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  I received my thread order from Superior Threads and was happy with some new colors.  I'll be using them to complete my Avenue of the Giants quilt. I'm especially happy with the new varigated Fantastico colors.  (By the way Superior has honored me on their...

I've been working on another forest scene - it's at the quilting stage.  I used a plain black backing fabric and have changed the bobbin thread some...not as much as on top, but you can see that the design shows up pretty well.Lots more to...

I've been majoring on Superior Threads for some time.  When quilting a piece, I make do with what's on hand, but a couple of times a year I need to restock the quilt rack. So I pulled out the cards from Superior to compare and...

Birthdays come and go...for mine this year we went for a walk on Dry Lagoon Beach.  It's one of my favorite things to do. Here are a couple of shots from the beach.     Then we had dinner at Trinidad Bay - here's the...

As always, thread is a major factor in my landscape quilts. This scene had bright lacy looking leaves, so I decided to add thread to the top before I added batting and quilted. Here is the effect before the quilting. I used two different Rainbow...

For a patio for my quilt, I decided to paint the squares instead of piecing them So first I found a fabric that sort of had a similar color and a bit of texture. I drew my lines onto the paper side of freezer paper...and...