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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 8 – Finished Quilt Top
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 8 – Finished Quilt Top

  We made it to the last week!  Can I just say that y’all are the most amazing people?  I’ve had nothing but positive interactions that have been fun, encouraging and have made me oohs and aahs over all of your beautiful quilts.  I have SO enjoyed myself.  I truly hope you did too!  The…

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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 7 – Sewing Dresdens to Background
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 7 – Sewing Dresdens to Background

  So close now!  I hope you are patting yourself on the back and telling yourself how awesome you are, because YOU ARE AWESOME, my friend!  And if you are behind, don’t even sweat it.  There’s no hard rules here, no obligations.  You are here of your own free will and because you love to…

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Bad Girl Quilt Along  – Week 6 – Quarter Dresden Plates
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 6 – Quarter Dresden Plates

  Just when you think you couldn’t squeal more, we begin the Dresden making!!!!  I have a DEEP love for Dresden plates.  I’m totally obsessed with them.  I’m sure you’ve seen all of my A Dresden Quilts that I’ve made and I’ve got my mind made up to make another one very soon. I cannot…

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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 5 – Large 4-patch Blocks
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 5 – Large 4-patch Blocks

  This week is a pretty easy week.  Fifteen 4-patches.  No biggie at all!  If you are a bit behind this might be a catch up week as well for you.  This of course is one of my favorite steps.  I like choosing my low volume fabrics more so than any of the others.  If…

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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 4 – The Last Five Stars
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 4 – The Last Five Stars

  This week marks the halfway point.  How are we already here?  It feels like we are moving along so quickly.  You’ve all been so amazing.  I’m loving the community on Instagram.  Check out our #badgirlqa and get a big dose of all the fun happening.   This Week’s Sponsor This week Havel’s Sewing is…

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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 3 – Make Five More Stars
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Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 3 – Make Five More Stars

  Well, I hope you are enjoying yourself.  I certainly am.  I’ve also learned a secret that I’m going to share with you (because we all know that I cannot keep secrets).  You know that fabric that you have in your stash.  You know the ones.  The one that you never use because it’s so…

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Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goa Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goal has begun... https://meanderandmake.com/little-maple-mini-quilt-pattern-by-melanie-traylor-pdf-download/
So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a se So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a set of these from me for Christmas..😬
I turned it into a pillow! 🥰 I turned it into a pillow! 🥰
Something new is coming! Quilt As Desired is my up Something new is coming!Quilt As Desired is my upcoming free motion quilting class, and we’ll be stitching 25 FMQ designs together… then turning all of our practice blocks into the coziest rag quilt.This class will be included inside QuiltyClub.com , or you can grab it on its own.I cannot wait to quilt this one with you. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/quilt-as-desired
I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it h I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it has been the slowest part of the quilting journey for me. It did not come naturally. I practiced through a lot of very ugly stitching before anything started to look the way I imagined it could.I keep seeing comments like “I could never do this,” and I just want to say… I used to think that too. I was you. It really does change if you keep going, even when it feels like it’s not working.Thank you for all the love on this piece this week. It feels like I finally hit a little milestone with my quilting, and that’s a pretty special feeling. ❤️
Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my many goals is a whole cloth quilt with a lot of doodle quilting. Maybe next year will be my year.
1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I start 1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I started at the bottom making a curving line to the top and back down again. Added a variety of plumes on one side, back down, then the other side. See the whole video at regular speed in Quilty Club (Chapter 5, Cozy Fall Stitches). quiltyclub.com
All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilt All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilting, just because. #freemotionquilting
I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too mu I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too much, maybe perfect? Negative space makes me lose my mind a little every time. #freemotionquilting
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