My pillow for the PTS9 (Pillow Talk Swap) is finally finished and out the door today to its recipient. I title it “Edgar the Poe Pillow”. I have liked the sort of freaky works of Poe since I was a little girl. I enjoy the traditional dresden mixed up a bit. I especially love hand [...]
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I did it. Joined round 9 of The Pillow Talk {Swap} I was creatively stumped for a bit. …While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,… I decided to do a Dresden Block but mix it up a bit. This is what I have so far. …Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad [...]
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I have been hanging onto a stack of these Dresden blocks. I bought them at a vintage goods store. All are made from 1930′s/1940′s fabrics. Originals, not reproductions. Someone lovingly cut and pieced them together…unplugged. I think they were assembled incorrectly because I can’t seem to turn the edges evenly to applique {I think I [...]
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I bought a bag of Dresden quilt blocks several years ago at an estate sale. They are pieced with fabrics from the 1930s and 40s…I think. None of them have the center circle applique yet and they are the pointy blade kind not the rounded flowery kind. Some of the blocks look to have water [...]
