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I told you that I went to the Stitchery Nook a couple of weeks ago looking for all of the Needlework Market goodies. Admittedly, I bought a lot but that’s okay. I’ve been putting money aside for it…and to my shock, a couple of you sent gift cards and they were waiting for me there …
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Appropriately, I was listening to Tana French’s new book, the Hunter, this week. A great story set in Ireland was the perfect backdrop for an Irish Chain challenge.
In the end, I made a small single Irish Chain in red and white.
I do have on my “want to make” list a large scrappy Irish Chain but not this week.
Thanks again, to Kim and Trish for a season of challenges that enrich my quilting life.
Happy quilting,
Beth
read moreI saw this recipe on Instagram. I read through it and just had to give it a try. It was one of those so easy it’s too good to be true recipes. Something about melting butter in a cast iron pan and then dumping the batter over the top of the butter sounded so weird …
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read moreHand quilting a wool eighteenth century quilt in a flat frame.
read moreKelli has been busy reading books. She was so great and put together a few blog posts for me. I love it because it gives me the night off. WHEW! The book she picked this time is The Mother by Anya Mora. Kelli writes:“Just finished this book—-and it was really good! Twisty until the end! …
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read moreI thought I’d pop in and say hi! I’ve been getting lots of messages and cards. Thank you so much. Rather than update everyone individually I thought I would do one here. I’m feeling okay. I am still itchy. My mouth is still uncomfortable…my spirits are still good. Admittedly, I occasionally get a little whiney …
read moreOkay, I exaggerated, but it certainly does seem at times as though it’s that many! I’m making a new quilt, and one of the steps is to make 140 little 9-patch blocks that measure 3.5″ unfinished — and that’s for the throw sized version of this pattern. As you may be able to tell, I’m […]
read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about a variety of things. The first question comes from the comment section:“I don’t cross stitch, but was given a …
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read moreThe Give It A Whirl Blog Hop is this week thanks to the lovely Carol at Just Let Me Quilt. We were challenged to use spinny things. Pinwheels, Dresden Plates, whatever brought the motion, you know?
Well, I knew I had the perfect to lurking around for this one. This was a project that started with one of my oldest UFO’s, the Dresden center. This was my very first applique block from the 1980’s. Later I started adding borders, but the quilt grew a bit longer than wide into a sort of extra long twin sized quilt. Or ...
read moreLori sent me an email while I was in the hospital. I’m finally just now getting to putting it together into a blog post. Lori writes:“Hi Jo,I have received three donation quilt tops from Adele in Utah. Adele always sends with backings and binding which I appreciate so much, THANK YOU Adele. As you may …
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read moreThere are three components to the whimsical/block:
- A pieced background (completed in EasyDraw).
- Eggs drafted as Applique motifs.
- Easter bunny obtained from the EQ8 Block Library and incorporated in the combo-block.
Easter Egg Hunt Design
Pieced Background
Start a new block> Pieced and Applique>Easy Plus Applique. Make sure snap to grid is turned on with grid snap increments at 36 x 36. That will give you very clean cutting ... |
Kelli has been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately. She has some favorite authors and I’m finding that one of them is Lisa Jewell. Her latest selection is None of this is True. Kelli writes:“This was amazing! I feel like I haven’t had a good book in a while that has completely pulled the rug …
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read moreYou might remember last week I left you with a “No Fun until the the Work is Done” challenge. I needed to clean my sewing room and encouraged any of you who wanted to join me. I tackled mine early in the week because being I had time off, I wanted to sew later in …
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Last year, I made my first quilt from my husband’s shirts as a PQ challenge and I had hoped to do the second one this week. However, life and sick kitties interfered. So, last night, I took some of the tiniest shirt scraps and made a little log cabin Christmas ornament.
For now, it’s hanging on my bulletin board but I think I’ll make one to go with each quilt.
Happy quilting,
Beth
P.S. Both Winnie and Gizmo are doing OK now.
read moreA long time ago when our kids were all little and I likely still had one in diapers, I did a big splurge for me at the time. I was in the grocery store and they were selling church cookbooks from a local church. I bought one. This one… The cookbook is likely one of …
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read moreUse the blocks in a simple layout for your next St. Patrick's Day celebration.
Lucky Shamrocks Quilt EQ8 Tutorial
Shamrock Block 1 The three leaves are very conducive to rotary cutting instructions (all ... |
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