The Frosted Fawn is another version of my popular Patchwork Minky Blankets. featuring rectangle piecing creating a classic patchwork effect. The soft color pallet and theme of woodland and geometric prints in a blue, gray, aqua, mint and black and white combination has a serene feel perfect for a gender neutral nursery in light green […]
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March was the designated finish date for the first quarter of the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project and the Spring Floral Quilt as You Go Quilt and I am happy to report, not only did I finish on time, I actually finished this one early! Once I got going with the appliqué and all of
The Wander Mint Patchwork Minky Blanket is another in my popular children’s minky blanket collection. This soft and cuddly small throw is the perfect size from crib to couch cuddles measuring approximately 45 inches wide by 55 inches long. The blanket features the classic square patchwork in a soothing color scape of mint, gray, peach
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The Beautiful You Patchwork Minky Blanket has all of the favorite features of this collection, but with a twist. Rather than square piecing creating the patchwork effect, Beautiful You is strip pieced in a bright color pallet and theme of expressive floral and geometric prints in a navy, green, pink, coral and gold combination, finished
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Today I am sharing a look at another version of my popular Patchwork Minky Blankets. Bohemian Feather has all of the favorite features of this collection, including square piecing creating a classic patchwork effect, a soft color pallet and theme of bohemian woodland and geometric prints in a navy, gray, pink, coral and sage green
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Today I would like to highlight another version of my popular Patchwork Minky Blankets. Enchanted Forest has all of the features of this collection, including square piecing creating a classic patchwork effect, a bright color pallet and theme of woodland and geometric prints in a blue, gray, aqua, coral and black and white combination, and
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All month I worked on the Spring Florals Quilt, the first quilt in the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project, piecing applique and stitching the floral and butterfly elements in place. Honestly, I have not worked too much in the quilt as you go (QAYG) style, so it was a fun departure. This article is the
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I am finally able to find a few pockets of quiet, uninterrupted time around here again and I am resuming some face to face video chats. Ideally, I would like to get back to a quarterly project review and planning video where I can showcase what I’ve been up to and chat about what worked,
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In 2019 I created the first “House Rules” Mini quilt for a challenge entry with Curated Quilts Journal. (Read more about “House Rules” in that article.) The challenge was to “say something” through your quilt and it really got me thinking about what I wanted to use my art to say. Traditionally, quilting is more
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The first quilt I plan to tackle for the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project is the one I believe was intended to be a quilt as you go (QAYG). With quilt as you go quilts, the backing and binding are worked on with each square, essentially making several (dozen) miniature quilts which are then all
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