Quilts: Pieced

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Friday Fluff 3/9

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Happy Friday, my Friends! I hope you have had a good week. I have spent much time the last couple of weeks getting patterns packed and shipped to distributors. With all my immediate deadlines fulfilled, I will be using this weekend to catch up on housework! I would much rather be stitching, but…

Chestnut Grove Quilt Along

I have LOVED seeing the different work-in-progress Chestnut Grove quilts on Instagram. One thing that stood out to me is that quilters are using so many different background fabrics for their Chestnut Grove quilts! I am waiting to see one that uses a scrappy background — if you are making the quilt and using a scrappy background, please get in touch with me.

Click HERE in case you miss the first check-in for Chestnut Grove. You can definitely join in the quilt along ANYTIME. There is no sign-up fee, and you are free to sew at your own pace!

A few quick links:

Pattern Part 1: https://shrsl.com/3vbyu

BOM Kit info: https://shrsl.com/3xtto

Nutmeg fabric info (fabrics used in my original quilt): https://shrsl.com/3w2ht

Norfolk Quilt Kits

You remember how much fun we had sewing our Norfolk quilt last year? Annie’s is offering kits in 2 colorways:

Click HERE for the neutral colorway:

Click HERE for the plum meadow colorway:

Harrisonburg Quilt

This is week #4 of Harrisonburg Quilt Along to benefit the VA Quilt Museum.

Quilt Along Deatils below:

https://ivoryspring.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/harrisonburg-fundraising-quilt-along-starts-today/

I am happy to share the news that so far $23k has been raised for the museum. THANK YOU for your support. Stay tuned for more exciting stuff that will be happening. If you haven’t watched Pat Sloan on YouTube talking about Harrisonburg quilt, you totally should!

New Pattern Release

This week I shipped off a bunch of printed patterns for Make Gnome Mistake to the distributors. The name gives me a chuckle. You may purchase the pattern in PDF format HERE, or you may check your local quilt shop in a couple of weeks for the printed version.

There is NO paper piecing involved to make the gnomes in this quilt, only conventional piecing is used.

And NEXT WEEK —

I will be announcing a quilt along for my Winging It pattern to start after Easter! I just need to sit down to work on the schedule. Meanwhile, you may purchase the pattern HERE, or if you want to make the quilt EXACTLY like I had design, kits are available HERE.

And that is it for now! I hope to get my de-stash blog post up next week for you as well. My de-stash stash is getting too big!

Have a great weekend!

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POSTSCRIPT

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Find all my stand-alone patterns: https://shrsl.com/337dq

Wendy Sheppard related offerings on Annie’s: https://shrsl.com/3xtvh

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#ChestnutGroveQAL check-in #1

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Hello my friends! TODAY IS THE DAY! It’s our first check-in for Chestnut Grove Quilt Along. I hope you will join me in making my series quilt featured in all issues of Quilters World magazine this year!

THIS IS ANOTHER LOW-STRESS AND LOW DEMAND QUILT ALONG. WE ARE MAKING RELATIVELY SIMPLE BLOCKS AND SEW THEM ALL TOGETHER TO MAKE A VISUALLY INTERESTING QUILT!

DETAILS

1. FORMAT — Check in EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH

It will be informal check-ins just like last year. This year, it will be the first Friday of each month, starting from March 3 through November. There will be a catch-up month in there! Get your first block done the first Friday of each month, and share your pictures on social media and use hashtag #ChestnutGroveQAL

So we will be following the following schedule to make our blocks!

Chestnut Grove finishes at 64″ x 79″, and consists of 8 different blocks.

Here is Block 1 for our first check-in!

2. PATTERN & KITS

Pattern will be released in 4 installments: Quilters World Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 2023 issues.

Spring issue is now available – click HERE to purchase issue if you are not a subscriber.

There will be kits offered in a BOM program. Click HERE to join!

My original quilt uses Moda’s Nutmeg fabrics. The magazine spread has a fabric chart that tells you exactly what fabrics are used in the original quilt. Click HERE for Nutmeg fabric information.

The background fabric is a Marionberry Pie Grunge from Moda. Click HERE to purchase the background fabric.

