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STEAM ENGINE WHISTLE STOP TOUR

TAKE A GANDER I hope you have been enjoying the Whistle Stop Tour this week with my fellow Certified Instructors along with Deb Tucker and Studio 180 Design team. I know I have. Let me introduce myself in case you are new to my blog.  I'm Gail Renna of Quilt Haven Threads.  I have been… Continue reading STEAM ENGINE WHISTLE STOP TOUR

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Threads, Threads, and More Threads…

so many how do you decide what thread to quilt a project with?  Do you just always use such and such?  I recently saw on a FB post someone questioning why a particular thread was so good, was it worth the cost. . .  then the opinions flew "I only use X, I only use… Continue reading Threads, Threads, and More Threads…

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Where am I Running to?

I have been super busy this year.  Donna Morrell and I vended for Studio 180 Design at three quilt shows (Port St. Lucie, the Villages, and the AQS show in Daytona), and  Rick (my husband) and I vended in Panama City.  Then Donna and I were off to North Caroling for CI Training with Deb… Continue reading Where am I Running to?

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Quilting Trade Winds

This was such a fun project to quilt.  With the LeMoyne Stars, V-blocks, and Square there was such a diversity of areas to be quilted it was just fun.  My previous blog (and yes it has been a while, but life gets in the way sometimes), showed the piecing of "Trade Winds", and here I… Continue reading Quilting Trade Winds

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Trade Winds

What a stunning wall hanging Deb Tucker's "Trade Winds" pattern makes. I used richly colored batiks, and the Studio 180 tools to put this together.  The Rapid Fire LeMoyne Star ruler creates stars with all your those perfect points. The 4 inch and 6 inch were used in this quilt. To make the border I… Continue reading Trade Winds

batiks · corner beam · Deb Tucker · dyi · picket fences · Quilt · quilting · quilts · Studio 180 Design · Wing Clipper

Signs of Autumn

  I couldn't wait to make "Signs of Autumn" Table Runner made with www.studio180design.net Wing Clipper I and Corner Beam tools.  I loved the fabrics, the colors were just falling out of my stash.  There were the blues, the oranges, the purples...  I found the border at after I made the center, and it was perfect incorporating all… Continue reading Signs of Autumn