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A Little Sewing
After my crazy week, I managed to log in some peaceful time in the sewing room on Sunday. I finished the second sunflower block for the runner I am making. There is a really engrossing book I am listening to that kept me completely fascinated. The sixth book in Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series, "The…
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Something New
I am visiting my father for a couple of days this week, so I won't be doing a full-blown post today. We have been attending to a couple of long-overdue doctor's appointments. Remember the MRI I had back in February? I finally got in to talk to the doctor about my results. That is what,…
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Half Square Triangles with Easy Angle®
There you see 224 half-square triangles. These were an absolute breeze to make with the Easy Angle® ruler. In all the current rage for triangle papers, you may have forgotten about the Easy Angle. It is the fastest, easiest way to make half-square triangles that I know of. My son Ahren gave me a lot…
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Piecing the Past Blocks Done
Piecing the Past, Comfort and Joy blocks are all done. They published the suggested layout this week, but I am going to do my own thing. Their layout calls for a narrow lattice between the blocks and I want to spread things out more. This is their suggested layout below: I am going to add…
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Giveaway Winner of Lori Holt’s Book “Farm Girl Vintage”
I am excited to share that Gail S. is the winner of the Lori Holt book "Farm Girl Vintage". The random number generator thing was used, and her comment was the number that came up. I hope she will enjoy the book, as I highly recommend it for the variety of patterns and remarkably clear…
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Book Giveaway and Piecing the Past Update
In my recent sort out of the sewing room, I discovered that I had purchased this book twice. It is "Farm Girl Vintage" by Lori Holt. The book is full of great quilt block patterns, in sizes 6" or 12". I love it when books provide a size option. There are some cute novelty block…
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Sunflower Seeds Table Runner
Over the weekend, I made three blocks from the Sunflower Seeds quilt pattern by The Pattern Basket, and turned them into a late summer table runner. I ordered the PDF file for immediate download and got started right away on my project. Margot Languedoc is the designer behind The Pattern Basket, and she is known…
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I Couldn’t Just Make One…
My new 4 inch Creative Grids Log Cabin Trim Tool arrived Tuesday afternoon and first thing Wednesday morning I was up and at it. My first block was completed by 7:30 AM. Do you think I could stop with one? No, I could not. Have you ever seen anything so cute? Unfortunately, I had things…
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It’s a Meteor Shower
It is raining stars here. I won't say I am getting a lot faster, but cutting my scraps bigger than recommended is helping me out. Paper piecing is a lot less fiddly if you have more fabric to work with. And less fiddling means more fun. Four more to go, and perhaps I will get…
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What Was I Thinking?
Well, this is a UFO in all sense of the word. I discovered this little project box in my sewing room closet and just stared at it open-mouthed. What had I been planning? There were the makings for flying geese units, some strips in various sizes, a whole lot of black and orange fabrics. No…