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Just finished this Patriots quilt.  Hope it brings good luck!!!!!

Go Pats!!!!!

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Have you ever made a quilt to go off to college with a loved one? I bet many of you have. It's definitely on unique gift and a special reminder of home that can get many a college student through the homesick blues!

I had the pleasure of making such a quilt for my daughter. I made our very own pattern, Brick Jungle, and changed the color scheme from the soothing earthtone batiks shown in the pattern, to vibrant, bold, colorful hand dyed fabrics. The bright color scheme really matches the energy of my daughter, and she loves it! It's even won a special place on her bed with her coveted "Scooby Doo"!

I made a label with a special message just for her, so now, whenever she gets the least bit homesick, she has a wonderful quilt to cuddle and it reminds her of her mom and home. Give it a try and see how far your quilt can travel-this one lives in Philadelphia now!

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ANNOUNCING THE WINNER TO OUR BLOG HOP PARTY!!

THE WINNER IS.........Lori Morton!!   CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated! This was our first, but won't be our last, Blog Hop Party. It was great hearing from so many quilters, and we hope you'll follow along with us as we switch to a new blog format in the coming weeks.

Happy Quilting!

Mary Ann & Dora

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We are participating in the Quilter's Blog Hop Party at The Quilting Gallery.

This is our first Blog Hop Party … let’s have some FUN!

Here's what you can win:

8 gorgeous batik fat quarters and one of our brand new quilt patterns, 'Batik Jungle'.

Just leave one comment, including your email address,  telling us what season inspires you to quilt most. That's it!! Hope you'll continue to follow our blog as we post entries about quilts and quilt related info.

The contest is open from Sun. Aug. 26th until Mon. Sept. 3rd.  Winner will be chosen at random on Tues. Sept. 4th.; one entry per person.

Keep the fun going-click here to get back to the Blog Hop Party and see what else you can enter to win!

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My 'Neutral Fusion' challenge quilt was definitely a challenge. If you'd like the details on the rules of the challenge, read Dora's blog "Neutral Fusion Challenge" on 5/26 below.  I decided to ignore the pieced blocks and do an intricate design over the whole section inside the 1” border.

Not knowing where to start, I found some paper that was the exact size of the middle portion of the quilt and just started drawing. I made quite a mess, erasing so much that I needed to buy myself some new erasers-the pencil erasers just weren’t big enough.  It was really good to work designs out on paper first, though.  I was able to try lots of different things in different sections until I found the one that I liked, and then that is what I went with.

For quite a while now, I have wanted to really quilt the heck out of a quilt, so this was a perfect time to do it.  The quilt was not too big, and it had to be quilted with neutral thread, matching the quilt top, helping to hide any mistakes.  But, of course, I didn’t make any mistakes at all….haha!

I really enjoyed doing this challenge and am excited to see what Diana Annis has in store for the next one for MQX East!

Mary Ann

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