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 I went to Hawaii May, 2016 with my friend Barbara McNeil.  It was only Friday through Monday, but we had a wonderful time.  I went snorkeling.  We saw the Hawaiian Temple, and the D-Day Harbor.   They offered a class in quilting and so I signed up to attend.  They gave the class an applique to attach to the white fabric.  The applique is hand sewn on to the fabric and then I hand quilted the 3 pieces together.  I just finished it in April, 2026.   I didn't work on it too frequently.  My son's partner bought me a book on Hawaiian quilting and it stated that each applique is unique to the family that creates a quilt and that they hand quilt with waves on the fabric to represent the ocean. I had fabric similar to the applique and so I put piping on it.
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 Finished two quilts for children with pillows to match.  The fabric shows a town with streets and railroad crossings.  This is a fun quilt for a child to play with if they want to play with their cars or trucks on the quilt.   Finished 4.29.2026
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RAG QUILTS Rag Quilts are a fun and easy way to make a quilt.  There is no formal quilting to be done.  You cut the squares with three layers and make an X to hold the pieces together.   Jauary 2024 - First rag quilt was made with flannel for all three layers. March 2026 -     I machine embroidered sea life animals to make it more fun.  The back of the quilt is sea turtles swimming in the ocean.  
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TOTES I made these 3 totes.  I love the pockets on the front of the bag.  When I first tried the butterfly pattern, the set of three pockets is one piece of white fabric.  And so the first embroidery pattern messed up but continued with the other two patterns on the strip of fabric. I then cut out the two good patterns and created a smaller tote bag.  The tote bag, not pictured, has a lining with butterflies. I gave that bag to a lady at church.  She is always providing service for others. I wanted her to know that I appreciated her.   The blue tote bag I made because I like blue and it had the bicycle.  The bags have a zipper and I use the blue bag constantly now.  It is handy when I am shopping for one or two items and I can just put them in my bag instead of having to use a plastic store bag.   The next two bags were made to use up fabric.  When we moved to Illinois in 2002, the family next door moved in at the same time....
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October, 2024 Made these two quilts.  Downloaded the designs.  This is an applique and embroidered quilt.  I enjoy creating pictures out of material scraps.  Our oldest granddaughter took the blue quilt for her baby son.  
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 Our granddaughter gave birth to a son.  We are thrilled to be great-grandparents.  Here is his welcome to the world quilt. Stitching pattern is elephants.
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Two quilts made for two granddaughters out of their infant clothes.  Looking at these quilts creates a lot of memories for their mom and dad as they remember their daughters wearing the clothes.  A lot of measuring and creating full squares so that a row would be even went into making these quilts.  The backing is butterflies.  
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