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I'd like to tell you a story... This is a story a

I'd like to tell you a story...

This is a story about a quilter and a longarm quilter.

The quilter I heard about during the pandemic; although she wasn't a quilter yet. She wasn't really a sewist either. She helped a group of quilters and sewists who got together and used their gifts, talents and abilities to make over 4000 masks during the pandemic. She cut fabric and helped to deliver the cut fabric to those who sewed them together.

Once we were able to meet in person she was encouraged to try her hand at sewing. She made lap quilts for those who were sick and recovering from sickness. These were just large squares cut and sewn together in similar style as this Spider-Man quilt. Not fancy, but a blessing nonetheless.

This quilter started making bags and other things...she just found a love of sewing, belonging to this group of caring and giving women, and is just the sweetest lady!

This Spider-Man quilt is for her grandson who is moving into a big bed since her baby sister arrived. He's going to love it!

The squares on this quilt aren't all the same size. The corners don't always match up. There are puckers and folds and the pieced backing was the same.

But that isn't the point of this quilt!!!! The point is a little boy has a Spider-Man quilt that his grandmother made for him!!!

I worked just as hard on this quilt as on any other in my queue. As a matter of fact, I may have worked harder as I had my first bobbin thread mishap and had to rip out a 3 foot section.

I used all the tools of the trade and my experience to fix this area: seam ripper, hemostats, scissors, water sprayer, hair dryer, toothbrush, lint roller, and prayer!!
It turned out so good!!

The moral of this story is: make the quilt, with all of its imperfections. This is the beginning of Suanne's quilt making journey. Don't compare your now to others who may have been doing this for years... just do it!

I'm so happy for Suanne and her grandson and thankful I got to play a small part in her quilt story!

This weekend we hosted a baby shower for our 9th g

This weekend we hosted a baby shower for our 9th grand baby. It will be the first for any of our sons. It's also the first time I've made a quilt before they were born! The last picture is of me on the morning of the shower finishing it before getting dressed for the party!

I had some great help this weekend as my twin daughters @julzua004 & @blugtargrl03 helped me get the house and decorations fixed up. My honey @dadgoneonatrail made sure the outside was looking good and was my Johnny on the spot for anything else I needed.

We were happy to host my daughter- in-law's @devlynn73 family and friends as well as my son Luke's friend. We were surprised by Luke's Aunt who came from Tennessee and sad to miss his other Aunt who had to be with her husband because of a health emergency.

Grandkids, family, friends and celebration as well as gardening, pool time, barbecuing and hanging out together. It's nice to just be in the moment and enjoying our little corner of the world!

Leanna...we await your arrival!

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This t-shirt quilt came to me as my first local qu

This t-shirt quilt came to me as my first local quilt from Jacksonville. We've been here for almost 2 years. Since my husband works where we used to live he picks up my quilt tops and brings them to me and he delivers them to my customers all quilted up!

T-shirt quilts are great as you get a glimpse into the person who wore the shirts. We chose diagonal plaid as the pantograph choice and it totally looks like a baseball diamond on this baseball t-shirt quilt! WIN!

Fun fact about this quilt: my neighbor and his son had their names on this quilt!

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I made Dutch baby pancakes for my husband this mor

I made Dutch baby pancakes for my husband this morning. His birthday is on Tuesday and I won't be able to be with him. He's as special as these pancakes are to me. ❤

When I was a kid living in Palm Springs, California, my mother would take me to Elmer's Pancake House where I would order these special pancakes. They puff up beyond the pan and are so tasty with lemon, powdered sugar, and butter. That's also how I've eaten my French toast my entire life so eating Dutch babies this way seems "right" to me.
As a way to incorporate my mother this weekend I thought it would be a nice way to also honor my husband.

I used a recipe from @butteredsideupblog if you're curious about this sourdough Dutch baby pancake recipe.

Bon appetit!

