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Operation Recovery {WIP Wednesday}

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12 Mar

*Pushes… giant … elephant … out an average size door…. dusts hands off*

Boxes of quilts for my book have been packed and sent! I made 10 or 11 quilts since mid-November. I lost count. #phillipians413 #thankyoujesus #naptime #whew
I made a lot of quilts since November.

Whew! I did it! I turned in everything for my book deadline. (And everything arrived safely! Praise the Lord!) I’m so excited to share my book and all the quilts with you next year. But for now, I feel like I need the entire year to recover!

These past few weeks I’ve spent some time resting, playing and getting things back in order. My sewing room, which is our dining room, was, as you can imagine, pretty out of control. So I spent some time tidying. I found a great use for my marketing totes… scrap holders! This bag is full of selvedges (time to make another selvedge quilt!).

Moving my selvedge scraps to one of those nifty, but superfluous, marketing tote bags. Side note time to make another Selvedge quilt... That bag is full of new favorites!

After making nothing but quilts straight for 3 months I spent some time drawing. I’d love to get back to this drawing of Peonies (my favorite!) with some gouache paints but the problem of not enough time still remains, well, a problem. I need more time!

My favorite flower is a peony. Right before we went on our last road trip our grocery store randomly had some beautiful pink peonies. But I didn't get them bc we were about to leave. Naturally, they haven't had any peonies in stock since. And they don't g

My oldest daughter turned 8 recently and I she got a new sewing machine. I She loves it!

New machine for me! I mean my 8 year old. Yah!!

And now for the playing! I made some scrappy Chicopee binding for Mr. Jones. Who is finally bound and waiting to be photographed.

A heap of soon to be scrappy #chicopee binding.

Then I spent some time playing with some purple feathers. This pattern is from Anna Maria Horner’s Feather Bed quilt pattern.

Feather progress... #annamariahorner #pantonequilt #patchwork

You may have noticed I haven’t been able to reply back to your comments. I’m sorry for not responding to your comments and thank you for understanding! I will get back to blogging more regularly and responding to your comments.

I’m linking up to WIP Wednesday.

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  1. Kristy says

    March 12, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    WooHoo!!! Congrats on getting that elephant out of the way and to it's new, temporary home. I'll be looking forward to more information about your book when it is properly announced. Hey, maybe I'll catch you in Houston…I'm trying to find a way to go this Fall.

  2. Casey York says

    March 12, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    Congratulations!! That's a huge accomplishment (and a *lot* of boxes of quilts!)! Can't wait to learn more about your book!!!

  3. DeborahGun says

    March 12, 2014 at 2:57 pm

    oh well done! Can't wait to see your book 🙂

  4. Kate says

    March 12, 2014 at 4:01 pm

    I'm so proud of you! And so thrilled! And I love the peonies 🙂 Keep drawing!

    Hugs to you,
    Kate 🙂

  5. Renee says

    March 12, 2014 at 4:16 pm

    You've been such a busy bee! I just made my first every AMH feathers, and I am sold on them! Yours are very pretty in those colors. I hope my little girl (she's 2 today) loves sewing so I can get her a little sewing machine like that someday!

  6. Heidi Staples says

    March 12, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    You're doing such an amazing job keeping up with everything, Becca! Hope you're enjoying the play time now that the work is done!

  7. Kelly says

    March 12, 2014 at 5:58 pm

    Now you can have some funtime sewing 🙂

  8. smazoochie says

    March 12, 2014 at 11:09 pm

    Yay you! I'm so eager to know about your book, maybe even get a signed copy.
    And a new sewist! Yay!!!

  9. The Woodwards says

    March 13, 2014 at 5:26 pm

    You deserve a rest!!! Hope you can kick back and relax. You are so talented 🙂

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By attaching the binding to the back FIRST, I can wrap it around to the front and actually see where I’m stitching as I finish it. No more guessing what’s happening underneath!

It’s such a simple switch, but it makes getting a tidy, consistent finish SO much easier.

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🌟 The key benefits of freezer paper piecing: 🌟

👏 Reuse & Recycle: No more wasteful piles of ripped paper templates.
👏 Easy Removal: Templates peel off effortlessly, leaving your masterpiece intact.
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I’ll show you my favorite way to make Modern Triangles using my no-waste, no picking method, and then we’re turning our triangle into a WITCH HAT. ✨

And yes, beginners are absolutely welcome!

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Your turn. 🤓 Finish the sentence in the comments 👇 

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