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Each month I like to give a little stash user challenge to inspire you to make some progress on using your stash or finishing a UFO. For many of us, the days leading up to the November and December holidays are a flurry of activity. I know I won’t have as much time to spend in the sewing room as usual, but I still like to be productive. Time in my sewing room is also time to relax and make something pretty.

November’s challenge is to make a small item you wish to gift or keep for your ...

Did you try something new in October? The challenge was to try a new technique, ruler, use a color palette that you don’t typically use, or anything else new to you.

I tried making clamshells. One of my quilty friends has been showing progress on a clamshell quilt she is making and I could not resist trying one of my own. There is a big difference between hers and mine though. She is making big clamshells with the Clammy Ruler and mine are just a little bitty four-inches. I love her quilt and love curved piecing so thought it ...

On May 1, I proposed the challenge of completing a holiday UFO or using some holiday stash to make a new project. I was tired of seeing a Christmas table runner top hanging in my sewing room. 

I am happy to report the May challenge is complete. Of course, finishing this little runner did not take much time at all. The challenge was the perfect motivation to prioritize this runner. 

The quilting is simple straight lines. I like quilting straight lines on table runners because they lie so flat on the table. I only have yardage of one fabric from ...

Hello, friends! Welcome to day one of my Summer Quilting Life 10-Day Challenge. If you read yesterday’s planner post or saw the planner video, you know a little bit about this already. And today I’ll share all of the specific details about what I’m going to do. Additionally, the link for my PDF for the […]

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Hello, friends. Today I’m sharing my Quilting Life March 2021 Challenge projects, a re-cap of my January and February finishes, and some thoughts about “keeping up” and finishing in general. I’ve got a short video to share my challenges and finishes, links to everything in this post…and just some general things I thought about while […]

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Hello, friends! I hope you are well and safe in your part of the world. What a week it’s been…again. My heart goes out to everyone dealing with weather and the aftermath of the storms and more. Today I’m sharing my Quilting Life February Challenge Update. While writing this post and filming the update video […]

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Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing the Quilting Life February Challenge. The January challenge was a lot of fun for me not only because of what I was able to finish but also because I saw so many fun projects finished by blog readers and YouTube Channel viewers. I’m actually sharing two ideas this month–one of […]

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Hello, friends! It’s almost the middle of the month, and so I’m sharing my Quilting Life January Project Update. I heard from so many readers and viewers when I first posted my January challenge that you were interested in an update, so here it is. Quilting Life January Project Update When I went through my […]

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Hello, friends and Happy New Year. Thank you so much for all of the kind comments on yesterday’s post. I truly appreciate them! Today I’m sharing the Quilting Life January Challenge: Project Scraps project. I’ll give you all of the details below, tell you how I decided on this new blog/video feature, and share what […]

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