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So happy that October has finally come around again. If there were such a place as Octoberland where it is always bright shining Autumn, I think I would move there. I worked a lot on my chicken quilt last week.... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Joann's Haul

Our trip to Joann's Fabrics was fruitful, at least for me. I found some great brown fabrics and a print that will be perfect to back the autumn panel quilt I'm working on. Ramey got a bag of candy corn,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Autumn Quilting

I worked in the sewing room much of the day yesterday. I got bored with working on chickens, so I made this squirrel block for my autumn panel quilt. Here's the panel. I have a few acorn blocks made, and... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Finished Flimsy

The Farm Animals quilt top is finished. And now I'm back to working on the chicken quilt. We're having lovely early autumn weather here. I'm very much loving the cooler temperatures and the lower humidity. I hope everyone is looking... Continue reading

Posted Sep 15, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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I Hit a Snag

The best laid plans, as they say. I was sure I would have the farm animals quilt finished yesterday, or even the day before. But as I was putting the rows together I realized something was wrong. The quilt contains... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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The Sunflowers Have Bloomed

I now have all the blocks done for the farm animal quilt. It's a pretty laid back Labor Day around here. Nothing doing. For some reason, this has never been a big holiday for my family, even though we are... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Sep 4, 2023

The 'Ber Months Are Here!

And it even feels a little like Autumn this morning. A wee bit cooler, yeah. But there's just a feeling in the air and something in the light when Autumn is on the way. I can feel it. I'm going... Continue reading

Posted Sep 1, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Better Things to Come--I Hope

Things have been crazy around here for the past week. First of all, daughter Andy took a fall in the parking lot where she works and suffered a fracture to her ankle. We'll know in a few days (when she... Continue reading

Posted Aug 28, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Baaaa

I don't have much to report today, except the last animal for my farm animals quilt, the wooly sheep, is done. Now I have to make two sunflower blocks to finish out the design. Then I can put them all... Continue reading

Posted Aug 23, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Some Pig

I borrowed a quote from E.B. White's wonderful book Charlotte's Web for my headline here. If you haven't read this amazing book, I'll explain. Charlotte, the spider, weaves messages of praise for Wilbur the pig, in her attempt to save... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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To Keep the Farm Pollenated

This week, I made this honey bee block for my little farm animals quilt. I also made some acorn blocks (but I don't have a photo yet) to go with an autumn panel quilt I'm planning. That's about all I've... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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What a Week!

Below are photos from my quilt bee meeting on Monday, the first one in two years. Try to ignore the deer head that is looking on. The meeting was held at Doris's; she and her husband are game hunters. They... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Well to have the opportunity to appear in my farm animals quilt, of course. Today my quilt bee met for the first time in two years. I snapped a couple of shots, and I'll post some as soon as I... Continue reading

Posted Aug 7, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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News from the Sewing Machine

Except for a few hand embroidery details, I think "Rosie's Dollhouse" is finished. And I'm also thinking of putting a snowman on the front yard, just to emphasize the snow. I'm also thinking of asking my long-arm quilting friend if... Continue reading

Posted Aug 2, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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News Updates

Billy the goat who roamed Mountain Brook, a Birmingham suburb, for about a week is home with his new owner and his six new wives. Yeah, six wives. I guess we know now why he kept running. The Birmingham woman... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Strange Things Are Happening

I know, I know! I said I was going to finish the dollhouse quilt next--and I haven't. But I did make a goat block for the Fab Farm quilt (that's not what I''m going to call it). I wanted to... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Jul 22, 2023

Horsey

My sky fabric arrived for the dollhouse quilt, and I was ready to get back to work on it. Then I saw a sweet little quiltlet that a Facebook friend had made and I got an itch to make one... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Black Cat Manor

It took a while to decide what I wanted to do with the front door. Finally the glowing cat eyes caught my attention, and I decided it was perfect (see closeup below). Now to get it quilted. Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Independence Eve

I spent much of the day in the sewing room. I got my back really hurting. (Anybody know a good sewing chair for someone who has serious back issues?) I have all the blocks made for the Halloween mystery quilt.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 3, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Too Hot for Halloween

But until my snowy sky fabric gets here to border "Rosie's Dollhouse,' I'm working on this. It's a small quilt so I might have it finished by the time the fabric arrives. I made the bat yesterday. I have the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 29, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Progress Halted

Yesterday I was sewing along at a good clip, looking forward to putting the blocks together and adding the roof, when I hit a snag (as my good old daddy would say). I found that the fabric I had chosen... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Progress Report

Rosie's Dollhouse now has a front door, and I've started on the roof. Got all the roof pieces fused to the Wonder Under and cut out. After lunch (Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, and corn) I'm going to work on it... Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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We Have Rooms

For "Rosie's Dollhouse" all the room blocks are done, and I have the fabrics pulled for the front door. I'm going to try to work on that this afternoon. The photo shows the last two blocks done, the laundry room... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2023 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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