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Five Quilts Bound and Two Half Yards

Had a good sleep in this morning. It felt so good after so many early mornings this last week. After a good breakfast and a strong cup of coffee and a few snuggles with Bender and Rico, I headed off to a local Quilt store to pick up the quilts I had one of the workers there bind for me.

While I was there I picked up a couple half yards of Australian Aboriginal prints to line the two Frankenbags I’ll make from the trimmings from my living room quilt.

Those will be some bold linings! I’m a firm believer that the lining of a bag is no place to scrimp! If. you look a the very bottom right of that bag body, you’ll see both of those fabrics.

I played pickleball after the fabric store and I had a blast! I played really well… I was aggressive and agile and played really hard. Several people commented on how well I was playing. I won nearly every game this afternoon. I was a sweaty mess when I was done.

When I got home I pulled out the quilts I had picked up to take a gander. And I have to say, I’m really happy with the job she did. They are finished beautifully!

It was especially wonderful to see this quilt done because it gave me such fits when I was sewing the top together.

I like that little big of orange and pink binding on that field of back and white.

I’m happy to see the whole picture on this one and am so glad it’s all done!

I really love that backing. It’s so cheerful.

Here are the other four quilts.

On this one the binding is the same as the baking fabric.

Same with this one. The purple binding is also on the back.

Mmmmm. I love all that orange.

This purple and red one was the one my friend and I made a couple summers ago when she was visiting. It’s about time this is done.

So much red.

And the last one is the one that I’ve had sitting around the longest. I really love this little quilt.

It poured all day again today. We’ve gotten close to two more inches of rain this weekend. Luckily, it cleared up after dinner tonight and I was able to get my boys and myself out for a nice walk. It was still really wet out there even though no rain was falling.

Busy week of work coming up. And when I’m able to I’ll be playing pickleball. It really helps me deal with the stress of work. It’s so good for me.

16 Replies to “Five Quilts Bound and Two Half Yards”

  1. Greetings from sleepy Chilton Polden.

    Those quilts are a feast for the eyes and it sounds like ( if you’ll pardon the pun ) you’re having an absolute ball playing so well at Pickleball.

    Have a restful day, I look forward to seeing your latest make.

    Take care,

    Lindy

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  3. Hey, not fair! I was expecting to see the quilts laid out somewhere and boy, was I disappointed! Yes, the bindings look great, but….

    Good to hear you are becoming a pickleball champ.

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  6. love all the color , I’ve started binding on my sewing machine , it is hard on my hands to sew by hand . Life is good spring is interesting 🤨

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  10. Ann!! I was at a local quilt show this weekend and someone had made your jumble quilt! And gave you credit and mentioned your blog in her quilt description. I was tickled pink to see all that!

    I also wanted to ask: in your sidebar there is some very nice eye candy, and I LOVE the one where you feature a purple KFC print (brassicas??) in a bunch of red/orange prints and say “this fabric combo!”. What was that purple print?

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    1. Oh wow! So cool on the jumble quilt! I’ve seen a few of them around.

      The fabric you’re asking about is a purple color way of Philip Jacob’s tree fungi. I think that color way is out of print. I haven’t seen it for years. You cans still find other color ways.

      Anne

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  11. Please change my email address to above address. Really enjoy getting your postings and follow your creativity with interest. And I’m learning about Picket ball. I believe there is about to open a group in my town, Gisborne, New Zealand, at least it is being talked about.
    Kind Regards, Judy

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    1. I’m not able to see your email address above. I you replied to an email, it comes through as a comment, not an email. The next email you get from me, scroll all the way down and there’s a link to unsubscribe. you can subscribe your new email easily at http://www.agilejack1.com. there is a box on teh right to enter your email address and click the “follow” button. It works better on a computer rather than a phone. If you send me both email addresses I can add the one and delete the other, but I need the Email addresses.

      You should give pickleball a try. It’s so much fun!

      Anne

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  12. comme d habitude du travail Waouhhhh et des tissus a donner envie de coudre

    toujours aussi productive j aime ce que tu réalises

    adepte du patchwork je couds des plaids que j offre autour de moi ça me fait plaisir de faire plaisir et de voir la joie sur les visages des personnes bises de France

    jojo

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