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Time For a New Project, S’Mores
I've been diligently plugging away at my Triangle Gatherings and Moda BlockHeads Sew Alongs, but truth be told, am getting a teensy bit bored with them. I only have a handful of blocks left for Triangle Gatherings, and just need to get them made so I can sew the rows together and get the blocks…
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I Gave It Away
Seven tubs of fabric. Fat quarters, partially finished quilt tops, scraps, larger cuts…Seven.Tubs. Not all the greatest selection. Lots of weird light background prints I will never use, plus some larger cuts that seemed kind of dated or just were not to my taste anymore. But for someone who does charity quilts they might be…
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Countdown To Christmas
It's Christmas in July! Last week on Moda The Cutting Table blog, Carrie posted a pillow she had made (and free Christmas Village pattern) using an older fabric line called Countdown to Christmas by Sweetwater. I vaguely recalled purchasing that fabric line back in 2011. I had had a project in mind, and the fabric…
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Birthday Bounty
I was fortunate to receive a few gift certificates for my birthday last month and thought I'd share what has been arriving in the mail. I ordered several Pam Buda fat quarter collections; the one in the photo above being Cheddar and Friends. This one is On Maple Lake. Those fall colors that I love.…
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Happy Mail is Starting to Arrive
I had a birthday recently, and got some gift certificates to Fat Quarter Shop and to Amazon. I have an Amazon wish list four pages long, so I have been ordering some books that I have been wanting. I redeemed some of my gift cards for four quilting books, all of which look super good.…
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Borders, Backings and Bindings=Boring
I spent the entire day yesterday adding the borders and piecing the backing for Ahren's 1000 Pyramids quilt. Whew, I haven't spent such a tedious sewing day in ages. That is probably why I have been procrastinating getting those final steps done. However, this quilt has to get to my fabulous quilter so we can…
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Bee Inspired
I was pretty excited when this beautiful fat quarter bundle of Deb Strain's Bee Inspired fabric arrived in my mailbox. And I didn't even have to pay for it. You see, my son Ahren, who lives in Ireland, asked me to make him a quilt, and purchased the fabric for it. He had been inspired…
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Who Doesn’t Love Bees?
Who doesn't love fabric with bees? I sure do. I just ordered selected pieces in a new collection called Garden Notes by Kathy Schmitz and it arrived yesterday. This fabric will be perfect in a quilt I have in mind to make for my bedroom for spring and summer. I am trying to bring more…
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Halloween Bounce Stars-More on Fabric Selection
I am making my Halloween Bounce Stars scrappy, within each of five color ways. I have fabrics in black, orange, gold, green and purple. I found that if I used a selection of lights and darks in each star, the stars seemed to "sparkle" more than if I stuck to fabrics all the exact same…
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A New Color Palette/A New Project
Hi there. Hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend, if where you live it actually WAS a 3 day weekend! Here in the US it was "Labor Day Weekend", an occasion that for a lot of folks signifies kids going back to school, days getting shorter, fall approaching, and summer's last fling-often celebrated…