I am proud to be one of the Aurifil 2020 Designers of the Month for March 2020. Each month, a DOM designer will publish a block pattern inspired by the colors of Italy! This post describes how I designed the block. It also includes a link to a video tutorial showing how I actually pieced [ ...Continue Reading ]

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