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3 random projects
A few random projects. Some birthday blocks made by friends. It’s called pick up sticks, fun block to sew. Think I’ll put it together with black sashing. One of two (for my twins) modern quilts made...
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Point Me
The beginning of something wonderful. Think I’ll add some dark grey or medium grey to sides like the pattern shows, or maybe a combination of both. Orange has slooowwly been growing on me. I can handle...
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Joy Joy Joy
My husbands work has an auction for the American Cancer Society every year. This was my contribution. Fun and simple. Cotton and linen. The holiday season is upon us! Hope you are doing well.
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MODERN Progress
I sewed together some triangles left over from another project, added fabric til it was the size of a leftover piece of flannel and voila. A baby quilt. Think I’l send it to the closest Ronald McDonald...
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Fun and done
Linen, cotton and silk. 14″ x 21″ Some quilting with white thread and some in color. Snack mats. I love making these little pieces, they’re so fun. Just a few fabrics, improv piecing and quilted with...
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houses and binding
This pattern came into the store…last week I think it was. Third Street. A close up of the striped binding. Like it. Like it. Like it! It was a quick project, for no particular reason other than the...
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Merry Christmas
My studio quilt is done. the binding finished. There was no particular plan for the design. Lime green, various grays and white. Flannel backing. Wind quilting. In progress… and final close ups… All...
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Quilt Canvased
Finally finished this piece for my studio wall. Took a lot of time with this one due to all the thinking. Wasn’t willing to finish it until I figured it all out. I wanted it to hang well, solidly like...
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two tops
First top is inspired completely by b perrino. Love her work. She did one of these in orange and white. I added blue and grey but think I like her version better. Am quilting this one today, lots of...
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How to Canvas a Quilt
First cut 2.5″ strip (long enough to go all the way around) and begin sewing it to quilt edge with end folded as shown below. The wood I used for the frame is 1″ x 2″ furring strips. Thicker wood...
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Scraps
Scraps. They breed on their own, we all know it. I decided to contain them in a basket and made the rule that when it got full I had to sew them up. So I did, improv, cut into 9″ squares. They made...
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Good to know
Good evening. In finishing this little quilt I decided to use a green thread, usually it would be white. I was trying to decide between two when I wondered if you’d even be able to tell if I used them...
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Sewing room and MQG
A little more of the sewing room. Here’s the view from the kitchen. All the action and mess is around the corner out of sight. I thought a lot about this when designing our home. I didn’t want to cut...
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Mighty Lucky
Being a member of the Modern Quilt Guild gives a girl the chance to sign up for the Mighty Lucky Quilt Club. Every month we receive a lesson. I’ve only done one so far but if this is any indication of...
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Newbie Improv
Have you seen the latest Modern Patchwork (March/April 2017) magazine? Back story: In my local Modern Quilt Guild we did an exchange with some gals from a traditional quilt guild about an hour away....
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Tablerunners
I made a few quilts in the time I wasn’t blogging. Here are a few table runners. The first quilt is from an exchange with my traditional guild. Each month had a modern theme like pixels, chevron,...
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Out of my box
Have you or do you do things purposely out of your box? I recently realized I’ve mostly been working with solids or fabrics that read as solids. But I have a some really pretty multi colored prints....
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