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February 8, 2019 how to: quilt blocks•quilt blocks•tutorials•video tutorial

How to Make 2-at-a-time Half Rectangle Triangles for the Bad Girl quilt (video tutorial)

There are only a handful of tutorials online for the half rectangle triangle, and I tried several. Some...

June 27, 2018 applique•applique quilt•how to: quilt blocks•how to: quilt patterns•quilt blocks•quilt finish•quilt pattern details•Quilt Reveal•scrappy quilts•Strip quilts•tutorials

Hand Cut Heart Quilt #7 + Free Quilt Pattern – quilt reveal + video tutorial

Today I’m showing off my 7th version of this quilt, all in blue this time, and I’m updating my tutorial of this block. I’m killing it lately with my scrap busting. Making monochromatic quilts is the way for me for this. Here’s what I do: I have a basket for each color of my scraps. All the pink and reds have a basket, all the greens, all the blues, each has their own basket. When the basket gets full, it’s time to USE them. If I don’t, I won’t have any place to put incoming scraps, so there’s my...

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February 5, 2018 embroidery•Fabric purchases•Modern Sewcialites BOM•Monday Is All About Fabric•quilt blocks

Monday is all about fabric – #47 – Liberty Society + a bit about the Modern Sewcialites BOM and my word of the year

Let’s sip tea and get comfy Hey fabric lovers! I’m drinking cinnamon tea this morning, the same as every morning. Saturday’s mail brought in the newest Liberty Society bundle and it’s all about the blues. Let’s dig in! Find all Monday posts here. Product Spotlight Sashiko is a beautiful and simple style of Japanese hand embroidery. Sashiko needles by Olympus are perfect for beginner and advanced sashiko stitchers alike. The pack includes two different size needles. The longer 2.5″ needles is ideal suited for stitching straight lines, while the shorter 2″ needle works well for stitching curves. These...

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January 19, 2018 Emerge Circle of do. Good Stitches•Hand Craft•hand sewing•lately•quilt blocks

Lately in January

Today’s post is just a random assortment of bits of things that I’ve been working on. I’ll start with this mini I made for a gift. It started with one a Bari J fabric, this one to be exact. The little bird above my mini was trimmed from the fabric, fused to my background and then I embroidered over it. I spent one evening with the embroidery, and one evening on the hand quilting. Have you tried embroidery before? Is it not the most relaxing thing ever? I’m so in love with it. Several years ago I first started...

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September 29, 2017 how to: quilt blocks•Little Miss Sawtooth Stars Quilt-along•quilt blocks•tutorials

Little Miss Sawtooth Stars – Block 7- Isla

Thank you so much for joining me in the Little Miss Sawtooth Stars Quilt Along! I’m excited and grateful that you are here! If you are here for the very first time, you can read more about the focus, purpose and other details about this quilt along here. There is a prize given away every two weeks, so be sure to read about how to enter. A quick recap about this quilt – along Each Friday, a new block is released There will be a total of 7 different sawtooth star blocks You should make 2 of each...

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