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A New Toy!

I have a new toy coming to my home real soon:

A woman local to me had her Handiquilter 16 for sale as she had already upgraded to a newer version, and while it wasn’t really in the plans right now, the price was right, we had the money, so we went for it!

I will get the machine on August 1, and then I get to play. I have picked up a few orphan tops from a woman that was cleaning out her quilt room, which I will use for practice. I think this will definitely help me get past the piecing stage to the completed quilt stage.

Happy Quilting,
Rachel

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Dear Jane Blocks M-11 and M-1

My first pair of Dear Jane blocks was made on June 19, 2010. This is block M-11.

This was not an overly hard blocks, but lining everything up just right did come with its own set of challenges! I can already tell that I will learn a lot by making these fussy little blocks. This one was paper pieced using the software and the instructions found on ‘That Quilt’.

My second pair of blocks was finished on June 27, 2010. This is block M-1.

This block was actually fairly easy. The toughest part was lining up the little triangle so they were centered right on one of the nine patch squares. This was paper pieced again using the software and the instructions found on ‘That Quilt’. As you can tell I had some issues with the one on the left, I completely forgot to change the color of the corner 9 patch blocks!! Oh well, I am going to leave it for now and if I feel like changing it once all my blocks are done, I may. Somehow I doubt that I will though.

Happy Quilting!
Rachel