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Today I wanted to share with you one of the videos in Elizabeth's amazing new workshop "The Great Scrap Quilt". Her method of construction is fabulous and the quilt shown in this video is one that won the Edward Lambert Fiber Art Award. As you will see, her color selection is amazing, she knows just what fabric to put where!

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If you want to destash or just used up your scraps, then I can definitely recommend joining Elizabeth in this workshop ...

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Well, this week I managed to get the skinny inner border onto Frolic and am putting a gazillion (what it feels like) HSTs under my needle to make the outer border.

The pink/marroon borders are pieced and now I am on the blues.

But I had to finish up these framed crumb stars so I color coordinate for RSC2020.
Earlier in the week I whipped out some small 3.5" string blocks because I was generating a lot of short strings from piecing larger blocks.  However, I managed to take a slight rotary cut to the middle joint of ...

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The Color It Red blog hop is over now, but some of you may still want to see some more red quilts.  If you missed my red quilt, you can see it Red and White Portrait with Yo-Yo Trim.  Here are some red quilts I have made. They are all small quilts - too small to use as lap quilts. They are all taken with the same background - living room floor, so you may be able to estimate the size.

Lately, I have been enjoying seeing my quilts in different combinations - like a curator in a museum.

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I’m glad you’re back to learn about more new features of Pro-Stitcher Premium! If you missed the first post last week you can read it here.

Here’s some more of the wonderful new tools we now have at our disposal. Let us know in the comments which are your favorites.

Record Snap to Grid

Select the Pro-Stitcher tab, then the Record button on the ribbon.

Press Snap to Grid.

When using the Mark feature with Snap to Grid turned on, the marks will land on the nearest grid intersection making the resulting drawing very square and straight ...

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I’m glad you’re back to learn about more new features of Pro-Stitcher Premium! If you missed the first post last week you can read it here.

Here’s some more of the wonderful new tools we now have at our disposal. Let us know in the comments which are your favorites.

Record Snap to Grid

Select the Pro-Stitcher tab, then the Record button on the ribbon.

Press Snap to Grid.

When using the Mark feature with Snap to Grid turned on, the marks will land on the nearest grid intersection making the resulting drawing very square and straight ...

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"Open the door..."  12" X 12"  2/2020

My art quilt group decided to do a year long series/challenge of 12 inch square journal quilts. We can make anything we want, have a theme or just make what reflects our month.
I chose as my words of the year the phrase, "open the door..."  to remind me to take a chance on life.
To interpret that for January's journal quilt, I knew I wanted an open 3-d door, opening to brilliant colors.

I started by googling images of curved doors, and settled on two images. Then comparing them ...

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It is now past midwinter and our snow is piling on snow. 

A rabbit has been using the little ornamental fir bush at the front as a home this winter; have never seen him just the tracks.

But February days are flying by just like July's.
For Valentine's night we got to babysit littler grandson so his parents could go out to dinner. It was a nine course dinner where each course wouldn't fill your tooth, as my grandparents would say about scanty food on a plate. (They came home quite filled, however. :))
  But Daughter had made ...

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Part of it was my own schedule. I was doing more stitching than knitting in the  evenings. I also spent a lot of evenings actively avoiding these socks because the yarn, a skein of Mary Maxim Tropical Breeze in the Toes in the Sand colorway, was ...

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I saw a quilt at my local quilt shop and couldn’t get it out of my mind. I love the soft colors and the interest and movement created in the way the blocks are put together. It’s a departure from the very colorful quilts that were my last couple of projects, but I do like […]

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This was my view yesterday morning as I wrote my blog post...as it is every morning, including this morning.

Yesterday's drive was just over 200 miles, and so we were in no hurry to leave. I had some time to stitch up the day's inchy. This one was easy...just a buttonhole stitch around the outside edge.


There isn't a lot to tell you about yesterday. It was a day of driving on a long straight road. We were backtracking the way we came from Las Vegas.


The Mojave Desert is pretty here. This is the ...

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This was my view yesterday morning as I wrote my blog post...as it is every morning, including this morning.

Yesterday's drive was just over 200 miles, and so we were in no hurry to leave. I had some time to stitch up the day's inchy. This one was easy...just a buttonhole stitch around the outside edge.


There isn't a lot to tell you about yesterday. It was a day of driving on a long straight road. We were backtracking the way we came from Las Vegas.


The Mojave Desert is pretty here. This is the ...

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It’s Sew Emma is thrilled to introduce their first book with Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting! Charming Baby Quilts brings 10 original baby quilts to life, featuring the classic 5″ square charm pack precut. Each design uses one, two or three charm packs, making this an essential book to have on hand for gifts and celebrations.

With the ease of charm packs, this book is fabulous for beginners. Melissa’s passion for feel-good quilts can be felt on every page and in every stitch, and we know this book will inspire a whole new generation of little quilts for ...

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The Wolf is a project in the Abstractions series. This foundation paper pieced quilt is made with one striking large scale block.

The Wolf is a fiercely loyal and territorial animal. Wolves make strong emotional attachments, but must rely on their own individual instincts to survive. Wolf Abstractions was created in my signature Abstractions style, hand drafted over my own original photography and patterned by me. After drafting the illustration I sewed, quilted and bound this quilt in 3 days with the constant encouragement and support of my pack.

Purchase the Wolf Abstractions PDF pattern here.

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We’re back for another Shortcut Quilt with this beginner-friendly, quick and simple quilt using one of our favorite ingredients, Jolly Bars! The FREE Jolly Bar Bakewell Pattern offers the recipe for a crib, lap, twin and queen quilt. Our quilt features Canning Day by Corey Yoder for Moda Fabrics. How delicious does that sound?  We also have a new video tutorial that will give you all the tips and tricks for whipping up this quilt it a snap!

This quilt can be made with a Jolly Bar and yardage You’ll want to grab your FREE quilt pattern and ...

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