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This beautiful Hidden Gems quilt was made by my ne

This beautiful Hidden Gems quilt was made by my new piecing friend, Cathy.

Can we talk about community for a minute?

In 2019 I joined the Longarm League... even before I got my longarm, just to be ready! I found a wonderful community of longarm quilters there and a wealth of knowledge!

I joined a group of quilters who did charity work while they fellowshipped and quilted.

I also joined 2 quilting guilds and went to my first guild meeting in my new town last week.

It's so nice to be able to connect with people where you share such a love for sewing and quilting. It makes fast friends, that's for sure!

Back to my quilting friend Cathy, she was new to town, but quilting helped her to connect to two new quilting guilds and friends! I love that quilting can do that!

Find your tribe!

Cathy's quilt was made with these beautiful Kansas Troubles fabrics. I love the deep jewel tones! Not only did she have them on the front, she had some blocks made from Golden's Journal and she put them on her backing!

Since this quilt was going to be a wedding gift we decided on "Heart Fancy" for the pantograph. And to show it off we chose Quilter's Dream wool batting...it always gives such a wonderful texture.

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Tools! I'm all about good tools that help you do

Tools!

I'm all about good tools that help you do your job better. Whether that's in the kitchen, the garden, or the sewing room, give me all the gadgets that make my life better!

I recently saw that Baby Lock had a quilt binding foot (BLSA-QBF). I have a Baby Lock Ellisimo Gold II that I got in 2015. It was the floor model and it had nearly every attachment and upgrade so I haven't purchased many extra things for her. This foot is AWESOME!

A few things to know about me is that I have a condition called Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. It causes my right arm to be weak and it has drawn up my elbow so I can't straighten it. Hand binding a quilt is just not something I can do. So, machine binding it is, then!

As a recovering perfectionist 😜, this foot helps me to not stress about how the stitching on the binding will look because it's going to look GREAT even if the lack of strength in my right arm isn't the best!

Tip number 2: Glue baste that binding down and you've got a match made in heaven!

Ok...on with your day! I just had to share!

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I finally finished my Legacy Quilt! (Well, all but

I finally finished my Legacy Quilt! (Well, all but the binding, anyway!)

This one is a personal quilt to go in my quilt cabinet and to be used by whoever needs to cover up while they are visitors in our home. If you come visit me, at least you'll be warm!

This took me a little less than a year to get this one finished. What a year this has been!

Quilt Pattern: Legacy Quilt by Bonnie & Camille
Quilting Pattern: Feathered Spirals by Jess Zeigler of Threaded Quilting and The Longarm League
Fabric: Shine On by Bonnie & Camille for Moda
Batting: Quilter's Dream Wool
Thread: Glide in White by HabnDash
Machine: APQS Millennium
Computer: Intelliquilter
All the things: Jesus through John Rains

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This week my husband and I drove to Phoenix. Quilt

This week my husband and I drove to Phoenix. QuiltCon was happening and I had planned to go at least 1 day.

My sister lives in the Phoenix area and we had also planned a visit with her family and to pick up some family heirlooms and antiques that won't fit in their new house.

Our new transmission started leaking on the way, a good day and a half into the trip that added an extra day in order to get that checked out.

Google maps added on a 3 hour detour.
So Many Things

But...

I got to visit with my sister and we worked on her new Featherweight and the one she was giving me that belonged to our Nana.

We went shopping for fabric and thread on our mother's birthday - which was the perfect way to honor her.

My husband and I saw the beautiful, vast and varied countryside while we spent time together.

My sister's oldest son was visiting too so I got to hang out with him!

We picked up my Nana's Martha Washington sewing cabinet and Featherweight 221k. A child's Singer sewing machine that was ours while growing up. A portable sewing box that my mother bought for my sister. A slew of old sewing items that belonged to generations of sewists in the family. And sew much more!

God protected us while the transmission acted up and semi truck tire treads busted our front bumper. So many helpful people along the way! (Thanks to my sister's husband for zip tying the bumper to the van and for packing the van so expertly!)

