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I’ve fallen out of the habit of blogging recently, and I really need to get back into it. I think it’s a little bit of that old anxiety coming back. It’s so easy to let things drift, even when I have all sorts of interesting things going on. So, in the interest of putting my [...]
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…and here’s the semi-official photo of the Icicles quilt! I say semi-official because I need to take another one for the pattern cover, but I can’t do that until tomorrow morning (clothesline, sun, etc.). I couldn’t wait, so here’s a quick and dirty photo of the quilt with my mom holding it up in the [...]
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The Icicles quilt top is done, quilted, and being bound as I type. (It’s nice to have a mom who enjoys binding.) Photos tomorrow, hopefully. I struggled with this one for far too long, trying to come up with an easy way to make it without foundation piecing. Silly me! Foundation piecing is easy, especially [...]
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I need to work on my Icicles quilt. I’m supposed to have it finished and delivered to the quilt shop this week, along with a pattern. I still love the way it will look, but I’m having a heck of a time actually sewing it. It’s super easy to foundation piece, but that takes a [...]
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Okay, so it isn’t actually cut out yet. That will happen tomorrow. Tonight I’m just washing my new fabric purchase – an assortment of icy blue batiks from Moda’s new Let it Snow line (plus a couple of extras for variety).
Aren’t they gorgeous? I have a new quilt design – a very simple one – [...]
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