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| Tom and the kids (not really) | 
Greetings from Dallas!!!
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| My Backyard...just kidding (sort of) | 
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We are in the middle of drought and extremely high temperatures.  I feel like loading the RAV4 and heading to California...
During this long, hot summer, I have participated in a few swaps with  fellow quilters.  The first swap was the 80's Swap.  Remember the  80's??  My partner surprised me with the best gift, a replica of my Sony  Walkman...
I don't know if she realized how much I loved my Walkman.  I mean...you could walk around and listen to music...shocking in 1982!  I took it with me to California in 1984 when I spent six weeks on a friends horse ranch.  I took it with me to Law School where it finally broke..
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| Me in my Sony Walkman days...and when I used to exercise! 
 
 OTHER GOODIES SHE INCLUDED
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| More Ruby Star Rising fabric | 
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| A needle holder | 
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| Some of my favorite fabric! | 
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| Outside of the needle holder | 
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| A retro bag! | 
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| An MTV Pincushion!!!!!! I loved my MTV | 
 THANK YOU SO MUCH PINKBRAIN AND MR. CHICKEN (JEN)....I LOVE IT ALL!
 Then, I participated in another Doll Quilt Swap.  My partner requested colors of orange, aqua and gray.  I came up with two ideas....
Eventually, my finished version looked like this...
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| Finished quilt...now to bind | 
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| Closer view of hand quilting | 
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| Bound and ready to mail | 
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| My partner has two little girls so finger puppets, Christmas monkey fabric, awesome Christmas book and a Sarah Jane fabric panel | 
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And I received this from my partner....
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| Isn't this little quilt so cheerful and bright?  I love it! THANK YOU A GIRL IN PARADISE!  I LOVE IT!
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Now...to work on a quilt for a sick little boy and my project for the next DMQG meeting!