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The Insanity Quilt

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I started a new project on Saturday. Yes, a new project! My mojo was screaming “YES, BABY! A NEW PROJECT, SQUEE!” once that decision had been made. I was so focussed in June on getting projects finished that I have been very stingy with new starts and my mojo seems to thrive on new starts….

June Finishes and July Goals

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We’ve made it to June and now is the time for me to recap what I’ve accomplished so far this year and set my goals for June. At the end of May I had completed 11 UFO’s and 4 2020 starts. Here are my June finishes:   Of the 8 finishes above 2 are UFO’s…

Learning to Free Motion Quilt

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I’m trying to master  a new skill – free motion quilting.  Here are my first two attempts. This is a Hundred Hugs Quilt from the Wedding Dress Blue Blog. I think it’s the 5th time I’ve made this pattern. It’s one of my favourites. I was careful to match the thread colour with the area…

Diamond Brights - Finished

Progress Has Been Made

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Though I’ve been in a funk and not very motivated I’ve not allowed myself to stop sewing. I haven’t had the same joy in it I normally do but that’s okay I’ve managed to get one UFO and one current year start finished this weekend. That progress has actually energized me and I’m pumped to…

Unfocussed

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I had a good day of sewing on Saturday and got this happy blocks quilt top quilted. I have to say it wasn’t an easy quilting job. My Sapphire’s pressure foot sensor and the walking foot weren’t playing nicely together resulting in the machine stopping and the error message “pressure foot too high” coming on…

Happy Laundry

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The three quilts on the right are recent finishes that needed to be washed as I’d used basting spray when making the quilt sandwich. The quilt on the far left has been in regular use and it was time for it to get a wash. And why put quilts in the dryer when you can…

Steps Quilt – A finish!

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I got up today thinking I’d make a backing for quilt and layer it as well as make some happy blocks. So I headed into my sewing room and thought I’ll make the back and layer the quilt before I start the fun and easy happy block sewing. So I made the backing (I had…

UFO list and June Goals

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We’ve made it to June and now is the time for me to recap what I’ve accomplished so far this year and set my goals for June. At the beginning of May I had completed  7 UFO’s  and 1 quilt completed that was started this year. Here are my finishes for May:   At the…

It’s been a busy Saturday

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I was able to sew today and I took full advantage of it. I had started some place mats this week inspired by this pattern that I found while surfing Pinterest.  That pattern inspired me to make these: They’ve already been utilized in the living room. Two place mats are on our side tables and…

A Few Finished Projects

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I’ve been working on some smaller projects this last week. Here is a small mat made from a mini charm pack. I have no idea what the fabric line is but I’m very happy I had some coordinating material in my stash to bind it. It’s now on my nightstand replacing a very ugly mat…