And of course you may choose to make the quilt with Nutmeg fabrics on a cream background.

BLOCK 1 for my Quilt Along Quilts

I somehow enabled myself to make 2 separate quilts with two colorways for the sewalong.

#1. I am using a FQ bundle from Moda’s Rendezvous. This bundle has 40 (!) FQs. So, I will be making this one scrappier than my original design. I love the busy visual interest of a scrappy quilt.

Click HERE for Rendezvous fabric information.

#2. Some quilters requested to see the quilt in Christmas red/green colors. So I was playing around with the design with a red and green palette, and decided that I really like the Christmas version as well.

I am making my Christmas version with a FQ bundle from Riley Blake’s Winter Wonder.

Click HERE for Winter Wonder fabric information.

OTHER COLOR INSPIRATIONS

Here is one with Moda’s Amelia’s Blues. Click HERE for fabric information.

Here is one with Moda’s Clover Blossom Farm. Click HERE for fabric information.

Here is one with Moda’s Sunwashed. Click HERE for fabric information.

Happy Quilting! See you on April 7 for our next check-in! Have a lovely weekend!

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POSTSCRIPT

My Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ivoryspring 

Find all my stand-alone patterns: https://shrsl.com/337dq

Wendy Sheppard related offerings on Annie’s: https://shrsl.com/3xtvh

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Announcing #ChestnutGroveQAL

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Hello Friends, Happy Wednesday to you! I hope you have been well. It’s been wet and cold over here. I have heard from some of you who are experiencing icy weather. I hope you will be very careful when you are out there.

Where we have been…

First of all, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for sewing along Norfolk Quilt last year! It was so fun to see the different fabric choices quilters have picked for their own Norfolk quilts. To me, that’s simply the best part of the year-long quilt along! This one is from Celia in Canada.

I completed the quilt top for the quilt along version using a One Fine Day FQ… BUT for the life of me, I cannot find the backing fabric.

My pet-peeve is to have a bunch of unquilted quilt tops laying around. I have a fabric piece that will work for the backing. But you know how that goes — as soon as the quilt is quilted with the substitute backing fabric, the REAL and originally intended backing fabric will show up. What to do, what to do, except to keep on looking?

NEW SERIES QUILT – CHESTNUT GROVE

1. FORMAT — Check in EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH

It will be informal check-ins just like last year. This year, it will be the first Friday of each month, starting from March 3 through November. There will be a catch-up month in there! Get your first block done the first Friday of each month, and share your pictures on social media and use hashtag #ChestnutGroveQAL

So we will be following the following schedule to make our blocks!

Chestnut Grove finishes at 64″ x 79″, and consists of 8 different blocks.

2. PATTERN & KITS

Pattern will be released in 4 installments: Quilters World Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 2023 issues.

Spring issue is now available – click HERE to purchase issue if you are not a subscriber.

My understanding is that there will be kits in the original version. I will post information once I know more.

3. FABRICS & COLOR INSPIRATIONS

Fabric yardage information is in included in Quilters World Spring 2023 issue. I am providing different color inspirations. However, due to time constraints, I am not able to provide any fabric sku list for the different color ways you see besides the fabric line information.

a. The original quilt uses Nutmeg by Moda with Grunge background. However, you may choose to use a light background.

Click HERE for Nutmeg fabric information.

b. My sew-along versions! I have two. I am making one with Moda’s Rendezvous, and another with Riley Blake’s Winter Wonder + other RBD reds. SO MANY of you asked to see a green/red version.

I AM USING A FQ BUNDLE for Rendezvous, and more than the 14 recommended fabrics for Winter Wonder – so my sewalong quilts will be scrappier!

Click HERE for Rendezvous fabric information.

Click HERE for Winter Wonder fabric information.

c. Here is one with Moda’s Amelia’s Blues. Click HERE for fabric information.

d. Here is one with Moda’s Clover Blossom Farm. Click HERE for fabric information.

e. Here is one with Moda’s Sunwashed. Click HERE for fabric information.

I hope you will join me this year in making Chestnut Grove. See you on March 3!

