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I finished the December Aurifil block before the end of the month, even before Christmas! This month’s block was designed by Pat Sloan. You can find the pattern on the Aurifil blog here. The blocks are all up on my design wall. I’m debating whether I want to add more blocks to make it a…
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This seems to be a new ‘thing’ on blogs – a weekend posts with links to things to peruse. I’ve been waiting patiently (or not!) for a new lightbulb for my sewing machine to arrive. It arrived last night! Just in time. These are a few things that I found online while waiting. . .…
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It’s that time of year again when planning to make things for others fills up our dreams and every spare moment we have as quilters! My sister let me know one of my links wasn’t working anymore so I wanted to let you know that it’s working now. Granny’s stocking pattern is working again The…
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Happy Birthday Pat Sloan! If you’ve ever stopped by my blog before you know that I follow Pat’s blog and enjoy making lots of quilts she has designed. I have made wonderful friends through her online quilt group. And I’m always inspired to finish a UFO (or two) with her enthusiasm and fun online New…
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I enjoyed a wonderful sunlit day in my quilting space. My Aurifil block for November is finished. I tried highlighting some of the other fabrics in the collection this month. My block turned out a bit darker than some of the others. I’m looking forward to the last block and seeing what the setting plans…
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While I was away at teacher’s college for the latest block of classes, my husband started moving around the furniture. Big time! I’ve been trying to find everything (ahem) and setting up my new space so I can actually quilt!! I do like how the lighting is so much better on this side of the…
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This has been a busy week for me supply teaching in kindergarten. But, I do have a quilting project that needs to be done for next week so I’ve done my best to do a little bit every night. I needed to pick out the fabrics I wanted to use for my Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks…
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I am still working at catching up to the current Splendid Sampler blocks. Block 12 I did using the patchwork program built in to PFAFF’s creative sensation pro – what a treat! You can read my post about it over at QUILTsocial.com. For block 11 I chose to try out the chain stitches on the…
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I’m proud to offer my first baby quilt pattern! Let me introduce you to *Churn, Baby, Churn* I designed this quilt as a challenge – a way to use only a layer cake for the top and my favourite block, the churn dash. Somehow my local quilt shop still had a layer cake of Sweetwater’s…
