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'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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| Welcome back! This week, we are cutting our "bluetiful" fabrics. |
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| Deb did a great job of listing the cutting directions for the whole quilt for each size. You have several choices when it comes to the cutting process:
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'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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| Hello! Have you created a Deb Heatherly quilt? Her pattern writing is easy to follow and she is famous for her mystery quilts. Deb created the Crossroad Mystery, Sparkle Mystery, and Woven Stars Mystery quilt patterns, if you participated in those with ... |
NICU Baby Quilt Challenge 2024!
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| We have exciting news! We are starting a new challenge to help little ones and their families by giving them the comfort of a quilt. |
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| Fabrics pictured above are Honeybloom by Moda. |
| Quilts are such an amazing creation of love that are so ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: FINISHING
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| Welcome back to our final week! This week, we are finishing our Plot Twist Quilt! This will conclude this Sew-Along. It has been so much fun watching your progress in the Facebook Private Group. If you are still working on your quilt ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: QUILT TOP ASSEMBLY
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| Welcome Back!! How's your progress coming along? This week, we are putting all our Plot Twist Quilt Pattern blocks into rows to create our quilt top. |
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| Follow Andy's instructions in your Plot Twist Quilt Pattern under Quilt Top Assembly ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: BLOCK CONSTRUCTION
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| Welcome Back!! My favorite part....this week we are piecing blocks for the Plot Twist Quilt Pattern. |
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| Follow Andy's sewing instructions in your Plot Twist Quilt Pattern under Block Construction. The instructions are well written and are very clear to ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: CUTTING
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| Welcome Back!! This week we are talking about cutting your fabrics for Plot Twist Quilt Pattern. |
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| Andy did a great job offering the cutting diagram layout in the Plot Twist Quilt Pattern. The cutting goes really fast. I love creating big ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
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| Welcome Back!! This week we are talking about the Plot Twist Quilt Pattern Fabric Requirements. |
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| Andy from A Bright Corner gives plenty of useful fabric requirement options for her newest quilt pattern. You can use yardage, precuts, scraps....almost whatever ... |
Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along: INTRO
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| Welcome!! This is Introduction Week! It never fails that we launch a new Sew-Along and we have many that join at the last minute. This is your Friendly Reminder.....order your pattern today so you can start on time! |
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Betty Quilt Sew-Along!
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Happy New Year! For those that expressed interest in another Just Two Charm Pack Quilts book sew-along...."Betty" won the majority vote!
So, gather your fabrics! Cutting starts on 1/23/2024.
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| Just to be transparent, this Sew-Along was not on my program schedule but ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: CORNER UNITS
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| Welcome back! Ah, we are starting to get a rhythm going now. Check below for tips and tricks. (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
| Follow the "Corner Units" piecing instructions in ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: TRIANGLE UNITS
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| Welcome back! Yippee....Let's get to sewing our first units! (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
| Follow the "Triangle Units" piecing instructions in your Just Two Charm Pack Quilts book for ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: INTRO
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| Yahoo! It's almost time. Who's ready to get started? I am! I am! Consider this your final reminder to get your book ordered in time to start next week. |
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| Some questions have come up over the last ... |
National Sew A Jelly Roll Day 2023!
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| A big "Thank You" to Moda for offering four new jelly-roll friendly patterns to celebrate today! You can look back at previous blog posts for past year's free jelly roll patterns. Click on the image below for this year's ... |
Sunday Mornings Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Week 6: Layout and Assemble Quilt Top |
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You made it! Week 6 is here and you have been a rockstar with this sew-along. Last week was a week to catch up and get things ready for the final sewing of this quilt ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along!
