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Did you get all your blocks done and your top assembled? Today, I’ll show you how I custom quilted mine. This project is small enough to do some wonderful free motion quilting on your domestic machine or your longarm. The challenge with this one is to step outside your comfort zone and try something new. …
Continue reading Oh, My Strippy Stars! Quilting and Finishing
Are you having fun with this quick quilt-along? This week we assemble the blocks and the top. It will go faster than you think, because we’ll do the sashing at the same time. Curious? Read on! Start by pairing up all your half square triangles, and sewing them togehter in a flying goose formation with …
Continue reading Oh, My Strippy Stars! Block and Top Assembly
Ready to learn how to get half square triangles out of jelly roll strips? It isn’t hard, but you will have to be very careful doing these, as the cuts will be on the bias rather than straight of grain. Don’t be afraid, let’s take it one step at a time. Begin by carefully pressing …
Today is a tutorial on making quick four patches from jelly roll strips, rollie-pollies or any 2-1/2-inch wide strip of fabric. If you missed getting the pattern, click on – Oh, My Strippy Stars! Here is the quilt we are making, it is about 42-inches square using the pattern directions. If you double the number …
Today, we begin a free quilt along for National Quilting Month. I’ve wanted to do something with these jelly roll strips for quite some time. So, when Fave Quilts asked me to be a part of their month long event with giveaways, I thought it was time to design something to use them up. What’s …
Continue reading National Quilting Month – Oh, My Strippy Stars!! Quilt Along
On the veranda, the annual battle with the Carolina Wren has begun. He loves to build nests in my plants, which I object to on several fronts. First, I don’t need him defending a nest near the front door. Second, I cannot water the plant with a nest in it, so the plant will die …
This past week I got back to the blue and yellow table topper that I strip pieced at retreat. I wanted to use it to get more experience with doing some custom quilting. When we left off, I had finished the top and borders. I loaded it on the longarm when I got the rulers …
Time for our monthly check in for Stashbusters! Today, report your progress from the month of March. You can include this past week if you like, reporting from the first Friday to first Friday, or keep it within the month, your choice. I thought I was going to go in the wrong direction with retreat, …
It was a rainy day on Friday, and I needed to do a bit of baking for My Sweet Babboo. I had some fresh blueberries, and decided to use up a pound cake mix I’d purchased for the Mountain State Fair competition last year but didn’t use. Ridiculously easy, I just mixed the 16-ounce pound …
Continue reading Sunday Chat – Baking, Gardening, Stamping and Quilt Goal
Good morning. Let’s start off the day with a nice photo of the pear tree in bloom. I went out when the sun came out earlier in the week to get a better shot of the lovely white flowers with the mountain background. It is something to help your mood this morning as we all …
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