Tag: Quilting
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TUTORIAL: The Economy Block
What a better way to start the New Year than to dive head first into a good ol’ block tutorial! Today we’ll be focusing on the Economy Block! This simple little block is made up of one centre square with two sets of contrasting triangles sewn around it. It’s a great block to use up…
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I made a Quilt!!
As is expected at this time of the year, the last few weeks have been filled with festive get-togethers, exciting gift making and an endless array of baking, giving me very little time to tend to my lovely little blog. But in the last few days before Christmas, I’ve hoarded away a little bit of…
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A Beautiful Baby Quilt…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy cutting, piecing and quilting this beautiful little quilt for my future niece, due next month. For this quilt, I wanted to merge traditional with modern by using this Bear Paw Block as the central design while featuring fresh colours and modern quilting lines. I also have to…
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Three Years Down!
On a warm Friday night three years ago, I plucked up the courage to begin writing this here humble quilting blog. Now here we are, 1,093 days later and I’m still just as dedicated and proud of my little slice of the internet as I was the day I created it. As I’ve done in other…
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Quilt Labels 101
Quilt Labels. They’re one of those things you usually forget all about during the glorious triumphant moment of finishing a quilt! By the time you’ve conquered sewing down that last part of the binding, you’re thinking, ‘Yes! That’s it! It’s finally finished!!’ No more hand sewing! No more schlepping this heavy quilt all over the house.…
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TUTORIAL: The Bear Paw Block
REFERENCE GUIDE: Bear Paw Block Layout PDF I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for this block… Perhaps it’s because it was one of the first ‘traditional’ blocks I ever constructed. (And come to think of it, I’m pretty sure it was one of the first times I ever made half square triangles!) So,…
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Bloggin’ Old School & A Fabric Haul!
For today’s post, I’m harking back to my earlier days of blog writing and am just going to write about everything that’s been happening in my little sewing world! Sound good? Excellent! Right, let’s start with a WIP! January this year, I uploaded this video. Here I chatted about my intended intentions (say that ten…
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Mini Craft Haul!
Whenever I walk into a craft store, it’s inevitable that I’ll walk out having spent a ton of money on supplies that I really didn’t need but just had to have! Surely, I’m not the only one?? (C’mon ladies, speak the truth…) So over the weekend, I ventured into a local Spotlight store and got a little…
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TUTORIAL | Improv House Block
Finally I’ve got my act together and have produced a brand new Quilty Tutorial for you all! I first came across this block at a Sew Saturday event last year (?) at my local Spotlight. It was super-sweet and insanely easy to piece together! No measurements. No restrictions. It’s just simply dive-in and start cutting…
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