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| Coming Soon - Save the date - starts September 25th, 2023! |
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| Have you seen Cheryl Brickey's newest book - Just Two Charm Pack Quilts? We had the amazing honor of Long Arm Machine Quilting many of the quilts photographed! When her book released a few months ... |
Sunday Mornings Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Week 4: Assemble Half Triangles and Corners |
| (Looking for related posts? Check the Sunday Mornings Sew-Along category HERE.) |
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Can you believe the Sunday Mornings Quilt Pattern Sew-Along is halfway done already?! What?! Time is flying by. Can you see things ... |
Sunday Mornings Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Week 2: Assemble Block One |
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(Looking for related posts? Check the Sunday Mornings Sew-Along category HERE.) |
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Happy Sunday to you from Sewing Corals! |
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Did you survive picking fabric and cutting everything out last week? I feel like that is the hardest part ... |
Precut Party Parade - Round and Round the Block Quilt Pattern
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I am back with my 2nd Maywood Studio Maker Challenge Project. |
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| Our 2nd challenge project was all about Precuts! The Maywood Studio Makers were invited to use our favorite precut of Maywood Studio's Fall and Winter themed fabric ... |
Sunday Mornings Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Week 1: Fabric Pull and Cutting |
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Mornings Quilt Sew-Along! I’m so glad you are here and hope you’re ready to have a blast over the next 6 weeks as we create this beautiful quilt. Each week ... |
Clean Your Sewing Room Challenge 2023
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| Happy New Year! Out with the old and in with the new! |
| Are you one for New Year's resolutions? I am not. I figure why wait for a certain time frame to take action and make a positive change; if ... |
Project Pillowcase Challenge 2022
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| Another year, another chance to bring comfort to those in need. |
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| It is that time of year where GIVING is in air. Maybe it's the changing of the seasons, with the rustling of fallen leaves and wanting to snuggle inside. Maybe it's ... |
National Sew A Jelly Roll Day 2022!
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| Free Jelly Roll/Strip Roll Quilt Pattern: Chain of Fools (click on above image for pattern) |
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| Free Jelly Roll/Strip Roll Quilt Pattern: Cross the Line (click on above image for pattern) |
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Quilter's Tip: How to Choose Batting
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Note: All statements are based on information gathered from Quilter’s Dream Batting website or the opinions of Bear Creek Quilting Company and their customers. We recommend doing your own research to ensure your needs are met. |
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General Tips
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Quilter's Tip: How to Prepare Your Project for Long Arm Quilting Submission
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| Note: These tips are only in regard to submitting a project to be machine quilted by Bear Creek Quilting Company Long Arm Machine Quilting Service. We cannot speak to preferences of any other quilter or ... |
How To Match Fabric Colors Using Your Fabric Selvage Dots
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| What is a Fabric Selvage? A selvage is the edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that keeps it from unraveling or fraying along the LENGTH of fabric. The LENGTH of the fabric is also the Warp or Straight ... |
Coming Soon Products and Email Notification of Arrival |
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| Did you miss out on the arrival of Pretty Bunnies by Riley Blake Designs? |
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| Or how about Winter Whimsy by Henry Glass & Co.? |
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| And let's not forget about the playful Boho Owls by 3 Wishes Fabric? |
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| These collections, plus many ... |
How To Prepare Your Quilt Top for Machine Quilting |
| Well hello! It’s Keelyn from The Night Owl Quilts and today I am going to share with you a few secrets to help you be one of your longarm quilter’s favorite clients! Preparing your quilt top is simple and will ... |
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You just spent all of your efforts choosing fabrics, choosing a pattern or making your own pattern, cutting, squaring up the pieces, sewing, (possibly ripping and resewing), basting, quilting, and binding. FINALLY! All of your hard work has paid off. The quilt is done. It is ready for ... |
| Free Motion Quilting Fun |
| Greetings Fellow Quilters! It’s Karen from Redbird Quilt Co. and Karen’s Quilts, Crows, and Cardinals blog. It’s a pleasure to be guest posting here at the Bear Creek Quilting Company's blog. Ready to have some fun?! |
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How to...Piece a Strip Set
When piecing together a set of strips it can get a little wonky, right?
You thought you were on track and then when it comes time to cut
or piece...well, things are a little off and not lining up or ...
