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 …

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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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Autumn Jubilee – Kitchen Wreath

Autumn Jubilee continues today with a project featuring a new idea for your jelly roll strip leftovers.  We'll make an Autumn Kitchen Wreath!  Of course, you could use Christmas fabric jelly roll strips for a Christmas theme wreath, or really any color scheme you like.  Use your kitchen colors for an everyday addition to your …

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Autumn Jubilee Crafting – Hogwarts Textbooks

Our first crafting project of the Autumn Jubilee event is a fun one.   With Halloween coming up, I've been working on a plan for costumes for us.  We have a really fun Halloween party to attend at the end of the month with our Mini Cooper Club, and the costumes last year were spectacular, which …

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Blog Remix – Road Trip Pillow

Today I am pleased to be a part of The Fat Quarter Shop's Blog Remix event.   This pattern for a Road Trip Pillow Bag was originally posted on Jolly Jabber in May of last year.  It is sized on their pattern for a child's pillow, and shown with a bedtime story book in the …

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