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Little makes from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Events pop up and I am often inspired to make something and have little time to meet my deadlines. And two of the events were in August.

First, Cindy celebrated an important birthday. I had no idea what to do for her until the day before her birthday. She recently purchased her first serger—a Bernette Funlock 64. I made a serger mat with threadcatcher. The pattern is from allpeoplequilt.com:

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I took no photos. Again, one of those lost in the moment times. But I FaceTimed with Cindy this weekend and asked her to take ...

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Progress! And a little tip. from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Baby quilt 1 ("Palate Cleanser") is coming along.

The baby quilt has only the top and bottom borders left to be quilted and then the binding. I quilted it on The Beaut with an edge-to-edge design from Designs by Juju (NAYY). It has not been without struggles, but for the most part it has gone well and I am pleased. I'm figuring out what I'll do on the top and bottom borders and hope to finish it next weekend.

So here's a tip that has helped me: Franken-batting. If you haven’t heard this phrase then you ...

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Moving right along—transitions; life and studio from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

There are many reasons why I only had 3 blog posts last year. I posted a few times on Instagram, but not much more than here.

Even without the pandemic, life took some crazy turns for us in 2020. Hubs and I made decisions regarding our future, and I had to make some decisions regarding my work life.

Due to work life, school took a back seat. I dropped the classes I had enrolled in that would have started mid-January 2020; the workload ramped up that same week. Over a year later, I’m working from home 11-12 hours per ...

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