Destashing

I did some fabric sorting and organizing recently — And found a bunch of fabric that I’ve got more than I really need. It’s the excess I get from buying yardage, with 1/2 yard or yard minimums. I’m keeping some of each of these fabrics, but putting the extra fat quarters in my shop. Some [...]

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Decisions, decisions

This quilt spent the better part of a month on the design wall waiting for a decision about the border color. I finally decided on a leaf green border, and a soft yellow for the background. Both kona solids, to compliment the solids in the blocks. As you can see, it’s bordered, sandwiched, basted and well [...]

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Leaders & Enders – Finished

  My Leaders & Enders tablerunner is all quilted, washed and rumply.     And, for sale in my shop    

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Your opinion please (and a give-away)

I’m thinking of a new project, and I’d like your input. Some background: I have a file full of photos of gorgeous local produce, I’ve played around with quality print-on-demand photobooks , and while I use a planner every day, I tend to make my own. This year, I’m thinking of having a photo-filled planner [...]

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My first quilt …

Working on this quilt, got me thinking about where I started.  This is the first quilt I ever made. If I remember right the only patchwork I’d done before this was a nine-patch pillow. Remember, I said I was  a  crazy ambitious beginner, so I skipped straight from simple, unquilted patchwork pillow to a bed [...]

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I [heart] fall

I live in New England, fall is by far it’s best season. The leaves are turning, apple cider donuts are around, the farms stands are full of squash. *love* So, I spent a sunny weekend picking apples, which I haven’t done for ages, even though there are orchards all around this area. The abundance is [...]

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Square in Square

I’ve been pulling out piles of fabric, thinking about quilt tops I could make. But I don’t have a clear inspiration, so I’m looking through my flickr favorites and delicious bookmarks. 1. WIPs-2, 2. Colored Planet Baby quilt, 3. trenton’s quilt, 4. Rectangles & Gray Lap Quilt, 5. modern munki munki martian quilt, 6. orange [...]

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A quilt up there

Observant readers (or at least those who are reading this at wordpress, not a feed reader) will notice a new header (or banner, or whatever you call that photo up top) The threadspools I put up when I started, where fine, a photo I had and liked, with a clean look and lots of white [...]

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Blue Ribbon

Finally getting back to some sewing – no particular plan though, just a block. I started this for a gift that I ended up taking in another direction, but decided to finish the block anyways (I’m trying to work through, instead of adding to, my WIP/UFO pile).  A pillow? a mini? Not sure, but that’s [...]

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Leaders & Enders

There’s something so satisfying about these projects. Just sew a pair of squares together to keep from cutting the threads while you’re doing something else – suddenly you’ve got an apple green patchwork block.   A few of them, and you’ve got a table runner. (Magic!)

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