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STARDANCE - My Pattern of the Week from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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This week, I'm shining a spotlight on Stardance—a wonderfully scrappy quilt pattern designed to make the most of your treasured fabric stash. With clear, detailed instructions and step-by-step illustrations using fabrics from my Hearthstone and Gentry's Mill lines by Marcus Fabrics, Stardance guides you every stitch of the way. You can find the discounted pattern HERE.

One thoughtful touch: each direction page includes space to attach your own chosen fabric scraps, making organization effortless as you sew. I loved to be organized.....but you'd never know it if you saw my sewing room!

And ...

added by Lynn 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under gentry's mill , hearthstone , stardance

Stardance from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've been working on a new design, and I have a nice little assortment of blocks for Stardance. This is a snapshot of what I'm working on in EQ software.

This is what the actual block looks like. I love that what I see in EQ software is very similar to the real block.

This is a snapshot of another block in the quilt in EQ. The block placement in the quilt determines the framing around the block.

This is the actual block.

I'm combining my Gentry's Mill fabric line with my Hearthstone fabric ...

added by Lynn 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under eq software , gentry's mill , hearthstone , stardance

Stardance Quilt from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Thank you all for your input about the organizational sheet that I'm going to start including in my patterns. I used it while making the first four blocks for my new Stardance pattern. The stars will dance their way across the quilt.

I'm going to make 40 blocks in 10 different colorways. This is a picture of the first four blocks.

I took your suggestions to heart and reconfigured the organizational sheet to make it less busy. I used it while making the blocks and got a great deal of satisfaction checking off the components after ...

added by Lynn 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under gentry's mill , hearthstone , stardance

The Machine is Humming from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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When I'm not at my sewing machine, I'm working on applique for my secret project. This quilt design is unlike anything I have designed in the past.

I love combining a bit of applique with pieced blocks. When I get tired of working on piecing, I switch to applique. The entire time I'm working, I'm listening to audio books. The hours just fly by and it's time to start thinking about fixing dinner before I know it. We had company over for dinner last night, so dinner tonight will be the yummy leftovers ...

added by Lynn 1 year, 3 months ago. under hearthstone

Heart of the Valley Quilt Show from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Here's just a very small sampling of some of the product that will be in my booth this weekend at the Heart of the Valley Quilt Show at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, CA this weekend.

My friend Diane helped me put half yard bundles together of my Hearthstone fabric line. They are yummy. Diane got very distracted fondling the fabrics!

While watching TV the other night I rolled 128 wool fat 1/8's. These look good enough to eat.

I have 175 patterns and books packed and lots of bundles of other fabric lines that ...

added by Lynn 1 year, 3 months ago. under heart of the valley quilt show , hearthstone , quilt shows

Timeless Applique from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I worked my way through the torrential rain and snow at the cabin over the past five days on these precious little cuties which are made with my Hearthstone fabric line.

We never lost power during the storm, but we had intermittent Internet and TV during the worst of the snow on Saturday and Sunday.

I enjoy combining stripes, checks and prints.....and then there is the fussy cutting for the centers. I showed you in my last post how I make the perfect circles with the Perfect Circle templates.

I LOVE working on an applique project. I ...

added by Lynn 1 year, 5 months ago. under hearthstone , marcus fabrics

A Sneak Peek from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Here are just a few snippets of the project I've been diligently working on during all of our storms here in California. The project includes 12 of the applique blocks.

I'm working with my Hearthstone fabric line, and I haven't tired of it yet. In fact, I'm loving it more and more as I go. I'm making 16 of this pieced block. I finished block #8 yesterday.

Here are the blocks against the backdrop of Hearthstone bolts.

I'm making 8 of this applique block.

I set up an applique station in the ...

added by Lynn 1 year, 6 months ago. under hearthstone

Applique in the Snow from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Another snowstorm rolled through the other day. I set up my workstation in the dining room so I could watch the snow and work on my applique at the same time.

I love the applique process, the old-fashioned process using the starch method of applique. I set up my Ott light as the cabin was dark in the middle of the day due to the storm. At 3pm, I stopped for our afternoon hot cocoa break. Was there a splash of Bailley's in it? I'll let you decide.

