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quilting · January 3, 2023

Tips for Piecing Narrow Strips

I am so excited about the opportunity to share a blog post today on the Quilters Candy website. In that post, I present a few ways to create the illusion of curves in quilts and share a tutorial and free…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · November 28, 2016

DWM: Four Patch Fun

Sometimes when I want to push myself to make a particular quilt I will suggest a challenge to my small quilting group.  Such was the case with Trail Mix which is (in my opinion) the ultimate scrap quilt.  It was…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · June 6, 2016

June Goal: Winding Ways

When I discovered a stack of brushed pastel plaid fat quarters in my stash, for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to make a Winding Ways quilt from them. Obviously, I didn’t think that through adequately…

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2016 Quilts, quilting · May 22, 2016

2016 Week 20 Stash Report

This quilt should be called “A Million Little Pieces.”  Actually, they aren’t all that little, but it seems like there are a million of them.  The piecing isn’t complicated, there are just many variations on a similar theme.  This is…

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2014 quilts, Blog Hop, piecing · September 8, 2014

DWM: Stringing Along

Even though for the first time in 22 years we didn’t have to get kids ready to go back to school, this August and early September has been really hectic.  I just can’t believe how fast the summer went but…

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piecing, quilt, quilt block · May 13, 2014

Piecing BQ3; A Fast and Easy Quilt

I’m still debating whether or not to sash the Triple Star quilt I wrote about yesterday.  I have a fabric that would work, but I’m just not sure I want to put the time and effort into a mediocre project. …

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charity, design wall, jelly roll, piecing, Scrap Basket Beauties,, scrap quilt · May 12, 2014

DWM: Press Forward or Turn Back?

These blocks are from the next quilt on my list from the book Scrap-Basket Beauties.  It’s called Triple Star and I was really looking forward to making it because I love star quilts and it’s different from any other star…

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design wall, jelly roll, piecing, Scrap Basket Beauties, · March 10, 2014

DWM: Generations

My small sewing group meets this week and our quilt for March is Generations from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties.  I’ve gotten behind on our monthly projects over the past couple of months, but I’m determined to have this top…

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2014 quilts, piecing · February 21, 2014

One Step Forward

This will be the last post on Celtic Solstice until it’s finished—I promise.  I’m getting sick of this project too!  I was so close to getting ALL the blocks finished and as I was pressing them I found this: and…

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piecing, quilting · February 15, 2014

Still Sewing and Sewing and Sewing

Even though there are several other quilts I should be working on, I’ve continued sewing on Celtic Solstice.  After putting in seven hours yesterday and another four today I’m FINALLY to the point where I’m seeing some progress.  This is…

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quilting · January 3, 2014

Catching Up

Now that the holiday festivities are over I’m trying to catch up on sewing projects that were started before the mad rush of Christmas quilts.  My small quilting group meets next week and the quilt from LAST month isn’t finished. …

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quilting · December 9, 2013

DWM: Celtic Solstice Step 2—A Start

When Bonnie Hunter revealed Step 2 of the Celtic Solstice mystery on Friday I just had to laugh.  It calls for 976 connector corners!  There are 488 little rectangles with a connector corner on each end.  After my post last…

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