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 Another block for the sew along made quite quickly. This is block 3.

I also assembled blocks 1 & 2. But before I could do that, I had to fix the first block. I had sewn the bottom part upside down....

I am happy to report that I am still on track with the birthday blocks. I didn't follow the exact instructions for the cutting which asks for squares, instead I kept strips where possible 

Only I sub cut one too small when slicing them so had to redo one part in the end

But the block came together quite quickly in the end.

I also spent some time at the week-end cutting the background fabric and more of the main fabric for the Mystery quilt scrap galore. I still have about 15 pieces to cut, nearly there!

And finally ...

 Not much sewing time again the last 2-3 weeks and this has mainly be due to lack of time/too much work... I had completed the train block but wasn't happy with it so I unpicked it and remade it this week. 

I also started on the top row "Harry Potter" and had spent quite some time 2 week-ends ago cutting the pieces with little fabric to spare... only to realise that I had only cut out "Harry"...

This block is actually half of the top ...

 Very slowly I am making progress on my Harry Potter UFO. I finished Hogwarts crest at the week-end, just in time for the Quidditch tournament that was held in our town!

One more block for the top but quite a few still to go! Hopefully soon as I am happy to be able to report that I have managed 5 days of sewing this last week, a great improvement after I didn't manage more than one day a week for the whole of February.

Linking to Life in Pieces, Design Wall Monday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Happy ...

 Nearly 10 years later, I have a quilt top.... I was planning on making 15 blocks originally but after I got them all out to check how many more I needed, I realised that 12 blocks would already make a decent size quilt.

All the blocks are bordered by a 3'' grey ...

 Week 2 of the Boho Heart quilt-along (early February) was all about HST. The blocks were not necessarily difficult but I didn't get to them until the last week of Febraury and I am still sadly 2 blocks short... Here are the ones I have made so far. 

Windblown

Pinwheel Courthouse

Shoo Fly

And 3 simple HST

And while working on these pink blocks, I also made 2 pink blocks for my 365 Challenge quilt

13 May

and 12 June

All of these blocks were from February.

I am very much behind with this quilt-along ...

 This block seems to have taken forever... admittedly there were lots of pieces but the Tardis block is finished! My third block for the Fandom in stitch quilt along.

Another new project that had caught my eye! The Boho Heart Sew Along started earlier this month and I am already behind. Never mind, I have at least started, first by spending a few evenings cutting stripes, both for this pattern but also for my Gipsy Wife quilt that has been long abandoned as well. I have picked low volume, neutral light tones for both quilts. I still don't have enough stripes but the piles are slowly growing.

Does your family have football traditions? Here in Hamilton, Missouri we love to celebrate our favorite Kansas City football team and we are so excited to see them bringing more attention to the great state of Missouri once again. Whether your family goes to the backyard to throw around the pig skin or serves up an incredible halftime meal, we hope that you have a chance to enjoy your festivities of choice safely!

For those of us looking to make changes this year and celebrate smaller, there are still ...

 I am still slowing adding to my collection... last week I managed to make 7 more blocks

16 July - 3'' green

17 July - 3'' green

18 August - 3'' green

18 October - 3'' green

19 July - 3'' green

20 October - 3'' green

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching, Monday Making, Monday Design Wall,

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Another UFO bites the dust! I had a bag of leftover blocks (8 of them finishing at 6") from over 10 years ago (I originally made the blocks during a Mystery Night in 2007...) 

and a multitude of HST (not yet trimmed!) 

that I had stashed away probably too make a cushion cover similar to the one I made 9 years ago. You can read all the details here

I found the bag again a week or so ago and decided that I worked probably never do anything with those so it was time to let them go. Well they ...

Yep, it’s finally here and I am so excited about this year’s patterns. As you can see, the theme this year is cards. What you’ll...

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Good morning!  It’s Cindy reporting in today with the 4th block of our Christmas 2020 Series.

Sandy’s design for this little Santa Gnome is so cute!  I decided to make two versions, one with a dark background and one with a light background.

Click on the link below for the pattern:

RC 2020 Sew Along Day 4 Santa Gnome

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Greetings!  We’re happy to present the next block for our Rustic Christmas PAPER PIECING SEW ALONG.

Sandy created this super easy Christmas star block.  I decided to play around with Christmas colors and am loving this polka dot background. NEXT I used the polka dot fabric for the star center.  This is nice and bright!  If you are new to paper piecing, this is an easy pattern to test your skills  The weekend is fast approaching, we hope you have plenty of summer sewing time to try something new!

Click on the link below for the Rustic Christmas paper ...

Hello!  It’s Cindy bragging about Sandy designing the cutest paper pieced Christmas block patterns.  Since Sandy designed 4 very adorable blocks, we’re hosting a PAPER PIECING SEW ALONG.  You can make a Christmas banner, a table runner or a mini wall hanging.  We think either one is guaranteed to make your 2020 holidays brighter!

The first block is a rustic evergreen tree.  For printing these patterns, we suggest using thin copy paper or a special paper made for paper piecing from your favorite quilting store.

Since I am a novice at paper piecing, I used colored pencils to ...