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Madrona Road Challenge Finish

After mulling over it for a few months – we’ve known about the challenge for a while before we even got the fabric – Wednesday night I got my vision for my Madrona Road Challenge piece. It is pieced...

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Make Your Own Spray Starch

I’ve been making my own spray starch for a bit now. I am really happy with the effect. I generally like my fabric to be nice and stiff, so I add a lot of starch. Commercial starch gets expensive if you...

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Yellow Dresdens

Over the summer I cut up a million yellow dresdens for a project that never happened. I saw this “Dare to Dresden” project and thought I’d hop on to see if it motivated me to come up with something for...

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Off the Road Again

Y’all I have been on the road. Sometimes it seems like everything happens at the same time. Since January I have been to Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania (about 10 times), DC, Kentucky,...

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Mint Fuchsia Lattice Diamonds Quilt

You know, I really should come up with more clever names for my quilts, but I rarely feel inspired to. Plus, I always enjoy knowing the traditional pattern that quilts are based on when I look at a...

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Old School Checkers

I grew up around quilting and a lot of quilts in my family were basic scrappy block quilts. My grandma made me a quilt for my 16th birthday very similar to this one – but with pink – and I lovvvvve it....

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Bunting Flag Wedding Signature Quilts!

If you spend a lot of time looking at quilts on-line (guilty!) I know you will recognize this design from a few that have been floating around. It is my new favorite design for wedding signature...

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Simple Solids Bee Blocks

  For those who may not be aware, a quilting bee is basically when some folks get together to work on a quilt together. Many hands make light work, as they say. It’s a pretty simple and timeless idea...

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Basting Basting

Yesterday like a hero I pin basted two quilts – one is a queen size which coincidentally is the exact size of the open space in my kitchen. I go back and forth with pin basting and spray basting and...

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Home Again Home Again Jiggety Jig

I’m probably supposed to be doing something more productive, but enjoyed taking a minute to look through historical pictures on the Library of Congress archive. Of course my favorite of the moment is...

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How to Make a Monogram Quilt Block

You’ll need Computer and editing program (I use Word) This text document if you want an example monogram  Fusible webbing (I prefer Wonder Under by Pellon) Marker Fabric Matching thread Starch...

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String Fever!

I made 24 string blocks with the scraps from my monogram quilt as well as my solid scrap bin. I have been using a fabric foundation instead of paper. I hate tearing out paper piecing. I’m using old...

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A Jelly Good Time

Matt and I used the rainy day Saturday to have a day in the kitchen – we haven’t done this in a while. Put on the podcasts and start boiling water. We made an English IPA, some wine from a kit, and...

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Linen Hearts Quilt

Right now I am sitting on my front porch and a fellow up the street is singing at the top of his lungs. He has a nice voice. I think he is singing Mumford and Sons? Ok – back to sewing – I had a fun...

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More Latttice Quilts! Coral Teal and Charcoal

I posted pictures of this quilt in progressed a while back – but I finished it! I am still loving lattice quilts. I like the dark triangles in this quilt much more in person – they blend better. In...

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DIY Sewing Extension Table

Follow my blog with Bloglovin - they are getting rid of Google Reader – good and bad, as it can be a bit of a time suck – and folks are now using bloglovin to keep up with all the clever stuff...

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Red Sashing Red Sashing!

I have become completely incapable of using a camera besides my phone. Today I have been cranking out this sweetie, red fabric with all different creams. You know that moment when you think the top is...

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Today I am sewing blue and white flying geese. I saw this design on an old copy of Jane Eyre. One of my other “works in progress” has been to try and have fewer threads everywhere in my sewing room and...

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Bronte Blue Flying Geese

Hey, it’s finished I think! I am happy with this quilt – I saw this design on a copy of Jane Eyre and couldn’t get the design out of my head. It’s just flying geese blocks! I added in the navy, which...

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Beige Waves Scrap Quilt

This is my other entry into the Bloggers Quilt Festival – this one is going in Scrap Quilts!  I used all the trimmings from my Bronte Flying Geese Quilt and sewed them together in a long line. This...

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