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tutorial tuesday. dresden fan block. - In March, Sinta mailed out gorgeous fabrics to us, for her bee blocks of choice. Yes, I said March ... shame on me. Just getting them back to her way at...
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What We’re Making! Mail Sack by Pink Chalk Studio - I’ve been feeling the love for Lotta Jansdotter’s Glimma collection since it came out. The Glimma Canvas in Kulla Slate and Tove Slate called out to be a M...2 hours ago
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show and tell tuesday - Hello, Friends! It's SHOW AND TELL TUESDAY and I am excited to show you my latest finish! The quilt measures approximately 38" X 42". I think it is a nice wa...3 hours ago
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Quilt Market Portland - Spring Quilt Market was in Portland this year…so just a short drive down from Seattle for me. By now the set up is pretty simple….I hauled my big blue dre...
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Our Mystery Quilter this month is..... - Lillian. Lillian only had quilt tops to show us because as soon as she gets a quilt done she gives it away. Some one asked her how many grandchildren she...
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Chutney and News... - The winner of the Vignette Chutney Competition (see last post) was Joyce from Queensland. To those of you that entered, thank you all so very very much for a...10 hours ago
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Chevron Picnic Quilt {Blogger's Quilt Festival} - When Amy of Amy's Creative Side decided we could enter two quilts {I also entered in the bee quilt category} in the Blogger's Quilt Festival I couldn't dec...
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Our segment from Fresh Living - Our crib in the shop painted orange Here is our segment from Fresh Living today!! We will be stocking CeCe Caldwell chalk paint in the shop now. We ar...
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Inset Seams Tutorial - [image: tutorial how to sew inset or partial seams in quilts] Howdy friends! I'm home from Quilt Market and trying to jump back into regular life. It was a...
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Uncle Sam's Bow Ties Quilt - INTRODUCING..... *Uncle Sam's Bow Ties* [image: Uncle Sam's Bow Ties] My newest Quilt Pattern available in the latest issue of Quilt - it....today ! mag...
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It's Sew Emma Quilts at Spring Quilt Market 2013 - Last weekend at Spring Quilt Market we had the pleasure of wandering the show to see the sights. One thing that never gets old is running across an It's ...
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Golf Bags for the Bachelor Golf Party... - As the Mother of the Groom, you would think I have nothing to do but putter around all day while waiting for the big event...and you would be wrong! I...20 hours ago
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Skateboard Quilt for Jack - Skateboarding is a big part of life around here. Our family has a skateboard shop here in town. Our sons have grown up skateboarding. Mitch has gone from...
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And They're Off! - There are three things in life that I consciously—and wisely—avoid: Cookie dough, jigsaw puzzles, and horse racing. Cookie dough is self-explanatory. If ...
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Bitty Ballerina.... - We attended the most joyous performance this weekend. Oma made a "ballet bag" for her favorite Ballerina. Uncle Dustin and Donovan were ther...
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Marrakech Elephant Embroidery - A few months ago the very talented *Danny Heyen* (*Mommy For Reals*) brought this darling *Elephant pillow* that she had embroidered. All of us at t...
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Donna's Lavender Nest Fabric - Freda's Hive Fat Quarter Pack Give Away - I'm really REALLY excited about the Give Away this week here from Donna's Lavender Nest. Donna has let me pick fabrics from her store to make a custom Fr...
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Summer Sampler Sew Along: Block 4 Soft Serve Ice Cream! - Hope y'all all had a great weekend. We had some good family time and even had a chance to get a rare family pic of the four of us! [image: Family Pic...
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dresses - I've been dress making crazy these last few weeks. I'm hoping being wardrobe ready will help speed up the arrival of some warm weather. It hasn't happened ye...1 day ago
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Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks - It’s always a fun opportunity to submit a block for Quiltmaker‘s 100 Blocks magazine series. Volume 7 was just released and I’m very excited to have a desi...1 day ago
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Long Weekend! - Today is a holiday here in Canada! Gotta love a three day weekend! I spent most of the day on Saturday playing with this little mini charm pack! They are s...
