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I finished my alphabet quilt top and now just need to get it quilted. I have also finished this crib quilt top and am ready to baste it for hand quilting. And now for the wicked surprise!  I have a few pics of some of the display quilts Cherrywood has in Colorz Quilt store . If you want to see them all they will be on display until December 19th, so stop by and see them for yourself. This only a taste ,believe me ,there is so much more! Chit chat later, Martha.

I have been quilting my class project from Victoria Findley Wolfe's  and now have the binding put on the front .  I  will be sewing it down tonight.  I decided to try and hand quilt it. If I want to get good at this skill, I must practise. Binding almost there! Hand quilting. My elephant. I started to do a flannel quilt for my bed but have changed my mind for several reasons. Let me show you a block.... These are six inch blocks with three layers each. So when sewing a seam you are sewing thru 6 layers of flannel!  I have sewn together four of them and pressed all seams open. The four patch is heavy, so I cannot even imagine putting batting and backing. The  top blocks are stiff already ,so putting very much quilting will not happen. So no queen size quilt from this pattern for me! I have another crib size quilt on table. I am making it from one charm pack and 1 1/4 yard of background fabric. The pattern is called "Lollipop Tw...