Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks: V. 15 Blog Tour
Welcome to Stash Bandit, online home of Diane Harris. I was a Quiltmaker editor for 11 years (one of the best jobs ever); now I’m giving energetic trunk shows and inspiring classes to quilt groups. My ideas and how-tos live here on Stash Bandit. I’m glad you’ve chosen to visit during the 100 Blocks Blog Tour.
More than a decade ago, I started making a simple little block I nicknamed a Baby Windmill. I needed something simple to sew after a long day at work, when I was too tired to make any decisions but still wanted to create. I cut a bunch of patches to 1.5″ x 2.5″ in sets of four matching. They lived in a basket next to my machine, and I’d make a few every night.
Pretty soon they added up. The first thing I tried was selecting blocks in mostly greens and blues and sewing them together.
It turned into a great little crib quilt that my daughter eventually gifted to friends with a new baby boy.
Christmas Dance by Diane Harris. Photo by Kristen Laing Photography.
Not long after that I used a different color recipe to make this Christmas quilt. It’s a free pattern here on Stash Bandit.
Scarlet Spin by Diane Harris; Quiltmaker Jan/Feb 2014. Photo by Mellisa Karlin Mahoney. Used with permission.
Eventually I realized that the Baby Windmill had endless possibility, and I started designing quilts more deliberately. Scarlet Spin was one of the first.
Soon the idea dawned that I could create a whole trunk show from quilts based on this little block. I’ve started booking the trunk show for quilt groups now, and it’s called Windy Wonders: A Quilt Block Grows Up. If your guild needs a speaker, I hope you’ll give me a buzz!
Tilting Windmills by Diane Harris; McCall’s Quick Quilts Feb/March 2017. Photo by Mellisa Karlin Mahoney. Used with permission.
I have a backlog of design ideas now, and I probably won’t live long enough to make them all—but I’m sure going to try.
My design for Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 15 is based on the Baby Windmill. I divided the 12″ block into rows of three different sizes. In each row, there’s a Baby Windmill.
Below is a colorful version with the block repeated over and over. It’s okay but…
…the magic happens when you start to play with the coloring and the orientation. The design below happens just by rotating the blocks and recoloring to emphasize the groups.
Here’s a different color combination. Wouldn’t those large white spaces be a great canvas for gorgeous quilting?
For the design below, I recolored yet again and rotated the blocks differently. Here you can see all the seemlines.
I’ll take away the lines so you can see a little better, below.
I can hardly wait to make this one in gray, pinks and yellows. So much space for gorgeous quilting!
One more idea popped into my head. This is what happened when I colored some of the background patches. Isn’t that cool? The layout below led to another entirely different design, which will be published this summer.
And speaking of summer, I get to see my kids and grandkids before too long, which is a big deal because they live far, far away. This is Us. (Heads up! Road Rally souvenir! Wink, wink.)
Let’s have a giveaway! I have three prize packages for lucky winners. Along with a copy of Volume 15 of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, I have Baby Windmills blocks already made that you can use like “soup starters” to make your own BW quilt. And I have other quilty items that I’ll add in, too, so you’ll get your own little dose of happy mail.
Winners get an issue, quilt blocks and more quilty fun from Stash Bandit.
Leave a comment on this post before midnight on Thursday, May 4 and I’ll select three winners. The winners are Andee, Chris and Patti, who have been emailed. Answer this question: Do you belong to any quilt groups? Share the group’s name and location. If you don’t belong to any, tell me one really interesting thing about yourself.
Thanks for being here today on Stash Bandit! Please invite your friends to come, too. If your quilt group needs a speaker, please consider me. Thank you!
Other posts you might enjoy:
Five Easy Ways to Improve Your Patchwork
Become a Color-Savvy Quilter, Part 1
Tags: baby windmill, block design, quilt ideas, quiltmaker's 100 blocks, scrap quilts, windmill
Pamela Gray
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No, I do not belong to any quilt groups. I am not a very interesting person, but I am the guardian and primary care giver of a medically challenged child with special needs. Thank you for your block and ideas.
Diane Harris
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That sounds tremendously compassionate and interesting to me, Pamela Gray! Don’t sell yourself short–you sound like a keeper!
