tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52615607028488513102024-03-13T03:55:15.607-07:00That's Sew KerryThat's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-84161890372936005572022-02-06T04:26:00.001-08:002022-02-06T04:27:22.424-08:00New Beginnings <p> </p><h2><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> My Website is Live!</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0OtcpvXV7SHdBMoohGPnapaB5R78KHVyL5j5eYiGzftd6YHe-MR-JYGgzV5Mr0mHvzF5_vUUT29shn2S90AQ8R-54YosL16tQw_Yf7N80C5lsie6kL-hGFScCt0e1zQ4_kIAafvK3skjj4aG43f9Jje7W9ZI7l3iVEsgWvOTC_j45gpELNJytb2dU=s554" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="445" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0OtcpvXV7SHdBMoohGPnapaB5R78KHVyL5j5eYiGzftd6YHe-MR-JYGgzV5Mr0mHvzF5_vUUT29shn2S90AQ8R-54YosL16tQw_Yf7N80C5lsie6kL-hGFScCt0e1zQ4_kIAafvK3skjj4aG43f9Jje7W9ZI7l3iVEsgWvOTC_j45gpELNJytb2dU=s320" width="257" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">You can continue to follow my quilting adventures by visiting <a href="http://www.thatssewkerry.com">www.thatssewkerry.com</a> I have loved sharing my journey with you here and really hope you'll join me over on my new website.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Happy Quilting</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Kerry x</span></div>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-149283812270908152021-04-13T10:11:00.002-07:002021-04-13T10:11:40.356-07:00FRAKTAL QUILT<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"> A Customer Quilt</span></h2><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">A little while ago on Instagram there was a sew-a-long for this wonderful rainbowtastic quilt - Fraktal by <a href="https://www.paulasteelquilts.com/" target="_blank">Paula Steel Quilts</a> run by Modern Quilt Club using the beautiful 'Phosphur' fabrics by Libs Elliot - my lovely customers joined in and have done an amazing job!</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O89dTwfFfAY/YHXJvIQ5vCI/AAAAAAAAYkQ/Vf3T4_3_VmE_F0w32wEOIek9w7gVB_0AACPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2854.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O89dTwfFfAY/YHXJvIQ5vCI/AAAAAAAAYkQ/Vf3T4_3_VmE_F0w32wEOIek9w7gVB_0AACPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/IMG_2854.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Measuring a healthy 72" x 72" this quilt is full of colour and modern flavour. They told me that the first few weeks of cutting and making all the units were challenging but the weekly tasks and community spirit made it all worthwhile. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wngFRl8JroQ/YHXLFJXttwI/AAAAAAAAYkc/kIRYTP1ccgU-DSrXmIa5RoFyrQLgptRKgCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2856.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wngFRl8JroQ/YHXLFJXttwI/AAAAAAAAYkc/kIRYTP1ccgU-DSrXmIa5RoFyrQLgptRKgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_2856.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I know I am bias but I think they have done an incredible job! My customers wanted and all over quilting design that created movement across the quilt and some texture without distracting from the overall design - they chose a great design (details below) that subtly matches the quilt.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zeyuIt0aYzw/YHXN2kxOv6I/AAAAAAAAYlQ/U_7Vk8uO9A4PddZe_4rEbasGSpHBZZ40wCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2843.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zeyuIt0aYzw/YHXN2kxOv6I/AAAAAAAAYlQ/U_7Vk8uO9A4PddZe_4rEbasGSpHBZZ40wCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_2843.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gc_2TjIZIos/YHXN2t9Lg9I/AAAAAAAAYlQ/RaJ9uqf8ihk7zaaNwwgRNbrxrqTWt5swACPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2859.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gc_2TjIZIos/YHXN2t9Lg9I/AAAAAAAAYlQ/RaJ9uqf8ihk7zaaNwwgRNbrxrqTWt5swACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_2859.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RaJyWloJwuU/YHXN2vjPxpI/AAAAAAAAYlQ/0hNWY0AnvSkkqLKNlss0BX4mTpEv6WSAACPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2860.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RaJyWloJwuU/YHXN2vjPxpI/AAAAAAAAYlQ/0hNWY0AnvSkkqLKNlss0BX4mTpEv6WSAACPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/IMG_2860.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I'm very pleased to report that they absolutely loved the quilting I did and sent me another one to do - more on that later!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1c3q" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; 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direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-a5v3o" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: courier; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thread:</span></span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1q1pe" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Glide 40wt Blueberry (top) </span></span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-7db1u" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Decobob Antique White (bobbin)</span></span></p><div class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8ngh2" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-a3skk" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><div class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bdice" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span></div><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK