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Jacaranda inspired wip Wednesday
This week I have been working on a quilt that was inspired by the Jacaranda tree and in particular the silk screen print my brother-in-law did. The print has been sitting in my quilting room, waiting...
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Cheese & crackers – wip Wednesday
This week I have been playing with a traditional quilt pattern called “crackers”. My first variation is a bright scrappy block, which I think will make a great boys quilt. The cracker pattern is a...
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Paper Piecing Monday Boston Edition
This week’s paper piecing blocks are in destined for the Quilts for Boston project. Last week the Boston Modern Quilt Guild put out a call for blocks, in the Boston Marathon colours, that will be made...
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Flying Dutchman – wip Wednesday
This week I have been playing with another old, traditional quilt block called the Flying Dutchman or Dutchman’s puzzle. The block is really a version of Flying Geese. My first variation on the...
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A very Pink wip Wednesday
This week I have been working my way through a friend’s copy of Tula Pink’s “100 Modern Quilt Blocks” . It has been a lot of fun. I started by pulling some soft, pretty fabrics. It was the name, Tula...
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Paper Piecing Monday
Well after much thinking and pondering and trawling through my stash I have decided that my next Paper Piecing Monday Sampler quilt is going have a bit more variety in colour, and a bit more variety in...
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Gentle blush – wip Wednesday
This week I have been trying to get a few projects finished, but keep getting distracted. My first distraction was this selection of fabric I pulled from my stash. I have accumulated over the last...
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A new quilting adventure – wip Wednesday
After a couple of weeks of being able to do nothing but hexies I desperately wanted to start a new quilt. I do have a large number of quilts to finish but I just had to do something new to blow out...
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Paper Piecing Monday
Welcome to this weeks installment of Paper Piecing Monday. This week I add another block to my grey/bright sampler quilt from Julie at 627handworks. May I present my version of Marley… Now I am not...
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Paper Piecing Monday presents Morrison
I can not believe I am already at block 6 of my bright sampler quilt. This week’s block is called the Morrison… The pattern is once again from Julie’s Block Rock’n collection. You can find the free...
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Paper Piecing Monday presents Garfunkel
Another Monday, another paper pieced block. Yipee. Today’s block is a little more complex than my last few, but is sooooo fabulous. May I present Garfunkel… When Julie at 627Handworks.com posted...
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Star String quilt top finished
I am so thrilled to have finally finished my star string quilt top… and extra thrilled that it turned out exactly like I pictured it. So without further ado, here she is in all her scrappy...
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Flying Geese Paper Piecing Monday style
This week I am taking a short break from my grey sampler quilt to share a little Bee crazy with you. I was super excited to recently joined a do.good. Stitches circle. I excitedly did the first...
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Urban Chicken Fun
This week I manged to finish my first Urban Chicken quilt top…. I am so excited. I love this modern easy fun pattern. The Urban Chicken block was designed for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild meetup...
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Starry Night continues – Paper Piecing Monday
After last weeks easy (read 18 piece) blocks I decided to up the fabric piece count with this weeks star. This fabulous star is another free pattern from Quilting on the Squares new bonus compass star...
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I have a confession to make…
…deep breath…. here goes….I am a messy quilter. You may not be able to tell from what I have put up on the site but in the last couple of weeks the truth has become harder and harder to ignore. So...
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No turkey here…just some Urban Chickens
After a day full of Thanksgiving turkey yesterday, I thought I would stick with the poultry theme, but shake it up a little. Somewhere in between baking tons and tons of pies this week I managed to...
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My blue period continues…
This week I got a little side tracked by a pile of scraps sitting around my sewing space. Most of the time I do a good job of keeping my creative urges under control – I usually jot the idea down in...
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Colour Play Turqoise
This week I decided to play with turquoise and my all time favorite neutral, navy blue. There was something about this colour combination and snow that just seemed to work. First I raided my scraps...
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Colour Play – Grey
The last week or so I have been playing with a different kind of colour combination…one that really has not got a lot of “colour” in it. My inspiration was a very old photo that hangs on our living...
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