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Monday, September 6, 2010

Happy Labor Day

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Today we take a break from our labors and say good-bye to summer. Sigh. What are you up to today? Picnicing, quilting, catching-up? I'...
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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Quilts by CoopersQuilts

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Wow, look at the corner blocks in this quilt! Great colors too. Sparkling earth colors. You could add a bunch of selvages to the string qu...
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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Iraqi Bundles of Love (by Oct. 1)

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Quilters are putting together bundles of fabrics and thread to send to our soldiers who will give them to women in Iraq for making quilts a...
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Jacqui's Fancy Stitches

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Jacqui of Treadle Quilts in Canada is saving Kaffe fabrics for an orange peel quilt that she plans to make. In the meantime, she used the ...
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Liberated Wedding Ring Selvage Quilt

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What a wonderful selvage quilt by The Cozy Quilter from Ontario, Canada. She calls it her Liberated Wedding Ring selvage quilt. I think the...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Jana's Selvage Sewing Machine Cover

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Take a look at Jana's new selvage sewing machine cover. What a neat job! Visit her blog called Jana's Patchworkwelt Jana is from ...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

She's a Violinist and a Quilter!

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Linda Hall of Tampa, Florida is a symphony violinist and a quilter. Her new blog is The Quilting Violinist , "Holding life together w...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Michelle's Clothesline Quilt

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Michelle from Florida ( Nostalgic Cafe blog) made this great quilt and do you know what she thinks about it? She says: "meh." Wh...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Have You Visited Nifty Quilts?

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Nifty from Seattle of the Nifty Quilts blog made this stupendous quilt! I love everything about it: the border, the quilting, the webs, th...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Yulia's Braids

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This is Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine. She's iconic in Europe for her braids. They're very pretty, like a golden crow...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Inspiration from Nostalgic Cafe!

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Wowzers! Take a look at all these selvage projects by Michelle from Florida on Nostalgic Cafe ! Numbering them 1-9, top to bottom, left to ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Selvage Quilt for a Bear!

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Edda in Portage, MI has finished her third selvage project, a table topper. This quilt will be wrapped around a stuffed bear at Christmas-t...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Sunrise on Golden Pond

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On Saturday morning I got up at 4:30AM to climb Rattlesnake Mountain in the dark (with my husband Jason and sister Eileen) to watch the sun...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Dump Dinner!

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Meet my sister Eileen Lovett (above). She's the one who made the optical illusion selvage quilt that you saw here yesterday. Eileen is ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Eileen's Optical Illusion Selvage Top

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My sister Eileen Lovett of Rhode Island is having a selvage quilt challenge with her friend Nancy Poor. This is the start of Eileen's q...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Handknitted Christmas Stockings

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These pretty Christmas stockings are 8" long. They are available on Taraluna for $23. I like the colors and designs, especially the b...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Poster Supplies Quilt Inspiration

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I saw this poster by James Rizzi in a store window in New York City recently. I asked the store owner if I could take a photo so I could ma...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Awesome Little Selvage Quilt!

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This beautiful little table topper selvage quilt is the creation of Wendi Irons of Galt, CA. She used a pattern by Schnibbles for inspirati...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Molly is Famous!

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Do you remember Molly? She's the daughter of my dear friend Sandi. I've known Sandi since she was born, 50-odd years ago;) I wrote ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Happy Blogiversary to Nickels!

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Nickels from Nickels Pickels in Germany just made her first selvage projects, the charming little purses above. She's giving them away...
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Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Quilt-making is my passion. I love the creative process. Why "Selvage Quilter?" See my book: "Quilts from the Selvage Edge" published by American Quilter's Society. Be sure to visit my shop: www.Etsy.com/Shop/KarenGriskaQuilts. My husband and I live in the beautiful hills of Litchfield, Connecticut. We have two grown sons and one DIL. We enjoy hiking, kayaking, photography, watching movies, eating pizza, and visiting with family.
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