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Diane: Ajax, Ontario, Canada; I am a happy person with three lovely grown children, a beautiful DIL and two special SIL, five grandsons and three granddaughters. Lucky me!

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Arlene's BB&B Block

I had a lot of fun doing these beetles. All but the prety one on the left are authentic shapes and colours. I just had to make an imag...
Gumpaste Tulip Tutorial

January 22nd 2014 update *** 87,125 visits *** May 22nd 2012 update ** 31,000 visits is now 45,000** I can't believe that thi...
Gumpaste Fuchsia Tutorial - Part 1

Fuchsias are the prettiest flowers I am making these for a competition cake later in June. I'll be taking pi...
Butterfly on Arlene's BB&B Block

This is a step by step, while I was doing it, account of how I made the butterfly on Arlene's BB&B RR block. I began by tracing...
CQ Teacups

I have been teaching crazy quilting at our local quilting store, Art of Fabric, for two years, one class a month, in four monthly sess...
A full cake day

Well, here is the order completed for Sunday. Twenty 4" lemon cakes with lemon curd filling and fondant icing and topped ...
The Gift of Life

Yesterday when I was in the car licence bureau, the clerk in the next wicket asked the customer if she wanted to sign the Organ Donor card....
Shabby Chic sort of!

Completed block I was inspired to create this block after an exciting visit to Value Village. This was back in April. It's now finished ...
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This summer has sped by! Here we know that it is nearly over when our CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is only days away. It ends on La...
Detail 22 of 100 details in 200 days

These are details 22a, 22b and 22c and the finished block. Can't seem to get it to click to the large size. It's on Flickr too, cl...

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Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card - [image: Scrap Fabric Jar Of Hearts Valentine Card] Here’s a fun Valentine project you can make from your fabric scraps! This heart card at Therm O Web bl...
6 hours ago
Sane and Crazy Quilting - Cathy L

Orphan Stella Is Ready For Some Lovin' - Orphan Stella 40 x 60 I finished her a few days ago and took the photo outside when it was a bit warmer. The last few days have not been "venture outsid...
14 hours ago
Crazy By Design - Cathy's

Winter Adventures - Let’s pretend that sewing and quilting are adventurous, OK? That’ll keep me honest for using the plural “adventures” in the title instead of the singular...
3 days ago
My Creative Works - Rose Anne's

Jan 17th Blizzard - Jan 17th This is CRAZY!!! Looks like NO ONE should be moving in this stuff!!! AND three more hours of snow falling!!! Even the dogs are restless, hope...
4 days ago
Allie's in Stitches

Quilt Finishes 2024 - My work in 2024 was exploratory as usual, but also taken up by months of preparation for my new crafty class on Contemporary Stained Glass Quilting Many ...
2 weeks ago
Shawkl - Kathy S

2025 Classes Information - Good Morning! If you don't already know...there will be new classes offered in 2025 through my Patron site: Kathy's Stitching Adventure in 2025. We wil...
4 weeks ago
olderrose - Gerry

Button, button - I get these little rubber buttons from the Lilac Services for the Blind. They’re such a small item, but it's amazing how valuable they have become to ...
8 months ago
Pin Tangle - SharonB

TAST Week 7 - Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 7 Basic TAST This week’s basic stitch is very simple and very useful. I am encouraging people to learn and use Seed stitch als...
11 months ago
Fat-Quarter

Winterstop - Misschien heb je het al gemerkt, maar ik ben even gestopt met bloggen. Niks ernstigs, maar ik heb er even geen tijd en energie voor. Natuurlijk wil ik ju...
1 year ago
Lakeview Stitching

Yoyo Flimsy - I'm not even sure how long this top has been sitting half assembled. Wayyy too long! The problem really was that it was too challenging to keep taking it o...
2 years ago
CrazyQstitcher - Maureen's

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 209- Padded Cross stitch and 210- Closed Fly stitch https://queeniepatch.blogspot.com/p/sunday-stitch-school.html These stitches were so quick an ea...
2 years ago
Measi's Musings

WIPocalypse 2022 Kick-Off! - Hi everyone! It’s a brand new year! Thank you for swinging by and hopefully participating in another rendition of the WIPocalypse. I know that the world of...
3 years ago
Pat Winter Gatherings

2021 Calendar - 2021 calendar
3 years ago
Pigtales and Quilts

Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill - All 50 USA states are represented in this quilt.. Sue and Bill's clothing is from Northcott's state flower fabric line. This was a huge swap between 50 ...
3 years ago
Gipsy Colors

Moldova - Une boîte à crayons de tendance folklorique avec ses couleurs vives. Un motif simple mais délicat pour broder avec décontraction! - Tutoriel complet broder...
4 years ago
artisticfingers

scarf and blanket - Hello everyone, I've been knitting and crocheting a lot for the past couple of months and it's time to go back to embroidery. ...
5 years ago
Andrea's Blog - Under a blue moon

I've Moved! - Please come join me over on my new page: Under a Blue Moon
5 years ago
Arlene's Blog