Mary Weich
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I just finished spending time with our grand babies from far away,it was not long enough but we take what every we can get. My son also teaches english as tutioring on the side every day during the week HAVE safe travels.
Madeline Wallace
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I dont belong to any groups anymore. But I have made a windmill quilt myself, and I am a scrapaholic, too. So I really enjoyed seeing all the different ways you put them together.
Betsy
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I don’t belong to a quilt guild since I still work full time as a Spanish teacher, to middle schoolers!
When I retire ,it will be one of the first things I do
Allison Evrard
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I do not belong to a quilt group. One interesting thing about me–I am a retired teacher who used to brave sixth grade middle schoolers every day and teach science and math. Actually, I loved the kids and the subjects I taught and was sad when I retired.
diane
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When I moved to New Jersey last year I had to leave my guild (Empire Quilters–NYC) behind but I’ve joined a group here at the CCRC which is called Not just Knitters and Crocheters. A number of them quilt although I’m the only one who brings quilting to our weekly meetings. I don’t want to be greedy since I won last week but wanted to let you know I have made 32 baby windmills out of 1 1/2 inch scrap strips that I had. I’ll send pictures after I sew the last seams and press them.
Diane
Diane Harris
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Oh my goodness, Diane, that is so exciting! I can’t wait to see them!
Wanda
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Oh my, what a great block with so many ways to make it. I do not belong to any group. I just like to challenge myself to see what I can achieve. Thanks for the chance to win.
KT
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I belong to a quilt guild–Connecticut Piecemakers.
Dana Gaffney
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I don’t belong to a quilt group, I met some of the local ones years ago before I was quilting, today I would describe them as the quilt police.
I keep busy by working with local animal rescues and help for low income families, a lot of my quilts are used for fundraising.
Darlene B
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Cool block! I am a member of Heritage Quilters Guild of South Suburbia in South Holland, IL. I am also part of a monthly Stitchers’ gathering that has met for over 15 years!
Julie Bailey
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I do not belong to a quilt guild. I look forward to retirement so I can spend more time creating quilts.
Quilter Kathy
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HI Diane! I belong to a few quilting groups… my large guild is Royal City QUilters, I have a FNSI group that meets once a month on a Friday night, and a small group called Sew ‘n Sews who make a quilt annually to auction for charity.
Marty Kleppinger
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Great quilt….i misspelled on last post sorry
Susan Conner
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How cute and what a great scrappy plan to use up scraps, there are days when I want to sew and don’t have any project I want to get into on that day. Love the variations. My quilt groups are an online stash bee and a facebook group, Let’s Make Quilts. I have friends that quilt, but not a local “group” that meets regularly.
Andee Neff
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I belong to an on person guild and online groups that inspire me daily!
Lucy
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Love your quilts- very creative use for one small block!
I belong to ACQ guild – love seeing all the awesome quilts during show’n tell.
Ramona Johnson
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I belong to two quilting groups: Piecemakers in Clinton, AR and Mountain View Crazy Quilters in MV, AR. Both are very small groups but we have lots of fun 😉
Joanne Harris
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In person I belong to the Kincardine Sunset Quilters Guild in Kincardine, Ontario. On line I follow along with many groups/guilds. So many ideas, so little time. I am just getting my Let’s Hit the Bricks scrap quilt workshop fine tuned for next week.
Sheri
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I do not belong to any quilt groups. I live in the country in Pa. something interesting about me…. I recently went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic and with the help of a couple of friends I was able to make and take over 300 pillowcase dresses. It was an amazing trip and I am forever changed. I am already planning to return in feb 2018. I quilt for fun and for donation. I love to see the joy on the face of someone who enjoys the labor of my work.
Sandra Timmons
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You are so right – your blocks is magic. Love the coloring and the different orientation of those blocks. It is like floating in air. Just beautiful. No, sorry but I don’t belong to any groups. I quilt because I want to and I share my quilts with friends and family. Thank you for being a part of QM’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour and the chance to become a QM winner. It is such a wonderful feeling to see a nice squishy package waiting for you in your mailbox and you know that you will be doing a Happy Dance for sure!
Sandi Timmons
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Gisela Buitendag
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Love the variety possibilities of your block. Congrats!
