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FOLLOWERS TAKE NOTE!: I’ve taken the ‘big’ step and got my own domain name.My blog is now located at http://www.sewjoycreations.com/Your links to sewjoy.blogspot.com will still work,BUT, you might want to update!:) BIGGER plans are in the works too. I’m planning on getting smaller:) and more focused at creating with colour. I hope you’ll stick around…
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Why “Play/Pause” this morning? My son has been down and out with a fever for the last 4 days and nights – and I have been awake for them all! I have been staring at the buttons on the music player beside his bed more than I’ve been staring at my stash:) The “Play/Pause” button…
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It’s already time for some more cake! Block 7 is up at Moose on the Porch Quilts. This time before I started picking out fabrics for the block, I looked at my photo of the first 6 blocks to see which colours I haven’t used as focus fabrics yet. I have only one beige tone…
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My Design Wall this week has these 6 cupcakes up for my niece’s birthday present.I’m challenging myself to make my nieces and nephew birthday gifts that incorporate their age this year.The cupcake is a free pattern from Stephanie at Loft Creations that I couldn’t resist using as soon as I saw it. I think I’m…
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One night this week I finally fused together my sugar pot block for the Madhatter Tea Party quilt. You can see the rest of the blocks I’ve completed here. As I was cutting the shapes out I remembered that long long ago, when I was actually working on applique projects, I had saved my scraps…
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January’s Sew Modern Bee Block is nice and sunny! Made for Wooly Jen using Dream On! layer cake pieces and a solid pale yellow. {this may be as close as I get to Judy’s monochromatic challenge for the month:)} Jen had us use our ‘bonus’ triangles to make a small pinwheel block {top right} and…
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The Layer Cake Quilt Along with Moose on the Porch Quilts is half way done. My fat quarter Block 6 {fabric is Bejeweled by Susie Robbins} I like that I got to use some of my busiest prints in this block and it still looks good. It really helps that this mix of fabrics has…
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I’ve completed 2 blocks so far for this month’s Block Lotto. These ‘stacks’ are great for using up stash strips. I need to get some more white fabric so I can make a few more. I used lots of fun blue and green selvages to make this bag. I made it for one of my…
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My sewing box that holds all of my rick rack and ribbon bits was getting to be quite the disaster area. Several months ago I purchased a bag of ribbons and such for $4.00 at a second hand store. Lots of fun rick rack was inside too.Plus, I received some for Christmas. Definitely time to…
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Here is my second Block 5 completed. I think the design really comes through with more solid looking fabrics. You can see my Prayer Flag one here. I might be late posting, but I have started to work on Block 6! Part of my inspiration for fabric choices in this block is the actual card…
