Keepsake Crafts

Gingerbread Church with Rose Windows

December 15, 2005 by Sandy

For many years my boys and I had made gingerbread houses during Christmas time. This year we decided to go bigger. They each had their own house to build and I decided to get really ambitious with mine. I think it required a…

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Quilting

Let It Snow – Debbie Mumm Pattern Wallhanging

November 30, 2005 by Sandy

This goes up every year with the Christmas decorations and gets removed on March 20. No more wishing for snow once spring has arrived! The pattern is from Debbie Mumm’s Seasonal Samplers Autumn and Winter Book 2. Lot’s of fun little projects…

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Blue Toile Quilt

October 10, 2005 by Sandy

I designed this one as a commission for a friend. She wanted a special birthday gift for her daughter. All she knew was she wanted blue toile. I took it from there, using Electric Quilt Design Software to experiment with various layouts. It’s…

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The Biggest Quilt I Ever Made

August 21, 2005 by Sandy

This is the biggest quilt I ever made! Haha, I had to throw this in. When my husband & I put in a patio, we couldn’t do it the simple way. Naturally neither Gary nor I would be satisfied with a simple,…

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Quilting Tutorials

“Rag” Quilt

June 3, 2005 by Sandy

A “rag” quilt made for a wedding gift. My hands hurt just to look at it. All that snipping. Ouch. All the snipping aside, it’s a very simple pattern: Cut 8″ squares of fabric and sandwich them right sides out with 6″ squares…

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Mary Engelbreit Crazy Quilt

May 30, 2005 by Sandy

My Mary Engelbreit quilt. Wow, did I have fun shopping for all these fabrics! Then I used every fancy stitch my machine had to do the embroidery.

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Garden Lattice Flannel Quilt

April 12, 2005 by Sandy

Sometimes I drive myself insane, ya know? I bought these fabrics at a quilt show simply because they were packaged in a lovely bundle of fat quarters and I adored the combination of colors. I also bought the pattern because the people…

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Grandma’s Hankies Crazy Quilt

March 18, 2005 by Sandy

This project came out far nicer than I expected. I had Cindy Brick’s Hanky-Panky Crazy Quilts and a pile of my grandmother’s handkerchiefs, none of which seemed overly special. However, after following Cindy’s excellent directions and adding a few special touches, I was…

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Batik Sampler Quilt

February 8, 2005 by Sandy

Of all the quilts I’ve made, this is one of my favorites. Keepsake Quilts is a store that sends out a wonderful catalog every so often (you can find them here) and this quilt was featured on one of their covers. They…

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Christmas Block Raffle Quilt

January 15, 2005 by Sandy

I won the blocks for this Christmas quilt at a guild raffle. Everybody who wanted to participate made a block, and then we drew names for the winners. Everyone also had to contribute a fabric square that matched their center square, so…

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Gingerbread Church with Rose Windows

Let It Snow – Debbie Mumm Pattern Wallhanging

Blue Toile Quilt

The Biggest Quilt I Ever Made

“Rag” Quilt

Mary Engelbreit Crazy Quilt

Garden Lattice Flannel Quilt

Grandma’s Hankies Crazy Quilt

Batik Sampler Quilt

Christmas Block Raffle Quilt