As I was preparing for my book submission, I was also secretly sewing a number of quilts. I have over 30 (!) projects either finished or in the works. Now I can finally start sharing them with you.
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October 16, 2020
Secret Sewing Finish
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I had a huge amount of black and white scraps. I decided to get out my AccuQuilt fabric cutter and cut them up into 2.5" squares. I then turned them into scrappy nine patches.
After looking through my scrap bins, I chose to go with primary colored blocks placing them in a diagonal layout. I thought the colors would be great for ...
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October 2, 2020
Scrap Mixology : Well Suited
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Back in late 2019, I started working on my goal of writing a book. I decided to spend tons of hours secretly sewing and putting together ten block designs for a book proposal. I held myself to the goal of sending it off for review by the end of March.
Well....crap!
So much for well laid plans. I still sent it off even though businesses were not sure what the future would look like and I waited for over 5 long months for them to make a final decision on it. It was not the best book to release ...
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Another Scrappy Finish
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I finished this quilt top quite a while ago. It has been just sitting around waiting for me to quilt it up. I had some time on my frame this week so I snuck it in between some client quilts.
I have made this design a few times in the past. This time I narrowed the colors down to just red, orange and yellow.
(Due to all the fires and smoke in our area, everything has a very orange cast to it. And the smoke is so bad, I don't stay outside long!)
I had a whole bunch of ...
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