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Announcing – A Season by Hand {Summer Series} - Of course, I’ve talked about moving a bit already, but the days are really starting to count down! Since we don’t know when exactly we’ll be getting a hou...1 day ago
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Me Made May 13 Weeks 2 and 3:Knits - I have been crazily dressmaking inspired by Me Made May 13. Moderation is a hard thing for me; it's all or nothing and although I constantly try to amend ...
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Around The Web - There's a few things going on around the web I just want to share with you so that you can join in too! Over at And Sew We Craft, we're hosting a fat qu...
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change of plans - Hello, happy Sunday to you all. How's everyone doing? Hope you all are having a lovely weekend. I had big sewing plans for this weekend....and then I broke...
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Favorite things Giveaway - [image: Favorite things Giveaway] Last fall I shared I hosted a group giveaway along with several other Creative Bloggers where we shared a basket of s...1 day ago
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Sunday Stash #185 - First of Infinity by Kumiko Fujita - First of Infinity -* Block Letters* I am ending the week with a selection of text fabric from the *First of Infinity *collection by Kumiko Fujita. An...
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pretty dotty - I slept in Mother's Day morning (a gift in itself) and then the kids came in with breakfast on a tray ~ a breakfast of perfectly poached eggs on toast and bl...2 days ago
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::Market and Quilting Modern:: - Jacquie and I will be hooking up today at 3pm for a book signing at the Interweave (F+W) booth here in Portland at Market. I’ll hope to get an updated pho...2 days ago
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Gingham Style at Portland Quilt Market! - We are having so much fun seeing so many of you here at Quilt Market in Portland! If you haven't stopped by our booth, please do, we would love to meet ...3 days ago
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Pre-Order Your Fabric - So, quilt market is currently in full swing, and I’m missing all the action. But I just got word that HAWTHORNE THREADS has my fabric available for presale...3 days ago
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Quilt Market Begins... - Quilt Market begins today! We are about to head in a little late, I had to wait to get my business cards and buttons. I have to say they turned out way fun t...3 days ago
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Zone 3 Lament - If you're a gardener, you understand what I mean when I say Zone 3 is finally awake. If you're not a gardener, Zones refer to the coldest extreme of a cl...3 days ago
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organizing - This week I've been organizing the studio as I got a new sewing table at a vintage market for super cheap! Swoon!! I've rearranged things and I'm so gl...
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Folk Tale Paths - your chance to win - After making the scrappy trip-a-long at the beginning of the year I made a promise to myself to sew more things just for fun, things for me, things for the f...5 days ago
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Hooty Hoot & Merry Little Christmas - giveaway day! - Looks like a Riley Blake day... Two cute new packs from Riley Blake -- Hooty Hoot Returns, Merry Little Christmas and Bake Sale (showed that yesterday...
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Quilt Market goodies! - So when I posted on my Instagram my cute new buttons for Market goodies, I had no idea I’d get such a wonderful response and feedback! I may just have to h...5 days ago
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TO YOU. FROM ME. - I wanted to let you know that I have changed my price on my Sew Classic Sampler. It's now $29.99 (instead of $40 - that's a big savings!) AN...
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granny square - I first saw this quilt here, and LOVED it. Some quilts I like and some I love and this one I really, really loved. I had to make one too. I made a few...
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Quilt Market - [image: Quilt Market by Jeni Baker] Quilt Market, a photo by Jeni Baker on Flickr. I'm hopping on a plane to Quilt Market in about nine hours! If you're att...6 days ago
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plugging along - [image: 007] Slow and steady will win this race to complete a Double Wedding Ring. My hopes are to have it together by August. There still isn’t a lot ...
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Sneak Peek of my New Bake Sale Patterns... - ** * * *Yesterday I just sent off the last of my* * Bake Sale * *projects* *with Jina to take with her to spring market:)* * * *YaY!!!* * * *I won't be there...
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Shelburne Falls W.i.P. - Denyse Schmidt's Shelburne Falls is possibly my favorite of her fabric lines. I had a fat eighth bundle and I was able to eek out 20 fourteen inch block...
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Filled with Quilt Love :) - [image: blog6] Look what we've got in the mail just a few days ago! It is an alphabet quilt for a tiny pink penguin growing in my belly made by a collabora...
