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Sewing together my Curves QAL Blocks.

2021 QAL @ Patchwork Inspirations

I continued the clean-up of my sewing and quilting spaces today

 and it has been a workout.

Now, I have everything in order for some sewing and quilting. 

Tonight I needed some pretty fabrics flowing through my fingers. 

Loving the colors and fabrics for this one ... <3 

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Winter still has us in its frigid and frosty grip.

I hope all of you are safe and warm and snug under the quilts tonight. 

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16 Fan Blade Blocks ~ February Curves QAL Goal Complete

These blocks are for the 

2021 QAL @ Patchwork Inspirations

We could pick a pattern or design our own for this quiltalong

as long as it featured curves.

The quilts in the QAL Facebook Group

are amazing in their variety and complexity. 

I designed my own block by improv and then drew up a pattern. 

My blocks are done for the January Goal for the 

2021 QAL @ Patchwork Inspirations

These are Fan Blade Blocks of my own design.

I started with this small fat quarter bundle that I received last year as a

Valentine Gift in an order from the Fat Quarter Shop

and added other scrap fabrics from my stash.

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It has been icy cold and windy here in my quilty corner

and we have had some issues with our smart thermostat's online app.

Mr. Scrapatch had to install an old fashioned ...

Today I was using old school methods,

 cutting by hand from homemade cardboard templates.

... after to made the first two blocks for my 

I am making scrappy fan blade blocks with my 8" Dresden Ruler.

The white background is also scrappy as I am using white tone-on-tone fabrics

left from other projects.

The circles in the first photo are cut into quarters for the inner curve.

I am very comfortable sewing curves.

I finger fold to find the center and insert my first pin.

Sometimes, I only use ...