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Night Flight
Oooooh, never too early to start thinking about Halloween. I have to say I am more in the mood to work with red, white and blue fabrics right now, but I have to plan ahead if I want to get a few things made and shipped off for quilting. I'm telling you, these blocks take…
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Square in a Square and Hourglass Quilt Block Units
I enjoyed making Week 8's blocks for the Piecing the Past sew-along. It gave me a chance to re-visit my favorite ways to make two common (but tricky) block units. Those being, the Square in a Square unit and the Hourglass unit. For the Square in a Square unit, my favorite method is actually to…
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Piecing the Past Blocks 19, 20, 21
I did manage to finish the three Piecing the Past blocks for this week. I have been reducing the block size down to 6 inches, and some of the blocks have been a real challenge. The one on the top in particular. It is hard to tell from the photo, but the block contains four…
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This Week’s Piecing the Past Blocks and Wedding Plans
I am continuing to piece the weekly blocks for the Piecing the Past "Comfort and Joy" sew-along. This week's blocks were really good. The one at the top in the photo above is called "Lilies" and is one of my favorites for sure. I reduced the size from 9" to 6". I had a bit…
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Moda BlockHeads 18 Alternates
I decided to go with the alternate blocks for the Moda BlockHeads block of the week last week. We are on block 18, to the best of my recollection. I just wasn't feeling the applique this time and decided to switch it up. Each time there is an applique block, one or more of the…
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Blocks of the Week
I got all three Piecing the Past blocks finished. The Ohio Star Variation was easy peasy. The fabric requirements for this quilt included a variety of fabrics in these colors: red, blue, gold, green, brown and orange. I have decided that with the fabrics I had on hand, the orange just isn't working. I remade…
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Hodge Podge
Well, this is a mess. My sewing room has so many projects going on, it doesn't know what hit it. I have three block of the week projects in process, and enjoy seeing my completed blocks on display, so there you are. A big mess. Thank you all so much for your kind comments and…
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Cheerful Rocks
Before I tell you about our cheerful rocks, I'd like to share my latest Moda BlockHeads block, #17, by Betsy Chutchian. She calls it Crossroads. I changed it up a little ( of course I did) and am very happy with the play of red and white prints. I made my block 8 1/2". There…
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If At First You Don’t Succeed…
The stars must not be aligned properly. I'll tell you this block took me a couple of tries. Every possible piece I could have turned wrong, I did. Repeatedly. I finally had re-sewn the block so many times it was all floppy and covered with little thread bits. I was ready to throw in the…
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Scrap Quilt
Greetings fellow shut-ins. Hope you all had a good weekend. We cleaned the house from top to bottom, spent a lot of time on the front porch, planted some summer annuals, and got in a wee bit of sewing. I tidied the sewing room as part of the cleaning effort, and somehow the project box…