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A true procrastinator, I found other things to do this long weekend besides my intended projects! A new buttercup bag for fall with some Kaffe fabric that I have been saving for a very long time. I was extra happy to find I had saved a half yard and not just a fat quarter –…
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My Wednesday design wall is full of Lucky Charms. This is a sew a long with Pat Sloan that is supposed to be keeping me motivated to finish other projects. Well. This project is pretty – pretty fun to play with these fabrics and pretty quick to put together. So . . .Have I stayed…
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One pink and one yellow wonky star for Tong, September’s Sew Modern Bee Queen. These were fun to make. I can see using a black background and making bright, wonky stars all over it. Check out Tong’s blog to see her plan for these blocks – a very special quilt! This is the beginning of…
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If you were a good girl today, like me, and finished a project – or two – reward yourself! Karen’s lovely fall quilt is like candy! Click here to go to the post! And Pat Sloan put out the piecing directions for her Lucky Charms! You will like this too! Cheers to the Long Weekend.…
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Yes, a post where I go from silly happy back to normal happy in a matter of seconds. My first happy free motion cloud The big uh-oh I found seconds after creating my first happy free motion cloud{I had somehow sewed the backing fabric over the quilt} Garden gloves from the dollar store that are…
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I have been overwhelmed this week with the discovery of all my unquilted tops. They have been piled, rolled, shoved and stacked in piles in my sewing closet. After writing all 12 of them down {yes, 12!} I made a “September to do list”. And I’m doing it! Here’s a peek at the back label…
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My plan when I started to work on making my pieced letters was to use You can see in the photo that not all of the letters ended up being the size I guessed they should be. No problem. I just added strips of background fabric between them – and at the ends. In some…
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The sun rose before me so my design wall is quite bright this morning. Here is a third of one of the big blocks for my Sew Modern Bee quilt in November. I was so excited putting it together – it looks just how my husband and I imagined it would. The quilt will be…
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Wonky Star practice block using this tutorial by Silly BooDilly. As chance would have it, I recently read and enjoyed her article in the latest Quilting Arts magazine. From Boo Dilly’s work quilts on Flickr I love her new work quilts!{click this link to go to her work quilts set on flickr}Enjoy her blog while…
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It is nearing the end of peach season here in Ontario. We have been enjoying How does peach cobbler relate to quilting? This is your quilt top before quilting. . . This is your finished quilt! Texture, detail, layers, visual delight! Yes, I’m getting a little excited for the Free Motion Quilt Along. Today’s mission…