I belong to the Seaside Quilters in Fishhoek Capetown and we meet once a month . I also joined the Good Hope Quilters Guild which represents the province in South Africa where I live.
Diane Harris
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Hello Gisela, what a pleasure to have someone from South Africa visit Stash Bandit today! Quilting can bring the whole world together.
Stephanie Woodward
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I belong to a quilt group. Hempstead Piece makers out of Hempstead,TX. We make community quilts and help or organize two quilt shows a year. One benefits a 4-H scholarship, and one helps medically challenged local people. That’s a lot of shows for a small group.
Joellyn P.
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I belong to Town Hall Quilt Guild in Clarkston MI. Your baby windmill pattern is so versatile and you’ve done some amazing variations with it. I can’t wait to play with it. Thanks for the free pattern
Karen Jautaikis
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There’s a handful of us that get together monthly and share what we’ve been sewing. Sometimes we even sew!
Bonnie
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What an interesting block! I love the variety of arrangements. I do not belong to a quilt groups, but I do attend at least one quilt show a year. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Amy Walter
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Fat Quarter Quilters
Ohio
Lori Smanski
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congratulations. your block is wonderfully versatile. this is so cool. no I don’t belong to a quilty group right now. I did at one time. we had quilters in church meet and sew baby blankets for a crisis pregnancy center. One fact about me. I grew up on a farm in the Mojave desert in California.
I was in 4-H horses, cows, pigs, sewing. in horses I loved to barrel race. In cows I won the trophy for CA-NV-AZ I was able to teach others about horses, cows and pigs to those that didn’t know much about them. That was a highlight for me.
LeeAnn
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I belong to my local quilt guild and my state quilt guild. I just love your scrappy quilts! My favorite part of our guild meetings is show and tell! Such inspiration!
Liz A.
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I belong to the local guild here in Wenatchee but I also FaceTime with my weekly quilt buddies from the Seattle area that meet every Tuesday.
I made a similar Windmills quilt entirely out of slightly larger scraps for an auction donation for our church 2 years ago.
Lee Ann Lenfest
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I do not belong to any quilting group. The one interesting thing about me is that I’m deaf. PS I love the block as it’s versatile. Loving the version of wavy lines in the quilt.
Judi Duncan
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups or guilds…I am not a fascinating person by any stretch of the imagination, but I get great pleasure out of music….any and all types…one of my fave local stations plays music from the 30’s!
Chris
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I do belong to Foothills Quilters Guild in Shelby, NC. I love your block.
Summer
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I belong to the West Houston Quilter’s Guild. Yes, we are located on the west side of the greater Houston area! There are many other quilt guilds in and around Houston, so if you decide to visit, you could make multiple stops. Don’t forget the International Quilt Festival if you’re around the first weekend of November, and there are other smaller quilt shows put on by local guilds throughout the year, too.
Julie
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I belong to two quilt guilds–one in Marshall, MO (Country Patchwork Quilt Guild), and one in Lexington, MO (Battlefield Piecemakers). I also belong to a social group of quilters (the Material Girls) who meet once a week to sew as well as a small group of hometown ladies who meet socially to sew once a month. Love these groups! Now that I am retired, these groups provide wonderful friendships, learning opportunities, as well as charitable purposes for my quilting.
Cathy
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I’m a life member of the Country Crossroads Quilt Guild in Kearney. The guild is very fortunate to have “Stash Bandit” as one of our members. My favorite program is have is round Robins and I get inspiration from our members sharing their creations during show and tell.
Janet T
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Love the grey/pink/yellow “wavy” quilt. Great for a baby quilt. I do not belong to a guild because of time restrictions, but I do visit local quilt shows periodically and get to see what others are doing.
Cindy Boos
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Hi Diane, I LOVE Stash Bandit! I belong to 3 quilt groups. One is huge called ACQ or also known as Arapahoe County Quilters in Colorado. ( I hope you will be a guest speaker there sometime.) The second is a small bee fondly named “And Sew On”. Both are tons of fun and very inspiring. I’m also fortunate to attend a wonderful group of talented quilters on a once a year retreat in Buena Vista. No make up is allowed, we only dress in relaxing clothes and we sew up a storm into the wee hours of the night. It might sound familiar to you?
