I’ve had this quilt in my head for a long time and this was my first attempt to create it. I really like it and I’m already planning my next version of it! It all started with a “simple” hexagon block that I made for Lynne months ago… I knew almost immediately that I wanted […]
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Well, I’m a little farther behind with one of my bees than I would like to be, but I’m getting there. Now don’t be confused about the block here…yes, yesterday was Easter, not Christmas. But Karen loves Christmas, so we’re making Christmas blocks in the Spring. Really, she’s the smart one because she’ll actually have
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April’s Block for do. Good Stitches in my group was a couple of string blocks. Simple enough…I’ve made a whole string quilt before…this time last year in fact. It was a gift for my MIL. So I thought that a couple of blocks would be easy peasy. Hmmm… Well, let’s just say it was a
As promised, here are the pics of my sewing room. This is as tidy as it is going to get I think. I’m totally an organized person by nature and you’ll definitely see some of that here…which is why it has been driving me crazy that is has been so disorganized lately. But there’s nothing
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So I’ve accomplished a bit of sewing, although it has mainly been cleaning and tidying. Those are necessities because I think I was avoiding my sewing room because I would get overwhelmed when I walked in there. So many projects going at one time! But now that the doll quilt is done and sent and
Phew! I’ve been waiting for what seems like forever to share the final quilt that I made for the Doll Quilt Swap – Round 10. But it is safely in the hands of its new owner, Kendra, so I can finally share the story (with her permission) behind the quilt. Here’s the finished product…put together
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I found myself in a bit of a quandary when Penny told us what she wanted us to make for her month of Busy Bees. To quote her: “The theme for April is crazy, busy, scrappy! ” Uhmmm…yeah. If you know my work, you know that I tend to be neither crazy (we’re talking sewing
I had a wonderfully surreal moment last week. I received a mysterious box in the mail…those are the best, don’t you think? I opened it up to discover my three copies of the magazine that three of my projects are in. The magazine is called 101 Patchwork projects and quilts and is distributed by interweave
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. 😉 I’ve finally pulled together the set in circle tutorial that I have been mentioning for months now. I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to get to this. What can I say? Life happens. This tutorial will teach you step by step the method I
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DQS10 progress, a photo by Twee ✁cut to pieces on Flickr. I added the sweet sailor boys…so here’s where I am today. I’m almost ready to start quilting. 😉
