Author Archives: divadiversion

About divadiversion

Creative procrastinator. Cock eyed optimist. Family historian - with the story being the important part. Quilt coach, lecturer and creator. Scrapbooker, card maker. Modern vintage. Wine lover. Explore new places, let's travel - let's go!

Finally a Finish!

Posted on May 31, 2020

Finally a finish!  Kinship Fusion, the 100 Blocks in 100 Days is done.   This was supposed to be my UFO challenge for February, however, there was illness and now it’s complete. There was so much to learn through this process. … Continue reading →

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Working It! FAL2020 Quarter 2 List

Posted on April 17, 2020

Decisions, decisions!  With so many projects to work on it’s difficult to decide how to work through them and avoid the desire to start something new.  Although it is probably inevitable, if I can maintain some semblence of focus, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge, Finish-A-Long, Hexis, Quilting, Ready Set Quilt 2020, table runners, Terry Burris Quilting, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Finishalong Quarter One Finishes

Posted on April 7, 2020

Everybody sing, “She had High Hopes, she had high apple pie in the sky hopes!” That being sung, (hahahaha – like what I did here).  In spite of going on a long vacation, I did get a few things moved … Continue reading →

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Distracted

Posted on March 31, 2020

It was not my intent to start another quilt.  My intent was to finish quilts and works in progress.  Lots of them. While I was digging around for binding for my Free State Quilt(s), I made a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Don’t Fence Me In a.k.a. The Wooly Bully

Posted on March 16, 2020

Don’t Fence Me In, the wool quilt from the first quarter of my Finish-A-Long is done and sent to its forever home.  This quilt was inspired by a photo my daughter Meaghan had found in a Pottery Barn Catalog over … Continue reading →

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I’d Be Charmed

Posted on January 24, 2020

My first finish of the year.  And it was not my original plan.  Actually, I didn’t remember my original plan until I found the pattern after I had pieced the quilt together.  That being said it probably would not have … Continue reading →

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FINISHALONG 2020

Posted on January 19, 2020

Every year around this time I make an effort to tidy up my sewing space.  Generally it is a chaotic workspace with several projects going on at one time. Over the years I’ve started projects, and for one reason or … Continue reading →

Posted in Accomplishments, American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge, antiquing, Challenges, Finish-A-Long, Ready Set Quilt 2020, UFO's, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 11 Comments