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"I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, and crisp sunburnt leaves." - Ann Drake Wow, it has been quite a month, wouldn't you say? Lots of projects and prizes, winners from all over the US, inspired by Mason jars. I have one more idea for you today to put …
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Finally we get to the Autumn Jubilee tablescape, now that we've made some of the things we'll be using. This table is anchored with our Harvest Festival quilt from the quilt along. The place settings have rust color chargers with white dinner plates topped with my favorite fall salad plates. The set is discontinued from …
For our last project post of Autumn Jubilee, we are going to play with Mason jars in the sewing room, and then preview a few new releases from our giveaway sponsor. Using Mason jars to separate buttons by color is a fun way to display your button collection. I put bits of Harvest Festival fabrics …
More winners were drawn this week! Congratulations to all these lucky readers! Backside Fabrics North Carolina based, Backside Fabrics sent lucky winner Rita H a gift certificate to their online store worth $50!! Quilter’s Dream awarded THREE twin size battings this year (Dream Green, Dream 80/20, and Dream Bamboo) to Kathryn L. Find Quilter’s Dream …
I hope you are enjoying the Mason Jar inspired quilt along, with fabrics from Benartex's Harvest Festival line. Today we are going to talk about the finishing, with some ideas for labeling. When we left off, the quilting was done and it was ready for binding. I thought the plaid in the brown and rust …
Fall wreaths adorn the wall outside our front door, and also in the garage at the door coming into the house. I like that bit of Autumn color welcoming me home, and greeting guests no matter which door we use. Because our garage was added to the home sometime after it was built, there is …
Time to finish our wool stitch along project. I hope you had time to get your bases done with the apple appliques and buttons. Today we finish it off with a bit of embroidery and some seed beads. When we left off, we were here. Get out your floss and beads, finding some green to …
Stamping is such fun, and a nice creative break from sewing. I like both endeavors, and mixing it up keeps my creativity flowing. Fall is the best time for stamping, making cards and Halloween treats, working with gorgeous papers and fun images. I like using ribbons on paper for an extra bit of texture. I'll …
Another fun week of projects and ideas means more winners of the wonderful prizes from the Autumn Jubilee sponsors! I use the online random number generator Random.org to get a number for the winner based on the total number of comments. I count from the first comment forward in the order posted, skipping those who …
I hope you are having fun with this year's Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along. Now that we have all the blocks made, layout of the top is next. If you are making the same size as I am showing, please note that in the photos, the pumpkin blocks should be switched. This will separate the pumpkins …
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