Diane Harris
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Oh my word, what ever would I do without that retreat to look forward to every spring and fall? I treasure those friendships, Cindy!
JoanG
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I belong to Swamp Fox Quilter’s and Coastal Carolina Quilter’s her in South Carolina. Love all the different looks you get with one simple block.
Laura
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I belong to Victoria Quilt Guild and Victoria Modern quilt guild. Love both groups. Such energy.
Pat K
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I belong to a small group called “Patches and Stitches” that meets once a week in a local library. The best part of belonging to a group like this is the sharing of ideas amongst us. The blue/green combinations you started with are my favorite.
mary nett
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I belong to Stone City Quilt Guild in Bedford Indiana.
Patty H
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Quilt Qiold of Greater Victoria, Victoria Texas
Donna
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I don’t belong to a quilt quild yet. I have retired and am having fun getting lots of sewing time. I didn’t realize all the possibilities for windmill blocks, they are great. Yesterday I brought my windmill quilt out of storage as I need to bind it. I don’t know what to bind it with. It is made from denim and primary color windmills. I don’t know what I was thinking by making it out of denim, it is so heavy and about a queen size.
Teri
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I belong to or follow several online quilt groups. I have been sewing most of my life but still consider myself to be new to quilting. Love the windmill variations.
Donna W
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I belong to the Lodi Valley Quilt Guild in Lodi Wisconsin. It is a fabulous guild. We have about 160 members and do lots and lots of fun things. In fact on Monday we had Gudrun Erla from GE Designs speak to us and then I attended a class yesterday that she held. It was fabulous.
Martina
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I do not belong to a group! But the QAL and SAL’s on blogs give me a little bit a feeling of a group and I even had the opportunity to meet some of the ladies in real at different places, which makes it even more special to me.
A very special thing about me? I’ve learned some spanish at school over 30 years ago and never used it. Now my daughter will get married in Bolivia and the whole family only speaks spanish!!! So glad that it is never for nothing to learn something. Who new that I would have to dive into spanish again after such a long time! I am very excited, lol!
Really love your block and all these quilts shown! And your blog name is just so cute!
Allison
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I belong to several groups – I have belonged to one guild for about 30 years (gasp!!!) in the Southeast! Love quilting everyday! and I am a living organ donor (you really only need one kidney!!!) :0
Jennifer
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Well, it’s not an “official” group. A few gals at work discovered we all enjoyed quilting and soon we had enough to form a retreat group in Montana. We meet up twice a year and have a BLAST! We’ve been doing this for 11 years, I even have my mom involved who was adopted as a core member after her first retreat (she’s a kick, no doubt about it). One of our members now owns the best quilt shop in Montana, Main Street Quilting Co. We even have a full time long armer “on staff”.
NancyB from Many LA
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Can’t think of anything interesting. LOL! I live in the country and have 4 dogs, 8 chickens and 1 rooster?
Diane Harris
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Nancy B, I think that’s very interesting! 🙂
Rommy
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I am a member of a local quilt group Pand 1
Also several intergroup are my favorite
Tera
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I am not a member of any local groups just yet. I am hoping to try a local quilt guild next month.
Hmm interesting about me. I am crazy about garden gnome 🙂
Rochelle
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Thank you for a great show of the ways this block would look with different rotation and colors. It’s great. I belong to one guild – Capital Quilters, Carson City, NV – several small groups. I quilt every day!
Karen D Martin
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What a fun block–love seeing your windmill adventure! I belong to Pinetree Patchworks quilt guild in Minnesota.
Rosalind Gutierrez
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Yes, I belong to a club called “Sew n’ Sew” located in Surprise, Az. Your windmill pattern with the grey background speaks to me…great idea for that bag of strips.
Verna A.
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I don’t belong to any quilting groups. I recently came across a baby quilt that my great-grandmother’s sister from Poland made for me when I was a baby. The backing and binding were shredded, so I replaced them. I don’t remember the quilt at all, but my mother says I carried it everywhere when I was small.
Diane Harris
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Verna, that is such a great story. What a treasure! I’m so glad you have it.
Gill
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I don’t belong to a quilting group but I have several crafty friends and we often meet to exchange ideas and skills!
