I’m working on a bucket list for quilting, more for my sanity to get it down on paper and out of my brain than for public consumption. The #1 item is to finish the myriad projects I’m already working on. Some are whiling away in boxes, some I am actively working on. It’s gotten a [...]
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Even when you strip piece, it takes forever to cut out the bits needed for a 54″×72″ nine-patch. (In other words, not a whole lot of actual sewing has happened this week.) But cutting out and constructing this quilt prompted a thought to ask you about: are you extremely judicious about cutting with as little [...]
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The following image is what my Miniatures fat quarter pack looks like now that I’m mostly done cutting into it. I’m keeping the design a mystery, still, until I get further along with the quilt. Out of the 18 fat quarters, right now I have: 128: 2.5″ × 18″ strips (7 each of 16 prints, [...]
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I spent some time working on two different projects this weekend: a quilt and a vest. On Friday, I received my order of a 18 fat quarter pack of Miniatures by Julie Hendrickson for Windham Fabrics (ordered from Fat Quarter Shop). I wasn’t planning on starting on the quilt from it for a while—I already [...]
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