Sometimes I see a pattern someone else is designing and I just HAVE to make it. As a pattern designer myself, it can be hard to give up the extra time and energy to make a full pattern of someone else’s design. But it is also a really great way to improve my own pattern […]
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The mama has finally received her quilt, so I’m happy to share with you a baby quilt that I recently made for a very special baby #2. I used Elizabeth Hartman’s wonderful Fancy Fox II pattern and I couldn’t have been happier with it. Each block was fun to make and I enjoyed picking out
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I was feeling all crazy yesterday and decided to try a new to me technique: glue basting on a quilt binding. I know, I know. I’m probably WAY behind the times on this one. But just in case you are like me and haven’t given this a whirl yet, I thought I’d share what I
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I wanted to share a quilt with you all that I have a privilege of being a part of making recently. My dear friend Kaelin aka The Plaid Scotty, just had her first baby! And a group of quilty friends got together to make her a rocking eye spy quilt. We threw her a virtual
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Eep! I finished it! Finally. I’ve had this Baby Swoon quilt in progress for a long time, about a year and a half actually. I would have been done AGES ago if I hadn’t decided that this would be a good quilt to try out some hand quilting. I love the look of hand quilting,
Baby Swoon – Brr! Style : Finished!! Read More »
This quilt has been a long time in the making. I believe that I started the blocks over 3 years ago. I had just discovered modern quilting and this was my very first attempt at not using a pattern for the blocks. Improvising was a completely new concept for me! I had a bit of
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This is one of the first baby quilts that I made for a friend a few years ago. They, like us, struggle with fertility and they had decided to adopt a beautiful boy from Guatemala. It was very exciting to be part of their journey from home inspections, to placement, to knowing they were finally
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I mentioned last time that I’ve been a bit delayed in my monthly sewing because of all the moving around we have been doing to get ready for the baby. So I’ve finally caught up a little bit and some things to share with you. As part of the Bee Modern Quilt Group I am
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