Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This #holidaytrimmingsquilt is a fast and easy project. The pattern releases TODAY! Head over to Shereece's site @sewhookedontreasures to grab your copy.
It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsqui It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsquilt pattern release is coming June 9th. I was happy to test this lovely quilt and even more happy with the way it turned out. Thanks, @sewhookedontreasures. I can't wait to show the full reveal!!
Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top toge Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top together. Look for this fun new quilt pattern coming soon from @sewhookedontreasures!

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Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmin Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmingsquilt by Shereece @sewhookedontreasures. 

Does the new Hustle and Bustle fabric by @official_basicgrey on a Grunge Hits the Spot background put you in the holiday spirit?
This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last bit of binding just about a half hour ago! I love the fabrics in this quilt and they were just random fabrics from my stash. The pattern is #theellaquilt by @kitchentablequilting. I may have to hang this in my family room until it finds a new home.

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Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat bl Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat blocks and these three items are my essentials for achieving that: white fluffy bath towel, cheap Black & Decker iron that steams like crazy, and a Jackson's Woodworks square clapper.

I have a wool pressing mat, but I like the bath towel better. It has enough nap to "grab" the fabrics for a super flat press and it can be tossed in the washer and dryer. 

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One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. T One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. This album quilt was made by members of a club I ran for many years when I had a brick and mortar shop. Several members continued to meet in my home monthly until COVID hit. 

It is special to me because it is a reminder of what is important; the friendships, camaraderie, and encouragement that developed within the group. 

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This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites fo This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites for a couple of reasons. First it is proof that any fabric works when you cut it small enough and second I pieced it on a little mini retreat with a couple of friends. The pattern is Rectangle Wrangle by Bonnie Hunter.

I love, love, love scrap quilts, the more fabrics the better, and that's how I justify buying all the fabric I do.

This particular quilt was chosen for today's prompt because tomorrow it will be on its way to Poland along with nine others from my "quilt room" (see day 3 prompt).

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Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the th Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the things I've learned through quilting, but one I can't seem to get through my head is that I don't like foundation piecing, paper piecing, or hand piecing.  Slow stitching is a concept I can't wrap my head around.

This String Spiderweb was started at a retreat so I jumped on the bandwagon without thinking it through. I have a bunch of these units made but no interest in continuing. As I was snapping the photo though, I had an idea. Stay tuned.

Are there quilting techniques or methods you don't enjoy?

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Uncategorized · August 2, 2013

July 2013 One Mile Challenge Update

It was another month with less than stellar production.  In June I didn’t finish a single quilt so July was marginally better with ONE finish.  For some reason I’m just not finding time to get in the sewing room.  I was all set with a new audiobook from the library (Jodi Picoult’s The Storyteller) but that book turned out to be a big bust.  It has hundreds of good reviews on Amazon and the story about a World War II war criminal sounded interesting but I found the story line way too contrived and formulaic.  Maybe something was lost in the translation from printed page to audio but I couldn’t get past the characters in the book:  Adam and Eva, Josef and Maria, and Sage, Pepper and Saffron.  I burst out laughing just typing that!!  Anyway, it was too much like a Lifetime movie.  This morning I downloaded The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer onto my ipod from Overdrive.  It sounds like a more realistic historical fiction novel so we’ll see how it goes.  I’m hoping it is so engaging I don’t want to stop quilting!

The one and only July finish was the Half and Half Quilt made from “A Day in the Country” fat quarters.

DITC-1

I quilted this with the Jilly pantograph that was still on the frame from the last QBB quilt I did.  The soft curves look nice with the geometric design of the quilt.

DITC-4

This quilt was just about 9 yards so that put me over 200 yards used—206 to be exact wit 1,554 to go!  For sure it’s taking longer than I thought!!

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