Are you an AccuQuilt user? Can you recognize what shapes are in a quilt block? I was looking at patterns and quilt blocks on Pinterest today and noticed the block above. The different pieces of the block looked familiar and peaked my interest. I had to run into my sewing room to see if IRead More
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Quick And Easy Quilted Placemats
Can you believe that it’s already September? It’s almost time for me to put my summer placemats away till next season. Let me share this quick and easy to piece placemat. This is what you will need to make four placemats. Center: 4 – 6 1/2 inch squares (I used the 12 inch qube setRead More
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Constructing A Double Wedding Ring Block
Making a double wedding ring quilt has been a dream of mine for over 34 years. My love for the double wedding ring quilt started when a friend of mine pulled out a quilt she had been working on and asked if I wanted to help. She had hand pieced a DWR quilt and wasRead More
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A Fabric Scraps Sorting Sunday
Here in Michigan it was raining most of the day and it seemed like a good time to sort through my fabric scraps. Sometimes it seems like my sewing room is getting over taken by the various piles of scraps and material. These two pictures are just a small sampling of the scraps I haveRead More
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A Little More About My Quilting Journey
It’s Thursday and it’s another beautiful day where I live. Michigan has so many gloomy days during the colder months that when I see sunshine I am always thankful! I’m sitting in the car waiting for my daughter to come out of the doctors office. She broke her foot a couple of weeks ago andRead More
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Are You Caring For Yourself During Long Hours of Sewing?
Are you caring for yourself during long hours of sewing? With many of us sewing long hours these days to create masks for family and friends, are your shoulders, neck and back starting to hurt? I myself, already have issues without the long hours and until now, never thought about what I could do toRead More
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Making Fabric Masks With T-Shirt Ties
Like many of you, I have been making fabric masks for people for the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I finally ran out of elastic. I am having trouble locating a reputable, within reason price to purchase more but still wanted to make masks for those requesting them. While I have a lot of fabric, cuttingRead More
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Do You See The Pattern?
Many years ago during a piano lesson, my teacher told me that every song had a pattern. All I had to do was listen for it. She then proceeded to play different songs and and asking me if I could hear the pattern in the music. After showing me how to look for these patternsRead More
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My She Shed – The Sewing Table and Chair
For many years my sewing room was my kitchen table. I didn’t have a dedicated room. I was younger at the time, and could sit at a taller table and on a hard wooden chair without too many problems. These days I am blessed to have a spare bedroom that I’ve turned into my sewingRead More
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Stocking The Sewing She-Shed
I started sewing with my grandmother when I was about 8 years old. It was difficult to reach the treadle so I would sit on the edge of the chair and stretch myself to make it run. All these years later I am blessed to have my very own sewing room and several different machinesRead More
