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November 8, 2023
Making Masks from Becca's Crazy Projects

We recently attended a game convention that required masks for all attendees. 
I wanted some new masks made with fabric that fit the theme. 
The cut away triangles are so cute!
I made a dozen new masks. Not that we needed that many for a weekend event. Dice, beholders, potions, dragons, gelatinous cubes, and rainbow vomiting cats. Fabrics from Spoonflower.
Then we popped them into the wash so they would be clean for our convention. 

I wrote my own tutorial for these masks. You can find out more about the design on my post How I Mask. Stay safe out ...

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added by Becca 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2023 , design , face mask , maryland , mask , md , pattern , project , projects , sew , sew my stash , sewing , tool
August 16, 2023
Green Bags from Becca's Crazy Projects

I'm not sure how this fabric came to be in my collection. It could have been Aunt Betty. In any case, I had enough to back a quilt and enough to make two totes using the Green Bag Lady pattern. 
I didn't use my serger on these. I did make them with French seams so they are very tidy.
It was a good afternoon project. These fold up very nicely to tuck into your bag when going to the store. I've always got one in my bag. 

Then Green Bag Lady regularly gives away totes through random ...

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added by Becca 8 months, 1 week ago. under 2020 , aunt betty , bag , fabric , sew , sew my stash , sewing , sewing machines , tote
July 21, 2023
Making the Most of Things from Becca's Crazy Projects

When I got to the end of a roll of batting I had a piece of batting that would work for two charity quilts but I would have to load them a little differently than usual. Usually I load charity quilts with the selvage edges along the rails (so the top rail and the bottom rail on the machine) and I load the quilt top so the sides of the quilt are along those same rails. So the top of the quilt is on my right side and the bottom is on the left. This batting was cutting it close ...

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added by Becca 9 months, 1 week ago. under 2023 , long arm , longarm , quilt , quilting , sew , sewing , shopping , tool , tool tip
July 12, 2023
Tool Tips from Becca's Crazy Projects

Today I'd like to talk about some of my favorite and must-have tools. First, a quality pair of snips. These are my favorite. I have two: one with my long arm, and one with my English Paper Piecing bag/kit. I keep mine on a retractable badge holder. That way I can slide the clip onto my shirt collar so my scissors are always handy. I can also slide the clip onto my keyboard tray on the frame. 
Next, the humble yard stick. You can pick these up at the home improvement warehouse of your choice, usually for just ...

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added by Becca 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2023 , long arm , longarm , quilt , quilting , scissors , sew , sewing , shopping , tool , tool tip
June 17, 2023
Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

Sometimes I have a few minutes to work on a hexie flower. That's it, that's the entire post. Someday I will finish this project. Someday. 

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added by Becca 10 months, 1 week ago. under 2023 , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , harm , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
March 6, 2023
Scrappiness is happiness and I found the missing critter! + a bit more from Pat Sloan's Blog

I'm typing this up and the sun is shining, are you someone that need that sunshine boost like I do? As soon as I finish I'm off to take a walk, it is so nice out.. chilly but sunny!

Today i have a HUGE thank you to all of you! Be sure to watch 

What's for today?

  • Scrappiness is Happiness Week 18 
  • Critter Parade!
  • Quilters Stand for Ukraine - 1 year later
  • Block a day makes 6!
  • Daily Video
  • AccuQuilt Deal of the day Link, check it out!
  • Share your photos of your Sew along blocks at the ...

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added by PatSloan 1 year, 1 month ago. under alongs , charity , charity sew alongs , sew
January 16, 2023
Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I'm still working on my hexie flowers. 
Each week I finish a few more. 
Some weeks are more productive than others. I never thought this would be a quick project. 

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

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added by Becca 1 year, 3 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
December 20, 2022
Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I finished up the basting of the rest of my little hexies a couple weeks ago. 
Yesterday I stacked them up into planned flower sets. 
Then I filled my hexie project bag with all those sets. Now I can easily grab a single flower and get stitching. Someday, I will have a quilt top. 

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added by Becca 1 year, 4 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
December 14, 2022
Fleece Sewing from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend of mine has one of those really big skeletons from Halloween. He wants to dress the big one up as a skeletal Santa and the little ones up as elves. He asked if I could make them some hats. I said sure. This is the stack of fabrics I pulled that met the red, green, black, and white requirements. 
Step two was to measure the skull circumference of one of the small skeletons. We have one sitting around so that was an easy step. Then I found a free pattern, and tutorial for a Santa hat at Fleece ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 4 months ago. under 2022 , fabric , fleece , garment , hat , holiday , overlock , project , projects , serger , sew , sew my stash , sewing
November 28, 2022
Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

Week number two of using the Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen I'm back to show you my progress. This time I managed to baste nearly 100 hexies with a single stick of glue. The stack of fabric that still needs to be basted is so much smaller. I ordered my refills from Amazon and they should be here this week.  

