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The making of an aurifil thread kit
Just imagine, Moda and Aurifil ask you to design a small quilt and then choose thread colors to go with it. It’s not as easy as it sounds! The first thing you’d have to do is open up this beautiful color palette of Aurifil threads! Something happens to your heart when you see this many beautiful colors! It’s like being turned loose in…
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Snapshots
It’s February 15th and time for block two of Snapshots, the Fat Quarter Shop quilt-along. You can find the free block on the Jolly Jabber blog and it’s the perfect one for all of us. It’s the sewing machine block! Just think, you can make a sewing machine any color you’d like! This block is quick, easy and imagine, no applique needed.…
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Designer Mystery has me dreaming of far away places
Take 12 Moda designers, add some Moda fabric, ask each designer to design a block and what do you get? It’s another wonderful, cute, fabulous Designer Mystery Quilt that you’ll find at The Fat Quarter Shop! Rows of houses and snowmen. It’s such a cute quilt, and I designed one of the blocks for it. As the mystery unfolds, you’re going to be…
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Oh those fat quarter bundles
If I owned a factory the first thing I would buy is a machine that cuts fat quarters. Then I’d buy a machine that folds, one that presses and one that collates. Since there’s no chance of a factory coming my way, I’m in a studio with rulers, rotary cutters, irons and a few helpers. Over a two-week period we will have cut…
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Fast, fun and easy layer cake quilt
Sewing with a Layer Cake is so much fun! Add a charm pack (or 5” squares) and you’re on the road to success. You can make a quilt in just one weekend, start to finish! So, when The Fat Quarter Shop asked me to try their new Layer of Charms pattern I just couldn’t wait! I started with a…
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Snow Happy Hearts for February
Are you ready for another heart pattern? If you haven’t seen it yet, February’s heart is sweet as can be, and it’s just in time for Valentine’s Day! We’ve used a bit of brown wool felt for the bird and his beak is a tiny satin stitch. If you prefer you can make the bird from fabric. Just applique with tiny stitches. Speaking…