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Idaho Lily is coming right along.  The applique is all done, the blocks connected, the inner border on, and the sawtooth border started.  This little table topper is going to go great with my decor, especially during the upcoming holidays.  I tell you, it made me VERY nervous to cut away the backing fabric behind…

You may have heard about the earthquake we had in California earlier this week.  It hit the folks in the Napa area pretty hard.  There are a great number of wine storage warehouses in that area, and some wineries were pretty devastated with their inventory falling and breaking.  Tragic. We were not affected particularly, but…

Just checking in mid-week.  Hope you all are having a good one.  Summer is well on its way to being over, and that is somewhat difficult to accept, as it seems like summer just started.  No worries, there will plenty of more chickens and corn on the barbie before it is all a distant memory.…

This finish of Metro Hoops by Sew Kind of Wonderful, using the Quick Curve Ruler is truly a happy one for me.  I thought I would share my thoughts on the construction experience and give credit to some things that were helpful to me. At the start I had a lot of issues with the…

My mission lately has been to get some of my many flimsies quilted.  This one arrived just in time for the 4th of July!  This little quilt is called Dulcinea, a Schnibbles pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company.  It is hot off the longarm machine of Mary Flynn of Quilt Hollow. I am wishing you…

Thank you to all of you who have sent me such helpful suggestions on how I might make my corner triangles align more accurately in my Metro Hoops project, using the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful.  My blocks are flat, they are squaring up to a perfect 8 inches, but those darn…

I am doing the best I can here with this QCR project, Metro Hoops.  Here are three components of each block unit.  A strip set, cut into a curved shape with the Quick Curve ruler, and two side pieces, also cut with the QCR. All you have to do is sew them together so you…

This will be brief, as you can see my finger isn't up to typing so well. This may be the first on record curved piecing related injury.  I actually got my finger under the needle trying to manuever the fabric.  Don't ask.  They told me at Urgent Care that I won the prize for weirdest…

Hey there, I wanted to give an update on my progress with my Quick Curve Ruler project.  First of all, I have changed my mind on fabric three times and on the pattern once.  I had originally planned to do the project in the fabric you see above, Oh My! by Sanae.  I changed my…

 I knew this red and white quilt block reminded me of something.  A couple of years ago I made a blue and white quilt called Winding Ways that called for using a template and doing curved piecing.  I really enjoyed making the quilt, and found the curved piecing not difficult at all.    This red…