Sorry it’s late in the day. I’ve been kept busy making good on a promised sleep over. 🙂 Anyways, the winner of the Folk Christmas Jelly Roll from Gina Martin is KathleenD! Thank you all for playing. I’ve so enjoyed hearing about all the yummy cookies. I am a self proclaimed cookie monster, so now naturally I want some cookies…
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Folk Christmas {Giveaway Winner!}
Mini Getaway
Late last week, the husband and I took a little trip to a destination in Mexico. Cancun if you’re curious. We divided the kids between two sets of grandparents, because 4 young ‘uns are fairly difficult. 🙂 And off we set. I completely missed that there was probably a smiley face on the side of the pineapple. I couldn’t resist…
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QAYG Applique Pillow Tutorial
Today I’m finally sharing a fun tutorial with you all (ya’ll!). (Download the PDF of the tutorial here.) My idea for quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) applique has been floating around in my head for over a year. So when asked to join in on the Christmas in July Blog Hop with Gina Martin’s new fabric line, Folk Christmas, I knew I finally…
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Patchwork Sunglasses Case {A Tutorial}
Hi everyone! I have this lovely cutie pie sunglasses case tutorial posted over at Ellison Lane as part of Jennifer’s Summer Patchwork series. If you are anything like me, you need a sunglasses case. I think I’ve had 2 pairs of sunglasses broken since April…. (This is why we can’t have nice things!) I’d love it if you’d pop over…
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Schnitzel and Boo Mini Swap {Friday Finish}
Last week, I sent off my quilt for my Schnitzel and Boo Swap partner. After remaining silent on many of my fabric teaser posts (ahem!), I decided to go with the blue fabric pull. (I never get to play with just blue.) And used my Katie Squared tutorial to make the block. I finished up the quilt with some hand quilting, with…
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