A note about affiliate links: Even if you don't buy the products I link to, using my link to get to Amazon counts. If something I share inspires you, and you were going to buy something anyway, click ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 4 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
November 21, 2022
Getting Hexie with It from Becca's Crazy Projects

After a week of using the Sewline Water-Soluble Fabric Glue Pen I'm back to show you my progress. I would make a few of these most evenings. At the end of the week I had consumed the glue and basted 75 hexies. I think that's pretty good. I've changed the glue and am back at it. I wonder if I will get as many next week. Hopefully I will be close. That stack of fabric still needs to be basted. I already have more refills in my Amazon cart. Once I finish the basted I will be ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 5 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
November 14, 2022
Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've been thread basting my hexies. By the way, these are my absolute favorites scissiors for snipping thread. I have a pair near my long arm and this pair in my hexie kit. Linked at the bottom of the post. 
I decided to give the Sewline Fabric Glue Pen a try. 
This kit (linked at the bottom of the post) comes with the glue pen and one refill. 
One is basted with thread, the other with glue. I don't sew through the papers when basting. I only stitch through the fabric on the back side. This means the ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 5 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads , tool tip
November 9, 2022
Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

As I was working on my hexie flowers I realized I didn't know where the rest of the flowers were hiding. This later afternoon sun is not helping me take good photographs. 
I poked around in my sewing room until I found what I was looking for: a box labeled "Hexies". Sometimes I get it right. So many great things in that box. A big stack of finished flowers, two more 5" charm packs, a bunch of hexie papers, and some larger pieces of coordinating fabric. 
I cut those last 5" charms into 2.5" charms and put them ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 5 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , superior threads
November 2, 2022
Getting Hexie With It from Becca's Crazy Projects

I have been working, on and off, on these hexie flowers for close to ten years. It is a great travel project, or something I can do while watching television but I just haven't been working on it all that diligently. Want to see where I was in 2014? Check out this post. 
I was recently in a teleconference and grabbed my bag and got stitching. 
I managed to finish four of them last week. Slow progress, but not ten years of slow progress. 

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added by Becca 1 year, 5 months ago. under 2022 , charm , crazy , english paper piecing , epp , hexagon , hexie , moda , modern , project , sew , thread
September 16, 2022
Table Topper QAL, JELLY ROLL GIVEAWAY & Make a Wish Charity Quilt Auction from Pat Sloan's Blog

Here we go, A Bonus table topper block (super cute twist!), a Jelly Roll Giveaway, and my Quilt for Make a Wish is up for Auction! 

Did you know we are getting close to another Quilt Giveaway?? To be in the runner all you need to do is sign up to get my FREE  Youtube notices at https://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan 

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added by PatSloan 1 year, 7 months ago. under alongs , charity , charity sew alongs , jelly , jelly roll , roll , sew
September 5, 2022
Garment Sewing from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend pointed me to this simple pattern from Helen's Closet. There was a sale so I picked it up along with a couple other patterns. 
I wanted to save some time so I popped over to PDF Plotting and placed an order for pattern printing. If you like digital patterns but not the piecing together of pages you print on your home printer, check them out. They have very reasonable prices and usually print and ship the next business day. I had my patterns in a couple days. Make sure you add several patterns to the order to ...

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added by Becca 1 year, 7 months ago. under 2022 , aunt betty , garment , pattern , sew , sew my stash , sewing
August 4, 2022
OOPS! And Make a Wish Charity Layout & BONUS quilts, Table Topper QAL from Pat Sloan's Blog

OOPS! I forgot to publish yesterdays post so if you are getting my emails you are getting 2 today .. thank you for watching! 

The day is here to set your Charity quilt! The layout is published and then next month is a pieced backing. 

There are 3 bonus projects from the Charity project, all listed below incase you missed one!

  • Heartfelt Make a Wish - the Layout!
  • Table Topper Week #3 Quilt Along - Bonus block! 
  • My Daily video  
  • New Sloan Zone Item... you will love it!
  • AccuQuilt Deal of the day Link, check it out!
  • Share your photos of your Sew ...

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added by PatSloan 1 year, 8 months ago. under alongs , charity , charity sew alongs , sew
July 13, 2022
Prime Day Deals for Quilters from Expect Moore

Prime Day is a fantastic opportunity to grab your quilty wishlist items at great prices – and it is also a great

The post Prime Day Deals for Quilters appeared first on Always Expect Moore.

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added by Carolina 1 year, 9 months ago. under deal , prime day , product reviews , quilt , sew , sewing (Comments)
July 8, 2022
» Pat Sloan's Blog

Here we go, the 2nd block of Beautiful morning and the next Neighbor block. I also put Thursday's video here incase you missed it!

And starting Monday is the Bird Song Fabric tour!

  • Will you Be My neighbor #9
  • Beautiful Morning Sew Along
  • Coming next Strawberry quilt!
  • My Daily video  
  • Did you see Thursday Video?  
  • AccuQuilt Deal of the day Link, check it out!
  • Share your photos of your Sew along blocks at the end!

Have you helped me yet? My goal is to reach my goal of 100,000 followers at Youtube and I'll be giving away ...

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added by PatSloan 1 year, 9 months ago. under 2016 , 2016 will you be my neighbor , along! , be , my , neighbor , sew , sew along! , will , you
July 1, 2022
» Pat Sloan's Blog

You know I adore the start of things, and  new month is no different! July 1 officially begins our "Bird Song LoveFest 💕' with Beautiful Morning sew along!    We are making all the things with my Bird song fabric.

We also set our Heartfelt Make a Wish is the LAST block pattern! ***BUT *** on my video I messed up and thought it was Setting month!!  It is really a block this week. I'll talk about the block on Saturdays video

Be sure to watch  my video I show you my July/Aug quilts in my home, and I added the ...

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added by PatSloan 1 year, 9 months ago. under along! , alongs , charity , charity sew alongs , sew , sew along!
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