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Quilting

10 Modern Foundation Paper Piecing Patterns to Make

I recently put together a round up of some of the fun, modern paper piecing patterns. I LOVE paper piecing. Paper Piecing is my "playtime" in my sewing room. I love to see the images come to life on the back of the paper you are sewing on top of. If you are looking to see what foundational paper piecing is HEAD HERE for a post about its history. And if you need a good video tutorial on how to do it...HEAD HERE. 1o Modern Foundation Paper Piecing Patterns to Make The rose pattern by Jitka ... View the Post

Quilting· Shine Bright Fabrics

Quilt Blocks Turned Pincushions

In my sewing room I have a pile of quilt blocks. I'm sure you do too. These are blocks that for some reason or another I didn't need in the quilting projects I was making.  So over the next little while I'm trying come up with a few ways to use those "orphaned quilt blocks" to make other projects. First up is a super simple one, to take those unused patchwork quilt blocks and make them into a simple pincushion! These tiny log cabin quilt blocks are three that I had leftover from this LOG ... View the Post

Quilting

Shine Bright Diamond Paper Piecing Pattern

Shine Bright Diamond Paper Piecing Pattern I know I've been teasing this pattern with what seems like forever (it was last fall--yikes!) but it is finally here! The Shine Bright Diamond Paper Piecing Pattern is here and tested and ready to make some fun projects with. And, for those that have never paper pieced before--I've put together a video to walk you through the whole process step by step so you will feel confident making this quilt block. I started this pattern way back when Shine ... View the Post

Quilting· Shine Bright Fabrics

Log Cabin Mini Quilt Tutorial (Paper Pieced)

I think I might need an intervention soon because I can't stop paper piecing...I am seriously addicted to it. It's so fun and I keep telling you this but if you haven't tried it yet you need to, I promise! This mini quilt started when I had a bunch of Shine Bright fabrics left over from other projects that I have done and I just kept shoving them into a bag to save for later. So, I got out the bag, printed out some log cabin patterns and started making a couple of log cabins each day. With no ... View the Post

Techniques

How to Embellish a Fleece Throw

I recently came across the softest fleece blankets on Amazon (I am not kidding when I say the are soft!!!) HERE is the link (*affiliate link*) to see the exact ones I got and I love that they are less than $20 each.  I ordered some for our family room in the basement where we watch movies, but then I thought they needed a little something so I have been slowly adding some cute details to each blanket. It's been fun being able to do a few simple embellishments to personalize everyone's blanket to ... View the Post