This post is part of an ongoing series of posts for A Zig and A Zag Quilt Along I’m hosting here on my blog. You can join in at any time! You will find the links to all previous steps in my sidebar. I hope that those of you playing along are having a good […]
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I was at a discount book store this afternoon looking for ideas for wedding decorations for my friend. I wasn’t particularly successful in that venture, but I did discover a couple of “quilting” books that I decided to grab for the heck of it. Some of you have probably heard of the author and her
*the giveaway is now closed* Today just happens to be my 9th wedding anniversary. In some ways, time has flown by and in other ways, I think it could be longer. 😉 We’ve been through a lot together and life can be crazy…but crazy is better than boring! In the spirit of celebrating, I wanted
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So once again, the lure of the Bottled Rainbow quilt designed by Rachel was too hard for me to resist. I needed a cheerful quilting project and this one never fails to make me happy. Plus I really just want to finish it! Remember that crazy goal I have to get myself down to two projects
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This post is part of an ongoing series of posts for A Zig and A Zag Quilt Along I’m hosting here on my blog. You can join in at any time! You will find the links to all previous steps in my sidebar. I know. I know. You probably have all thought that I’ve forgotten
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I promised you all a tutorial for a fabric flower that I made a while back, but to be honest I was a little worn out after making one. You see, it involves a number of pieces of fabric cut into circles. And that can be a little tedious. Doable. But tedious. And then the
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Well, I completed my last blocks for my Bee, Busy Bees. It’s been a long wonderful year filled with some of my very favorite people and very favorite blocks. The last month up was Jo who asked us to create starburst blocks using Ashley’s tutorial HERE. I had a kind of difficult time with these
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Well, we are definitely still working hard at settling in. Someone tell me when that will actually happen! It’s almost the end of July and I don’t know where the last two months of my life went. I love how I always underestimate how difficult things like this will be. Just the prospect of finding
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Yes, I know that it’s summer around here, but what can I say? It’s Christmas in July! So let me introduce you to my Gift Box quilt made with Kate Spain’s newest Christmas line Flurry. The instructions for this quilt are located over at the Moda Bake Shop site, so be sure to check it
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Well, I guessed correctly. No sewing. It really is impossible to sew when you are trying to set up a whole new home. I made it work while I was packing up the last one, but this week is a no-go. This is not to say that I have not surrounded myself with all of