It didn't exactly turn out like we had planned, but it was a wonderful time just the same!

The texture! Oh the quilty texture! ❤ (Thanks to

The texture! Oh the quilty texture! ❤
(Thanks to the Quilter's Dream wool batting!)

This quilt is my husband's Christmas present. 🌲 (Don't judge! 😄) It still lacks the binding but I had to use my binding fabric for the back!! So there's a yard of fabric coming! I sure hope the binding calculator is right!! 😬 🙏

I've made this Harvest Road panel as a quilt for my husband before. But it's more like a throw and he wanted a quilt to fit on a queen size bed. Thankfully I have EQ8 @theelectricquiltcompany! I was able to add borders and half square triangles and let EQ8 do the math for me! I'm not so good with the quilty maths...anyone with me? 🙋🏼‍♀️

I would include more pictures but IG was being weird today and would trade out pictures. After 3 tries to post... this is what you get! 🤣 Enjoy!

Panel and fabric - Harvest Road by @lellaboutique for @moda

Quilting pantograph - Autumn Oaks by @willowleafstudio

Made by me with the help of EQ8 for my very best friend @dadgoneonatrail

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This is one of my creations. It took me a year to

This is one of my creations. It took me a year to finish it!

Today, after nearly 5 years of doctor visits, x-rays, MRIs, CTs, nerve conduction studies, physical therapy, occupational therapy, trigger point injections, joint injections, multiple specialists and other tests I finally have a diagnosis of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. There's still my elbow contracture issue which needs an MRI and a trip to the oncologist, but at least we're moving forward!

This quilt was 100% cut on my Accuquilt. With my right arm weakness this has been one of the best tools in my sewing room! I have the 12" Qube and the Companion Set and I used the #11 and #12 dies for the flower blocks and the 3.5" and 6.5" strip dies for the borders. I used the 2.5" strip die for the binding.

I'd better get to finishing the quilts I can while I can! I have my oldest grandson to make a quilt for and there's a new grand baby on the way!

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My quilty friend Gail sent me this T-shirt quilt.

My quilty friend Gail sent me this T-shirt quilt. It was a project that she and her granddaughter worked on together. It was filled with shirts from her camping years at WinShape Camps. What a special project!!

I loved how the arrowfull pantograph pulled together the Native American theme and gave the quilt so much texture!

The quilt was large and backed with the most fluffy minky I've ever seen! It is like a weighted blanket...but fluffy! (I still have minky fibers all over my house!!) My @apqsquilting Millennium sewed through it like a champ!

Sometimes I feel so blessed that I get to have a part in making such beautiful things come together!

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Last year I added Winnie the Pooh and Piglet onto

Last year I added Winnie the Pooh and Piglet onto the back of @batuu_brev 's jean jacket. Ever since then, I wanted to do that for me...but...I didn't have a jean jacket! 🤪 (You can look way back in my feed to see it. It was made with a vintage curtain.)

One Sunday @dadgoneonatrail and I went shopping after church, and what do you know...jean jackets! On sale!

I have a quilting retreat to go to in October, so I have been trying to figure out what I would put on my jacket when all of a sudden it hit me...there was inspiration right in my sewing room! My great great grandmother's quilt!

I've never put together a lone star block but knew I could cut the diamonds on my @accuquilt strip dies. And so I did! (Super easy!!)

(I've only attached it with Wonder Under fusible but will zig zag the edges with my 1964 lavender Lady Kenmore...it can sew through anything!)

I'm pleased!

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I love how customers find me! They heard it throug

I love how customers find me! They heard it through the grapevine, or saw my work on Facebook or Instagram. So many different ways! I love a good quilty friend story!

This quilt came to me through another quilty friend, Denise @denisefortson. Just so happens that my husband works in the same building as her husband. Denise's husband brings her finished quilt top to work and the ladies at the front desk hold that for my husband to pick up. Once I'm done it goes back to the ladies at the front desk and her husband brings it back home to Denise. Perfect set up! (Thanks quilt husbands!)

