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big and little patch scrap quilt

The big & little patch quilt

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I needed to make 44 – 16 patch blocks to make a border on a quilt.  I’d made more than half of them when I pulled the quilt out and realised I’d been making the blocks with 2″ squares when quilt was based on 2.5″ squares. That was a fun moment – NOT.  Out came…

fabric, 3 inch squares, y2k, 3"

I must confess, I never did make a Y2K Quilt.

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I had great intentions to make a Y2K/Millenium quilt back in 1999.  I traded “squishies” of fabric with other quilters from across the US and Canada and even around the globe so I’d have 2000 unique pieces of fabric to make my special quilt. But despite the best of my intentions no quilt ever got…

rainbow swirl quilt top

Rainbow Swirl Quilt

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This quilt top has been made for some time but for some reason I’ve never written about it. It’s like I made it and forgot about it. It really is too lovely a quilt to forget about.  Like everyone I get many ads for quilt patterns, fabric and supplies. Honestly, most I don’t even open…

scrappy chain like quilt top

Chain Link Quilt

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I saw the pattern for the main block in this top somewhere on my travels on the internet. I can’t remember where it was, maybe facebook, but the block pattern stuck with me even though I read that it included partial seams.  The partial seams turned out to be simple! I had just enough of…

friendship star baby quilt

Friendship Star Baby Quilt

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This quilt has been sitting in the “to be finished” pile for a few years. Started at a quilt retreat a few years ago, this quilt has had its share of tribulations. First I had intended to make another quilt with these Alison Glass fabrics but I cut the grey background fabric incorrectly and had…

uneven 9 patch quilt top with broken stripes

A Wider Nine Patch Quilt

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I wasn’t happy with the nine patch quilt as originally made. It was too long and skinny. I’m intending (as of now) for it to be a child’s charity cuddle quit but as initially made it would only be useful if the child was a skinny beanpole.  So, first I made an additional column and…

broken stripe nine patch quilt

Nine Patch Quilt

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I started making some 9 patches a la Bonnie Hunter. Scrappy whites/lights, scrappy anything goes colours, darks in the center and outside corners and lights in the other positions. I made a bunch with no real plan in mind. Simple pleasurable, mindless sewing – the best kinkd.  The a friend showed me a quilt ….

bento box baby quilt with gray

Bento Box Quilt

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The website where I found this Bento Box quilt pattern has long since taken down the tutorial, Too bad since it was a very well written pattern so it is a pity I can not link back to it. I guess that is what happens when you work on a project for 4 or 5…

fish quilt with scrappy binding

Fish Quilt

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A friend of ours is having a third baby and for each of her first two babies we made her a quilt that was “sea” themed. This time around we couldn’t find any suitable materials and were at a loss what to make until I saw a quilt on another blog called  one-fish-two-fish-red-fish-blue-fish    That was…