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Monday, July 3, 2023

Design Wall Monday - July 3

What's on your design wall this morning? 
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Mine has the Twinkle Star blocks - actually layed out on the floor while I play with color arrangement.  This was a set of Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks done in 2021 and 2022.  I'm using 42 of the 9" blocks for this quilt.  A little rearranging still needs to happen because there is too much blue down near the bottom.  But hopefully I'll have a finished top by the end of the week.

No sewing happened for a couple of days because we had a really wonderful family reunion over the weekend.  It was my husband's maternal first cousin group (with spouses), and they had a really good turnout with people traveling to SD from Maryland, Utah, Arizona, Minnesota, and Iowa. 


These are the cousins who attended - 24 of them ranging in age from almost 90 to 54.  There were about 10 others who couldn't attend for various reasons.  I married into a BIG family.


This is just the siblings and spouses for my husband's family.  He and I are on the far right.  My snow white hair matched my white skirt.  His older and younger brothers are on the left, and his older sister next to him.  I think this is the first time the 8 of us have been together long enough for a photo.
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7 comments:

  1. Vicki in MNJuly 3, 2023 at 6:31 AM

    So glad the family gathering worked out so well! Great photos of everyone. Good lucky on getting a flimsy sewn this week.

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  2. Karen - Quilts...etc.July 3, 2023 at 7:45 AM

    it is always nice to get together with our brothers and sisters while we still can - I always miss the fact that when we get together we can never get everyone there!

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  3. Kat ScribnerJuly 3, 2023 at 10:47 AM

    This quilt is just gorgeous, Sara !

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  4. Tired Teacher 2July 3, 2023 at 6:11 PM

    ❤️ the Twinkle Stars all together! I think it’s great to have reunions regularly so the family can stay connected. I’m curious: who won the signature quilt?

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  5. BonnieJuly 4, 2023 at 8:46 AM

    Twinkle Stars just twinkles. It's so great. Have fun deciding on the layout. I sometimes think I spend more time figuring out layouts than I do actually making the blocks. Looked like a great group. It seems to me a good percentage of cousins were able to attend.

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  6. Far Side of FiftyJuly 7, 2023 at 9:51 AM

    What a nice cousins gathering!

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  7. Alycia~QuiltygirlJuly 7, 2023 at 3:48 PM

    How fun to gather up!!
    Twinkle is so pretty - those blocks are so cool!

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