Little did I know at the time that one of the front desk ladies was a quilter. Ruby (not on Instagram) had been watching Denise's beautiful quilts go from just being a top to being quilted. After a few of them went by, she contacted me on my website (www.sewgladtoseeyou.com) and arranged for a quilt pickup of her own! This quilt top she's had for about 12 to 15 years! Glad to get it out of the WIP pile and get it closer to finished!

Swipe through and see all of the quilty goodness on this Batik quilt! Oh! As a bonus...I like to rock out while quilting sometimes! 😜 Enjoy the video!

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What a great Hunter's Star Quilt!! My quilty fri

What a great Hunter's Star Quilt!!

My quilty friend Gail made this quilt for her grandson. His name is Hunter...how perfect!!

Gail usually tells me she trusts me to make the right pantograph choice. I fretted over the right quilt design for days. Seriously! I always want to help the quilt shine a little brighter with the quilting I add to it! And I think the pantograph, Keryn's Chevron, did just that! Whew!!

I have THE best resource for helping me choose a good pantograph...The Longarm League! Asking other talented and experienced longarm quilters can really help when you're torn between designs. If you are a longarm quilter there's a link in my bio you can follow to read up on this wonderful resource. Maybe you might join our team!

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I LOVE vintage quilts!! I also love a vintage qui

I LOVE vintage quilts!!

I also love a vintage quilt with a good story and some great fabrics!

This quilt has BOTH!!

My quilty friend @denisefortson
sent this quilt to me for her daughter Sarah Kate @skmw13.

Mama Alma was Sarah Kate's great grandmother and she made this 9 patch out of her old aprons, house dresses and scraps from kids clothes. Sarah Kate's grandmother, Sarah Nell, passed this along to her and now it's almost the most wonderful family heirloom quilt for Sarah Kate to enjoy and pass it down to future generations! It just needs binding and a good quilt label!!

I couldn't get enough of the great fabrics in this quilt!! The Raggedy Ann and Andy with the needle, thread and scissors (swipe through!!), the button fabric, the cosmic looking print. Its always so fun (for me) to look at vintage fabric!!

Thank you Denise and Sarah Kate for trusting me with such a special quilt project!! I'm always so honored! ❤

We used Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting by @hobbsbatting , Glide thread in white by @habanddash , used the Peak Blooms pantograph by Jess @threadedquilting through the @longarmleague and did it all on my @apqsquilting Millennium with my fabulous Intelliquilter!

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My quilty friend Denise @denisefortson sent me thi

My quilty friend Denise @denisefortson sent me this beautiful, wonderfully colored, king size quilt last month. Lots of life happening put this quilt further back than the original time frame. I'm so thankful for patient piecers when life catches up with you like that!! ❤

This quilt was one of the largest quilts ever at 109" x 109"! The backing reached the ends of my leaders at 123"! (It's a good thing I replaced them a couple of months ago!!) This quilt is going to look gorgeous on her king size bed!!

We chose Glide thread in Navy for the top and Glide's Rust in the bobbin. We used Quilter's Dream 80/20 for the batting. The pantograph is Dave's Sunflower by Dave Hudson that I purchased on Urban Elementz. It went perfectly with the backing of sunflowers and gave some great curves and texture to the quilt!

Great job Denise!! Thanks for letting me have a small part in this quilt's story! I seriously love that!!

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I came home from my son-in-law's celebration of li

I came home from my son-in-law's celebration of life service and found myself going to my sewing room. It's my happy place, but also a place that reminds me that life goes on after we've gone from this life to eternity. There are reminders here that the women before me have sewn and left their traces on my life and I hope to do the same.

My son-in-law was just 36. Some of us get longer to leave traces than others. It pains me greatly that he didn't get to do that for a long time. One thing I learned after my mother passed in 2012 was, life DOES go on. It's what we do with the time we have that makes a difference.

