Category: patterns
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Why oh Y?
I fell in love with this pattern, which I found in Quiltmania magazine (I’ll put the name and designer of the quilt here when I find the mag!). Finished the binding and took this photo- should have pressed the quilt and changed out of my PJs! The challenge in this quilt was that almost every…
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And now for something completely different..
A member of York Heritage Quilters Guild recently showed a quilt that blew me away- it used a lot of Kaffe Fassett fabric (of which I have a LOT- the colours are stunning) and the pattern wonderful. Last week I was still thinking of it, so I ordered the pattern: “The Village” by Kim McLean…
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Blame it On My Sister
I spent a wonderful time visiting my sister recently, and that visit included a trip (OK, more than one trip!) to her local fabric store. There she bought some Christmas panels on sale- 6 identical panels- so she could make a “one-block wonder” quilt with it. I helped her cut the fabric, and cannot wait…
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Celebration of Quilts
I am a member of York Heritage Quilters Guild, and we had our quilt show last weekend (see all the photos here.) I had three quilts in the show, all bed-sized quilts that I completed in the past year. Don’t make me choose a favourite! Below are some of the other quilts I have completed…
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Colour me Blue! (part one)
I love colour, but normally I don’t think of myself as a “blue” person. But I DO seem to be buying/collecting a lot of blue fabrics right now.. so it is time to dip into that growing stash. My favourite quilts to make are those that use a single simple block. That enables me to…
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Drunkard’s Path
I have been wanting to practise my curved piecing for a long while. To start with, I watched a lot of YouTube videos on how to do this, and I tried and tried and tried. They were pretty bad. Tried pinning, clipping, and more. THEN I remembered there is a foot attachment you can buy that…
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