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Old project file, with new colours for this year, and next to as there are another couple of new designs to share.

I like the second design … it looks a bit like Christmas morning with a few little ones around opening presents!

Seems that the Teddy Bears have asked the Gingerbreads around for a picnic.

Now it appears that the grown ups have left the picnic and left the younger ones play.

Time to think about home!

There are a lot of really fun picture blocks out there. If you have a hobby or interest, it doesn’t matter how far out it is,  somewhere there is a quilt design that can reflect it. Many are paper pieced. This is when you add swaths of fabric right sides together under the paper pattern and stitch through the paper and fabric on a printed or drawn line. The fabric is cut to shape after it is sewn together when you trim the seam allowance before pressing it open and adding the next piece of fabric. It sounds complicated ...