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Open Window PDF Gift-Away!

2026-04-16T08:36:00.001-04:00

Hello, Quiltvillians!

It's Open Window PDF pattern release and Gift-Away Day!

I know you've been waiting for this one. It's finally time.

I started my journey with Open Window as a way to use up some recycled shirt strings, and I chose string blocks instead of plain half-square triangles to recreate a design I had seen on a tile floor.

Sometimes the tile designs are so simple, you need to *UP* them a bit and that is where string blocks come into play so wonderfully.

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Sorting & Sewing!

2026-04-15T08:47:00.000-04:00

I finished the desk work that needed to be done!

Our Open Window PDF release and gift-away is ready for tomorrow - all that is left to do is get things ready to go live in the Quiltville Store and do some edits on the gift-away blog post.

I can do that today - but needing a screen break, I did something that has needed doing for MONTHS!

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Bitter Bees Over The Porch Rail!

2026-04-14T08:56:00.001-04:00

Take a look at this fabulous group of quilty folk, displaying their creativity all along this porch rail!

The quilts and projects were many - some finishes from the last couple of years of retreats, some made at home and brought to cover beds while sleeping.

(I love walking through the house and seeing the array of beautiful quilts brought to put on the bed - it's a quilt show all its own!)

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All On A Saturday!

2026-04-13T08:41:00.001-04:00

Saturday was our wrap up of our Scrappy Mountain Majesties retreat workshop!

It works so well to break a workshop into hands-on hours in the morning, giving everyone the opportunity to do other things in the afternoons, whether it be going to hit up a quilt shop or two, take a nap, take a walk, relax on the porch -

There is time for everything!

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Last Year's Workshop Finishes!

2026-04-11T09:00:00.001-04:00

We took a moment on the porch with Debbie's Bitter Bees to share the results and finishes from last year's Spanish Rose applique workshop!

I know applique is not for everyone. I, myself, don't do a lot of it though it's not much different than hand stitching down a binding, hanging sleeve or label.

This quilt was designed as a hand stitching workshop for our Mediterranean cruise several years back because we wouldn't have sewing machines available. Handwork it was!

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A Day With Scrappy Mountain Majesties!

2026-04-10T09:00:00.000-04:00

Fun was had by all in our first round of Scrappy Mountain Majesties workshop!

Everyone came with their squares pre-cut to we could get down to sewing up a storm.

I call these workshops during retreat a Land Cruise - which means we are not going to cram it all into one 6-hour session, we're going to give a couple of hours of instruction before lunch and the afternoon is free for everyone to do what they want to do, whether it's take a nap, a walk, work on something else, or head to town to visit a quilt shop for more fabric.

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