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Finished the baby quilt just now! Calling it Peppermint Dreams…. I made it using blocks I had leftover from making the Sew Retro, Baby! quilt. I had to make a couple extras to make a decent size for the center of the quilt. And then added some borders. This was the first time I ever […]
Just a short post…. To let anyone who is interested…. know that the Sew Retro, Baby! pattern is now for sale at my Craftsy pattern store! I got a LOT of positive feedback on this design….. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me!
First off… I would like to thank all those who have visited my blog and were kind enough to leave a comment and/or suggestion on my last post. I was having a lot of trouble deciding on what to use for a binding on this quilt. I really appreciate your encouragement and every one of […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It took a few sessions, but as of yesterday, I have finished quilting the Sew Retro, Baby! quilt. Now I am stumped… What to choose for binding? I thought of using a grey with white polka dots, which ties in with the backing, but it doesn’t stand out much. I […]
Not even aware that it was Worldwide Quilting Day…. I went to two shops looking for fabric. And I found the perfect flannel to use for the backing. Which I washed and dried, cut and seamed, and through up on the frame I use to baste my quilts. I have not seen any other blogs […]
Quilt top complete for Sew Retro, Baby! Yeah! Now I need to do a little fabric shopping to find a nice flannel for the back…
Just a quick update…. I don’t know how I ended up with the first and second block having pieces beside each other that matched…. but I am 3/4 done the top and am showing the top half here. Am taking the kids to visit my parents in Stratford today, sew I will not be able […]
Didn’t get as much accomplished as I had hoped today… Must have worn myself out a little the past two days! All that tracing and cutting, pressing and trimming…. Sew I did not get the dishes done… But I did take the kids to their Tuesday night weekly bowling in the evening. And I did […]
I got my wish! Made great progress today. AND the dishes got done. Each of the kids got a turn drying… I found all my Pinks yesterday… And a large plain white cotton… Did a lot of tracing templates. Cutting. More tracing and more cutting, which resulted in this… Today, I did a lot of […]
I have been wanting to design a quilt using curved seams…. I have been admiring Julie Pickles’ Mod Pop for quite a while… I REALLY like her design and even the colours of fabrics she used. I don’t have a lot of experience sewing curves. I googled around and found a great demonstration here.I made […]
