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A Little Family Get Away
We have been on a little family vacation. It has been raining pretty non stop in the area where we live, so we decided to spend Eva's Spring Break in a warm sunny place.! That would be Palm Desert, one of my favorite vacation spots. There were desert flowers galore, and plenty of sunshine, so the…
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And Then This Happened.
This is Jan Patek's block number 4 for the Moda BlockHeads Sew Along. I had decided I didn't want to do it because it is appliqué, and made an alternate pieced block instead. You all know I have been playing around with a new machine appliqué project on my Bernina 740. After making some stars…
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Moda BlockHeads #5
It was Lisa Bongean's turn to design a block for the Moda BlockHeads Sew Along. She loves her teensy pieces, that girl does. She has an excellent tutorial on her blog, with tons of photos, demonstrating her method for making the block, every step of the way, including pressing photos. She gets very precise results,…
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Winter 2017 Book Reviews Part 2
Welcome back to Part Two of my Winter 2017 Book Reviews! Thanks for checking in, and I hope my reviews will add something to your list of books to be read. The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss. Can we first just talk about the art work on the cover? That is a painting. Not a…
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Winter 2017 Book Reviews Part One
Time for some book reviews! Once again, I read some really good ones and some that were just ok. I read these books in January, February and March of 2017. Grab a cup of coffee and your notepad and lets get to it. The first book I finished in 2017 was Swimming Lessons by…
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Current Block Projects
Here you see my two block projects on the design wall. We have made 25 of the Triangle Gatherings blocks so far. Hard to believe each of those blocks is made up of the same sixteen half square triangles, just arranged differently. Some of the blocks are so similar I have trouble telling them apart!…
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Applique Prep
I am making a colossal mess in my sewing room getting my star blocks prepped to machine appliqué. I have little snips of fusible paper everywhere, and all available surfaces are covered with fabric, scissors, and interfacing. This is certainly an activity where you want to break things down into steps. First I will prep…
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Stars and Baskets
I got to thinking about appliqué yesterday. I had avoided doing an appliqué block for the Moda BlockHeads project, thinking I needed to "gear up" for appliqué. I made a pieced block instead. I was a wimp. Can't you hear me whining? "Applique is too haaaaard". I have had the kit shown in the photo…
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WWCD?
This is Block #4 in the Moda BlockHeads Sew Along. Only it really isn't. Jan Patek had a turn to design a block this week, and her offering was an appliqué design. I don't mind appliqué, but I have to get used to the idea of doing it in advance. Quite a lot in advance. The…
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Fabric Baskets
This past weekend I was experimenting with various designs of fabric storage baskets. I have seen so many cute ones lately on Instagram, by people who are participating in 2017 Triangle Gatherings Sew Along, or the Moda BlockHeads Sew Along. They use the baskets to hold the fat quarters they are using for their sew…
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