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July 23, 2020
Snow Days Quilt Continued from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I put the foot pedal to the metal yesterday and finished off the borders on this quilt.


I have only one yard of the snowman fabric for the borders, so my borders are pretty narrow.  I had exactly 1" of fabric leftover.  That was cutting it a little close!  The finished size of this flannel quilt is 60" x 70".  It is going to keep me nice and toasty when I'm curled up by the fire this Winter.


This is the panel section cut up and put into the middle of my design.  The fabric is called ...

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July 22, 2020
Snow Days Quilt from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've been wearing my Henry Glass & Co. Madam Ambassador hat over the past few days. In between machine quilting Leaf Peepers, and pattern writing, I've been trying to spend time in my sewing room making blocks.


Little by little the pile of blocks started to grow.  The fabric is called "Snow Bird" by Barbara Tourtillotte for Henry Glass & Co.


I was wondering how to incorporate the panel into the blocks of my Heartfire pattern.


Mr. Joe came up with this idea.  I cut the panel out the exact same size as the rest of the unfinished ...

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January 20, 2020
Changing the Front Porch from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Yesterday I changed out the quilt on the front porch and put out my Heartfire quilt.
 
 
French General fabrics from Moda, always offer something that I can use for an attractive center hexagon.


I've made this quilt multiple times in different colorways.  My sister Gail worked on this version with me and it hung in the Marcus Fabrics booth at Quilt Market.


I also made one in Fig Tree fabrics.  The pattern looks completely different every time I make it.


Yesterday we were glued to the TV watching football playoff games.  I've enjoyed watching both teams ...

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