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Harrisonburg Quilt Kit Giveaway Winner

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Hello Friends! I hope you had a great weekend. THANK YOU to those who joined me on my first crockpot weekend sewalong! Let me know if you would like to have another one. I am thinking about one that gets us binding those quilts that need to be bound!

I also want to thank you for helping Pat Sloan and myself support the Virginia Quilt Museum. I heard that response has been very positive. So, I am calling all Virginian quilters, as well as all quilters who love history to join in the Harrisonburg Quilt Along that will start on Feb 14! The announcement post is HERE if you had missed it.

Pattern in PDF is available NOW by clicking HERE.

Printed Pattern is available NOW by clicking HERE.

Of all the comments left, I thought this one is amazing:

AND NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY WINNER: Pat Jacobs, congratulations! I have sent you an email. Please respond with your shipping address to that Benartex can send the quilt kit to you in time for the quilt along!

Click HERE you are wanting to purchase Sleepover fabrics to make Harrisonburg quilt.

Have a great week, friends!

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Tuesday Tidbits 1/24/23

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Hello Friends, I hope you have had a good start to your week! I feel like everything is converging on me this week, haha! I just need to keep my focus, and then, I will be alright!

HAPPENINGS AND SEW ALONGS

#1. THIS WEEKEND — (January 27-29) – Crockpot Weekend Quilt Along – Details HERE. Meanwhile, get your crockpot recipes ready!

#2. ONGOING — COLOR DANCE SEW ALONG – latest post & details HERE. I am actually running slightly behind on this due to an unusually heavy workload the last couple of weeks. I will catch up on Month 4 soon!

#3. And of course, the very exciting Harrisonburg QAL is starting soon! Details HERE – and don’t forget to enter the quilt kit giveaway kitted with Pat Sloan’s beautiful Sleepover fabrics.

#4. And I will be announcing before the week ends the sewalong plan for CHESTNUT GROVE, the 2023 series quilt I designed for Quilters World magazine. I hope you will join me for another year long sewalong!

#5. Also, a new FQ pattern is released in my pattern line. You will only need 9 FQs & background fabric to make this quilt. Click HERE to purchase pattern PDF. Check with your LQS for printed patterns.

PRETTY FABRICS ALERT

Have you seen the new Calico fabrics by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs? Click HERE for fabric info.

QUICK TIP OR THOUGHT BEFORE GOOD BYE!

To take out stitches, or not to take out stitches? I did, haha. I always take out stitches when I spot a seam that is not quite right, and re-sew! But only take out the stitches and re-sew IF you are bothered by the uneven seam allowance! If you aren’t, just leave the stitches as they are!

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Ready for JAN 27 #crockpotweekend SAL + Stella Lamp Winner!

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Hello Friends, I hope you have had a good week! I want to check in to remind you that our #crockpotweekend SAL is starts NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT!

It’s the beginning of the year, and it’s cold at night, and it’s weekend. And we will be making a super easy quilt using one charm pack and background fabric. This quilt finishes at 33″ square, and it would be perfect to make and save up for a gift for somewhere later this year.

A little birdie told me there will be fabric giveaways for those who complete this quilt within a reasonable time frame. Stay tuned for details!

You may download the free pattern HERE

Of course you may use any fabrics you wish, but I am making mine with these really pretty neutral prints! The neutral theme would be perfect for gift-giving occasion. You may purchase the kits HERE.

HERE’S THE SCHEDULE:

Friday (Jan 27): Evening – we will start making the HST units.

Saturday (Jan 28): We will finish making and trimming HST units, and start to put sew the rows together.

Sunday (Jan 29): Completing quilt top

I also picked out my crockpot recipes:

Friday: https://hamiltonbeach.com/slow-cooker-pork-carnitas-tacos

Saturday: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/93168/rotisserie-chicken/

Sunday: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8894/chicken-divan/

So, what are you going to make? :)

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And now the winner of the Stella lamp giveaway — Darlene S! I will send you an email for your shipping address. Thank you to all of you for entering the giveaway.

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That’s all for now. Have a great weekend!

