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September 18, 2020
Is it Summer yet? from Wendy's Quilts and More

 This week I had a little play with English Paper Piecing.  



I've had these gorgeous ice cream prints for a few months now, and I decided I would just start playing around with them and see where it leads me.  I cut and basted some other combinations while I was at it.
  




I don't have a master plan yet, I'm just going to experiment with them.  That's why I chose to do English Paper Piecing rather than hand piecing.  These blocks could be floating around for a while, and they will keep better with the raw ...

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June 18, 2020
Bloomtopia 2020 from Want It, Need It, Quilt It!

My Bloomtopia quilt is finished and I took it on a trip to Maleny hoping to take photographs but alas it turned out to be a a cool, rainy winters day. Fortunately, my friend and I sneaked a few photos in-between showers in the picturesque township of Montville. The Bloomtopia 2020 Charity Quilt a long...

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May 8, 2020
A Finish & A Giveaway from Sew Preeti Quilts

One lucky reader (commenter) will get a free pattern - All the Diagonals, from Mell Meyer.
Just leave a comment, completing this sentence.  After the Covid induced coma is over, I will...

And now, let the eye candy begin.  You heard about Quarantina earlier and saw her glimpses on Instagram.  Here she is - my Covid Child (thus named by Rebecca of Cheeky Cognoscenti).

Paul is promoted to Model

You know when you cannot decide between cake and pie?
When you want both chocolate and strawberry.
When you don't want to choose between the ocean and the mountains...hold that thought ...

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March 19, 2020
Teal, Aqua & Turquoise from Sew Preeti Quilts

Honestly, I find these Teal, Aqua and Turquoise names confusing.  Different websites will label fabrics differently. Kona and Bella have additional names like Lake, Bermuda, Lagoon, Pool and Seafoam etc.

For simplicity and clarity I have divided my stash into Greenish Blue and Bluish Green.

Greenish Blue


Bluish Greens


Picture this - Leaving the Blue station, the train will stop first at Greenish-Blue and then at Bluish-Green before coming to a halt at Green station. For all the colors that lie between Blue and Green (but are neither Blue nor Green), March is the month in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2020 ...

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October 30, 2019
Swan Dive with the Fat Quarter Shop from In the Boondocks








The Fat Quarter Shop is giving away another pattern!
Free
(The link will take you to the Jolly Jabber blog post)You can buy a kit from them or just buy

A Jolly Bar and background fabric!

I really love these sheets they make it so easy to make 
Perfect HST’s!


It is all very easy to make!
One sheet makes 10 HST’s 
and they are perfect!
If you don’t want to use a Jolly Bar (5”x10”) then 
find a nice Layer Cake (10”x10”)
I used Anagram by ...

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