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I have been working on a big project. Jen Kingwell is one of my favorite pattern designers and I’ve wanted to try one of her sampler quilts for over a year now. Since my scrap basket was overflowing, I thought now would be a great time to start. Her version is absolutely fabulous (and her…
It doesn’t seem like I find my way to this space very often these days. Instagram has taken hold and won’t let go. I do miss expressing myself in more than 30 words. But today, most of my words are silenced by my new pillow. I LOVE how this pillow turned out. It is based…
I have been so remiss in my quilt market posts. They are one of my favorite posts to look back on, so I hope you’ll indulge me even if you’ve already seen everything? I’ll start with fabrics coming out in November. Yikes! All of these pretty fabrics are coming in the next few weeks. I…
I’m not sure what it is about fall, but as I feel the year wind down, the push to finish things gets impossible to resist. During our recent move, most of my projects got piled into bins and boxes and safely tucked into a storage unit. And after the transition, as I was unpacking I…
I love old quilts. I’m not at all ashamed to say that I envy those who have a collection of handmade quilts from their grandparents, great grandparents and distant aunts and uncles. Quilts that have been loved for years, now with holes, stains, but still majestic in the gorgeous piecing and striking color combinations their…
So has this quilt been easier than you thought it was? We are on the home stretch and after today’s instructions you will have a finished quilt top! To start, you’ll need to download the template for the top and bottom borders. You’ll be able to find that template here. Print it out and trace it onto…