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Fundraising Quilt Along “Harrisonburg”

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Hello Friends, I have something exciting to share with you today! Pat Sloan is hosting the Harrisonburg “Spitzer Sisters” Quilt Along to benefit the Virginia Quilt Museum.

QUILT HISTORY

Below is the photo of the original quilt that is in the collection of the Virginia Museum.

From the director of Virginia Quilt Museum:

Mary Spitzer Etter of Harrisonburg, Virginia donated her family’s entire quilt collection to the Virginia Quilt Museum in 1997. The collection contain 27 quilts, most of which were made by Mary’s aunts, the Spitzer sisters. Their names were Sarah Josephine Spitzer (Walters), Margaret Melinda Spitzer (Jones), and Ellen Rebecca Spitzer. It is unknown if the other two Spitzer sisters, Hannah Spitzer (Brown) and Jane Spitzer (Evers), did much quilting. Of the quilts completed by the Spitzer sisters, there is a single initial embroidered on the front of quilt to mark who made each quilt. Ellen Spitzer’s daughter, Irene, also completed three pieces of the collection. Some of the quilts contain blocks that were done by Mabel Spitzer, Mary’s mother. These blocks were then quilted by either Berta or Effie Long, Mabel’s neighbors. There are a few quilts not made by a Spitzer, yet they were still made by relatives of the Spitzer family.

The blocks of this quilt were pieced in many colors. There is Muslin backing and cotton batting. It is heavily quilted in a cross-hatch design. A lavender “E” is embroidered in the corner.

QUILT ALONG BACK STORY:

A little over a year ago the Virginia Quilt museum shared a photo of the Mary Spitzer Etter quilt at Instagram.  Immediately Wendy Sheppard and Pat Sloan were texting each other that they loved the quilt.. which lead to .. don’t you think it would make a great Quilt along?  Both Wendy and Pat are long time Virginians. 

About a year ago they wrote to the Executive Director of the Virginia Quilt museum, Alicia Thomas, to propose doing a quilt along with the pattern. She said ‘yes’! 

Wendy has re-created the pattern from photos of the original quilt and has called it ‘Harrisonburg ‘ for the location of the Virginia Quilt Museum. She is using all her navy and cream scraps for a stunning scrappy version like the original.  Pat is going to sew along during the quilt along using her Benartex fabric, Sleepover.  Both are using their beautiful Aurifil thread collections.

PATTERN:

It is currently an exclusive release only available at the Virginia Quilt Museum. Paper patterns are making their way to the museum as we speak. So if you are wanting to purchase the paper version, give the museum just a few days to post the link to purchase the paper version. If not, pattern in PDF is available NOW by clicking HERE.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM PATTERN SALES FOR THE DURATION OF THE QUILT ALONG AND LIMITED TIME THEREAFTER WILL BENEFIT THE VIRGINIA QUILT MUSEUM

QUILT ALONG DATES:

Please follow along Pat Sloan’s You Tube videos for the quilt along.

  • RUNS: Feb 14, 2023 to April 11, 2023 (Tuesdays)
  • Quilt size: 78″ x 93″
  • Pattern required:
  • Schedule:  1 row a week, then the border, and wrap up

MY QUILT ALONG QUILT:

Scrappy blue and cream will be me color palette. Here is a snapshot! I have used almost 350 different fabrics!

COLOR OPTIONS TO MAKE YOUR OWN HARRISONBURG QUILT:

Pat will be using her Sleepover fabrics for her quilt. You may purchase Sleepover fabrics HERE:

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I hope you will join in this quilt museum for the worthy cause of preserving quilt history for the future generations. Get the pattern, raid your stash, and give Virginia Quilt Museum a visit HERE.

USEFUL LINKS:

Wendy

Pat 

Museum

Benartex

Aurifil

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Color Dance BOM Month 3

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Hello Friends – today is the day I start working on the Color Dance BOM quilt. If you are just now hearing about it, HERE are the details. This is a 6-month BOM program. I will be posting the blocks I make on the 17th of each month.

You may read about Month 1 if you missed it HERE.

You may read about Month 2 if you missed it HERE.

