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Violas in Vases
My first vase of Violas! I toyed with the idea of paper piecing the stems for about five minutes. Have you ever done paper piecing? Well, I am late to that party, without a doubt. I experimented for a little while and you have never seen such a mess. I kept either sewing…
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Violas in Bloom
I am just so proud of these little block units! It is just the look I was going for in my mind, with the scrappy fabrics, and each basket/vase having flowers all in one color range. I will get to making the basket/vase units eventually. Those will go where you see empty spaces on the…
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Back in the Saddle with Viola
What a fun project to work on after being on hiatus for over a month! That project is Viola, a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern, designed by Carrie Nelson of course. I am participating in a sew along with two friends, Thelma and Sinta. I was so worried that my recently sprained hand would prevent…
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I Changed My Mind
I am still fiddling around with fabrics for the Viola project. I want those flowers to be really colorful and happy, and wasn't embracing my red/yellow/orange palette so much. I remembered that I had purchased these fat quarters of a collection called Mimosa by Robert Kaufman from Fat Quarter Shop some months back, and when…
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Viola Sew Along
I am excited about a new project I plan to embark upon soon. The pattern is Viola, a recent release by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. (Carrie Nelson design). Carrie's patterns are now being published by Moda, and have a slightly different format. Same chatty instructions a la Carrie, but the patterns are now in a…
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Crop Circles Blocks Sewn Together
Crop Circles blocks are now sewn into rows. I probably should have spent more time stewing over how to arrange the blocks, as I see I have some same color center circles next to each other. I just kept it random and that is how it ended up. Next up are the borders, the side…
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Crop Circles Blocks Are Done!
Woo Hoo! Happy dance going on here. I finished 31 Crop Circles blocks. Love every single one of them, and only need 30, so one will have to go on the back I guess. Aren't they cute? Love that Gardenvale fabric by Jen Kingwell. I think it worked out so well for this pattern. Next…
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Crop Circles: Step 783
Wedges done, edges pressed under, circles made: Start your engines and let the appliquéing begin! The first order of business is to cut those perfect circles into quarters. For some reason that was hard for me. But I did it. There are a couple of ways to proceed with the wedges and quarter circles. You…
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Wedges Pressed, Circles Done
The lady who cleans my house was here yesterday morning and I always try to stay out of her way. My project while she was cleaning upstairs was to press the rest of my wedge segments for the Crop Circles blocks. I made myself a little ironing station on the kitchen counter. I used my…
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The Quilt of a Thousand Steps
I am going to have to rename this quilt. It is called Crop Circles by the pattern designer, Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company, but I call it The Quilt of a Thousand Steps. If you have been following along with this sew along Sinta of Pink Pincushion and I are doing, you may…