The batting is Hobbs Heirloom 100% Wool. The long arm free-motion quilting was done by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts, completed May 30, 2015. Using leftover fabric, I made a set of 4 pillow cases. I love quilting! Peggy

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Peggy's Quilt #24 - Grand Adventure

This is my 24th quilt. The pattern is by Jenny Doan in Block Magazine, Vol. 4, Issue 5 (2017), Pages 16-23, plus there is an online tutorial. Linda, a friend of ours, decided to make this as her very first quilt, and asked for help with it. She tried cutting and sewing the blocks, but it wasn't working for her... We ordered more fabric, and I ended up sewing the majority of it, and really enjoyed the process. We used the RJR Wildwood Way fabric collection, with Kona Cotton White for the background. The backside is Kona Cotton Aqua, and the batting is Hobbs Tuscany Silk. Linda started the quilt in May 2018, and not too long after, I took over and finished the frontside piecing in June 2018. We sent it off for long-arm quilting on July 28th, and it came back only 5+ weeks later on September 8th! It took a couple of days for me to sew the binding onto this gigantic 93"x96" quilt. I made two white-with-aqua-cuff pillowcases and two aqua-with-white-cuff pillowcases to match, and later will make a throw pillow with left-over blocks. Linda loves her quilt and reports back that sleeping under a quilt with a silk batt is 'fabulous'. Posted by Peggy at Bothtwins 09/12/18

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Peggy's Project #23 - Ultimate Travel Bag

The Ultimate Travel Bag pattern is by Annie Unrein, found at ByAnnie.com and Craftsy. This project takes attention to detail, perseverance and a really sturdy sewing machine that will handle multiple layers of fabric, zipper and stabilizer. It also comes with a hefty price tag especially if you go with the hardware kit as suggested in the pattern, stabilizer, zippers, netting and quality quilting fabric. A walking foot is very useful, so better get one if you don't already have one. Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. All that being said, sewing the bag along with viewing the online Craftsy class is a must because of the very specialized techniques taught by Annie Unrein. I highly recommend the experience. The fabric I used is AGF (Art Gallery Fabrics) Sage Cactus Flora - Lily, and Sage Painted Dessert - Night. The bag is very sturdy and will easily accommodate my Singer Featherweight box plus fabric and tools/rulers for a sewing get-away. This project was completed January 31, 2018, and posted here by Peggy on May 31, 2018.

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Peggy's Project #7.5 - Featherweight Travel Set

Two friends and I got together in 2016 to sew Featherweight Bags, sewing with only our Singer Featherweight sewing machines instead of our regular machines. We spent a few hours having a lot of fun and getting to know our Featherweights, which we've had for years but haven't used very often. The two friends each have a black Featherweight in a black box, both from the 1950’s, and I have a white Featherweight (PA235963) in a green box from the 1960’s. • Large Bag size: 12.5 x 12 x 10”. • Drawstring Bag size: 10 x 7 x 3” (holds the foot pedal and cords). • Extension Table Cover size: 5.5 x 8”. • Tula Pink fabric with bunnies and ears for outside, and Tula Pink fabric with snails for lining. The pattern is "Sew Portable Travel Set" by Jeni Baker, published in 2014. If I ever do this project again, I will use byAnnie's "Soft and Stable" instead of batting - this way the bag will stand up by itself. I would also make the lining about 1/2 to 1" longer so that it turns into a self-binding top edge. I love sewing with my Featherweight! Peggy (Posted May 8, 2018)

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Peggy's Quilt #20 - Spectrum Stars

Peggy's Quilt #20 - This is a quilt kit purchased from Craftsy and designed by Stacey Day {https://staceyinstitches.com/tag/spectrum-stars/}. I bought it in December 2016 in order to practice paper piecing, and finally got around to piecing it in October 2017. It was pretty fun. The kit had more than enough left-over fabric to add a 1" scrappy border as well as a 1.5" white border. The finished lap quilt size is 52"x63". The free-motion long-arm quilting was created by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts. The edge-to-edge pattern is called 'Swirls with a Tail'. The entire project took about 3 weeks to complete, not counting the time it was away for long-arm quilting. I love the vibrancy of the colors in Tula Pink’s True Colors and Birds and Bees remix fabric line. The batting is 80/20 cotton/poly, and the backside is another Tula Pink fabric that coordinates. I love quilting! Peggy (posted March 31, 2018)

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Peggy's Quilt #19 - Scrappy Sampler

PEGGY'S QUILT #19 – SCRAPPY SAMPLER IN REDS AND CREAMS My 19th quilt! This 2017 project was inspired by the very first quilt pattern I ever bought (in about 2010): “Round Robin” by Julia H. Hale for Bits ‘n Pieces, pattern #1110. The original quilt had an applique center with 42 6” blocks, side setting trianges and lots of sashing and borders. I decided I simply wanted to make all 42 blocks in reds and creams instead of actually following the pattern. While working on other projects, I did a few blocks at a time between February and August 2017. Putting them together with the 9-patch blocks and sashing was pretty fun. The backside is off-white flannel and the batting is Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly. The free-motion long-arm quilting design is called Echoed Hearts, and was done by Lyn Durbin (Camlyn Quilts). Quilt size: 67”x76”. I love quilting! Peggy

