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Love/Hate Relationship with Lori Holt
I'm working on "Granny's Garden" by Lori Holt...a Riley Blake design quilt. This was a Sew Along...past time (of course, I'm never starting a project the same time as everyone else).Its a great quilt...
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Appliques Created!
Think that I've finally gotten all of the little applique pieces created for my Granny's Garden quilt (please see last post for more details). Each of these design boards holds the part for a single...
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Collage of a Pansy
Have ventured into collage quilts. Designed this little pansy (well it's about 2 ft tall) for an upcoming class at my local Quilt Guild.I so enjoyed using these colors. I'm sorting out some...
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Small Ballerina Doll
Just got back from Mississippi where I had a wonderful time with a group of lovely ladies from the Jackson Stitchery Group...we had a fun time working on some small cloth dolls together. If you are...
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Happy Rooster
I've been working outside of the crazy quilt world lately and totally enjoying some collage quilting "of sorts". You know me, I used part of the pattern idea...then did my own thing.Have six different...
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Dazzling Diamonds Stitch Along Coming Soon
If you have my Dazzling Diamonds book...then dig it out cause I'll be dedicating the month of October to a "re-do" of this quilt. So, if you have not made it yet; and want to do a small wall size CQ...
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HEADS UP - Clock is Ticking!
Okay, have some pictures and details on the CQ Dazzling Diamonds Sew Along. First, here are the fabrics I'll be using...I know, I know...totally outside of my "pastel wheelhouse"...but these are such...
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Printable Water Soluble
I've had some questions about the best printable water soluble sheets to purchase, IF a student did not want to trace the embroidery designs...but use the free download of embroidery layouts...
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Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long: Everything you need to know
“Have you ever wanted to create a crazy quilt, but were worried over how to start? Well, that’s exactly why I wrote Dazzling Diamonds. The intent was to give readers a full instruction book, using...
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Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long: Part 1
Welcome to Part 1 of the Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long! Read below for instructions on starting off the Dazzling Diamonds Quilt.All page references in this post refer to your ebook or physical copy of...
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My Fabric Palette & Design Plan
Here is a photo of my fabrics, pasted to my Palette Guide. You might also note a small "color smidge" next to each fabric block...that is the crayon color used to represent that specific fabric in my...
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Organization Continues - Block Construction Beginning
I have printed out the Block Design sheets (use the link in the book, see page 16 in the book, under Block Construction heading.Using the crayon colored page shown in the previous post...I transferred...
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Piecing Block #11
Thought you might like some more photos. So, here is my piecing of Block #11.First, I used my light table to trace the major portions of the block to my foundation fabric.Here is what that looks like...
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Dazzling Diamonds - Part 3 - Embroidery Transfer
Today we will continue our Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long adventure!Hopefully, you have pieced most of the blocks this past week. Now, we are ready to embroider the seam lines. The specific embroidery...
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Happy Birthday Aidan!
My darling, my heart, my grand-daughter Aidan...seated at my left here; learning to sew a button on a bit of cloth...turns "20" today! Where has the time gone!I loved showing her how to sew. I'm now...
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Dazzling Diamonds - SewALong - Final Instructions
We have arrived at the "bling" part of our blocks. Beautiful Silk Ribbon Embroidery (SRE) and beads/sequins/etc. layered on top of the fiber embroidery just completed.Here is now Block #11 (which you...
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Cotton Candy Monthly Blocks
These are the fabrics I've been working with on a monthly quilt kit. It is traditionally pieced. I would like to have had more contrast and am really hoping that I like the finished quilt top. However,...
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Girl Scouts
Recently, I too inventory of all the projects that are "in progress". Believe you me...there were way too many of them! That's the price you pay when your attention is easily drawn to new things and...
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Seams Adventure Begins
I've been itching to design more seams lately. So, decided to begin a new Patreon page where I can post these weekly.These are not re-publication of seams from my books...but new seam ideas. I will be...
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Flannel Monkeys
Still thinking on current projects. Have a sweet little simple flannel quilt done for Evie...the kind you can just toss on to the floor for her to play dolls on.Honestly, I did not need a new project....
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