I have a new tool which I used ...

added by Lynn 1 year, 7 months ago. under applique , hearthstone

The Bolts Have Arrived! from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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It was a banner day when my bolts of Hearthstone arrived from Marcus Fabrics!

Of course, I had to do a couple of photoshoots before I started cutting into it. I actually don't think I can cut any fabric off the bolts! Maybe I'll just leave it as a design element at the cabin and periodically dust it off.

The boxes even brought a smile to Mazey's face!

On another note, I took a header when I was walking Mazey. The leash, the road, and Mazey led to my downfall. I'm so lucky I ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 1 month ago. under hearthstone

Calico Cottages on Steroids from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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In between making pumpkins, I've been working on a large Calico Cottage quilt which has been on my design wall for a few weeks now.

Originally used a dark teal for the posts.

I went back and forth between plaid posts and teal posts. Then I decided to audition a strip of plaid in the border between the red setting triangle and another border. The plaid posts won. When I looked at the overall look with the teal posts, all I saw was teal popping out at me. The plaid is muted, and it tied the quilt ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 2 months ago. under calico cottages , hearthstone

Retreating from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I spent my week preparing a few quilting projects for a retreat that I'm attending this week with my guild members at Zephyr Point at beautiful Lake Tahoe.

I've had an idea circulating through my brain about making pumpkins with my Hearthstone fabric line. The first two pumpkins came to fruition. I decided to incorporate Marcus Fabric wools with my cottons. There will be either 9 or 12 pumpkins. Mr. Joe suggested I name the quilt Rodent Resort as there will be little mice scampering around the quilt. This name made me laugh and I'm ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 3 months ago. under calico cottages , hearthstone , rodent resort

Primrose Garden BOM from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Take a look at this heirloom beauty called Primrose Garden by Katie Soldberg of Pieceful Gathering and Karen Yaffee. If you love working with wool, or if you are thinking about venturing into wool and learning a new technique to add to your quilting toolbox, then this block of the month quilt is for you. The quilt measures 87" x 87".

Katie, along with Karen Yaffee will be offering tutorial videos on FB and YouTube to walk you through the quilt and the BOM process. You will be learning from the best when it comes to creating with ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 5 months ago. under hearthstone , marucs fabrics , primrose garden , primrose garden weaves

Bridle Path Progress from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've been quiet again since I've been creating a flimsy. Bridle Path is all together and ready to be quilted. Yesterday I put on the borders and the flange which is that cute little 1/4" of red fabric that frames the quilt.

I moved my machine out to the dining room table so I could spread the quilt out and have lots of space on which to work.

You can see we've had more snow.....again. This Winter has been relentless. At this writing, it is still snowing lightly. It looks like sifted powdered ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 5 months ago. under bridle path , hearthstone , marcus fabrics

Hearthstone Fabric Collection from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I was so excited when I discovered my fabric collection in the 'Coming Soon' section on the Fat Quarter Shop website. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to see this collection coming to fruition.

I am the face to this fabric, but there are many other faces behind the scenes that made this happen. Yes, I came up with the concept, the colors, and the inspiration, but the talented graphic artists at Marcus Fabrics brought it to life. I couldn't have done this without their guidance and help.

There were many zoom calls, emails back and forth ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 5 months ago. under bridle path , hearthstone

The Big Reveal from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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The big reveal arrived early! Marcus Fabrics posted on their website, so now I can finally show you what I've been working on for weeks.....if not months.

The wait is over to see my new BOM and fabric collection for Marcus Fabrics! The quilt is called 'Bridle Path' and the fabric collection is called 'Hearthstone'. The sashing represents the Packhorse Librarians travelling along trails and paths in the mountains and hollers of Kentucky delivering books and spreading literacy to remote areas during the 1930's. The plaid fabric is called 'Highlander' which represents the Scottish influence ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 6 months ago. under bridle path , hearthstone

Behind the Scenes from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've been given the go ahead to post a 'teaser' about my new fabric line and block of the month for Marcus Fabrics. Here's one of the blocks in the quilt made with seven of the fabrics in the line.

The fabric line is called Hearthstone and I named the quilt Bridle Path.

The fabric has a look and feel of Autumn and will be released in the Summer just in time for Fall projects. The BOM will start in September.

All of the blocks are finished, the sashing is almost finished, and it's about ...

added by Lynn 2 years, 6 months ago. under bridel path , hearthstone

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