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Peggy's Quilt #18 - Bermuda Batiks

This was my quilting project from October 2016 through February 2017. It's my 18th quilt, and is named for the tropical feel of the batik colors. The pattern is "Disappearing Hourglass 2" by Jenny Doan at MSQC. There is a tutorial video on YouTube from December 2014. The pattern is also in BLOCK magazine Winter Vol. 2, issue 1, starting on page 16. My finished quilt size is 65”x65” and the fabrics for the top are assorted batiks with Wilmington Essential Paisley White on White, which I also used for the mitered borders, backside and binding. While I did the piecing, I still send my quilts out to a LAQ expert for long arm quilting. Lynn Durbin at Camlyn Quilts in Smokey Point, Washington has done most of my quilts! I think of 'quilting' as the pattern selection, color and fabric selection and piecing, and then I leave the LAQ part to someone with a talent for that part of the process. Posted by Peggy on June 7, 2017. I love quilting!

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Peggy's Quilt #17 - Opal Optics Batiks

I made this quilt in Nov-Dec 2016 for a graduating doctoral student who is also a quilter. She was instrumental in supporting my early quilting efforts and for that I'll be forever grateful. Then she graduated and moved to California, and I retired and stopped commuting to South Lake Union, and we're both happier but miss each other! This is Jenny Doan's pattern called Disappearing Hourglass 2, found in Block magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 16-23, and also on YouTube as a tutorial. I didn't know any of this when I saw that someone on Quiltsby.me had posted a very attractive quilt but didn't give any pattern information about it. So I deconstructed the block from a photo and made up my own way to create the block and then the quilt. About 6 months later (after I had made 2 of these quilts), I was looking through my collection of Block magazines, and found out that I had the pattern all along! Jenny's version of creating this quilt is easier than my version turned out to be. I used 10" layer cake squares plus yardage. The quilt is about 65"x65". The front side is batiks and white-on-white with the same white-on-white for the border, backside and binding. The long-arm quilting was done with white thread on the topside and variegated thread on the backside in a pattern worked out by the recipient and her long-arm quilter in CA. I love quilting! Peggy posted: 05132017

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Peggy's Quilt #16 - Boundless Medallion

Quilt #16: Boundless Medallion Quilt kit and pattern designed by Marilyn Foreman of Quilt Moments. I did the machine piecing from July 12 to September 27, 2016. The quilt is 100”x100”, the fabric is an exclusive Craftsy product: Boundless Heirloom Bloom by Boundless Fabrics. The quilt back fabric is Boundless Heirloom Medallion and the batting is Hobbs Heirloom 100% wool. Custom Long Arm Quilting by Lyn Durbin of Camlyn Quilts in Smokey Point, Washington in late October. I finished hand sewing on the binding on November 7, 2016. The four matching pillow cases took 5 yards of additional fabric. Jenny Doan did a tutorial on Flange Binding, so I used that technique on the trim of the pillow cases. It's a nice touch and can be sewn down to make ironing easier after doing the laundry!

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Peggy's Quilt #15 - Bread & Butter

Quilt #15: Frivols Kit 8 Bread ‘N Butter, pattern by Moda & American Jane, ~47.5”x47.5”, quilt top is fabric collection Bread N Butter by American Jane, backing fabric is Tulips Royal and the batting is Quilter’s Dream 100% Wool. Cutting & piecing started August 11 and finished August 20, 2016. Custom free-motion long-arm quilting by Lyn Durbin in Smokey Point, Washington. Binding finished on October 4, 2016.

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Peggy's Quilt #14 - Strawberry Fields Revisited

Peggy’s Quilt #14 - Frivols Kit #6 Strawberry Fields Revisited, Pattern by Fig Tree & Co, ~59”x63”. Backing fabric: Strawberry Jam Daisy by Moda. Batting – Hobbs Tuscany Collection 100% Wool. Machine piecing by Peggy during May and June 2016. Custom free-motion long-arm quilting by Lyn Durbin at Camlyn Quilts in Smokey Point, Washington. Binding finished on August 7, 2016.

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Peggy's Quilt #13 - Jacob's Ladder (Baby size)

Quilt #13 – Baby Jacob’s Ladder Remix. Quilt size 39.5”x39.5”, fabrics are dark grey and slipper pink, left-overs from a project of my sister. The backside fabric is slipper pink, so I’m thinking this will make a sweet girl-baby quilt. I cut out the fabric and pieced the top in one day at a quilting retreat in April 2016. I quilted it at home in July on my Brother PR machine. Jenny at MSQC did a tutorial on the Jabob’s Ladder Remix, plus it’s published in the very first BLOCK magazine, Winter Vol. 1, Issue 1, Pages 80-86.

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