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| i love that my small world is my final finish of 2015 more here |
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| love the straight line quilting |
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| and i love this simplicity fabric on the back and for the binding |
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| just a few more hand stitches on the binding ~ i am hanging this in our dining room |
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| 2015 was a big year for our family welcoming mr milo in may xo and we loved celebrating his first christmas |
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| and with a bit of magic most of our family made it for a special holiday dinner this year xo |
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| i have a special christmas gift finish for isaac and ani xo |
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| i love this simple quilt |
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| machine quilted w the kadinsky panto from digitechpatterns ~ bound with the perfect polka dot and backed w flannel |
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| jelly roll three was made mostly with indian summer by sarah watson from art gallery |
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| sewed with my alberta sisters on the farm at harvest time ~ i LOVE sewing with the sisters ~ this is one of my favorite memories and photo of 2015 xoxo |
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| i love this fabric so much that even the little bits were saved for some fun improv sewing |
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| i made three little special somethings |
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| each measuring about 14 by 18" and quilted up w the geo path panto |
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| i love that we three will have a special memento of these special quilts ~ makes it a bit easier to give these quilts away xoxo |
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| this year it is michael miller kitchenette fabric |
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| and i already had the perfect back |
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| i like to load one yard on top and one yard on the bottom on the longarm with two layers of batting or one layer batt one layer insulbright ~and then i do an easy all over machine quilting |
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| cut the yard into approximately twenty 8" squares ~ i often round the corners for easier binding [no mitering] |
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| choose some fun bindings and a bit of ribbon |
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| the best part is that two yards of fabric make approximately twenty hot pads or mugmats |
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| and since i also love this moda garden project fabric |
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| i have a few more started xo |
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| the one on the left is inspired by a hotpad that kay made for our quilt group a few years ago... |
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| it has an 8" quilted back |
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| with four 8" squares folded in half and woven together on the front ~ then sewn right sides together |
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| my finished pile is growing slowly...eleven down twenty something to go |
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| my lucky winner will receive two finished hot pads from this awesome michael miller kitchenette fabric ~ more info here |
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| hello fancy forest ...i love you and i am all ready for you...this quilt is for milo's big boy bed so i have lots of TIME ...got the fabric on sale at circa 15 and elizabeth hartman's pdf pattern from here |
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| and i bought this kitchenette fabric w christmas gift hot pads in mind...i put the wholecloth together on my longarm and do a simple stitch |
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| one yard = 20 gift hotpads... but that also equals 20 bindings xo |
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| meanwhile in my sewing room i finished up nancy's beautiful farm girl quilt w loop the loop |
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| and a lovely pile of christmas quilts w a simple stipple for joann |
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| and i can't stop making these cuz they make such a great little gift xo |
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| also finished joyce's sweetwater w a zigzag and vintage dresden w a clamshell ~ love them both xo |
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| and we are enjoying the first holiday season with milo ~ he will be seven months for his first christmas xoxo |
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| just spent three hours in my kitchen making these ~ i forgot how fun it is to make sugar cookies xo |
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| found these sweet cookie cutters at quilting mayhem |
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| perfectly ready for our snohomish mqg christmas get together tonight xo |
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| i made an extra special scrappy binding |
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| for my long overdue christmas finish more here |
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| i still LOVE every print and solid in this sweet quilt but the riley blake snowman circa 2009 [who inspired all my fabric choices] is my definite favorite xo |
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| i still a half yard cut saved xo |
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| this quilt was started w eight 2 1/2 " wof strips and then subcut into 16 1/2 " square blocks and then last minute i decided to randomly cut into the blocks and add a white sash to break up the busy prints a bit |
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| i pieced a cozy back with leftover flannel and a few scraps and machine quilted it w bubblewrap from digitech xoxo |
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| this perfect cuddle quilt finished up approx. 69 x 78" i finished the binding just in time to start the holiday season... |
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| loving our new christmas quilt on the sofa ~ and mr milo is one of my biggest quilt fans...xoxo |
