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How to draw FPP quilt blocks from Pieced Brain

Choose a photo and learn how to draw FPP quilt blocks. I watched the EQ online course and created my first block!

Foundation paper piecing is like meditation to me. The repetitive steps, especially when making many of the same block, put me in a Zen state. Some of us are intimidated; yet, after the first project, you will be comfortable with it. Take a look at this video to see how I paper-piece blocks. You can also check out how I pieced the Sun Block.

Nowadays, the only ‘tool’ I use is an ...

added by Denise Russell 3 weeks ago. under drawing quilt blocks , foundation paper pieced block , foundation paper piecing , foundation piecing , fpp , free motion quilting , paper piecing tutorial , patchwork , quilting software , quilting tutorial , turtles , tutorials (Comments)

Multifarious Friday! from Humble Quilts

I've got a little of this and that today!

Remember that adorable turtle fabric I showed you from the quilt shop in Hawaii? Well because of a generous friend and blog reader, I now own a piece of it! We both chuckled that turtle fabric can be so pretty! Thank you Janet!! She is super talented, please check out her blog HERE.

Another talented and generous quilter is Gay at Sentimental Stitches. The next Poppy's Polka Dot Garden blocks are HERE.

Thank you Gay!

We were walking down the street in Lander and looked up to see this ...

added by Lori 5 years, 2 months ago. under poppy's polka dot , turtles

Hiking the Haw from Mama Spark's World

Last week we went for a 4 mile hike along the Haw river. We saw TONS of turtles. I think most of my photos were of turtles!! The best find was a swamp lily growing directly in the middle of our path. Someone hiking from the opposite direction we were going told us to keep going and we would see it. So we continued our hike to the lily and then headed back. I will share some of my favorite

added by Mama Spark 5 years, 4 months ago. under haw river , hiking , swamp lily , turtles

interesting times . . . from Count it *all* JOY!

Has anyone else struggled with what day it is?! LOL! I stayed home sick on Tuesday and the boss shut us down for the remainder of the week, so I worked from home. The days start to run together after a while!

It's been a busy and fairly productive week, though. I have enjoyed some super domestic time ... I made bread and have done a lot of cooking (which I don't typically do during the week). One of our favorite meals ...

added by Denise :) 6 years, 5 months ago. under baking , blackwork , camp macoba , national quilting day , nature , neesey's nook , photo , quilting , slow stitching , turtles

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