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Before I realized that I would be manning a vendor booth at the International Plowing Match in Harriston in August, I had listed my Black Bird baby quilt in my Etsy shop. And it sold at the end of June. Because the Black Bird pattern has been one of my more popular patterns, I wanted […]
Since I have been spending the past couple of weeks working on the Modernitional Bear Paw quilt, I thought it would be nice to share a simple tutorial for making the Bear Paw quilt block. In my “Down on the Farm” post from June 23rd, I shared photos of all the calves born in the […]
Jessie daughter of Orange Head What’s been keeping me busy?????The lazy days of summer are finally here. Yes, the winters are long and I do so much look forward to these sunny summer days. But really they are anything but lazy. In spite of appearances….. Daisy daughter of Mary Jane Daisy daughter of Mary Jane […]
Just in time to pay tribute to the Royals newest family member….. It’s the My Pet Hamster quilt. I was beyond happy to put the final stitch in the binding of this playful finish on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, when I returned to work on the Super Mini quilt the next day…. My iron died a […]
You ever get that feeling….. Like someone is watching you? It’s been that kind of week for me. These sneaky looking raccoon blocks have eyes that seem to follow your every move. And I am especially fond of that one orange little raccoon! The fabrics are all from Northcott Fabrics. The backing and the prints […]
The instructions for all 21 of the blocks in the Ugly Christmas Sweaters QAL have been given. Today’s tutorial is for the Bonus 2.5″ half square triangles! If you have quilted along, and have made the 20 blocks for the Maxi size quilt, you will have 40 Bonus 2.5″ HST’s. I chose to use my HST’s to […]
Thank you all so much for letting me know how much you like the Black Birds design. What a wonderful response I have been receiving through emails and comments left on my Let’s Bee Social post earlier this week. And on both my Facebook and Instagram feeds! You quilty peeps are the best! Something must […]
The penguin parade continues…. Thanks to the brilliance of Kitty of Night Quilter who suggested a red bow tie for one of the penguins in the Penguin Inn design, I planned to come up with some alternate block sizes for the penguin. And then decided to offer them as a FREE tutorial! Inspired by he 18″ penguin block found […]
If you love something…. Set it free….. The Rural Squirrel in Northcott has made it’s way to QuiltCon2016….. And back again. But before making it’s way to sunny California, these squirrels made their way out to the old hay wagon for a midwinter photo shoot. This playful model is on his way down the right […]
Round and round and round they go…. These squirrels are playing in the snow! A rare sighting indeed. I was particularly surprised to have been able to capture the Rural Squirrel frolicking in it’s natural habitat. A contributing factor may be that it has been an unusually mild winter this year. And that my previously […]
