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Here is my newest soft and squishy quilty creation!

My Blazing Star Block Pillow Cover!

Blazing Star Quilt Block @ FQS

Fat Quarter Shop has a lovely

 Blazing Star Quilt .pdf Pattern Available Here

and their

Free Video Tutorial from FQS Here

and a beautiful

Blazing Star Quilt Kit Here 

A Blooming Bunch Fabrics by Maureen McCormick

This beautiful blooming bunch of fabrics was not in shops when I made my sample block,

so I sewed my ...

Appli-Play!

My happy place embrace of free style improv applique. 

For many years I posted about my avoidance of all things applique

because I said it made me feel all thumbs. 

I stuck to piecing at all costs and even found some creative ways, like curved piecing

to give the illusion of applique without actually doing it.

My personal machine applique freeze began to thaw when I made

This Quilt 

when I signed up to step out into the applique cold and find a way to warm myself up a little.

This year I finally felt confidant enough to come ...