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This must be the year of the babies!  For real you guys.   I can't even believe how many baby related things I am going to be making this year already  and it's what? January 4?   C'mon you guys, haha. For every new baby that is in our family and close circle of friends, I make a chenille blanket.  Usually I gift this at the baby shower (if it is the first baby) otherwise after the baby

Hi everyone, Here is a quick note to say, yes. I am still here, alive and kicking. I have been totally in my design element designing all kinds of foundation paper piecing dolls. After I made the Paper Dolls -  Mini Collection and Winnie the Witch, I just couldn't stop and designed the Spirited Elves. This is probably the biggest collection I have designed so far too with sew many possibilities.

Hello Everyone, Halloween is right around the corner! I am starting to slowly get in the Halloween mood with the fall weather, misty mornings and soups of the season. A new block jumped into my head on Friday and Winnie the Witch was created. She measures 6" x 11". This block is a stand alone foundation paper pieced block (FPP) or can be mixed and matched with the Paper Dolls Mini Collection for

Hi Everyone! Thanks for joining today and reading my blog. I truly appreciate your curiosity and your support.  A couple of years ago, I came across a foundation paper pieced pattern (FPP) from Mary McGuire featured in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks. I loved the block so much, I redrew it in EQ8 and asked my bee mates to make blocks for a bee quilt. I was quite happy with the result. There

I hope you all had a good weekend.   It was amazingly HOT here in Michigan.   We almost never get 96 degrees in the SPRING!   CrAzY.   I wanted to do some yard work but that just did not happen.   I tried for a bit on Monday.   I dug out some grass from a small part of my garden, planted some tomato and pepper plants  and a couple of planters and called it a day.   PHEW! Instead I

Time for a catch up... I have been busy making and it would be wrong not to document everything here. This is a round up of some of the recent projects I've demonstrated on Sewing Quarter, I'm starting small and working up to the big quilts!

This block was made using Jo Avery's fabulous Compass Spin pattern, a combination of foundation paper piecing and sewing curves. It's a great project for playing with fabric value.

My blogging app died today!  This is a new one I am trying.  I do my blogging from an iPad!  I guess you can say this is a test!

Photo borrowed from Quilt Art Designs blog.

Janeen is @qadesigns on instagram! She designed the tiger I made and her patterns are spot on when you are piecing it all together!

New Foundation Piecing Pattern: Janeen's blog Quilt Art Designs is participating in the Christmas Caroling Row Along… | with Seams to be Sew and created the most beautiful row of the Nativity! It is gorgeous and best of all it is FREE - Quick link to Quilt Art Design Craftsy Shop

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Calling all quilters! If you have always wanted to learn how to foundation paper piece this is the quilt along for you!

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Join me in this new series of video tutorials as I walk you through making this Tulipán quilt block step-by-step. This new quilt design features my new Kinfolk fabric collection for Timeless Treasures Fabrics.

My kinfolk collection features gorgeous, bold black & white prints that really pop in this quilt block design. If you want to follow along you can start HERE ...