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Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks (week 258). I'm doing double duty today, so here's the link to December's Throwback Thursday.

Practicing my free motion quilting (FMQ)

Free Motion Framework by Jen Eskridge

Am Mittwoch, 4. Dezember fand bei mir zu Hause ein Tageskurs statt. Hier ein paar Impressionen. Morgen Samstag findet der Kurs nochmals statt und auch am Samstag, 4. Januar will es nochmals jemand wissen (hier hat es noch 2 Plätze frei).

On Wednesday, 4th december I had a one day workshop at my home. Here are some impressions. Tomorrow I will have another 3 participants and on Saturday, 4th January again I will held this workshop at my home (there I have 2 places left).

For the eighth Make of Christmas we are sewing up Snowflake Mug Rugs! This replay was one of our subscribers favorites last year because it is fast and fun and is the perfect way to use a charm pack. Just four, 5-inch squares plus some white fabric will make one mug rug, and you can get a set of 10 from one charm pack!

This project is made super fast by some quick piecing techniques that I demonstrate in the video, and the best part … we’re giving you the pattern for this tutorial for FREE as a digital download ...

Woooo, day 10 already … where has the time gone?? Just two more days and we’ll be done. Please remember, no patterns will be posted this weekend. You can download this pattern today tho all weekend long for those of you who can’t get around daily to download them. Today’s patterns are influenced by another memory of my childhood. When I was very young and wondered about the great Santa Claus and how he was going to get into our house because we didn’t have a fireplace, my dad would tell me that the Santa poster on ...

Day 4
After breakfast, we walked through Colonial Cemetery on the way to the Isaiah Davenport House.

Day 4
After breakfast, we walked through Colonial Cemetery on the way to the Isaiah Davenport House.

Hiking just 2 weeks ago on Arthur’s Rock near Fort Collins, CO. Beautiful! Now it’s back to work designing more holiday patterns.

Hot off of my design table is the RED TRUCK WITH PRESENTS. This adorable little red truck pairs nicely with my LITTLE RED TRUCK block from last Christmas.

I love them together as potholders or pillows.

My friend Shelley used photos of her grand kids in the windows. Super cute!

My Gnome obsession is over the top. Here’s a GNOME WITH MUSHROOMS block pattern that makes an adorable pillow.

Christmas is almost here! To celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, we’re kicking off 12 days of Fat Quarter Shop deals during our Countdown to Christmas event!

Here’s How it Works

Every day from December 13th to December 24th we’re sharing a big sale on our Flash Sale page at 8 AM CST, which will be transformed into our Countdown to Christmas page. The daily deal will feature a unique class of items and last 24 hours. Deals will be anything from discounts on fabrics and notions to freebies to one-time special offers! In some ...

Okay, I usually don't post this early in the morning on my blog. But this just couldn't be helped. I'm trying to deal with retirement (his) better but right now it's not working.

My old routine was when he would get up and go to work before 7:15 am. He was up at 6:30 am, showered, and out the door by 7:15 am. I would sleep a little while longer or just get up after he left. Most days I was up by 8 am - like this morning. No worries. I could sit ...

Hello everyone, and happy Friday to you. Can you believe that there are only two-- yes, just two!-- Fridays left in 2019? Where did this year go? On top of that, someone told me that the full moon this past week was "the last full moon of the decade." Yikes! 2020 is barreling down on us, and I'm not done with my 2019 stuff yet.

I did finish up one thing, though-- I finished putting together my tiny Tuesday quilt top! Once I got some of the numbers figured out and started on the rows, I just couldn't ...

I’ve been wanting to make a pie because I still have a pie crust in the freezer from Thanksgiving. If I hurry up and use it, I’ll have to make another pie crust for Christmas and since the recipe makes two, that means we get four pies instead of just two!

There was a lot on yesterday's agenda. Mike came home early, and so he accompanied me on my grocery shopping trip. What a gas, right? A date with my main squeeze. At the grocery store. I'm telling you, it doesn't get much better than that. Actually, he did suggest dinner out last night, and so all was not lost. We got our shopping done in record time, and we only mowed down one person with our shopping cart. After pausing to call 911, we were on our way again. We instructed emergency personnel in which aisle they ...

There was a lot on yesterday's agenda. Mike came home early, and so he accompanied me on my grocery shopping trip. What a gas, right? A date with my main squeeze. At the grocery store. I'm telling you, it doesn't get much better than that. Actually, he did suggest dinner out last night, and so all was not lost. We got our shopping done in record time, and we only mowed down one person with our shopping cart. After pausing to call 911, we were on our way again. We instructed emergency personnel in which aisle they ...

Between Thanksgiving and moving house (photos forthcoming!) I've been busy the past couple weeks, fortunately Louise shipped me a couple more orphan quilts I can show you!

What's special about this top quilt is that is made almost entirely of blocks from my personal UFO stash. Strange to see them all arranged and finished like that.