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July 7, 2025
Patriotic Quilt Challenges from Podunk Pretties

This quick and easy scrappy patriotic quilt is coming along nicely even though I've had a couple of challenges. 


The first challenge was finding enough scraps in the scrap bins to make (4) identical red star blocks and (5) identical blue star blocks.  Below shows what a normal variable star block looks like.  Sharp outer and inner points.


After cutting the large center square I knew I would be short enough of this fabric to make the star points.  I had a decision to make. 

1. Pull a new fabric from the larger fabric stash.  
2. Use a different ...

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added by Podunk Pretties 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under patriotic scrap quilt 2025 , quilt therapy , scrap quilt
July 5, 2025
Quilt Therapy from Podunk Pretties

Why did I need quilt therapy on the 4th of July?  Long story short...my neighbor asked me to feed her dogs while she was out of town this weekend.  While playing outside with them in the afternoon one of them took off on an adventure.  Two hours later and a lot of driving I found the dog.  I managed to keep my wits about me while looking for him, but horrible things ran through my head.  Upon returning home I broke down and let the bottled-up emotions out in tears.  After calming down I knew I needed some sewing ...

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added by Podunk Pretties 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under patriotic scrap quilt 2025 , quilt therapy
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