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creating a gift from stash scraps

What To Do With Pre-cut 2-1/2" Squares

A nice way to create a gift from your stash - ideal to get a young one (or any age) motivated to begin quilting!

What To Do With Pre-cut 2-1/2" Squares

A nice way to create a gift from your stash - ideal to get a young one (or any age) motivated to begin quilting!

tips and tricks for Entwined Star block and quilt

Another Star block - tips to help you

I do hope these tips are useful for you when constructing the beautiful Entwined Star quilt and other quilts that use triangles and squares.

Another Star block - tips to help you

I do hope these tips are useful for you when constructing the beautiful Entwined Star quilt and other quilts that use triangles and squares.

nine patch blocks in progress

A WIP Waiting To Be Finished

Any idea what I'm going to be making with all these nine-patches? Will I add some applique as I am so accustomed to do?

A WIP Waiting To Be Finished

Any idea what I'm going to be making with all these nine-patches? Will I add some applique as I am so accustomed to do?

comparing two African Daisy flower blocks - original and simplified

Arctotis Block Continued

Do you have a favorite color for this Arctotis (African Daisy) applique block? Would you use the simplified version or the original to make this?

Arctotis Block Continued

Do you have a favorite color for this Arctotis (African Daisy) applique block? Would you use the simplified version or the original to make this?

creating an Arctotis (African Daisy) flower block

Arctotis Flower Block

Creating an African Daisy block (Arctotis) was a lot of fun, but there was one difficult part. Can you guess what that was?

Arctotis Flower Block

Creating an African Daisy block (Arctotis) was a lot of fun, but there was one difficult part. Can you guess what that was?

Bargello in Spring - the first of a series of colorful season quilts

Bargello in Spring

It all began when I was having issues with the internet one day and couldn't get online to do my usual work, I thought.... "oh well, how about pulling some...

Bargello in Spring

It all began when I was having issues with the internet one day and couldn't get online to do my usual work, I thought.... "oh well, how about pulling some...

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