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I is hot and humid outside again and I am staying cool inside

in my happy sewing place. 

The hurricane off the east coast may meander this way in a few days

but it is already feeling tropical here.

It has been a long, hot and sometimes stormy summer.

Here are the backs of my Christmas Cushion Covers.

I like to make seasonal covers for my favorite sofa toss cushions

so I only have to store the flat covers and use the pillows I have.

We were sewing the binding to the back of my large Christmas Cushion Cover 

Kitty and I added snaps to close the envelope backing to my cushion cover.

If you are interested in how to make this type of cushion closure,

click below for my complete tutorial:

Here is the back of my finished cushion cover.

I like to make covers for my sofa toss pillows 

to update them for the season

rather than store them in my limited ...

Here is my "Then" quilt.



In 2012, I posted this photo of Katniss' First Christmas with us
and said I had made it a "few years ago" so I know it predates 2012.
As it does not appear in any other photos on my blog, I know it also
predates my blog which was started in 2009.

All I know is it is the first Christmas quilt I made.

It was made with a panel, some fat quarters and yardage
from an old Nancy Halvorsen collection.
I love the colors in ...