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we have winners! - Thank you all so very much for your amazingly kind comments on my pattern and little game! I am really so very flattered! Now on to the winners!!! The wi...
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winner! - Hello my sweet friends!! Thank you so much for your comments... You have again made me blush and feel so loved! It gives me great enthusiasm going into marke...1 week ago
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staple love - Today I spent a very lovely and much needed sewing day with my sewing bestie Katy, of I'm A Ginger Monkey fame! Katy has just returned from teaching her no...
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Elm - I definitely have second sock syndrome. Take the green sock debacle - not only do I not enjoy knitting the second sock, apparently I can be rubbish at it...
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Poppies - Just wanted to show you some close up pictures of my new Poppies quilt today... It was so much fun to make, h...
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V and Co: why yes...i'm still sewing. - well, this week... wait...no, last week and this week have flown by in super hyper drive sonic speed. yep, couldnt decide which one, either way it was fast ...
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Back to the Basics - Who doesn't love to by the latest and greatest fabrics available? The fun and trendy prints catch our eye, but sometimes we just need some "basics" to acc...
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MATHILDE : POPPY & HONESTY - Mathilde Blouse by Tilly Walnes Liberty of London Tana Lawn : Poppy & Honesty Photos taken at the High Park Cherry Blossom Hill I’ve been working on my Mat...2 weeks ago
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It's that time of year... - Finally! I've been over here binding like crazy trying to get all of my new Market quilts finished up and ready to go, and today I finally get to show you wh...2 weeks ago
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Kid Craft: Earring Holder - My daughters have had their ears pierced for about a year. I think during that time they've lost at least half of the earrings I've bought them. My youn...
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dress up days for a 3 year old - Someone turns three today. And it's kind of killing me! Her birthday always make me feel so nostalgic for some reason. Partly because her birth coincide...3 weeks ago
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His & Hers Sew-Along w/ microMod {Giveaway} - Welcome to the 14th stop of the His & Hers Sew-Along with microMod! I met Alexia at Sewing Summit 2012 when I signed up for her bag making class (still nee...3 weeks ago
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marcelle medallion fever - The moment I saw this quilt in Alexia Abegg's new book Liberty Love, I knew I would have to drop everything to make one. The quilt is called the Marcelle...
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Modern Organic Kitchen Designs - I love the modern look and I also love having an organic look in my home. Here are some great examples that combine both of these styles. I love this look ...
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Threadbias Sew-a-long - Happy Monday my friends! So as usual I’m a tad behind in posting fun news and web happenings. There is a great little sew-a-long over on Threadbias this ye...2 months ago
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245...My Favorite Things...Pam Kitty Coffee & More - Pam's been over for coffee, and the whole gang has been out in the garden for our little Pam Kitty Photoshoot extravaganza... The Cup & Saucer quilt (aka Tea...3 months ago
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Adoption Fundraiser - Hi Friends! Thank you for all your support of our sweet little girl we added to our family this year. I haven't posted on this blog much since sh...
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2013 Pincushion Club - Ok...okay...before I get started I have to admit that I am horrible at blogging ever since Google Reader, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest and Instagram have e...
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Diamond Chevron Quilt Top - I have a finished quilt top to share. I participated in Kristen's QAL at KD-Quilts using her pattern Diamond Chevrons. I made it with Tula Pink's Prince Ch...
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Happy Bump Day Elder Horst! - I made a book for Sean of all the happenings in our family for the past six months. Bump Day is a fun way of celebrating the first six months of your missio...7 months ago
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Winner! - The winner of the Charming Travelers Giveaway is Congratulations Tiffany! I will be emailing you shortly to get your mailing address. Tiffany blogs over a...
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WIP Wednesday: the Placemat Finish - I have a finish this week! I started these place mats for my Mum's birthday earlier this year, but I was so busy that I only got to make 4 of them in time...
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Слон Пантелеймон - Знакомьтесь, Пантелеймон :) Маленький слоняша в панталончиках. На фотографиях видно плохо, но Пантелеймон получился косолапенький малыш с грустными глазка...
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Buddy our Elf and Lego too... - Bridger has dreams of winning every Lego contest he sees in his Lego Magazines--so I am constantly taking pictures of all of his original creations. One...
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