SPECIAL NOTE ON PATTERN/KIT:

COLOR DANCE is a special BOM, exclusively designed for QT Fabrics. The only way to access the pattern is through purchasing the kits from participating shops! So, check with your local shops to see if they are participating in the Color Dance program. Also, the BOM program might not happen at the same time as I am running the sewalong. So, you may just follow along until you are able to get your hands on the kits/fabrics.

FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT WENDY2@WENDYSHEPPARD IF YOU ARE CURIOUS IF YOUR LOCAL AREA QUILT SHOPS ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO FAR, I see that JKQuilts is selling the entire kit (bright version) HERE.

My friend Diane also alerted me that Woodside Quilting in IA is selling the kit as well. In fact, she was cutting the kits a couple of weeks when she texted me. Click HERE for the link.

I am also seeing kits are being sold on Etsy HERE.

SKILL LEVEL – WIN WIN for all skill levels

This is meant to be a beginner friendly project, as well as a seasoned quilter friendly project. A beginner will learn that if one masters the art of making half-square-triangle units (HST), one is more than half way to being able to make 65% of the quilt designs out there happen. And a beginner is able to accomplish a project that doesn’t exactly look like a beginner project.

For a seasoned quilter, sometimes, one might just want something simple with an interesting visual effect. Color Dance is such a quilt.

HERE ARE MY MONTH 3 BLOCKS

A FEW THOUGHTS

1. The aim for Month 3 blocks is to show 2 different ways to make flying geese units. You could either make them the usual way, but you could also make them using half-square-triangle units.

2. You may also use the opportunity to explore whether you like cutting your seams open, or to the other side through the Month 3 blocks. For myself, I generally press my seams open when I construct flying geese units.

That’s it for Color Dance BOM Month 3. I will see you again on January 17 to work on Month 3 blocks. Oh dear — the new year is upon us!

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2-Cent Tuesday

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I hope you have had a good Christmas season! Christmas starts right on December 1st at my house. It’s definitely my favorite holiday.

Before I forget, I want to share/remind you of two upcoming sewalongs!

#1. Crockpot Weekend Sewalong – #CrockpotWeekendSAL — HAPPENING JAN 27-29

Click HERE if you are just now hearing about it!

You may preorder the kits from Fort Worth Fabrics Studio HERE!

You should be able to purchase at least the charm pack from the quilt shops in the following. Contact the shops to see if they could help you with the accompany background and binding fabrics:

Back Door Quilts 2503 Fairview Pl Ste W Greenwood IN
Red Barn Sewing 116 W Main St Merrimac MA
Quilt Haven on Main 7 N Main St Hutchinson MN
Quilter’s Corner 518 W State St Ithaca NY
Bits & Pieces 70 Bridge St Ste U-6 Pelham NH
Other Quilt Shop 4233 W Thunderbird Rd Phoenix AZ
Fran’s Sewing Circle 5751 Oleander Dr Ste 5 Wilmington NC
Karen’s Quilting Corner 723 Cold Spring Rd Williamstown MA
Ruth’s Stitchery 4440 Austin Bluffs Pkwy Colorado Springs CO
The Copper Needle 201 W Main St Ste B Payson AZ
Fox Cities Quilt & Co 1400 W College Ave Ste B Appleton WI
Two Friends Quilting 4381 S Pinnacle Peak Wasilla AK
Stitching Post 901 N Moore Ave Ste B Moore OK
Sew Katie Jean 561 5th St Ste 100 Lincoln CA

#2. Cross My Heart Quilt Along — STARTING JAN 2

American Patchwork & Quilting magazine is hosting a quilt along with Cross My Heart quilt design that is featured in their Feb 2023 issue! The pattern included in the issue actually features 5 different sizes of quilt you are able to make with the design — FIVE! Get your issue on your local newsstand today. If you aren’t able to do so, visit this link to purchase your digital copy of the magazine. Details on the quilt along are on American Patchwork & Quilting’s social media (Facebook, Instagram).

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And for my 2-cents this week:

No problem at all if you haven’t made yourself a quilty tree skirt! Regular quilts can be scrunched up a bit to double as tree skirts under your tree! Case in point – see how I have used my Tree Farm quilt (52″ x 52″) as a tree skirt this year. :)

I have shared my 2-cents on quilty Christmas decorating. It’s your turn!

