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Fabric Baskets for Toy Storage
Have you all tried making fabric baskets? They are so convenient for sewing accessories, children's small toys and all sorts of other odds and ends. For Valentine's Day, I gave Eva a Dog Washing Barbie, that came with all sorts of little puppies and dog washing paraphernalia. Tons of little pieces that were bound…
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Log Cabin Block Pitfalls to Avoid
Looking at a Log Cabin quilt, you would think it is so simple. And it is, or can be eventually. As mentioned in my previous post, I am using the Creative Grids Log Cabin Trim Tool, which is terrific. I got the idea for the Log Cabin project from a YouTube video called Hope Blooms…
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Latest Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Kit
The latest Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots Club kit arrived last week. I am woefully behind in the Second season of kit offerings, but will definitely get to making them. This one is such a nice design and the fabrics are perfect for my home. I have made perhaps five or six of the kits so…
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Building Blocks
I thought some of you might be interested in how this quilt comes together. I am working on Looking Glass, a Miss Rosie pattern. When I studied the pattern photo, I had a difficult time picturing how this top was going to be assembled. Basically, there are two blocks that make up the quilt. A…
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A Gorgeous Day, With a Bit of Everything
I swear I started out the day sewing, and made a total of six more Jacob's Ladder blocks. But the weather was so gorgeous–in the 80s!–I just had to be outside with Eva. After I picked her up from school we came home and had a tea party, then we played outside with her water…
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Geranium Dress
After I made the recent somewhat disappointing dress for Eva, I got a lot of recommendations from readers for little girls dress patterns that actually fit and go together well. One of the names that came up several times was the Geranium Dress, by Made by Rae. I ordered the pdf download and printed…
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Four Patch Fun
I've been busy making little four patch blocks this past few days. They go together so quickly and are the perfect project to work on while I watch episodes of Call the Midwife. (I am really enjoying that series). These four patches are for a sew along sponsored by American Patchwork and Quilting magazine,…
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Flowering Snowballs and Kaffe Fasset
It has been so nice to have time to sew this week. Occupying space on my main design wall is the Flowering Snowball quilt I am making with Baycreek templates and Kaffe Fasset fabrics. I am so late to the party when it comes to Kaffe Fasset. Believe it or not, I had never bought…
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So, I Had To Do the Math After All
I am just crazy mad in love with this quilt (photo from book, Home to Roost). I have had in my mind for a year or more to make this quilt, but I didn't know how to find the pattern. My inspiration was a miniature quilt called Pinwheel Gardens I saw on Pinterest by Lisa…
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Anybody Know What Pattern This Is?
Isn't this a cool block pattern? I found a link for this quilt on the internet. The link went to Lovely Rita's blog: http://lovelyritablog.blogspot.com/2012/04/flower-posts-and-sashing-machine.html. The blog is called Lovely Threads, and evidently Rita does long arm machine quilting (beautifully). There was no pattern source given, and although a reader inquired what the pattern was, there…