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Today is finally my day! Marian at Seams to be Sew has organized the My Happy Place Rowalong. As soon as Marian announced the rowalong I had my idea. I love to sit on my front porch and look out into the world, resting and enjoying nature while also getting the ‘me time’ I need…
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Hi again! I am getting things ready behind the scenes for Tuesday when I get to share My Happy Place row. Be sure to come back then to download my row for free AND to enter an awesome giveaway. There were several more rows shared on Thursday and you still have time to visit and…
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School’s back in session. The hurricanes have started. I’m wearing shorts again up here in the North of Ontario! It’s generally the busy season for most people and starts to get even busier as quilters realize it’s almost time to start making gifts for the holidays – if you’re doing that this year. Plus so…
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There’s always more fabric – isn’t that true! This is the third post in the Quilt Backing Leftovers Challenge; you can find the first post by clicking here. The last post listed three ways to use up the leftovers; this post exists because I left out one special way to use up leftovers – use…
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Today is the first day of the My Happy Place Row along! I’m happy to say that I am participating in this row along; my date is September 25. There are lots of great bloggers participating and amazing giveaways. Aurifil and EQ8, amazing!! The hostess for the row along is Marian at Seams To Be…
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I have been busy using up my backing leftovers! In fact, I discovered that I have been hoarding saving backing leftovers from several quilts. In the first post I showed you how I used backing leftovers to make a simple pot holder. Today’s post will go over 3 ways to deal with backing leftovers. 1.…
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It’s my turn again over at QUILTsocial.com to offer a free pattern. Can anything be more fun than playing with fabrics in the summer? How about playing a game made with fabrics 😉 I got to use Banyan batiks Recess fabric line to design a quilted tic tac toe, X and O, game. Everything is pieced…
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There’s nothing like that sense of relief followed by overwhelm when I finish making a quilt. Do you know what I mean? The accomplishment is quickly filled with the vacuum of time that now exists where that project ended. What to work on next?! Some of that angst is also regret over the leftovers. The…
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Summer has definitely arrived! I’m sewing a lot of different things that I can’t show you yet, but I promise I will in the next few months. Instead, I can show you some of my fun finds at my neighbour’s yard sale 🙂 I found a small tin of stuff and decided to take it.…
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My 150 Canadian Women quilt top is hoping THIS is the year it gets quilted. Blocks that I finished from Kat Tucker’s 150 Canadian Women blocks from last year. Blocks are still available through her site Next Step Quilt Designs. Wishing you a peaceful weekend. With Joy, Sarah V.
