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Edited to fix some of the designer links and to provide a second way to download my block! It’s time for some Summer Fun! Today several pattern designers are sharing FREE quilt blocks all based on the same colour theme and topic of Summer Fun. Sleeping under the Stars I named my block Sleeping under…
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Last week I wrote about free motion quilting at My first post talks about getting ready for free motion quilting. In this case I’m using the PFAFF performance icon sewing machine so getting it ready is an important part of the process. But also, I had to get ready mentally and prepare myself for trying…
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Remember May? Yeah, that was only last month! I haven’t shared all my photos yet of the quilt that my daughter and I made that month. The whole quilt, from start to finish, in one month! We made Pat Sloan’s Magical Quilty May Rainbow half square triangle quilt! The pattern is still free from Pat…
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Edited – the voting is now closed! One of these patterns is a definite winner for the Sew Along – stay tuned! This is the post with the link for voting! It’s time to pick a pattern, not just any pattern but one of 3 Sew Joy Creations’ patterns that you would like to sew…
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The Without giving too much away ;), I was playing with making a modern quilt. For me that means a quilt with large blocks, no borders and a dynamic tension created by colour, or space, or a combination of both. Wow, a lot to think about when designing. Yes and no; this quilt was made…
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We are finally at the middle of the year! Hard to believe as the last few months have felt a bit surreal. Thank goodness we have colorful fabric to play with! For June, Jen gave us blue as the challenge color. A perfect time of year for it as we take time to notice the…
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This quilt pattern is called, Dropping In, and was made to feature the line of fabric called No Cause for A-llama by Dear Stella. Llamas! First, you really should take a look at the fabrics. There are llamas in full pose, headshots, and some bright watercolour florals as well as a print with cacti. I…
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This quilt pattern, There are several print fabrics in the line that I wanted to feature in the pattern. By having large quilt blocks I was able to have large areas to show off cute animals and flowers. There are porcupines with floral quills, ladybugs, a kitty garden and butterflies in this line! The pattern…
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Here come the bees! At least, on fabric. This quilt pattern was designed to showcase the beautiful prints in this collection from Rae Ritchie for Dear Stella Design. The sample quilt was made by @quiltbrain using the Honey Bee fabric for the Spring Market that didn’t happen. Hopefully the quilt will make an appearance in…
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I’ve been busy in my quilt room and so close to a finish! I’ll try to catch you up on a few things in this post. Monthly Color Challenge Before it’s too late, here’s my block for the Monthly Color Challenge. This month Jen had us working with green. I am using the fabrics that…
