I’ve been doing some free motion quilting lately. Just a little bit. You see I wanted to do something kind of fun for my quilt for the Fab Little Quilt Swap…the one with the girl. I’m not horrible at free motion quilting, but I’m certainly no expert. And I need inspiration for quilting ideas as […]
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I am in one bee this year (Yay for self control!), the Stash Trad Bee. Stash stands for the fact that we are all supplying our own fabric for each block from our personal stash (which also gives you a lovely opportunity to do some shopping, especially for background fabrics!). The Trad is short for
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I’ve been a little giddy lately because I think in the last month I’ve really seen a bunch of people begin to use patterns for things I’ve designed. I’m a big nerd so it makes me really excited to see what you all are doing and how you tackle the patterns. A big reason more
A couple of weeks ago I think, I got a lovely invite over on flickr asking me to join a new private swap of mini quilts. The ladies sending that invite had fabulous wording that must have stroked the ego on a lot of us because it took about two seconds for my determination to
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Are you all tired of this quilt yet? I feel like I’ve been working on it forever…between designing it, cutting up fabrics for a bee, getting back blocks from two different bees, sewing the top together, wanting to make it a king size, changing my mind and keeping it a queen size…. What? I’m keeping
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*okay…I started a group on flickr…you can find it HERE. Blog button is at the bottom of the post!* UFOs. You know. You know what I mean. They’re there. Floating above you and telling you “work on me. work on me.” Yep…they can be slightly creepy…a little out of date…a blast from your past. There
Take that swoon pattern. I told you that I would whip you into submission. I will not be conquered by the insanity that is the swoon. Uhm…yeah. That may or may not be the pep talk that I gave myself before tackling the swoon pattern again. You might recall that a week or so ago
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On to my failure. Oh yes. They happen. Boy do they happen. I have decided to join in on Katy’s Swoon Along. I couldn’t resist the lure of the Swoon pattern any longer and I have all this fun Brrr fabric that I wanted to use. So I decided to make a “baby” swoon which
Yes, I know…I’ve already done my own little reflection post for the year. But since that one was really more about me, you’ll all indulge me as I cast my glance back on the year of the whole quilting world right? Sew Mama Sew is having their reflections and predictions posts again and since I
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Am I too late? It’s already 2012! But we’ve been running around like crazy and I haven’t had a chance to sit down at my computer. (traveling 2 hours for a one night to do with friends with a two year old = definite LACK of sleep) But once I hopped online I realized that
