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Sleeping Bag for Ooh Ooh Ah Ah
While I was vacationing in August, my friend Lisa and I had the occasion to do a little shopping. I discovered this cute Teri Atkinson pattern and knew I had to have it. My grand daughter Eva has a special Lovey toy, a monkey she calls Ooh Ooh Ah Ah, that she sleeps with, carries…
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Lucy
I was very lucky to snag a beautiful kit of cream, orange and black fabric from Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. recently. The kits were in very limited supply and appear to have sold out, but don't despair, you can still put together these fabrics on your own, with a little effort. If you don't have…
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The Design Wall is Filling Up!
I have completed 16 hoop blocks for my Metro Hoops project, using the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful. I have to admit I earned a few more grey hairs when I started this project, but am happy to say I persevered and with the help of a smarter-than-me reader, licked the issues…
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Give It Your Best Dot
The new project I started came from this hot-off-the-press American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine. The pattern is called Give It Your Best Dot, for the fun polka dot fabric used in the sample quilt. I don't really care about all those polka dot fabrics, but I do love the block that is featured in the…
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Trace
How cute is this fabric line and pattern? It all went together pretty quickly, but as you can see, I still need to sew the blocks together. Pattern is a Little Bites by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company, and the fabric is High Street by Lily Ashbury. I totally copied one of the versions of the…
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Blah, More Typepad Issues
I am so sorry not to have been able to respond to your comments this week. That is the whole point and fun of blogging as far as I am concerned. Ever since Typepad was attacked again on Monday, I am not getting your comments to go to my email so I can respond. Such…
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Mini Patterns from Fig Tree
Over the weekend I downloaded four new mini patterns from Fig Tree Designs. One is a mini version of the pear quilt I have been working on. In addition, I got a mini pattern of sewing machines, a flower and cherries. Each one is cute as can be and is teeny tiny (20 to…
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Rusty
Back in the day, I used to sew all my own clothes. I made just about everything except underwear. I even tried to make a bikini a couple of times. (Nothing I could actually wear in public however–my estimate of my pattern size was way off in the swim suit category anyway). At one…
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August Blooms by Brandywine Designs
Several people have asked about the pattern I used for the August Blooms quilt. The pattern is in a book called Summer Haven, by Linda Hohag, published by Brandywine Designs. The book was published years ago, but it is still available through the publisher, Brandywine Designs. I think every pattern in the book is very…
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Kenneshaw Mountain
Several of my friends have been experimenting with brighter color palettes lately with great success. I have to admit, I do enjoy the colorful quilts they have been coming out with. It is the case however that I still have a strong affinity for Civil War Reproduction fabrics: I love the way they honor our…