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Down on the Farm

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Picture of Stasher Cindy's Quilt

“Down On the Farm” Design by Jeanne Lowry, Made by Cindy

The other night I finished piecing this “Down on the Farm” quilt top. It was a block of the month project in 2004 from my favorite “Quilts & Fixins” quilt shop in Jonesboro, Georgia. I’ve had the blocks assembled Read the rest of this entry

2020 Retreat – Like No Other

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Stashing Sisters Quilt Display 2020 Retreat

Stashing Sisters Display of Finished Quilts at the 2020 Retreat

It was a quilting retreat not to be forgotten.  The setting up of tables, ironing boards, and machines had been well rehearsed from past retreats and all went smoothly.  A few stashers came early, others came later in the midnight hours but they came.

Then there was Read the rest of this entry

Awesome Americana

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A couple of years ago, the Stashing Sisters decided to work on a group project.  The theme was “Americana” quilt.  The size and colors were determined and each participating Stasher made 2 sets of blocks to exchange with each other.   This is an exciting  activity Read the rest of this entry

Blue Dragonflies

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Stasher Bridget shares the following about her newest creating:
My 9 year old son has been asking me to make him a quilt.  He saw a picture of a quilt he liked on Pinterest and so I ordered the pattern.  When I got it, I realized it had all these strange borders on it that you couldn’t see in the picture and I felt they detracted from the quilt rather than improved it.  And the instructions were crazy – 13 pages of text making the quilt much harder than it needed to be.  So I took the dragonfly applique template and then made up my own pattern for the rest. I often use Excel to plan out my quilts – basically setting the spreadsheet up like graph paper. Then I can play with colors and sizes on the screen.

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Green and White – Retreat 2017

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The cold wave brought snow to the mountains creating an enchanting drive up to the Stashing Sisters 2017 Quilt Retreat.  The trees and shoulders were powdered with snow and the weepy banks’ drips of pure water were turned into gingerbread like icicles. Read the rest of this entry

1940’s Embroidered U.S. Map Quilt Block

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Stashing Sisters are multi-gifted and skilled.  Kay is one of those Stashers.  She finished the incredible and beautiful embroidered map of the United States started by her mother many years ago.

Kay comments on the 24″ x  36″ piece :

“How I wish I had asked my mother Read the rest of this entry