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Scrap Quilt
Greetings fellow shut-ins. Hope you all had a good weekend. We cleaned the house from top to bottom, spent a lot of time on the front porch, planted some summer annuals, and got in a wee bit of sewing. I tidied the sewing room as part of the cleaning effort, and somehow the project box…
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My Latest Distraction
My latest distraction from reorganizing my sewing room is this little mini quilt in the Corn and Beans block. I got my little pieces all cut out and sorted with my Alphabitties. If you don't have Alphabitties, you might want to consider adding some to your collection of sewing notions. They are double sided plastic…
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Killing Time with New Projects and Tools
While I wait patiently (not) for my extra materials for the Sweet Escape project, I have been passing the time by playing with some new projects and tools. Some time ago I purchased a Creative Grids ruler called the Curvy Log Cabin Tool. I got the six inch size, but it comes in 4 inch…
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Comparing Pineapple Rulers
I've spent several days comparing two pineapple rulers. One, the Creative Grids Pineapple Ruler, I have used before and really liked. It recently came to my attention that Bloc Loc makes a Pineapple Ruler as well, and on impulse I ordered one. I'll give you my opinions in this post, which is very photo heavy.…
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Tools on Tuesday
I had posted a few photos of my string blocks on Instagram, and my daughter was asking me to post a photo that would show the size of the block. The blocks are made up of four 5 inch smaller blocks, that when sewn together, finish at one 10 inch block. I have thrown myself…
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Favorite Notions Part Three
Welcome back to my sewing room, for a tour of some items that I love using. The strange looking item in the photo above is not a sculpture. It is a standing thread holder, given to me some years back by a friend. It isn't possible to fit the larger more economical thread spools onto…
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Favorite Notions Part Two
I have so many favorite quilting tools and notions that I had to break my post up into chapters! In the photo above is my Fiskars rotating cutting mat. I have a larger one as well, but this tiny eight inch one is just right for itty bitty block units. On top of the…
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Favorite Notions
Instagram has been buzzing in the past week or so with quilters sharing pictures of their favorite notions. I thought that would be a great topic for a blog post, but I have so many favorites, I think I have to divide them up into several posts! Some of my absolute essentials are in the…
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Tootsie Pops Progress
Some progress has been made on my spring table runner. Aren't those blocks adorable? I thought I'd talk about the pattern and the block construction in case some of you might want to make this pretty runner for yourselves. The pattern, Tootsie Pops by Fig Tree, was designed to use those little 2 1/2" precut…
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S’Mores Update
This week I have been focusing on my S'Mores quilt. S'Mores is a design by Jo Morton, which I first saw on Instagram. I am switching up my version however. I am making 4 inch finished square in a square blocks, and will separate them with a tan lattice. My blocks are all red and…