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Summer in the Country Block 4: Evening Star
This week's beautiful Summer in the Country sew-along block is "Evening Star" designed by Jen Van Orman of Heritage Threads. This week we are going to be making lots of flying geese. I have gone off the path of the pattern instructions again. I prefer to make my flying geese four at a time and…
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Summer in the Country Block 3 Hay Baler
Don't be afraid of today's Summer in the Country block. Yes, it has a lot of pieces, but we will break it down and see how easily it goes together. The pattern instructions warn to cut carefully and sew with a 1/4" seam allowance, which is always good advice. You notice we have a lot…
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Block 2 in Summer in the Country Sew Along- Moonlight
Block 2 in the Summer in the Country sew-along is Moonlight, designed by Michele Kuhns of Crayon Box Studio. I warned you that I might veer from the pattern instructions from time to time and this is a good example of me doing just that. I have two significant changes in the method used for…
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Summer in the Country-Are You Ready to Sew Along?
Are you ready to make a cute quilt? Feel free to sew along with me as I work on the Summer in the Country sew along Moda Bake Shop sponsored a couple of years ago. The patterns are all free and are located on the Moda website. I've got my patterns all printed out and…
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Patchwork Star
This cute block is called Patchwork Star and is one of the last five blocks in the Mercantile sew-along, hosted by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet. I am enjoying making the blocks and think the quilt is going to be lovely, but to be honest, I am looking forward to having the sew-along…
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Mercantile Update March 27
I thought I'd share an update on my progress with the Mercantile sew-along. I have actually kept up with this one. I've enjoyed all the block patterns and haven't felt the need to substitute any of them out. As you know, I decided to forgo the applique circle instructions in favor of having low-volume backgrounds…
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There’s Always Another Way To Do Things
I had a lovely telephone chat with my cousin René yesterday. She lives across the country from me, but we have so much in common! We talked for over an hour and I know if we lived closer we'd be in real-life contact constantly. She is a talented quilter and after catching up on each…
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Etoile Rouge and Hourglass Units
I mentioned that I am participating in a sew-along called Etoile Rouge, hosted by Kathryn Kerr. You do have to pay to join it, and it started at the beginning of January. She isn't taking any more signups for now but runs the same sew-along every year starting in January. So, if you like the…
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Update on Current Projects
You all know that I work on multiple projects at a time. I love the variety of having all sorts of different things going on, and I sure never get bored. The following projects are those that I am actively working on each week. I also have projects in line to finish: mainly with borders…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Eva and I wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day. We had fun decorating some cookies which she will share with her girlfriends at school today. Of course, she had to taste one, and said they are A-OK. After my big Flea Market finish, I wasn't in the mood to tackle anything huge, so…