Crazy Quilted Christmas Tree Skirt Tutorial - Release - It's been too long since I've posted. So much has happened, so I'll make a couple of posts to tell you all about it. My Christmas Tree skirt that I made...
6 years ago
Margreet's Draadjespaleis

A CQ bag with an vintage clasp -
6 years ago
CRAZY QUILTING INTERNATIONAL

- CQI VALENTINES FABRIC POSTCARD SWAP 2018 We invite you all to join our Valentines fabric postcard swap. This is a one-to-one swap, send one postcard, receiv...
7 years ago
contemporary embroidery

adding sequins to a seam - As you are seeing so much of these pieces for 'London 2018' I figured I should speak a little about the process without giving too much away. There's a...
7 years ago
Silk Ribbon Embroidery

HANDMADE GIFT- Embroidered Bookmark - Handmade Gift - Silk Ribbon Embroidered Bookmarks Silk Ribbon Embroidered Bookmarks It has been great working on these and finding scraps of laces an...
7 years ago
Wind from the East

A Review for Hiroko's Book - Isn't this a big review for Hiroko's book? I am so glad her book has got such a big appraisal.
7 years ago
Crazy Quilting For Fun - Susan's

LJ 18th anniversary - #mylivejournal #lj18 #happybirthday
7 years ago
Veikinėjimai

Baigtas, baigtas, baigtas... - Pagaliau! Labai džiaugiuosi pagaliau užbaigusi bent vieną iš pamirštų darbų (ta proga planuoju dar bent porą naujų pradėti, tik tiek, kad juos šiemet ir už...
7 years ago
KERRYKATIECAKES

Muskoka Landscape - finished! - So, here it is... finished! Once again, this was a workshop taught by Kim Beamish. I love her projects- they are such fun stitches. Managed to frame t...
8 years ago
I'm going crazy; you come, too

Contest - I won 3rd place in an extended seam* contest on CQI this month. This was my entry, which has since been made into a notecard and is for sale at Grand Val...
8 years ago
Marie's blog

Merry Christmas To All! - Hello Everyone! Making one of my rare appearances to wish you all a very Merry Christmas ... and a Happy 2016! Hard to believe that so much time has passed...
9 years ago
Plays With Needles - Susan Elliott's

Pine Needling - Last weekend I was away from home stitching with friends in Chincoteague, Virginia. It was a wonderful, relaxing few days away where we stitched all ...
9 years ago
Lori's blog

July 14, 2015. New posting, been a while. Plan on doing TAST with Sharron Bloggon. -
9 years ago
Stitching Like Crazy - Connie's

1900 Sampler - This was another treasure I got at the estate sale this last week. It was made by a Mrs. Harvey Moore when she was a young girl in Holland and given as a g...
9 years ago
Mila's Daydreams

VINCENT AND THE NIGHT -book is now OUT THERE! - Mila is testing out the new book: Vincent and the Night, via Instagram Read more about the book and find a place to buy it. PS, I rarely update this blog,...
9 years ago
Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions Blog

Kathy Shaw's Basic Crazy Quilt Class - In order to try to get back into doing crazy quilting again, I took Kathy's basic class. I really had to push myself to keep up but managed to finally fini...
9 years ago
Nicki Lee's RavioLee Dreams

Almost a year................. - It's getting close to 1 year that I lost my both my fathers. For some reason only known to my heart, I just haven't been able to post any new blog pos...
9 years ago
Sadies Silken Threads

Trying to get back in the Groove! - I have taken an extended break from blog land and crazy quilting. I decided that since I woukd be home this winter and not working to get back at it! My ...
10 years ago
DON'T call me CRAFTY

Wow, here again - Hello all, 2 posts within 2 weeks , I'm on a roll. Here's block 2, before and after beads The photo of the girl was a bit faded and pale, after judi...
10 years ago
Pinyon Creek Stitchin'! - Lesley's

Hello Everyone!! - I haven't posted in ages.... finally starting to crawl out of my shell I hope. Smiles. I wanted to share an amazing sculpture that was recently completed...
10 years ago
Quilts N Things - Candace's

Be Prepared Channel: Food Storage - Vacuum Sealing in Canning Jars -
10 years ago
CQJP 2012 Blog

Sandy L., Arkansas, USA -
11 years ago
Leftsox

Finished Quilt Top and New Project Details.... - First I have photos of the finished quilt top for the Flower Garden Quilt A Long....This was suppose to be done over many weeks but since we are getting re...
11 years ago
Manya's

Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine - Pat Winter's wonderful magazine, Crazy Quilt Gatherings has recently come out with the summer issue and I am absolutely thrilled to have several of my craz...
11 years ago
Oz Comfort Quilts - Queensland Flood Relief Quilts

I'm Still Here - Thank you all for your kind words and support. I have received several requests to keep this blog going so I'll continue to show the quilts I finish whic...
11 years ago
Hearts for Christchurch

Oops... - How did these couple of hearts miss their photoshoot? From Redditch in UK and made by Susan Tatlow. Thank you very much for the hearts and for the lovely l...
12 years ago

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