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Cleaning up in my quilting room always means I need to spend time sorting my scraps. Sometimes sorting means moving them to a different container and sometimes it means sorting through them and organizing them by size and style. This spring cleaning actually inspired me to make my first video! This…
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I love . . . the dark background the asymmetrical orange “block” backgrounds the leaves with no vines the texture of the violet flowers {velvet perhaps?} the possibilities of a quilt in this design what do you think? With Joy, Sarah Vee
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It’s that time of year again! Time to vote over at SewCalGal for your favorite in each of the categories listed. Here is the link to the voting page. Enjoy, Sarah Vee
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March’s full moon dream board, complete with flash glare! This month’s prompt from Jamie Ridler is “What dreams are emerging? What’s stirring?” I’m enjoying all of the images and ideas surfacing in this board, but especially those on the right hand side. Looks like some gifts are coming my way from the universe. I cannot…
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I did a wee little bit of fabric shopping on Leap Day. One of my favourite Canadian online shops was having a sale. Sew Sisters I was lucky enough to spy some Melissa Averinos fabric. Love the possibilities here. I think it’s going to play nicely with my Madhatter Tea Party blocks. {freebie…
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Thank you so much for the kind condolences on my cat’s passing. I hope you will accept this public thanks as replying to each of you is just too hard right now. I have been able to use quilting to help comfort me through this week. A very healing opportunity, actually. I am making labels…
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My beloved helper has passed on. I think he enjoyed sitting on almost finished quilts almost as much as jumping between the sheets while I made the bed. Perfect cat timing. Rest in Peace, Mogli. Sept. 1994 – February 2012
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A couple of weekends ago now I took out the last of my batting. I cut pieces for several of my little mini quilts that are piling up. Top right is my Follow your Bliss makealong top. It’s almost ready for backing. My mini bars quilt is made up of leftovers from the Folk Art…
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I love using Picnik for my photo editing. Yes, this photo isn’t great, but it was a LOT worse when I started! It’s one I didn’t include in my heavy photo post of the weekend about cutting fabrics. I have been wondering about what I will use when Picnik is gone. I don’t like change…
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I am finally getting back to/starting to work on this quilt. I used my quilting time each day this week, setting the oven timer for 30 minutes, cutting the black fabrics I set aside for this quilt. The first day I ironed all my black fabrics. It made cutting fabrics the rest of the week…
