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Work in Progress – Star Dance #4 – The jazzy blue one
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Work in Progress – Star Dance #4 – The jazzy blue one

  I’ve been working the past several weeks on a gargantuan quilt.  We are talking a big ol’ 96″ square.  Yah!  And it’s all half square triangles too! This is my fourth Star Dance quilt.  You can see the others here. This is also a free pattern of mine that you can find here.  …

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Work in Progress – Moon Goddess #2
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Work in Progress – Moon Goddess #2

  I don’t normally have two quilt patterns coming out within weeks of each other, but that’s where I’m at right now.   I had planned to release Moon Goddess back in February, but I wanted it to coincide with the release of the Half Rectangle Ruler and since the pandemic happened, shipping the ruler to…

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Coming Soon + Work in Progress – Oh Honey Quilt
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Coming Soon + Work in Progress – Oh Honey Quilt

  Hey!  Today, I’m excited to show you what I’ve been working on for the last five weeks.  Slow work!  Like so very s l o w…… and relaxing and peaceful.  I’m really excited about this next quilt pattern.  I say that a lot, and I always mean it, but I’m REALLY excited about this…

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Work in Progress – Moon Goddess Quilt
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Work in Progress – Moon Goddess Quilt

  Last year, during the time I was hosting the Bad Girl quilt along and we were all working on a few blocks a week, we probably made hundreds of half rectangle triangles between all of us.  You remember my tutorial for them, don’t you?  If not, it’s here.  Well, I try to write my…

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Work in Progress – Para Para Quilt #2 – Violet Sky Fabrics
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Work in Progress – Para Para Quilt #2 – Violet Sky Fabrics

  I feel like I’ve been doing everything in slow motion.  There’s not seeming to be enough hours in the day lately.  I’m ten days late having this quilt top completed (a self imposed deadline).  I’m distracted with doing nothing and I’m starting to get on my own nerves.  Do you ever feel this way? …

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Work in Progress – Para Para Quilt – Finished Quilt Top
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Work in Progress – Para Para Quilt – Finished Quilt Top

  Last week I finished my first Para Para quilt top.  Finally!  Y’all, I have been dreaming about this quilt since early 2019 and now that I’ve finished it, well, finished the top, I am ecstatic.  I’m already dreaming up the next one. I should be quilting her up in the next day or two…

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There are some projects that give me the same gidd There are some projects that give me the same giddy, obsessive feeling I had when I first discovered patchwork. And this mini quilt wall is doing it for me.

I vividly remember 2008, sitting on Google and finding all these blogs with pictures of patchwork. Any patchwork at all. I was hit with this massive need to cut it all up and sew it all back together.

And then, every once in a while, boom. A new quilty project comes along and you get that same loving rush of excitement all over again. I’m always chasing those old feelings. 🩷
Announcement day! 👯‍♀️ Class begins June 29 ⏰ www. Announcement day! 👯‍♀️ Class begins June 29 ⏰ www.quiltyclass.com
A few photos from the final chapter 💛 I always lo A few photos from the final chapter 💛

I always love this part. The sewing is done, the quilting is done, and all that's left is getting it up on the wall.

For this one, I used two hanging loops instead of the three I used on my sample. Both work great, but if you're curious, the third loop does a better job of hiding the pushpin. Little details like that always seem to matter more to me after the quilt is finished 😅

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Chapter 6 of the Morning Rising Mini Quilt Class i Chapter 6 of the Morning Rising Mini Quilt Class is now available ✂️

In this final chapter, we're adding fabric hanging loops, inserting the dowel, and getting the mini quilt up on the wall. It's a short chapter, but it's the one that takes the project from finished quilt to finished display.

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Lots of work on the new book is happening in the b Lots of work on the new book is happening in the background. LOVE that feeling of being in the thick of a random idea. 🥰 Anyway, butterflies. Because they are my favorite and are so fun to quilt.
New kit in stock for the Attic Window quilt. http New kit in stock for the Attic Window quilt. 
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A little look at some of the free motion quilting A little look at some of the free motion quilting I’ve been doing for my upcoming book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. 🥰
A few photos from Chapter 5 💛 I finally got the Dr A few photos from Chapter 5 💛
I finally got the Dresden attached, and seeing it sitting on that quilted background made me ridiculously happy. All those little blades, all that straight line quilting, and now it actually looks like the quilt I’ve been seeing in my head.
I went with the traditional method on this one, top stitching around the edges and stitching in the ditch between the blades. It takes a little more stopping and starting, but I really love the definition it gives the Dresden.
And yes, I definitely spent some time just standing there looking at it before moving on 😅
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Final day to pre-order the Milkland collection htt Final day to pre-order the Milkland collection https://meanderandmake.com/fabric/pre-order/arrival-june/
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