Doris
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Love reading blogs and feel like I learn so much!
Janet Sabol
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I belong to the Minot (ND) Prairie Quilt Guild here in town. There are also 4 of us who get together once a month at a regular time, if possible. We are called the Disappearing 4-Patch–usually there’s one or two who are gone to another state and the date needs to be changed. Piecing and quilting for the church is also a fun time.–What a selection of fabrics!! I love your Baby Windmills in the grey, pink and yellows!
Robyn Young
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Love your designs, especially the teal and yellow and the pink and yellow ones. I don’t belong to a guild but I’m on a few waiting lists! I used to be a singer-songwriter and played many gigs and festivals. My last pregnancy left me in a wheelchair for a while and I couldn’t do much so I taught myself to sew properly. I am now utterly obsessed and sew every day. I might go back to music eventually but I’ll never stop quilting!
Diane Spaulding
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I belong to a group in my area of Nebraska. Pivot Point Quilters. Small group but lots of knowledge and great people. My job does not let me sew
Like i want but love being inspired by others.
Pamela W
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I am a member of the Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild.
kathy pfaltzgraff
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Actually I belong to 3 groups, local, nearby and state guilds. My favorite is my local High Plains Heritage Quilters in Haxtun and we are just off the road to Denver via I 76 (we might be looking for a speaker soon). It’s amazing how something simple can grow and flourish. Keep up the “windmills” Kathy in Colo
Diane Harris
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Hi Kathy, I would dearly love to visit your High Plains Heritage Quilters with my quilts! Thank you for visiting Stash Bandit. 🙂
Lisa Marie
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups. Something about me (not so sure about the interesting part!) …. I have lived in 3 different states in my life, and all were officially called “commonwealths” rather than states.
Debbie Rhodes
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I belong to an online private group called Quilters Last resort… we are dwindling in members but a nice group of women of different ages who all love quilting
Mary D
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I belong to the Stitch by Stitch Quilt Guild in Marshall, Missouri. They are a very fun and talented bunch.
Susan Spiers
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I don’t belong to any Quilt guilds, but plenty of quilty groups on Facebook! Love the bright colors you used on your mini windmills-very happy! I just started quilting last year, at the young age of 65! Thank you, Susan
Sallie
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I belong to a quilt group called Feed Dogs.
Sandi
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I belong to the Common Threads Quilt Guild and the Broome County Night Guild in upstate NY. Enjoyed your Blog post and your block. Thanks for a chance to win.
Jayne P
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I attend a local group. Sewing, knitting, crochet or just a chat with friends
Jeanne Bishop
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I am a founding member of our local guild, the Mansfield (Ohio) Millennium Quilt Guild and sew regularly with two groups of wonderful women. Love your block!
Wendy
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I belong to a small group of sewing friends. We call ourselves the Stitchin’ Sisters. Love your little windmill block and the purple, green and pink variation of the quilt.
Linda Christianson
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I do not belong to any quilt group local. I do have local quilt shop a mile away to shop at—- A Scarlet Thread in Mc Donough Ga. I got hooked on this pin wheel when the block was part of 365 days last year. Now I have lots of ideas of how to make them into a quilt. I was doing them all in green.
Mimi Patrick
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I belong to the Land of Lakes Quilt Guild in Lewisville Texas — we make quilts for the CASA group, where kids come when they are not able to stay in their home. The Windmill quilt would be so great for them,, using happy fabrics, bright colors and made with lots of love. Thanks for sharing with us!
Diann Jones
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I’m serving my last 28 days as president of my guild. Going to our evening meeting tonight. Love your blog name. Would love to win.
Joyce Carter
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Amazing block. I really love the quilts made from this design.
No, I don’t belong to a quilt guild. And I don’t really know anything interesting about me. The best thing that happened was that I got custody of my grandson and have raised him since he was a year old. He is now 22.
Thank you for your giveaway.
Anna
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Not right now…I just moved back to michigan after 35 years in maine…. happyness04431@yahoo.com
Diane Oakes
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I am a member of the Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilt guild, the Art Group (a small group of the guild) and the Great Lakes Modern Quilt Guild. Really like your block and all the fabulous ideas that you showed with just one block. Thanks for sharing. Diane
Melody Lutz
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I have NEVER had a cup of coffee! I LOVE the way it smells, yet DO NOT like the taste. I do start each day by drinking Yin Hao Jasmine tea…delightful.
