Join the Dear Dottie Sew-Along! Ready to sew your scraps? This project welcomes all colors, whether bright, dark or light. With a clever use of value, this quilt can make any scrap collection shine!
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What do you do when you feel sort of restless, a bit in between things or even stuck? When I feel off-kilter, I like to work on a scrap quilt. The process of rifling through bits of fabric, cutting them into usuable shapes and sewing them into something pretty is so restorative.
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When I make a quilt like this, I become more free to be myself. I choose to put myself out there in a tangible way. It takes courage to even try to make something that embodies strong feelings…
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Looking back it’s clear now that this project was a gift to me. It was a chance to love Liam by bringing his vision to life and a chance to show him how much I care by going the extra mile with my skills.
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When I asked Liam what he’d like for his new bed quilt, I was curious and maybe a little nervous, about his reply. Would I be up for the challenge?
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On this Thanksgiving Eve, I think Plum Pudding is just the name for this decadent patchwork quilt. Why it was a few Novembers past that I made a Cranberry Tart quilt and someday I should…
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And we have a quilt top! The colors and shapes are really speaking to me. I’m asking myself if I can keep this one. I think I should not, but - oh - I want to!
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I was in the mood for more curved piecing and something that would be technically challenging. This patchwork pattern has no y-seams, but it does have tons of curves. Inviting!
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Introducing Dear Dottie, my latest finish. She's a scrappy color scheme, minus yellow and brown, with generous helpings of black and purple. Sometimes I characterize my scrap quilts with a vague…
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This dottie quilt has been so much fun! I love cutting up scraps, discovering how many template shapes can emerge from a pile of odd-shaped pieces. Today I started joining my dots together…
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This week I chose to drop everything and sew something easy and relaxing. Something fresh, but not too hard. Something deliciously scrappy!
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Isn't it funny how we put off hard things as if that will help? As if they'll get easier or disappear? And I don't want this to disappear. I feel I'm working on the edge of my capabilities. That's a good thing, even if it is a bit uncomfortable.
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Today I so much to share, and it's all wrapped up in this newest iteration of Wheel Quilt. Pastel Color Wheel Quilt is a celebration of spring and of color and of journeys worth taking.
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Are you ready to learn how to sew curves? Join us for Curves Class, a 5-week course, taking you from the very beginning all the way through precise and improv curves. Register now!
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You know what I love? A day that includes a chunk of "in the flow" sewing. You know what I love even more? A day that I get to start a new project. Lucky me, that day was yesterday!
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Curves Class is probably my most popular class. Each time students emerge brimming with excitement for the new possibilities open to them after mastering this skill. This April Curves Class is back! Won't you join us?
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