Saturday is always sew day!

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I have spent some of my day working on my grandma's flower garden quilt. I am loving hand piecing this one! I started this quilt by using the traditional paper piecing method. Then I went to the dallas quilt show and discovered stamps by Kate. She has all kinds of stamps for traditional quilts including hexagons and diamonds. I am switching to the stamps, much faster and easier in my humble opinion! I have spent some of this afternoon taking out the paper pieces of the blocks I have completed. I guess kind of reverse sewing :-). I have about 13 more I have to put the row of white hexagons around and I have about 7 blocks totally completed. I am hoping to have 25 (if not more) completed by the end of the year.
Any day sewing is a good day for me!
Jan

Fabulous Friday Obsession

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I love trying out new notions or tools for quilting. I have a new applique needle that I just love. It is strong-really doesn't bend and is very sharp.
It is the Tulip applique needles. These are made in japan. The eye is small on these needles but I have not had a problem threading when using my silk thread.
I also use my clover threader on these and have no problems. These needles really slide through fabric like butter. I am going to start a batik applique quilt in July. I have heard that batiks are difficult to hand applique but I do not think it will be an issue with these needles. Thanks to my quilting sister Karen for letting me know about these. I ordered them from Karen Kay Buckley's website which is
www.karenkaybuckley.com . If you give these a try let me know what you think of them. I hope you have lots of time to sew this weekend!

Hello World!!

Hello everyone
My name is Jan and I am an obsessed quilter. I am completely addicted to my hobby and especially Block of the Months! I love going to the mailbox and finding anything quilting related in there it just makes my day. I would love it if I had enough money to ensure something quilting related came every day of the month. I am also a gadget/notion addict. Yes I have quilting apps on my I phone. I will post pictures of projects I am working on. I am hoping to get through several of my UFO's (Unfinished projects) this year. Attached is a pic of an applique block i finished today for a quilt I started in 2004. As I said lots of UFO's. Would love to hear from you and what you are working on!
Have a blessed day,
Jan