Block Party is having a quilt along kick off giveaway! Check it out here and be sure to check out their blog while you’re at it — much inspiration to be had there! Also, here’s a chance to win a thread catcher over at PoppyPrint. It’s adorable! THIRDLY (wow, lots of giveaways!) there’s an awesome [...]
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It’s finished! I wanted to make a mini quilt (it’s about 11×18) to practice the quilting and binding steps before I quilt/bind Ezra’s quilt. It took me a few hours to sew on the binding, but I think it’ll be much easier the second time around. It turned out lovely, too. I think Tripp was [...]
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Today I (finally!) got my even feed foot in the mail. For my fellow newbies or you non-quilters out there, an even feed foot, aka a walking foot, looks like this: It’s kind of a huge and awkward version of a normal presser foot. Every sewing machine has feed dogs, which run underneath the cloth [...]
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Yesterday while I was in the shower, washing my hair, I looked over at my little wire rack that holds shampoo/conditioner/facewash and I saw …but what I saw in my mind’s eye looked more like this: Then, I was looking at my betta, Farrokh Clark AndreRobin Arshavin Van Persie (yes, that’s his name), and I [...]
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I am one of those people who’s always got ideas ideas ideas floating about my noggin. Yesterday, for example, I was looking for oil for my sewing machine and walked out with new fabric. Oops! I am finally beginning to realize that without a list of things I need I am nearly hopeless, unless I’ve [...]
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Besides deciding yesterday to try my hand at entrelac knitting, I also recently finished up a shawl I’ve been working on for a while now. It will be up in my etsy shop as soon as I get it properly blocked and photographed. It’s gorgeous! I think I’ll call it…well, I have a name for [...]
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