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Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along: Month 5
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| Wow! I am running a few days late getting this posted. It has been a crazy few weeks and now the election is over. YEAH! Time to settle back into a normal routine that does not include watching an ... |
Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along: Month 4
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| Welcome to October! The season has certainly changed here in Oregon, and I am loving the warm days and cool nights. My thoughts are turning towards decorating for fall and the upcoming holidays. It seems like just last week summer ... |
National Sew A Jelly Roll Day 2024!
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Project Jelly Roll is an annual celebration held on the third Saturday of September, and this year it’s on September 21, 2024! |
Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along: Month 3
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| Welcome to September! Labor Day weekend has come and gone and the kids are headed back to school. This month, as I continue with my Summer Picnic Quilt , I am excited to see progress as I finish up all the needed Flower ... |
Project Pillowcase Challenge 2024
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| It's Back! By popular request, our Project Pillowcase Challenge is back for a 3rd year. |
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| Our goal this year for the Pillowcase Challenge is to collect 1500 pillowcases for local area charities; Women's Shelter, Foster Kids, Police & Fire Department, Veteran's Home ... |
Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along: Month 2
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| Hello! Thank you for all the "Get Well Wishes" and your patience in my delay in this post. While the walking boot on my right foot is a bit cumbersome, I am learning to handle it and mobility is getting easier ... |
Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along: Month 1
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| Hello! Apologies again for being a few days tardy in getting going. Let's jump right in..... |
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| The Summer Memories pattern book has the fabric requirements listed for the Summer Picnic Quilt on page 30. They are also listed on the ... |
'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Welcome back! This is our final meeting for the Bluetiful Quilt. |
'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Oops, I labeled the past two articles the wrong week numbers after that Catch-Up Week. Because I have them posted in various places, I am not going to change it. Sorry for any confusion. |
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'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along!
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| Starting Soon - Save the date - starts July 4th, 2024! |
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7/3/2024: Summer Picnic Quilt Sew-Along (Update) My deepest apology. I was supposed to kick-off the Sew-Along today and “life happened” this week and I am not completely prepared. Time spent with a family ... |
'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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Welcome to our third block tutorial, the Creative Grids 6" Log Cabin Block, for the Bluetiful Quilt Sew-Along. |
| I created the block tutorial in scrap fabrics so please do not get confused why these fabrics look different. You can see my Bluetiful Log Cabin ... |
'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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| Welcome to our second block tutorial for the Bluetiful Quilt Sew-Along. Deb refers to this block as a HST (Half Square Triangle) Variation Block. |
| I created the block tutorial in scrap fabrics so please do not get confused why these fabrics look different. ... |
'Blue'tiful Quilt Pattern Sew-Along!
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| Welcome to our first block tutorial, the Creative Grids Cat's Cradle XL Block, for the Bluetiful Quilt Sew-Along. |
| I created the block tutorial in scrap fabrics so please do not get confused why these fabrics look different. You can see my Bluetiful Cat ... |
'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 for the Bluetiful Quilt in the Creatively Yours Pattern Book. You have several choices when it comes ... |
'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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Plot Twist Quilt Sew-Along!
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| Coming Soon - Save the date - starts March 5th, 2024! |
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| Andy at A Bright Corner just released her newest quilt pattern, Plot Twist, and I fell in love! I love quilts that look complicated but are actually quick and easy. An extra bonus, this pattern ... |
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: FINISHING
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| Oh, parting is such sweet sorrow! I have truly enjoyed sharing this sew-along with all of you and I hope you enjoyed it, too. This is our final week together. This week is all about catching up and finishing your quilt! (The ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: ASSEMBLY
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| Welcome back! This is it! Time to put your Block A and Block B into rows for the quilt top assembly. (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
| Follow the "Quilt Top Assembly ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: UNITS 1 & UNITS 2
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| Welcome back! This week we are sewing together charm squares and background squares to create Units 1 and Units 2. (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
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Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: BLOCK A
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| Welcome back! Yeah....if you are caught up so far, this is an easy week of sewing. (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
| Follow the "Block A" sewing instructions in your Just ... |
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: CUTTING
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| (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE.) |
| Yeah! Let's get this party started. I love that Cheryl gives us all the fabric cutting instructions right up front. This saves time ... |
Diagonal Joy Quilt Sew-Along: FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
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| Welcome back! This is the exciting part, we get to start talking about fabric! So many choices and options. Let's take a look. (The Just Two Charm Pack Quilt is required to participate. The book is available HERE ... |
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 ... |
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 |
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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 ... |
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 ... |
Welcome to Our Garden - Rolling Petals Quilt Pattern
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As I wrote in my last blog post, I was accepted as a Maywood Studio Maker for 2023. This means I am an ambassador for Maywood Studio, and I will be sharing several projects throughout the year. |
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I am a Maywood Studio Maker for 2023!
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Hello and welcome! It’s been a while since I personally posted in our blog. Being a small business owner, I work a lot of different jobs and a whole lot more hours. There never seems to enough hours in ... |
| Hey Sewers and Quilters! After being away from sewing for over a year, I have been carving out a little time each week for some "me" time sewing, making it a priority, and it feels great. What you should know about me is that I have always been disciplined ... |
"Ruffles Upon Ruffles" Quilt
I am excited to share with you the final steps in finishing the Think Ruffles Blog Hop ruffles quilt. I have named it Ruffles Upon Ruffles. It seemed like a worthy name.
I last left you with just the quilt top finished ...
Are...You...Ready...To...RUFFLE??
Hello and Welcome! This is my first blog hop and I am honored you have
