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Just a quick post today to let you know the newest FREE eMagazine from QUILTsocial.com is available. It includes my Curling Rock(s) Runner and several other fun projects! There’s still curling happening and the runner comes together quickly. {I won’t dwell on the fact that there’s still snow here too!} Click to go to the…
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I found a way to use up my scraps as is – no pre-cutting, no light and dark organizing – just put two pieces together and go! Yes, I’m finally making Amanda Jean’s, of Crazy Mom Quilts fame, Scrap Vortex Quilt. Minimum set up was required. I moved my bins of scraps over to my…
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The birthday quilter this month chose this block from a tutorial by Missouri Quilt Co.. It’s a version of a disappearing pinwheel. You can watch the youtube video for the Disappearing Pinwheel 5 TWIST quilt here. I used some purple from the new Stonehenge Gradations Brights by Northcott. *I’ll be sharing a quilt I made…
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The first Saturday since Spring started and the snow is melting! I thought I’d share a post with some of my spring tutorials – just in case you have some making time on your hands this weekend. If not, just enjoy the pretty pictures 😉 My most recent spring flavored tutorial is for this bold…
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I’m thrilled to share that I have another design published! It’s in another visually beautiful Canadian magazine – Quilter’s Connection. This quilt was inspired by my son, Sam, who saw one of the rainbow blocks I was making for a different project and commented that it looked like a big basket. hmmmmmm, it could be…
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Here’s a bright, happy tutorial to celebrate Spring! The pieces are leftovers from my Joyful Blooms quilt – the pattern is in the current Spring issue of A Needle Pulling Thread magazine. This is my original idea for the scraps that I played with shortly after making the quilt. Then I put the scraps away!…
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I finished block 3 of Pat Sloan’s Secret Garden block of the month. I went with the darker squares in the middle to help balance the lightness of my fussy cut center. You can see the other option here. LOVE using these stashed favourite fabrics and soooo happy that this will be a quilt for me!…
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I’m finally feeling like myself again after being sick for a week. My sewing space looks like it too – lots of projects in progress and catching up on monthly blocks. These selvages are my current leader-and-ender project. Hopefully I will have a finished result by the weekend I can share with you! These awesome…
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I’m in! Once again Pat Sloan has twisted my arm to join another one of her fantastic quilting projects. The Splendid Sampler involves over 80 designers and 100 six inch blocks! It helped a lot that I had this bin of charm square packs and a jelly roll given to me at Christmas. The quilter…
