For years my family and I wanted to leave Houston.\u00a0 We wanted a slower paced life for our teenage son so Bob found a job in Crockett, TX.\u00a0 We packed up and moved.<\/span><\/p>\n The transition to small-town life was an eye-opener.\u00a0 I knew no one and discovered there was little to do.\u00a0 I dug out my fabric and began piecing again; this time on my old friend, my vintage Kenmore machine.\u00a0 This is the quilt that resulted.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a machine pieced, hand quilted Log Cabin.\u00a0 I’ve used it for many years on my own bed… it’s lovely with my furniture and decor.\u00a0 It has a triple solid fabric border wider at the head and foot than at the sides.\u00a0 It was hand quilted in the ditch throughout with ecru thread on an ecru sheet backing.\u00a0 It is queen-plus size.<\/span><\/p>\n Log Cabin – 1994<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After my grandmother passed, it was almost too painful to quilt so I tried distracting myself by running around with girlfriends and entertaining nearly nightly.\u00a0 I bought a new vehicle and never stayed home. For years my family and I wanted to leave Houston.\u00a0 We wanted a slower paced life for our teenage son (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1020,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1275"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1275"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1275\/revisions\/1821"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Log](\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Log-Cabin-1994.jpg\")
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