Today's free pattern is a small project with big appeal. This little one-handed hot pad is specifically designed to take hot things out of a microwave, with pockets on the top for your fingers and thumb to grip the edge of a hot plate or bowl, or a handle. Of course, they also work for …
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Fall Fortnight – More Projects
Did you have fun with Fall Fortnight? In this post, I will give you a bit of a round-up of some other ideas from previous fall inspired projects with free patterns. For some readers, these will be new, for others a reminder of project maybe you'd like to make but didn't get to yet. Decorating …
Fall Fortnight Kitchen Towel
Today's project is specifically designed for those who have embroidery machines, but it can also be done with fussy cuts and fall fabrics. Who could use a new pretty kitchen towel? Just about everyone, I think. So, even if you do not have an embroidery machine, read on anyway for a great giveaway today and …
Fall Fortnight – Finishing the Table Topper
I hope you are enjoying Fall Fortnight! Today, we'll finish the table topper and have a fabulous giveaway. If you missed the first part of this project with the pattern download, click on Fall Fortnight Begins! When we left off, the topper was assembled, and ready to quilt. I layered the base with cotton/poly batting …
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Autumn Jubilee Sew Along – Finishing the Wall Hanging
When we left off last Wednesday, the scrappy borders had been done, and next was doing the final quilting and finishing. I found a small piece of coordinating fabric for the back, with enough for binding too, and loaded the little quilt on the longarm. This project is small enough to easily do on a …
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Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along – Assembly and Borders
This week we finish the top for the Quilt Along. Last time I showed you several options for arrangements, and this week, I'll show you how I did mine. First, I lay out the squares and decided on the arrangement. Once I had this done, I looked carefully at the placement of the fabrics to …
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Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Leaf Blocks
Starting the sewing, let's begin with the block that is the most work, and get easier as we go. We need 8 leaf blocks, so let's do those this week. We've made these many times over the years of Autumn Jubilee, but this year they are smaller, just six inches finished. This time, the leaves …
Projects in Progress
I have been working on many quilting projects, but so much is still secret. I'm able to give some sneak peeks now, and I am so eager to show you what I can. I began quilting my Pachanga quilt, and it was a struggle at first with thread breaking. I think I have that figured …
Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along – Assembly and Finish
It is the final week of our quilt along for #autumnjubilee2020, and today we finish the assembly and quilting of the mystery row quilt. I have said not to sew the rows together before now, and now I'll show you why. I auditioned putting mine together without sashing and it just didn't look good. When …
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Autumn Jubilee Sew Along
For the sewists in our community, I hope you like this design that will take advantage of more than usual on your sewing machines. The whole idea here is to stretch your abilities just a bit with a little more challenge, and you'll end up with a very usable project. (#AutumnJubilee2020) The sew along will …
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