Nancysue
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I don’t belong to any. Being deaf, I find it hard to sew and “watch” lip reading at the same time 🙂 Modern technology is wonderful though. I enjoy reading blogs and stitch-alongs. Feels like I’m still part of group, although I’m not missing any words, or getting lost in the silence. Congrats on your block 🙂 !!
Vicki H
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I don’t belong to any groups. I do enjoy gardening. I have several flower beds and also volunteer at our local botanical garden.
Annie R
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I belong to a quilt guild – Quilters Squared in Midland, MI. They are such a wonderful group and I have made so many friends in it!
Susan Salo
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In the past I have been part of a quilt group at our church: First United Methodist of Ann Arbor, MI. We meet monthly to put together prayer quilts for church members and/or their loved ones who need some support. The quilts are brought to church on Sunday and members can tie and say a prayer. The finished quilts are then delivered. Once I stop working I do hope to get active with the group again.
Paige @ Quilted Blooms
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Great block! I belong to three quilt guilds!
Nancy C
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I belong to two quilt groups. I am a charter member of Webster Quilt Guild in Webster ,NY on the south shore of Lake Ontario. I helped start the club when my first child was born and have been quilting for 41 years ! The other quilt group is St Martin Lutheran Church quilt group. We have made wall hangings, chair backs for the choir, altar cloths and are now working on large banners for the walls of the sanctuary.
Nancy A
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I have joined my 1st quilt guild. It is the West Alabama Quilt Guild here in Tuscaloosa. I had heard some terrible stories about quilt guilds, but this guild is wonderful.
Diantha Howard
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups. I would like to – after I retire. An interesting (?) thing about me is that I sometimes design costumes for a local theatre company, most recently for “Mary Poppins”.
JoyceLM
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I used to belong to a quilt group, but they quit meeting at night when I could attend. But my 3 sisters & I have a sort of quilt group of our own. We do block exchanges, round robins & make group quilts. We live in 4 different states (CO, NC, PA, TN) & it helps keep us connected. Love your block – thanks for showing the different layouts & colorways.
Cecilia
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I belong to two guilds, the Busy Bees of Belleview and the Country Road Quilters of Ocala. I love your little windmills blocks! Thanks for the giveaway.
Keri Wheeler
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Pivot Point Quilters, Bladen, Nebraska
Joy P
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups but I do have a great group of quilting friends that I try to sew with as often as I can.
Nicole Sender
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I don’t belong to a quilting group. I just retired after 50 years of nursing. Now I have time to try to use up all the scraps and remnants I have stashed away for a long time.
Tina
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups but I do enjoy taking classes and meeting fellow quilters at my local quilt shop.
Angie
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I help our church group of ladies create quilts for our annual church bazaar every August in New Almelo, KS! We usually have 10 – 18 quilts that are auctioned at the end of the evening meal.
Pam Reim
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I belong to the Emerald Valley Quilt guild in Eugene OR. also belong to a more informal small group Quilting Friends which has met for at least 20 years. thanks for giveaway
Rachell Reilly
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Hi Diane! I love seeing what you come up with, and you know how to keep it cute and simple for babies and grandkids!
Let’s see, I need to count: Facebook group for sit-down domestic machine quilters, facebook group called Scrappy Swap for swapping charms and layer cake squares and FQ, member of Bonnie’s FB Quiltville, member of Quilt Along with Pat Sloan on FB, a member of another show-and-tell group, a member of 2 RowxRow FB swap groups, and finally my most recent is : my local Nebo Modern Quilt Guild (which includes membership in the Modern Quilt Guild). Whew, that’s more than I thought!
reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com
Chris P
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I do not belong to any quilt groups, while working there wasn’t time and being retired I enjoy sewing with friends on our schedules. I have visited all of the continents and truly enjoyed our visit to Antarctica, well except for the smell in the penguin rookeries. (I don’t think I will ever really forget it).
