Tag Archives: Charity

Stars before Birds……………..

Posted on March 2, 2020 by treadlemusic

Before the “Bird Watching” quilt (previous post), another kit was gotten out of my stash. “Seeing Stars” was a surprise to me, in that I rather enjoyed all the smaller HST (half square triangle) piecing that made up the star-in-star … Continue reading →

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Saturday report: A Friday finish…………

Posted on May 25, 2019 by treadlemusic

The binding is on and a small label is attached. Martha Washington Star quilt is officially a UFO no longer! It’s especially nice that my stash didn’t increase much with leftovers from this kit and I used all but 25” … Continue reading →

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Stepping back a bit…………..

Posted on May 17, 2019 by treadlemusic

To this top (story began in this post)                    . The center portion is quilted. Thought maybe feathers but I didn’t want it so heavily stitched so went with a modified paisley. That’s … Continue reading →

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When tragedy occurs……..

Posted on November 7, 2018 by treadlemusic

Quilters respond! Last weekend, in the small rural Wisconsin town of Lake Hallie, a group of Girl Scouts and moms were picking litter as a community service project when a pick-up truck left the road striking 5 in the group….3 … Continue reading →

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