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Moda All-Stars Mini Marvels
I owe you all at least 10 new posts and I haven’t forgotten about you. I’m keeping a list of things to tell you so I don’t forget. I’ve been working like crazy on new things for quilt market, and that’s why I’ve been so quiet. For now, I have to tell you about the Moda designers new book with Martingale! It’s called “Moda All-Stars Mini Marvels” and it gets released today! Here’s my quilt called “A Pink Christmas”. If you love wool applique combined with fabric this mini quilt is fun to make. The instructions are in the book! We’ll have some books and kits for this little mini available in November. I’ll…
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Hexagons
I was lucky enough to have my grand-daughter Alyssa here for a few hours last week, and the two of us made all these hexies using some of the fabrics I’m using for The Splendid Sampler blocks. We had such great fun, we laughed and giggled the whole time. Alyssa was able to cut hundreds of these hexagons using the Sizzix Big Shot machine and the hexagon die I bought. It was the first time I’ve tried it, so we watched a YouTube video first and then she started cutting. In very little time, she had a charm pack cut into hexagons. Then I taught her how to prepare them using hexagon…
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25% off sale
Escape from the daily madness and join me for our 25% off sale today through Sunday. It’s my annual 4th of July sale and I’m having it early so I can celebrate the 4th in relative quiet. Everything on our website is 25% off and earlier this morning I saw this crazed mouse trying to find Bunny Hill! I tried to tell him to go to our website, not to my house. If you haven’t purchased this Spooky Halloween pattern yet, now’s the time to do it. If you feel like you can’t take on the entire quilt, there are 30 wonderful 6″ blocks that you can use for individual projects. By the time we have…
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how to make a ruffled table runner
How to Make a Ruffled Table Runner I’m celebrating the month of May and all that it brings to each of us, with a new free pattern from Bunny Hill! I’ll show you how easy it is to make a reversible table runner with a beautiful ruffle on each end. Simplicity is what I’ve named the pattern because it really is simplicity at its best. Just think of all the fabrics you can use to make this, season after season! I’ve used Brenda Riddle’s gorgeous floral and check linen and I love the way it turned out. With floral linen on one side, and a check linen on the other, I’ll have both a…
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Quick Gifts
I bought a few 5″ x 5″ black frames (inside opening) for quilt market to display some of my Halloween quilt blocks. The blocks looked cute in the frames, but they were destined for my new Halloween quilt. So after market I removed the quilt blocks and I was left with empty frames that needed filling. I decided to play around with some of those cute buttons I have on my website. It was so simple to let the buttons do the work. I used Mochi Linen for the background fabric, and traced the stocking and sheep curve with the edge of a small plate. Then I embroidered the lines with a stem stitch and 2 strands…
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Snow Happy Hearts for August
August is a month that’s hard to define. It’s in-between holidays and still controlled by heat waves here in the US. It’s the month I hope hurries by. So what’s a snowman to do during the month of August? Mine is going to the beach! It’s time for some play this month and he’s ready. If you’ve been thinking about pre-ordering a Merci la Vie quilt kit, now is the time to do it. Moda gets the award for beautiful kits and the Merci la Vie kit is no exception! These will be arriving soon from Moda! They are gorgeous! I’ll be talking more about this quilt during the month of…
