Ok, my insanity now is over. It’s time for serenity later. A Vintage Christmas, 68″ by 88″ Before there was pinterest, there was me, clipping out photos from magazines. One such photo was of two cute golden retriever puppy dogs sleeping piled upon each other on a bed decorated for Christmas. And under the puppies was something that drew my…
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Finish: A Vintage Christmas
Tutorial: Making binding from selvedge
Updates to this Tutorial Hey there! I’ve updated this with new content and new videos. The original tutorial below. Explore my entire series of selvage quilt tutorials: How to cut and store fabric selvages How to make Selvage Fabric The Criss Cross Selvage Block Tutorial How to make Selvage Binding 25 Creative Ways to Bind your Quilt…
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WIP Wednesday: insanity now, serenity later
A couple of weeks ago I promised a photographer friend (find her here Houston friends, she takes great pictures! Great!) a red and white quilt for her upcoming Christmas photo shoots. It was a large committment to undertake with a small window to finish it. So, the title “insanity now, serenity later” seemed appropriate. The quilt has 480 HSTs. I’ll share…
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I’ll pin yours if you pin mine
Hi all! Randi over at Fresh Squezed Fabrics is holding a fun Pinterest contest. You pick a FQ bundle and if you pin it and get the dollar amount of repins you win it. So if you repin my bundle, I will repin your bundle! (leave me a comment with a link.) Here’s mine! I only need 20 repins! Source: etsy.com…
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Mothers who sew…
My mom taught me how to sew and I didn’t appreciate it. Well let’s say I took it for granted. That is until I started (trying) to teach my daughters to sew. I know now that it takes TRUE motherly love for a mom to sacrifice her precious sewing time, her favorite fabrics, and her favorite tools to teach her daughter…
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