Chris used his 2 year battle with cancer to tell the nurses and patients near him about Jesus. He told them about his bus babies and told them about his 3 babies that he was fighting to live for. I'll miss his laughter, hugs, country ways and his willingness to be there for you if you needed anything.

What does any of this have to do with the fabric pieces in these pictures? Well, the quilt I'm making is called the Legacy Quilt by Bonnie & Camille. I hope that I can carry on a legacy of another generation of sewing and maybe, just maybe I can get a few of my grandchildren to learn how to sew so they can do the same.

I used Bonnie & Camille's Shine On fabric by Moda for the main pieces and a wonderful tone on tone white paisley fabric I bought about 4 years ago at JoAnn's. It was a 108" print I got on sale and it's been included as a white background for a few quilts now.

Being in my sewing room is good for me right now. I have 3 quilts to go on the longarm for customers, but I needed to finish cutting this one out for me. I've got a daughter and 3 grandkids that I've been helping for a few weeks and will continue to help, but a little me time was needed.

Thanks for letting me ramble. ❤

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Current project! Now that the grandkids are back

Current project!

Now that the grandkids are back home, I can get to work!

I have to remove buttons and embellishments before starting. It seems like you may want to add them before quilting, but on a computerized edge 2 edge design it just won't work. So, a little extra work will go into this to make it safe to quilt. I do not want to tear up this special quilt or my machine!

I also have to prepare the backing for this before quilting. Longarm quilters need 4" extra on each side of the quilt. That's 8" needed on the width and 8" on the length too. This assures that the longarm has the room needed to hold the project and be able to quilt off the edges. I can make the quilt top straight, but sometimes the backings can be a challenge and will shift...especially on larger quilts with wide backings. The computer can make sure everything lines up on the top even if the back shifts!

Also, my personal Facebook account was hacked and now I can't get into my personal and my business account. Grrr
Edited to add: I got it back up and running!!

All but the binding!! I'm so happy to have my Cele

All but the binding!! I'm so happy to have my Celebration Cake finished!!

This will get the honor of being the first quilt to go into the quilt cabinet!

Woo hoo!! Feels so good! First finish of 2021!

Various fabrics from Sunday Best Quiltworks in Ellerslie, GA and backing from Missouri Star Quilt Co. Batting from Hobbs and Glide thread by HabnDash. Pantograph by Leisha Farnsworth. Quilt pattern by Aqua Paisley Studios.

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My next project is in the pre cut stage! I plan on

My next project is in the pre cut stage! I plan on making the Legacy Quilt from The Bonnie & Camille Quilt Bee book! Thanks @bonniecottonway & @thimbleblossoms for such an awesome pattern book with sweet little stories and beautifully colored fabrics. Those fabrics seriously make me smile!

Since the Celebration Cake quilt by @aqua_paisley is on my longarm and my next quilts haven't come in yet, I thought this time was as good as any to get things started for the next quilt to go into my beautiful quilt cabinet (look back at my feed to see this beautiful cabinet if you missed it)!

I chose the Shine On collection by Bonnie & Camille for @modafabrics and will use the Mums fabric in navy for the back and the awesome navy and white stripes for the binding. And who doesn't love a striped binding?? ❤ I picked up the yardage from the Etsy shop of @handmadeisheartmade (sale!).

My trusty @accuquilt will be helping me cut all of these pieces out! I couldn't make quilts without this fabulous tool in my arsenal! You can check out the link in my bio for more info.

Have I told you the story of how I got my Accuquilt? I was on a trip to South Korea to visit my husband @dadgoneonatrail, and while on the train to find a quilt shop I mention how helpful this would be for me to cut quilt pieces since my right arm doesn't work like it should. And as I'm showing him online - on my phone - on a train - in South Korea - he says, why don't you go ahead and order it?! And so I did! The Accuquilt and I have been great friends ever since!

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