Quilt Inspiration – I commemorated our bucket list trip to Jordan with a quilt inspired by pictures of the blankets the Bedouin use on their camels.
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Life is a patchwork of experiences
Kaffe Fasset striped fabrics set in a rainbow pattern make up this original quilt design.
Quilt Inspiration – I commemorated our bucket list trip to Jordan with a quilt inspired by pictures of the blankets the Bedouin use on their camels.
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I love Paris in the springtime
I love Paris in the fall
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles
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This Greek key quilt pattern is an easy and beginning quilter friendly design inspired my trip to the Greek islands. The PDF pattern is available on my Quiltripping Etsy shop.
Quilt Inspirations – For my recent trip to Greece, I chose a simple, classic Greek key design to make this easy, modern looking quilt in shades of white and Aegean blue.
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Sharing my comprehensive list of 45 organizations that are happy to receive quilts, fabric and other sewing supplies.
Do You love to quilt or sew but don’t know what to do with everything you make? Is your fabric stash getting unmanageably large? Do you have too many UFO’s (unfinished objects)? Do you have fabrics you are no longer thrilled with? Do you have bins full of scraps? Do you have too many quilt patterns you want to try?
If you are asking yourself “where can I donate quilts”, there are a large number of organizations that are thrilled to receive finished quilts or quilting supplies. I’ve put together this comprehensive list of places where to donate quilts to charity to make it easy for you.
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Use this easy, free scrub cap pattern and tutorial to make a reversible surgical cap that is both functional and stylish for your favorite health care workers.
My daughter-in-law is a nurse at a large city hospital, and she asked me to make her a few surgical scrub caps for work. I tried the patterns I found on-line and eventually combined elements till I came up with a scrub cap pattern design that she liked and fitted her long hair well.
I am sharing this free, printable scrub cap pattern and tutorial with detailed instructions for making a reversible scrub hat or scrub cap.
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Use these ideas for pieced backing for quilts to make your quilt back as beautiful as your quilt front.
I love the process of designing quilts. Picking out the fabric combinations, figuring out the geometry and then sewing it all together satisfies my creative soul. So, for me, the back of the quilt is as much a canvas for creativity as the front.
I see it as an opportunity to think outside the box and come up with interesting design options beyond just a plain piece of fabric. Over the years, I have tried a number of different approaches to making pieced quilt backs for all my quilts and I am sharing these ideas here.
Block 7 of my block of the month project
I am slowly continuing my investigations into half square triangle (HST) geometries with this block of the month project, especially all the options possible with a 4 patch HST unit.
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Sharing block 6 of my personal quilt block of the month project.
I am continuing with my block of the month project as time allows. My sewing space continues to be in flux as we continue to work through our renovations, but I try to fit in time to quilt when I can so here now is block 6. I am halfway through this project and am excited to see it slowly coming together.
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Sharing block 5 of my personal block of the month project.
Unfortunately, I have fallen behind on my block of the month project, because, well, life just gets in the way sometimes. But here finally is my block 5.
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Block 4 of my block of the month project
How quickly time flies. Another month has gone by and it’s time for another installment in my own block of the month challenge.
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