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Halloween 1904 A Blast From the Past
This is nuts, but I am really terrible about taking the final step to have my quilt tops quilted. It is expensive for one thing, and I (used to at least) make a lot of quilts. This quilt is called Halloween 1904 and was a pattern put out by Blackbird Designs in 2012 I think.…
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Mahalo Mini Quilt
I do love seasonal sewing projects, and I also love a mini quilt/table topper. When the two worlds collide, as they did this weekend, you get some great results. The quilt pattern is Mahalo Mini by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting LifeYou can download the PDF pattern for under $7. And how cute is that?…
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A New Wool Applique Project
I have had this new little applique project prepped for a week or so and finally began the stitching. How cute is that little blackbird sitting on the thread spool? There will be some additional embroidery once the blanket stitching is completed around the edges of the shapes. The bird will be holding a length…
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Little Projects
I have started another one of those By Thy Hands projects by Buttermilk Basin. The pieced block is Spools, as you can see. I used striped fabric in the hope that it will help in the illusion of thread being on the spools. The wool applique is of a tomato pincushion and a spool of…
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Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
I am having so much fun with my dabble into wool appliqué! I think my little snowman came out great and I can't wait to embroider his little face and otherwise finish up this project. I downloaded a slew of free rug mat patterns from Shabby Fabric this weekend and am excited to make some…
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Holiday Gatherings
Hope you all had a great weekend! I got a little sewing done, and finished my piece for the snowman applique. The snowman and his broom will go on the right in the empty space. It will be just the right amount of wool applique to get me started. Of course I don't have any…
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What Was I Going To Do With All These Nine Patches?
I must have made all these 9 patch blocks for a reason, right? Then I took a blogging/sewing break, spent hours with Eva at the pool, and went to Ireland and England to visit my son, and completely forgot what the heck the point of these blocks was. Do you ever do that? Well, I'm…
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Stars and Baskets Progress
My Stars and Baskets quilt is starting to take shape on the design wall. The star blocks are all finished and trimmed, and I have nearly half the basket blocks completed. A few more sessions of piecing the basket blocks and these blocks will be ready to be sewn together. Breaking the components of the…
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Baskets!
I had a tremendously productive weekend! I completed the appliqué on all my star blocks, and completed all the prep and appliqué on my basket handles. This would be for the Collection for a Cause Stars and Baskets quilt I am working on. I have started sewing the basket blocks, and for the most part…
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Moda Blockheads #7
I have mixed feelings about the Moda BlockHeads block #7. I love the end look of the block, but I did not care for the construction method. I actually ended up remaking the block. Lynn Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles is promoting a "layered piecing" technique for her blocks, and I find it to be not…