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January 18, 2023
To Do Tuesday - 17/1/23 from The Quilt Yarn

My task from two weeks ago was


 - continue with the ditching and outlining of the Peter Rabbit quilt. No doubt, after I done that I will need a break! 

Done, in fact I finished it by now ✅



I ended up just putting a bit of a feather spray in the border which should have been a lot of fun, but was not. For some reason I had thread breakages and the needle did not want to go through the fabric. It shuddered at times the same way it happens when you hit a very bulky seam (and this happened just ...

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December 31, 2021
2021 Goal Review and 2022 Goals from Quilting Affection

Happy New Year, everybody! As I wind down the year, I'm looking back on my goals from last year and making some new ones. Then I join my technique pattern editor, Yvonne, who blogs at Quilting Jetgirl, for an Annual Planning Party link-up. 

Let's start with my 2021 goals. 

Looking back on my 2021 goals, I see they shifted a little bit during the year. I set three goals for 2021, the main goal, three secondary goals. Let's look at these goals and how they worked out this year. 

My main goal for the year was to ...

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January 11, 2021
New Pattern Emerging from The Quilt Yarn

Did a lot of work yesterday, continuing on my pattern for my little shop.


This is probably the most exciting time in pattern writing...when it all comes together just as you had imagined it (almost)!
Had some issues with the pressing of the seams and will probably include a 'pressing diagram' as this was majorly confusing. However we got there in the end and now it is just a matter of putting it all together and work out some sizing options. As you probably can tell, I am super excited about this. This pattern has been sitting around for ...

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January 5, 2021
Writing Patterns from The Quilt Yarn

I have been writing quilting patterns for a very long time, initially  as a contributor to various quilting magazines and eventually on a number of different platforms.


I am currently revamping my Etsy shop which is turning out to be a huge job, but I made myself a list and slowly but surely working through it, checking my photos, my pattern instructions, making slight improvements here and there. It is starting to look really good.

At the same time I am working on a new pattern (actually I am working on three new quilts which is always an interesting scenario ...

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