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I’m very lucky to again being reviewing a PFAFF sewing machine over at QUILTsocial. This time it’s the PFAFF performance icon. Cue the angelic voices! I have to admit that I had decided to purchase the PFAFF quilt expression 720 because it did everything I wanted and did it well. But when I opened the…
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I led my first Liberated Churn Dash block workshop! It’s been over 10 years since I wrote the tutorial for my online beemates to make these blocks for me. Eventually I developed a quilt pattern which is still popular. purchase the Liberated Churn Dash Quilt pattern It was a thrill to see other quilters embrace…
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The month isn’t quite over yet! There’s still time to join Jen. You can read Jen’s introduction post here. 2020 Monthly Color Challenge The color challenge for February is aqua. I never used to have this color in my stash. When I started gathering fabric for my On Ringo Lake quilt I started to buy…
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I’m making another one! This year I’m a participating designer in the Just Wanna Quilt Inventory Quilt Project. What’s an inventory quilt? Well, it can be anything you want! The idea is to use fabrics that you have – your stash – and make a quilt using them. It can be made with pieces from…
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The end of January is finally here! It has been a perfectly long month for sewing though 🙂 I’m pretty happy with my yellow block for January’s 2020 Monthly Color Challenge hosted by Patterns by Jen. There will be a new block and new color for February any day! You can make one block and…
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Are you ready for some color?! While a winter storm is starting outside today, I thought I would share my January block. Patterns by Jen designed and put together a fabulous way to use up stash and create with color all year long. Visit this post to find out how it works – 2020 Monthly…
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I have been busy quilting my way through the weird wintery weather here in Northern Ontario. My first guild sew day of the year brought one project forward. My On Ringo Lake quilt now has blocks! I was so excited, and surprised by the rush of joy I experienced when I finally sewed together a…
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I have my first quilt top of 2020! I finished my Winter Fun quilt top, blocks designed by Pat Sloan. Her Winter Fun sew along was for only the first 3 rows of blocks. Her setting was different and I decided to make my quilt top larger so I added 2 of the blocks from…
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Happy New Year! I am enjoying my holiday break right now and looking ahead to quilting projects for this coming year. Of course as a quilter I have looking back to do too – several UFOs and unquilted tops are part of my plan to complete this year. Maybe you too? I made this bowtie…
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This Christmas season I was able to gift 3 finished quilts – a record for me! I owe it to my local quilt shop owner who quilted two of them for me. First up, the Monterrey Medallions quilt was finally officially given to my daughter. Now I just have to mail it to her as…
