Looking for inspiration or just an excuse to make another project? I grabbed my Take Heart quilt pattern to make a single block for a quick pillow project. I love when I can do a bit of patchwork, a bit of quilting, and bit of project construction all in one day. A long day perhaps […]
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I know I already showed you all the finished top for the pillow that I made at Sewtopia in the class by Rita of Red Pepper Quilts. I absolutely love how it turned out! I did a simple cross hatch quilting a la Rita to just play with the lines of the design. I used
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Just in case you can’t get enough of me 😉 you can find me featured over at Electric Quilt. This is the computer software I use when designing quilts. And as part of the feature, I also have a little project design that I’m offering for free over on the Electric Quilt site. Celebrate the
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I have a lot to be thankful for as I approach Thanksgiving and the End of the Year. But today I want to focus on the generosity of Kirsten, Threedancingmagpies, and her pillow and gifts to me. You can see for yourself what an amazing package she created for me! The other day, I received
Today I want to share with you a pillow that I made this summer that has recently been published in International Quilt Scene Magazine by Interweave Press. I’m a sucker for anything Nautical and I hope you are too. Oh I just love this one! If you’ve followed me for even a little bit, you’ll
Well I did it. I finished my pillow for round 9 of the Pillow Talk Swap. You have all seen pictures of the progress but it is officially complete and may well end up in the hands of its new owner today. I sent it off last week to my partner and I can’t wait
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So I got sucked into a swap…or perhaps more correctly, I allowed myself to do another swap. Because I have so much free time right now. (read sarcasm here) But I just finished my last bee block for my last bee and I haven’t done a swap in about 6 months or so…so I felt
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I showed you the pillow top in the making the other day, but I’m pleased to say that today I finished the whole pillow. I went in my sewing room today intending to work on my Mario Blocks…I’m a little behind. (whoops!) But instead this pillow was calling at me to be finished. So I
The lovely Laura Gunn recently sent me a charm pack of her soon to be released line Cosmos. I’ll admit that coming up with an idea for the fabric had me stumped for a bit. Laura has a beautiful watercolor style to her fabrics but most of these are done with a large scale print.
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Well it’s all complete and actually in the mail to my secret partner! I love how it turned out and I think that my partner will love it too. 😉 She doesn’t know which pillow she’s getting but this is handmade just for her. I’m actually planning on sharing all how I put this together,
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