Year: 2017
Bright Squares
I pulled out another old quilt top I had laying around for more longarm practice. I’m realizing that I have a tendency to just want to quilt things with one all over pattern, so I’m trying to break that habit. I bought both of Angela Walters’ Shape by Shape books and used them for inspiration …
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Bow Ties Quilt
This one is another finish of a long arm practice quilt. I made this top a long time ago from leftover fabrics from a cute baby quilt I made for a friend. I thought this top was fine, but was really never motivated to finish it. I’m trying to practice a number of different things …
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The Mess of a Quilt
Have you ever made a quilt and thought, “Wow. That’s one ugly quilt.” ??? Obviously this is not the goal one sets out to achieve when one starts a quilt. However sometimes what things look like in reality is just not quite what you had envisioned in your head. This is one such quilt. I …
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Sunday Stash – January 22, 2017
This is my first Sunday Stash! One of my Christmas gifts was a subscription to a Fat Quarter Shop Monthly Club. I asked my husband for it, but when he went to the website there were so many clubs he wasn’t sure what to do. Rather than make a rash decision he gave me an “IOU” in …
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Bee Inspired Quilt Bee Group – January Block
I joined a Quilt Bee! I’m so excited. There was a group of us from the 2016 New Quilt Bloggers group who decided to get together and do a Bee. I’ve never done a Bee before, and I frankly wasn’t all that sure what I was signing up for! But the group was gentle on …
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Q1’17 FAL Goals
I currently have a lot of projects in progress and I’d like to focus on getting a bunch of these knocked out. Lots of good opportunities for practicing on the long arm! Bow-tie Quilt: this is a really old top I made forever ago that I pulled out to practice with on the long …
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