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Summer Breeze Coming Along Nicely
I am really pleased with how my little Summer Breeze mini quilt is coming along. The center is all done, and I am just waiting on some more green fabric to arrive for the ribbon border. I am going to love having this out all spring and summer. Those colors make me so happy. The…
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Fancy Summer Breeze
Isn't this pull of fabric happy? It is a combination of Lori Holt's "Prim" and "Flea Market", Corey Yoder's "Spring Brook", and Lily Ashbury's "Fancy". I think Lily Ashbury was ahead of her time with those fun bright-hued fabrics. They are hugely popular now with designers such as Lori Holt and April Rosenthal putting out…
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A Few More Cute Quilt Blocks
I can't seem to stop myself. This Moda BlockHeads 3 quilt is never going to be done. I keep thinking I need to add more "cute" blocks to it. You have to admit, that fat blue bee is pretty darn adorable. So naturally I had to give him a house. Isn't that little bee skep…
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Little Blocks 76
Sorry for the lack of content this week. Honestly not much is happening. Eva and I finished up the week and she is now enjoying Spring Break. Her other grandparents, who have been missing her so much, have rented a room at a local motel and are coming up to see her this weekend. They…
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Done and Dusted
The Little Village quilt is officially finished. All the borders are attached and it is ready for quilting. Here are the quilt details: It was a sew-along hosted by Jessical Dayon called Little VillageIt consists of 16 free block patterns with different classic quilt block "inserts"I used Minick and Simpson fabrics from several collections, mostly…
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Two Down, One to Go
I came home from seeing my father on Sunday afternoon thinking I would tear upstairs to the sewing room and get those three outer borders on this Little Village quilt. And I just couldn't. I was running on empty. The kind of empty where you just want to sit and play solitaire, or scroll mindlessly…
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Little Village Lattices
Woo hoo, more progress has been made on the Little Village quilt. I got all the middle of the quilt lattices on. This Sunday when I get home from my father's I will put on the top, bottom and sides. Next comes a solid red containment border and finally an outer border of a cream…
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Little Village Revisited
I revisited my Little Village house blocks yesterday. I had finished 12 of the 16 blocks and decided I needed a kick in the pants to finish up those last four blocks and get this done. None of the blocks was difficult, even the pinwheel one on the upper right. I think I will re-do…
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Serendipity Sew-Along
I know there seem to be an awful lot of sew-alongs going on right now. You may have held off joining in on any of them. The current Serendipity Sew-Along hosted by the Fatquarter Shop might change your mind. This is the quilt Fatquarter Shop is making. They are using Corey Yoder's Spring Brook fabric…
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Two More Blocks
I had to share two more cute blocks with you. The Dahlia and the Beehive blocks are from Lori Holt's Farmhouse Vintage 2 book. I love the whimsical element that they add to the quilt top. They add to the heart/love theme of the quilt and tell a story about the things that make me…