Pam Jolly
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I belong to a group of ladies who get together each month to make the Aurifil BOM. We don’t have a name, but we have lots of fun.
CindyD
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I belong to one quilt group – it’s a subgroup of our AAUW branch, and they just made me program chair.
Beth T.
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I’m becoming notorious for adopting pregnant strays and then keeping their offspring. We adopted a dog from the pound, were told she was spayed, found out she was pregnant, and kept four of the pups. Years later we knowingly adopted a pregnant cat and kept her four kittens. Just can’t say goodbye to the babies. I don’t know if that’s interesting, but it’s one of the more unusual things about me/us.
Barbara Young
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I don’t belong to any quilt guilds I do help out my church’s quilt group by cutting out the squares for our charity quilts.
June
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I don’t belong to any official guilds yet, but have been visiting different guilds in town to see which one to join. I do luckily sew once a month with a group associated with a church, we make salads and share for lunch and have the entire day to sew what ever project we like. Once a year we spend the day making quilts for charities, and usually part of another day we pick fabrics to cut into kits for that day. I recently started sewing twice a month with a spin off group from an adult education class – we also sew what ever we like there. I can see that joining a guild would be a good thing though so will continue sampling different ones nearby.
Thanks for the chance!
I had just read an article you posted a while back on the Quiltmaker – about using a piece of cardboard to guide presser foot when making HST, something I’m going to try. (The idea was passed on to you by someone who had re-made a beautiful circus animal quilt – she hasn’t posted anything on her blog though since that quilt top.) Glad to find your current blog now, great ideas!
Loriann Fish
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I belong to the Utah Quilt Guild and I love attending Quilt Fest each fall.
Karen Thurn
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I belong to Sunland Stitchers, the quilting group in my village in Mesa Az. We just purchased a Gammill longarm for us to use. It should be lots of fun and I anticipate making even more quilt tops as now I don’t have to send them out or rent time but can do them myself.
Elizabeth Engman
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I belong to the North Suburban Quilt Guild in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I don’t get to meetings much as my job schedule changed and I usually work now on the evening of the meetings.
Margaret Andrews
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I live on an island in Alaska and belong to a quilt guild called “Quilter’s by the Sea”, which is perfect as we are surrounded by it! Quilting is such fun when you can share your love with others. Thanks for sharing your block.
marta
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I don’t belong to any quilt groups but I do enjoy going to quilt show even if they take me from California to Huston…now I am planning to go to Tucson in Feb 2018…marta
Mary H
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I hadn’t belonged to a guild for years, but recently I joined the newly formed Inland Empire Modern Quilt Guild.
lee
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Congratulations on a great block! I do not belong to an official group but there are 4 of us that when we have time from our full time jobs – we get together and share and sew and do road trips to quilty places! So, not an official group – so an interesting fact about me…. I have taken beekeeping classes so when I retire I can have my own bevy of bees! Thank you!
Karen
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No, I don’t belong to any quilt groups but wanted to stop by and say I’m working on a windmill pattern right now and it’s a fun pattern. The difference in the one I’m making is the strips are different sizes. I did this to highlight a print a little more. I do a lot of gardening and quilting as I’m now retired. I’m looking for a “special” need program to sew or quilt for but will probably be moving to another state before long so didn’t want to get to involved just yet. Thanks
Cynthia Perez
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I belong t ok the Sherman Quilt Makers Guild located in Sherman, Texas. Joining a guild was the best decision. I’ve made so many new friends, learned so many new techniques, and have become a more confident quilter.
Kris S
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I belong to two groups — Fiber Friends and the Evergreen Quilt Guild in Green Bay, WI. Love your family photo – such a bunch of sweet faces. You are so clever with your quilt block design. Thanks for sharing all the different ideas for its use.
Nancy Green
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I enjoyed seeing all the different layouts and variations that you have designed with a simple little block! It’s very inspiring! I am a member of my local quilt guild and we also have friendship groups within the guild, small groups that meet at different times to create a better bond between members. Our friendship group is called Sew Crazy.
Beth in MS
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I belong to two quilt groups, the Higbee Hive Quilters in Madison, MS, and the Southern Fiber Artists. Both have many talented individuals who are generous with sharing their techniques. I’ve learned a lot!