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March 3, 2021
Miscellany from Thistle and Thicket Studio

Just popping in to update on things in the Thistle Thicket Studio lately. It's been hard to find the my mojo but I have been working on my Moda Block Heads 3 quilt. I finally finished all of the 56 MBH3 blocks and made an additional 8 blocks from MBH2. All 6". What was I thinking!!! I swore after making the Farmer's Wife quilt that I would never make 6" blocks again. But don't they look so cute all laid out on my 'design floor'?

Moda Block Heads 3 Blocks by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
I'm working on the setting blocks for this quilt now. I ...

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January 4, 2021
New Year, New Finish-A-Long Goals from Thistle and Thicket Studio

The holidays flew by and a new year is here, and with it a new year of the Finish-A-Long is beginning. The FAL took a break last year but posted on Instagram that they were ready to start back up again. So here is my very short goals list for the first quarter of 2021.

I decided to just focus on the three sewing challenges that I started in 2020 and hoping this will help me to focus and finish them in a timely manner (ha, ha!).

Moda Blockheads 3 Blocks Made By Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

1. Moda Blockheads 3 Quilt: There are only five more blocks to go ...

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June 15, 2020
Moda Block Heads: Blocks 18 - 22 from Thistle and Thicket Studio

Moda Block Heads 3 Blocks by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
I'm all caught up on the Moda Block Heads 3 sew along until Wednesday. Wish I was caught up on my temperature quilt blocks but that's for another day, I guess. Don't these blocks look so cute! I'm loving this color palette!

Moda Block Heads 3 Alternate Block 18 by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
Block 18 was another applique block from Jan Patek so chose to make one of the alternate blocks by Sheri McConnell of A Quilting Life. Her block called for 4 of these tulip blocks but when I made this on Saturday, I wasn't in the mood for tiny pieces so opted to make ...

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May 13, 2020
MBH3: Blocks 13-17 from Thistle and Thicket Studio

Moda Block Heads 3 Blocks By Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

I haven't sat down at the sewing machine for a couple of weeks. Wow! Where is the time going? I definitely seem to be busy but not much to show for it. Today I sat down to catch up with my Moda Block Heads 3 blocks and realized I haven't shown them for a few weeks here on the blog. They are coming along and I really like how they are looking in a grouping....

Moda Block Heads 3 Blocks By Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com

Block 13 is called The Baldwin by Jen Kingwell. I like the geometric design of this block. The paper piecing made this block ...

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April 15, 2020
Moda Blockheads 3: Blocks 9-12 from Thistle and Thicket Studio

Although I don't have this past week's block finished yet, I have been able to keep up with the Moda Blockheads 3 sew-along so far. But I am definitely slow on sharing my blocks in a timely manner here on the blog.

So here are my latest four blocks. Block #9 is Taos by Vanessa Goertzen. I kind of wished I would have used the light aqua where I used the pink fabric also. 

Block #10 is Windmills by Stacy Iest Hsu. I really like this block and has a special representation for me. In my former life ...

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March 19, 2020
Moda Block Heads: Blocks 5-8 from Thistle and Thicket Studio

I'm trying to get caught up on my Moda Block Heads blocks today and realized I haven't shown my second month of blocks here yet. 

I'm trying to be caught up each month by our quilt guild meeting so I can share them at our show & tell. So far, so good. 


I substituted this block for the Block 5 Love block. I just didn't think it fit into the quilt I have envisioned. I shared my Love block that I turned into a mini quilt here. This was a substitute block that Lisa Bongean shared for ...

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March 7, 2020
BMH3 Love Mini Quilt from Thistle and Thicket Studio

A couple of weeks ago I shared my 'love' block from the Moda Blockheads 3 sew along. Today I'm sharing my finished Love mini quilt. 

Love Mini Quilt by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
A couple of weeks after Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chick shared her Love block in the MBH3 sew along, Lissa Alexander (a.k.a. Moda Lissa - Moda's Marketing Director) shared a heart block she called Zest. I decided to add a few hearts to my Love block, even including the clipped corner HSTs from the hearts, and made a mini quilt. This last week I quilted and bound my 16" x 17" mini ...

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February 14, 2020
Moda Blockheads 3 - I'm In! from Thistle and Thicket Studio

Moda Blockheads 3 January blocks by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
After watching on the sidelines for Moda Blockheads 1 & 2 because of time commitments, I decided this year was the year. I'm so excited for this challenge!

"A Little Sweetness" Fabric by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake on Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
I chose to use a fat quarter bundle of Tasha Noel's 'A Little Sweetness' fabric for Riley Blake that I won last year in an Instagram giveaway (I know, how lucky can I be!). 

Moda Blockheads 3 Block 1 by Thistle Thicket Studio. www.thistlethicketstudio.com
I'm making 6" blocks and hope the pieces won't get any smaller than they were in this first block!

I decided to use Mama's Linoleum layout by Lella Boutique here, although I'm going ...

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January 16, 2020
Moda Blockhead 3 ~ Block 1 ~ Star Chain from Life in the Scrapatch


Moda Blockheads 3 has begun and I am sewing along!



In December I pulled fabrics from my stash for this quilt Here.

This fabric line is Dandi Annie by Robin Pickens for Moda.



Robin Pickens Blockheads ~ Week 1

There are lots of how-to tips on her post link. 


This free block pattern was designed by Corey Yoder and may be found on her blog ...


All the information for sewing along may be found on the 




I am happy with my fabric choices and how this block worked up.

I made ...

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December 28, 2019
Maybe the Start of Something in 2020 from Life in the Scrapatch




These fabrics from my stash are 
Dandi Annie by Robin Pickens for Moda Fabrics


If wishes were quilts I would have made a thousand quilts!
 I love the quote in this Moda photo.

Right now I wishing to sew a  



Here is the info as posted ...

"Wednesday, January 15!
Block Heads 3 will launch with 14 Block Heads and a total of 56 blocks. There will be weeks with just one block and one Moda Designer in the spotlight, and there will be weeks where we're going to keep you really, really busy.
There will be ...

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