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Sizzix Sailboat Mini Quilt
I love traditional red and white quilts, don't you? I've wanted to make a simple red and white mini quilt to hang in my house somewhere for *ages* so I finally got round to it and combined it with my...
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Vintage Hexagons for English Paper Piecing
I think it's pretty clear how much I love English paper piecing - combine that with my love for vintage and antique fabrics, we're onto a winner in my book! So you can probably imagine my absolute...
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The FINISHED Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt + FREE Downloadable Pattern!
I'm SO, so excited to share with you all my *finished!* Scrappy Irish Chain quilt! I've been waiting on this day a very long time. Too long in fact. Yes definitely too long! So I may have gone a little...
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Apple Core English Paper Piecing
If you've ever wondered what my 'style' is, I really think this photo sums it up nicely. This is so me :-) I'm not pushing or promoting any kind of fabric, this is just me - all me, pulling from my...
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Cover Girl! Quilter's Desk Diary 2016 Edition!
Would you mind very much indulging me while I brag tell about my cover photo on the front of the new 2016 Quilter's Desk Diary! I was browsing Amazon one morning a few weeks ago and it popped up the...
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Tutorial // Apple Cores & English Paper Piecing: Part 1 / Basting
As I've been progressing with my English paper pieced, apple-core cushion, I thought I'd share a short guide on how I do my apple cores shapes (or Axe Heads, as they're sometimes known). I use the...
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Tutorial // Apple Cores & English Paper Piecing: Part 2 / Sewing
I'm back with part 2 of my guide for working with apple core shapes using the English paper piecing method. So today we're going to be joining our shapes together. It can look a little bit intimidating...
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Coming Soon!
Are you like me and have ideas scratching around in your head or notebooks dotted about your house? I do, all the time! and they ALWAYS end up at the bottom of my to-do list never to see the light of...
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Spell It With Moda Quilt: Finished
I've been getting quite slack on the finished quilts and blog sharing, so let me today update you on my FINISHED Spell It With Moda quilt. I started this quilt back in 2014 when the blog hop started,...
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Glorious Gingham Quilt Finish
There aren't many times I would share a quilt finish with the backing as the first photo, but on this occasion its a necessity! Favourite. Quilt. Backing. Ever. It really makes the quilt. With an all...
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Lori Holt's Cozy Cottage Calendar: Blog Tour!
Today I'm kicking off the Lori Holt tour for her newest release; the Cozy Cottage 2016 Calendar! Lori, of Bee In My Bonnet puts her unique quilty spin on this fun calendar which you can use and enjoy...
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Quick Update
My new quilt pattern will be ready for release soon. I'm tweaking the pattern here and there and working on some last minute edits. The newly named Penny Tiles quilt has arrived back from the long arm...
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1930s Farmer's Wife QAL - #23 Charlotte / Rotary Cutting Tips
I'd completely forgotten how much I loved making these little Farmer's Wife blocks! It was such a pleasure rummaging through my scrap bins and stash auditioning different fabrics for each one. Thank...
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Great Granny Twist with Lori Holt - Blog Hop
The 'Granny-Square' quilt block is absolutely one of my all-time favourite blocks, and today I'm sharing a super fun project using Lori Holt's Great Granny Mini block, with a twist! Quite literally in...
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Winter Wishes Christmas Table Topper Tutorial
It's my stop on the Riley Blake Stitch 'n Kitchen Christmas Blog Tour today, so I'm sharing my Winter Wishes TableTopper pattern which you can make in no time for your festive table this year. Learn...
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1930s Farmer's Wife QAL - #47 Joy
Welcome to another stop on the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt-Along! I can't quite believe the time has come around so quick for my next instalment, so much so I was delayed in sending out this...
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Petite Christmas Stars Mini Quilt - Free Pattern!
HELLOOOOOO! Hello blog friends! It's been a loong time hasn't it? Much too long I think. I think many of you will know my business has taken centre stage the last couple of years so it hasn't left me...
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Using Acrylic Cutting Templates for Fussy-Cutting
'Fussy-cutting' it's a funny term, but quite simply; it is cutting and using a particular motif or repeating element of a fabric print intentionally. When used with the precision of English Paper...
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Block of the Month Club Reminiscing
Hello friends! I thought it was high-time I shared some information here about the Block of the Month clubs I run at Sew & Quilt, which unavoidably led me to stop blogging for so - many - years! I...
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Churn Dash Quilt Block Pattern
Hello readers! The Churn Dash quilt block is such a simple but effective block. Always a classic. I have two construction methods to share with you today, regular machine-pieced or using English Paper...
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Liberty Charm Square Quilt
Hello friends! How are you doing? During these tough times for so many of us I think keeping ourselves busy with our favourite hobby of quilting is one of the best things we can do :-) so here I am...
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Easy Fabric Box Sewing Pattern - Free Tutorial!
I've been after some storage boxes for my Ikea Billy bookcase in my sewing room since the day we put it together, but after much searching I had no luck in finding the right size or style (and spoiler...
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The FREE Jane Austen Quilt Pattern
The beautiful Jane Austen quilt! A remarkable patchwork quilt that is thought to be made by Jane Austen herself, alongside her sister Cassandra and their mother. It was created in the traditional...
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Scallop Placemat - Free DIY Sewing Tutorial
What better way to decorate your table for Easter than with these very pretty (and very on-trend!) scalloped placemats. Easter will look a little different again for us all this year, but add some...
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Fiesta Gitana Quilt - English Paper Piecing Tips!
Fiesta Gitana is the cover quilt from the Millefiori Quilts book 4 by Willyne Hammerstein. Certainly not for the faint hearted, this is a pattern for those English Paper Piecer's who have a lot of...
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