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One more gift still on the design wall.I have some teacher gifts to finish up and cookies to bake too. The smaller ‘extra’ design wall I put up is slowly getting filled with odd scraps that I don’t want to lose. Not sure what possibilities are sprouting here, but at least I can keep an…
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I really love reading and looking at the Dutch Sisters blog. I decided to sign up for their “Pillow that you Dream on” swap and really enjoyed the process. My swap partner said she liked earthtones. I did a quick ‘look and grab’ through my stash and made a pile of browns. I threw in…
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Read all about the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball here.Pretty ‘quilty’ looking, eh! Photo Credit: Countdown Entertainment, LLC from the Times Square Alliance website As we get closer to a new year, I always get over excited making plans for my quilt projects.I’m hoping to get many more designs out next year as compared…
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Here are my first three blocks for the Layer Cake Quilt Along done with my April Cornell Prayer Flags layer cake. Here are the same blocks done with Bejeweled by Susie Robbins. Instructions for Block 4 went up at Moose on the Porch Quilts today. While I am busy sewing Christmas gifts, I did take…
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I have one more December string block to finish. I’m planning to tie this quilt – or use buttons and rick rack. It will be my year end project that I do when my Christmas gifts are completed.You can see what the first 6months of blocks look like together here. I’m excited – this quilt’s…
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One more Christmas present – DONE!I used this tutorial by Denyse Schmidt as my starting point. I personalized it with her first initial, outlined in big, sparkly purple rick rack. I even figured out how to sew a pocket into this bag without a lining!My bag construction, especially how I attached the handles, is based…
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Today is my day to introduce you to a brand new online quilt magazine: The very first issue comes out in January 2011. Visit the Home page of the magazine to view a brief preview of the magazine. You can see the projects that will be featured in the first issue. {Did you see that…
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It’s been really cool {and nerve racking} to see the photos of the basket block for the Layer Cake Quilt Along as they get made and posted to the flickr pool. I thought I’d share the process I went through when I designed this block – with lots of pictures!Already you can see from the…
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I finally, finally fixed Molly Monkey! She is headed {no pun intended} back to her owner this weekend. Of course, I couldn’t send her home without a new skirt! Do you need a Molly Monkey in your life? You can find the tutorial here at mmmcrafts. With Joy,Sarah Vee
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I completed the baptism pillow for my youngest niece. The back. It almost looks like a cross, right?:) She was born the day my brother came home for his leave from Afghanistan.He is home now for good. Safe and sound with his loved ones.Looking forward to seeing him again and his little troupe of girls…
