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For many many months of  feeling terrible (having backaches, headaches, spaciness, grumpiness, tummy aches, tummy cramping, over all feeling bad, unmotivated and unproductive) and having a million and one test and procedures done, it turns out that it all may have had to do with gluten. I am sure I still have my kidney stone issue... but..  After seeing a gastrointestinal and having a few more tests done, I was told it looks like you may have a gluten sensitivity. So I gave up the gluten for about 3 weeks and magically started feeling better. So the doctor said avoid ...

Pillows are such a simple way to refresh a room. I am replacing all our throw pillows with feather inserts so, it gave me the perfect excuse to create some new pillows.

Wykorzystałam nareszcie inną matrycę z mojej maszynki GO! Baby. Do tej pory wycinałam tylko heksagony. Tym razem wybrałam diamenty by uszyć poduszki. Na swoje lepsze czasy poczeka jeszcze Apple Core.

Hi! So I said I would post about how I made this lovely tag... so here's a tutorial!

Fabric tag!

• Scrap fabric with batting, at least 3''x5'' in length. If you have a bigger piece, don't cut it smaller, we will quilt the 1 piece of fabric & batting and a larger size is less fiddly to do this on
• Piece of fabric in a lighter color that will be the 'message' side.
• Scissors, pencil for marking, pins.
• Button-hole making skills.

Here's a very pretty keyring made using Little Kukla laminated fabric by Suzy Ultman. You can make keyrings using novelty fabrics with large scale designs. They're simple to make and look great hanging from a school bag too!

For the complete guide to binding your quilt…click here!

Are we done yet? Machine Finishing your Binding

1. Now that all your binding is attached to the front of your quilt, you now have to secure it to the other side.

Once again, start at a mid-point of one of the sides of your quilt. Fold the binding over to the backside of the quilt. Secure it to the back with a pin, making sure to cover the previously stitched line. You can go ahead and pin the binding along the entire quilt edge or just work in sections ...

• a cushion/pillow insert (I'm using a 16")
• a zipper the same size as or up to 2" less in length than your cushion insert (I'm using a 14" zipper on a 16" insert)
• two strips of double sided fusible 1/4" x 15" (I'm using a heavy weight Steam-A-Seam 2, I've previously tried a light ...

The warmer days are hitting around here and there will for sure be a need to start carrying around a water bottle.  So, for this weeks 52 UFO Quilt Block Pick Up- how about a quick how to make a water bottle holder using your blocks!

The blocks you will use will just need to match up with the sizes mentioned in the tutorials.  You can add a few sashing pieces, or cut your block down if needed.  Just have some fun with this one- knowing that it will probably be drug on the ground, thrown across the creek and ...

The warmer days are hitting around here and there will for sure be a need to start carrying around a water bottle.  So, for this weeks 52 UFO Quilt Block Pick Up- how about a quick how to make a water bottle holder using your blocks!

The blocks you will use will just need to match up with the sizes mentioned in the tutorials.  You can add a few sashing pieces, or cut your block down if needed.  Just have some fun with this one- knowing that it will probably be drug on the ground, thrown across the creek and ...