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April 14, 2021
Patchwork Stars Quilt + More from A Quilting Life

Patchwork Stars Quilt featured by Top US Quilting Blog, A Quilting Life

Hello, friends! Happy Wednesday! Today I’m sharing a few fun things including a new pattern, the Patchwork Stars Quilt pattern. I’m also sharing a few other fun goodies in the shop and the pre-orders for the Sincerely Yours Project packages. Patchwork Stars Quilt The Happy Days project packages have been shipped, and so it’s time […]

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January 18, 2021
Holly Jolly Christmas from From the Strawberry Patch...

You might remember those "Stitch Pink" blocks that were published daily by Moda back in October. I downloaded them all and stitched them up in Christmas fabrics instead, this wall quilt contains twenty five of them. The remaining five are destined to appear in a future table runner. After Christmas I got this loaded onto Snowbird and quilted it with a wonderful new (to me) pantograph by Urban

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Holly Jolly Christmas from From the Strawberry Patch...

You might remember those "Stitch Pink" blocks that were published daily by Moda back in October. I downloaded them all and stitched them up in Christmas fabrics instead, this wall quilt contains twenty five of them. The remaining five are destined to appear in a future table runner. After Christmas I got this loaded onto Snowbird and quilted it with a wonderful new (to me) pantograph by Urban

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December 21, 2020
New Quilt Project from Quilting Stories

Fabrics leftovers

Fabrics leftovers

Fabric shelves

Fabric shelves

Panettone

It has been a long time since I started a new quilting project. Missing quilting...
After reorganizing my closet I found various leftovers, among which those solid colors, and I wonder wether they could match or not in a new quilt. I am thinking of a simple and quickly sewn quilt like a nine patch or a four patch.

I love the four patch quilts but I always found the most difficult to match the colors, and was often disappointed with the result. Sometimes the most simple things are the most difficult to succeed in.

As regards my fabric shelves ...

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September 17, 2020
Happy Days Quilt Kits & More from A Quilting Life

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Hello, and happy Thursday everyone! Today I’m sharing the pre-order information for the Happy Days Quilt Kits I will have available. I’m also offering something fun for next year’s Quilting Life Block of the Month and have a few other things to let you know about as well. Happy Days Quilt Kits | Sweet I […]

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September 10, 2020
Balboa Fabric Coordinating Solids from A Quilting Life

Balboa Fabrics Coordinating Solids

Hello friends! Because our Balboa fabric collection is shipping later this month, I realized I needed to share the Balboa Fabric Coordinating Solids from the Bella Solids from Moda Fabrics. We love the Balboa collection and can’t wait to see it start arriving in shops and in your hands. We look forward to seeing all […]

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July 29, 2020
I'm back! from Grandma's Red Needle

Hello everyone! 
I'm back!  
You may wonder where on earth I've been?! A couple of days after my previous blog post (April 1, 2020), the I-net connection went down and later on the computer (windows-7) crashed! Very 'good' timing during the lock-down! NOT! To make a long story short; our dear friend and tech-guru got the computer up running again, now on Windows-10 and most files from W-7 are saved! For the I-net connection, we had to give up the ISP we have had for some years (worst customer service ever!) and hook up to another one. We ...

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July 24, 2020
A new bad finish from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories


A few days ago I mentioned that I'd started a new quilt top. Frustrated with one thing, I decided to try working on something new. It doesn't work that way apparently. At least not for me. If I could have the time back that I've spent anguishing over these two quilts, I'd be able to make one king. Ah well, c'est la vie.


At this point I have abandoned the front of the quilt. I don't like it. I've tried several things. I don't like any of them and am moving on ...

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July 22, 2020
A new bad start from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

That worrisome thing on the design wall just doesn't appeal to me right now. It's been three weeks since I last looked at it. I'm suffering with a touch of CoVid19. It's not bad, considering people are dying. Nonetheless, I do feel yucky. I've managed to get out of bed. Some days barely. 



Today I'm trying to convince myself that I can do more, so I've dressed, sat outside to breathe in fresh air, and took a look at what was happening in the studio before this wretched virus turned me into a ...

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July 17, 2020
My Second 2020 Island Batik Ambassador Box! from The Inquiring Quilter

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve received a whopping three boxes from Island Batik and it’s program partners.

Each box is chock full of goodies that I’ll use to complete the Island Batik monthly challenges through the rest of the year.

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Oh my heart!

Before I reveal the contents of my boxes, remember that a lot of beautiful batik quilts and tons of interesting challenges will soon appear right here on the blog. Be sure to follow me on social media if you don’t want to miss ...

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June 28, 2020
Sew Sampler June Box 2020| Spoiler Alert from A Quilting Life

Sew Sampler June Box featured by Top US Quilting Blog, A Quilting Life: image of Sew Sampler June box

Note: Spoiler Alert…I’ll be sharing the contents of the Sew Sampler June box in today’s post. Happy Sunday, friends! I had so much fun doing a video unboxing of the May Sew Sampler Box that I decided to continue with it each month. So yesterday we filmed the unboxing of this month’s box, and it’s […]

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May 10, 2020
MORE FABRICS ON SALE AT ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP from ATTIC WINDOW QUILT SHOP

Happy Mother's Day!  This is a difficult one since we can't hug our loved ones, but the Attic Window Quilt Shop has something to make us feel better.  Chris told me she has 140 bolts of fabric on sale!  Above are just some of the fabrics.  I'll explain about the tags in a minute.  But first I wanted to show you some more sale fabrics.