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Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a lovely rest of your week.

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#ThisLittleLightSAL Final Assignment

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Hello Friends, it’s time to sing and sew This Little Light again, for the last time for this sewalong.

If you are just now hearing about this, the details are HERE – be sure to scroll down in that post to see the color options, as well as layout options if you don’t want to make all 9 blocks.

@mikroskathy on Instagram is hosting a sewalong on January 1, 2023. So, visit her on Instagram for details on her sewalong!

My previous posts on the sewalong are as follow:

Oct 11: Click HERE.

Oct 19: Click HERE.

Oct 29: Click HERE.

Nov 9: Click HERE.

Nov 19: Click HERE.

Pattern & Kits

I am using Moda’s Poinsettia Plaza fabrics to make my quilt.

Click HERE or HERE to purchase the kit, or if you want to take a better look at the fabrics.

Click HERE if you want to purchase just the pattern from my Etsy shop.

Today’s assignment is to sew the quilt top together, if you haven’t already.

My quilt is back from the quilter, but I haven’t had time to bind the quilt. I will share picture as soon as the quilt is bound.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEWING ALONG WITH ME! Till the next sewalong.

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Norfolk Sampler QAL – Check in #11

Hello Friends, today is our LAST check-in for Norfolk Sampler Quilt Along! Can you believe we have been sewing buddies for this ENTIRE year? I want to thank you all for sewing along! I hope you have enjoyed making Norfolk as much as I had in designing and making it!

If you are just now hearing about the Norfolk Sampler quilt — you may find all things Norfolk HERE.

Here are my last blocks using One Fine Day by Moda Fabris.

And here are my sewn sections ready for the final seams to put the quilt top together. I had to snap a picture before it got dark in the family room where I normally take my quilt pictures.

And that’s a wrap my friends! I will share pictures of the finished quilt as soon as I have them. But first, I have to find my backing fabric. With about 20 ongoing quilts at the moment, I honestly don’t remember what I did with the backing fabric…. grrr! It has to be somewhere.

There might be another year long series quilt in the works — are you up to make another BOM quilt with me?

Thank you again for being my sewing buddy this year! I hope you have a lovely rest of your week.

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2-Cent Tuesday

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Hello Friends, I hope you are keeping well. Christmas is HERE – it truly is my favorite time of year.

Thank you to those of you who purchased Pine-ing for Christmas pattern over the weekend. I am most appreciative of your support. Pine-ing for Christmas is entirely scrap-friendly. The most tedious part would be to make the 3″ finished Ohio star units, but beyond that, everything else should be a breeze. Honestly, once you get used to handling small pieces, the Ohio star units go quickly as well. I recently made a set of twelve star units finishing at 3″ — it took me a little over 2 1/2 hrs. Not bad.

You may purchase the pattern PDF for Pine-ing for Christmas HERE.

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Moving on…, the Christmas tree is up, and so far that’s the only thing that is up. This year, I scrunched up an actual quilt to use as the tree skirt. I quite like it. Of course, the age-all battle is back between my daughter and myself regarding white lights vs. rainbow lights, haha! We take turns deciding what setting it would be for the lights.

The quilt, called Tree Farm, is my original design, featured in American Patchwork & Quilting December 2022 issue. I am told that the red and white in the pattern diagrams are switched. So, beware if you want to make yours exactly like mine. If not, yours will look just as beautiful, but with the colors switched for the 9-patch blocks.

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Have you had your seams shift on you? It’s like after you sew the seam, you realize it is not exactly straight. You see how toward the end of the seam, the seam allowance is narrower? My two cents regarding this situation is:

Always double-check your seam allowance. There is NO SHAME re-sewing if it’s not exactly at 1/4″. In this situation, I don’t even take out the stitches. I just re-sew. If you take the time to make sure your seam is accurately sewn, you will be happier with your blocks/quilts – especially where tiny units are involved!

Now that I have shared my 2-cents for the week, it’s now your turn.

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Thank you for stopping by! I wish you a most lovely Christmas season!

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