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Thursday Update
My dining room table is filling up with boutique items. Yesterday my progress doesn't appear so grand as the previous days. I really ran out of steam after the baby left at 6:00. No evening sewing for me. What I accomplished was three boxy zippy bags. The red ones in the foreground are for…
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Wednesday Progress Report
I tell you, it is just amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it. I had to work at the shop yesterday, but before I went in, I made 13 tissue holders out of the leftover Adoring fabric that I didn't use for mug rugs. Actually, they are super cute, and…
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Tuesday’s Progress
Here is what I was able to finish yesterday with the baby hanging on my leg while I sewed. Six table runners and four sets of mug rugs. I made a decision regarding the table runners that has been a huge time saver. I decided not to bind them, but to sew them envelope style …
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Spools All Done
Here it is! My Civil War Reproduction version of Spools! I was so happy to get this put together this weekend. I varied the pattern slightly by making some of the "thread" strips thinner, so I could get to use more fabrics from my stash and make things a bit scrappier looking. The pattern calls…
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Besame Mucho
Besame mucho means Kiss Me A Lot. And lots of kissing is what I feel like doing now that this adorable quilt is finished! Pattern is Kiss Me by Fig Tree Quilts, fabric is Strawberry Fields, also by Fig Tree for Moda. Joanna Figueroa is the designer. Aside from some tricky cutting (made easier if…
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Memory, A Finish
I am so excited to show you a proper finish! This is a pattern called "Memory" by Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts. Back in March I participated in a book launch for her latest book Traditional Fat Quarter Quilts: 11 Traditional Quilt Projects from Open Gate Quilts. We were all asked to choose a…
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Full Tilt Boogie to the 4th
I gotta get it done, I just gotta. The 4th of July will soon be upon us, and I surely would like to have this on my table a bit in advance of the holiday. Finished the quilting on my Doc Schnibble. Well, it isn't the greatest quilting job in the world, and in fact…
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Hour A Day Check In
Ok, so it isn't a complete quilt. But, hey. I have been diligently going down to the studio and putting in my hour a day. Maybe even more! The baby is a trial, the way she is refusing to take a nice two hour nap twice a day, but I am making it work. Thank…
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Let’s Get Those Tops Quilted
When we complete a quilt top, so many of us do a little happy dance and think "Woo Hoo! Another one finished!" There is a real sense of elation at having accomplished constructing a quilt top. But wait. No, we aren't quite done yet. There is still the little matter of getting those tops quilted.…
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BOM Rehab Monday
I finished six filler blocks this week for the BOM Rehab project. My block for next week will be a basket block for this same BOM, which is several years old and called Simply Sophisticated, fabric by Blackbird Designs. Who knows, if I get the notion, perhaps I will make a block for my 2010…