Chris said that these are just four groups of the sale fabrics.  Each fabric is on sale for $8 a yard.  If you purchase the whole bolt it is $6 a yard ...

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April 30, 2020
Sew Colorful Gray Bundle + April Sew Sampler Goodies from A Quilting Life

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Hello, friends! Happy Thursday! Today I’m sharing lots of fun things including the Sew Colorful Gray Bundle, the goodies included in the April Sew Sampler Box, and the brand new Jolly Bar Book 2 (with projects perfect for beginner quilters). Sew Colorful Gray Bundle First up is the Sew Colorful Gray Bundle Fat Quarter Shop […]

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March 16, 2020
Balboa Fabric Colors & Prints from A Quilting Life

Balboa Fabrics & Colors featured by Top US Quilting Blog, A Quilting Life: image of Balboa Low-Volume Prints

Hello and happy Monday. Today I’m super excited to share just a little more about our upcoming Balboa Fabric collection. Since I’m still sewing the new quilt designs, I thought today would be a great time to stop in and share some more details and close-ups of the Balboa Fabric Colors & Prints. Balboa Fabric […]

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March 10, 2020
Personalizing Our Own Log Cabin from Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog

Hi, fabric friends! 

I’m excited to be bringing you a fresh new topic today: Log Cabins! I really wanted to talk about this today because not too long ago we asked you on social media, which quintessential block would you be?

We had an overwhelming amount of responses, and after counting your votes, Log Cabin was the winner! Now we really wanted to show the versatility of this classic quilt block and how you can make it unique to YOU. With this idea in mind, myself and a couple of girls at the studio were excited to take a ...

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March 9, 2020
Balboa Fabric by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics from A Quilting Life

Balboa Fabric by Sherri & Chelsi featured by Top US Quilting Blog, A Quilting Life: image of Balboa fabric collection

Hello! I’m super excited today to finally be able to share our tenth fabric collection for Moda Fabrics: Balboa Fabric by Sherri & Chelsi! We are seriously head over heels with this group. Our sample yardage arrived just a week ago, so we are both busy working on our new quilts and patterns that we’ll […]

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January 29, 2020
Drawstring Baskets from Quilting Stories

Drawstring basket

Drawstring basket

Drawstring basket

Since some time I wish to sew drawstring baskets for my grandchildren. After searching on Pinterest and on various blogs, I was lucky to find a really great tutorial on this blog : Threading My Way. I must say that I never found such a perfect tutorial, so well explained that you cannot make any mistake. I followed step by step the explanations and had not the least problem. I sewed the orange basket first, and was so satisfied with the result that next day I did a blue one. Tomorrow a pink one! Thank you Pam for Australia!

I chose ...

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January 26, 2020
Scrappy Quilting and Rainy Week from Grandma's Red Needle

It has been a wet week weather wise. We had a 'cyclone warning class 3' caused by Moderate Tropical Cyclone 'Diane'. 'Class 3' means 'no venture out'. 'Diane' passed 40 km (24.85 miles) off the North coast before 04:00 a.m. Saturday morning and we did not even hear the wind or rain! Luckily it was not a strong cyclone; no flooding or other damages in our area.

I've been super busy with a couple of my scrappy UFO's and happy to say I have a FINISH!

   
This is my UFO #10 (my UFO list) and ...

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January 22, 2020
My First 2020 Island Batik Ambassador Box! from The Inquiring Quilter

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As an Island Batik Ambassador, I receive a surprise box of batiks twice a year to use in making our monthly challenge quilts.

This year, I received three boxes worth of goodies! I mean wow, wow, wow!

Oh my heart!

Bur first—if you like batiks as much as I do—be sure to follow me so you don’t miss the beautiful quilts to come!

Even if batiks are not your thing, you won’t want to miss the new patterns I’ll be creating this year and the blog hops and challenges I’ll be participating in. I often have giveaways ...

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January 20, 2020
Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Buttons (again) from Fleur de Lis Quilts and Accessories

One of my most popular posts is this one on buttons. Interestingly, just yesterday (which was Sunday, I'm a day late posting) I found a place to exhibit the quilt mentioned in that post. Anyway I thought it serendipitous enough to pull another SQI from the idea. So, first a few buttons from this board....


12 Vintage Art Deco Black & Ivory Coloured Celluloid Buttons


Vintage Buttons from Ebay.

all in green

Mary Engelbreit (@homecompanion) • Instagram photos and videos

Victorian Metal Buttons

And, of course, some button inspired quilts....
how to crazy quilt by hand #Crazyquilting



61+ Ideas Crazy Quilting Ideas Things To For 2019

Embroidery bird wall hangings 32+ super Ideas #embroidery #wall


crazy quilting ideas #Crazyquilting





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