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Heartfelt Sew Along
This is the first block in another sew-along hosted by Gay Bomers at Sentimental Stitches. This one is called Heartfelt and is a block of the week program. The cost is $30, and since the program lasts for 30 weeks, it breaks down to $1 per block/week, which seems like a great deal when you…
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Perfect for February
How beautiful is this fabric collection? It is Roselyn by Minick and Simpson. I am sure it was meant to come out in February for Valentine's projects, but due to COVID-related shipping delays, it hasn't come out yet. I bought this little fat 8th bundle from an Etsy seller. No idea how she managed to…
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Paper Piecing Tip
So. We know paper piecing is kind of inside out, upside down and backwards. Sometimes it is really hard to figure out what fabric or color goes where. More times than I would like to admit, I have gotten things so wrong I have had to toss the entire block into the trash. I have…
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Sewcialites Block 19 Battered Into Submission
Well, actually I did not batter this block into submission. I failed utterly to make Lissa Alexander's Sewcialites Block 19, "Unity". I do not know what the problem was. Maybe the instruction measurements were a tad off, or I was making some sort of error. I must have tried three times to make that block…
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Freezer Meals
With all I have going on at the moment, I have been trying to think of something, anything, that would make things a bit easier. Ten years ago, when my daughter Sara was pregnant with Eva, we got together a couple of times and made freezer meals. The idea was, she would stock up her…
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A Few New Purchases
Like RIp Van Winkle, I recently woke up and realized I had missed out on some great fabric collections. I made a valiant effort to acquire some pieces of these fabrics, and this is what I managed. I could not get my hands on the precise cuts that I wanted, but that is what happens…
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Blocks and Weekend Plans
This was a fun block to put together. It will be a nice addition to the Moda BlockHeads 3 mix. My plan is to construct vertical rows with sashing in between the rows to separate the blocks. It is a challenge to put together a regular sampler quilt, let alone a sampler quilt with different…
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Little Blocks 365 Through Week 3
Every morning I have been getting up early and sneaking up to my sewing room and making a couple of these tiny paper pieced blocks. I finished Week 1 and most of Week 2, and the blocks above are some Week 2 and most of Week 3. I've finished 20 so far. That block on…
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Moda BlockHeads 3- More 12 inch Blocks
This is ModaBlockHeads 3 Block 37 by Vanessa Goertzen. Look at that. 12. Count them. 12 square in a square blocks. My nemesis. They always come out wonky. Or at least they used to. Now that Fatquartershop.com has come out with paper piecing tablets for this tricky block, there are no more problems with it.…
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Sewcialites “Hearty” Block
How cute is this block? It is the 18th block in the Sewcialites Sew Along hosted by Fatquartershop. This one was designed by Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts. I had no issues with this block, even though it was classified as for an "experienced" sewer. Well, I guess I am, but mainly it was trouble-free…
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