Renewed Spirits thru Quilting!

Jul 24, 2003 3 Replies

Been in the mini-doldrums recently. All Fair projects finished; Mom in the hospital; plenty of books and fabric but nothing was 'singing' to me! I visited the Quilted Moose in Gretna NE (outside of Omaha) and they steered me to a pattern from The Buggy Barn

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called Crazy Rays. What a blast! (No connection to either of these entities; just a happy customer.) It's a new concept (to me) using freezer paper. You cut out a very complicated star pattern, switch the fabric pieces and sew them together. There's no seam allowance, but the whole thing is trimmed to size when you are finished. It's just what the doctor ordered! (And, Mom is home from the hospital!)



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Glad your mom better Joan. It is tough to worry and think through a project both. I like to keep mindless stuff around just to keep my hands busy sometimes. SOunds like you found just the right thing. Sounds like something we did at a guild meeting once but I can't remember what they called it. It was one of those classes where finished quilts come back though and that is always a winner. Taria

Joan8904 wrote:

Both these are wonderful news, hugs to mom and hooray for finding your muse again! Please let us see pics when its done? Diana

Joan, Isn't the Quilted Moose just the greatest shop? I just love it. My sister and I are taking a hand applique class there in Aug. I'm sure it won't be the last class taken there either. Last time I was in the store I dropped $100 and my sister dropped over $200. Not to mention the $40 we both spent on the class fees. But the money was well spent. We got a lot of real great kits. I just love it when you can buy everything you need for a quilt that is displayed in a shop in one convenient kit. Think this is my favorite shop in our area. Happy Stitching. Carol

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