ljrnk public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-d8bh0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: var(--ricos-custom-p-min-height,unset); outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; direction: ltr; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-29293092597409237342021-02-23T00:24:00.001-08:002021-03-18T12:12:34.412-07:00SHOW YOUR STRIPES BLOG HOP<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"> Stripy String Quilt</span></h2><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kN9TiFDDriQ/YDEYx91vu6I/AAAAAAAAX1U/kac5iDSQriYQSt1Ci-nAFCQeowfR9c_jgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1036/Stripes%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bbutton%2Bat%2BCreatin%2Bin%2Bthe%2BSticks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1036" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kN9TiFDDriQ/YDEYx91vu6I/AAAAAAAAX1U/kac5iDSQriYQSt1Ci-nAFCQeowfR9c_jgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stripes%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bbutton%2Bat%2BCreatin%2Bin%2Bthe%2BSticks.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">A little while ago Carla from <a href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Creatin in the Sticks</a> put a call out to those of us that love stripes - any size any way, striped fabric, striped binding, strips of fabric to make stripes (here's where I come in) literally anything goes! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">There are so many fantastic bloggers taking part over the week(schedule at the bottom) and a whole host of different projects, ideas and inspirations that you can read about and try out - I hope you will join in and show me your stripes!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDA0M14EB3s/YDEZE_gpdyI/AAAAAAAAX1c/j-JcJ6n-dWYVFWRIsr9cItHs9eJSbBF_ACPcBGAsYHg/s2430/IMG_2061.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="2369" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nDA0M14EB3s/YDEZE_gpdyI/AAAAAAAAX1c/j-JcJ6n-dWYVFWRIsr9cItHs9eJSbBF_ACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2061.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">If you have read by blog for a while or follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatssewkerry" target="_blank">Instagram</a> you will know how much I love scraps and using them for scrap quilts, you will also know how much I love Tula Pink and that every single tiny piece gets saved 'just in case' and that curating fabric pulls for quilts is one of my favourite things!! So when the opportunity came up to do all of this together plus add in my favourite technique of foundation paper piecing - I squealed out loud!!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Above is a quarter section of a String Quilt block measuring 7.5 inch square, this is what we will be making together using the Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) method. FPP is a popular technique in patchwork for making quilts, done by sewing fabric to a printed paper foundation, although we will be doing something simple together the possibilities are endless and there are some absolutely amazing FPP patterns available.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">There are many free templates available, but for ease you can download the template I made <a href="https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:4e07849e-b8ad-4c9d-b372-2a52eb3bfbc7">here</a> if you want to make your own in a different size it's super easy - decide on the size of your block and draw it out, add 1/4 inch seam allowance all the way around and then draw in your sections. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b>** Please note you will need FOUR of these to make ONE whole block **</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WVxWxI3xVA/YDEljfZooKI/AAAAAAAAX10/aEPxJs7kFgAfeDWp4bZpqkoXE-FobTq-ACPcBGAsYHg/s2506/IMG_2051.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="2407" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WVxWxI3xVA/YDEljfZooKI/AAAAAAAAX10/aEPxJs7kFgAfeDWp4bZpqkoXE-FobTq-ACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2051.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><b>Step 1 Preparation</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Decide on your fabrics and cut your strips. I cut mine 1.5 inches wide but you can have skinny stripes, fatter stripes or a mix of all of them. The length will vary depending on which stripe you're sewing so my advice is make sure they are at least as long as the longest section on the template and then trim accordingly after sewing!</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">You will be tearing the paper out at the end which can cause stress on your seams, for this reason I usually reduce my stitch length and make it shorter, either to 1.8 or 2 - it's not essential just personal preference. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">You my also find it helpful to trim down the template (whichever you are using) to slightly bigger than the seam allowance, as it can be a bit of a fiddle trying to manoeuvre the paper and fabric at times.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhj7ipHvmCg/YDEm7L4zBRI/AAAAAAAAX2A/_F6htape_x8wQthknCswBJnrkF8bu_wyACPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2062.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xhj7ipHvmCg/YDEm7L4zBRI/AAAAAAAAX2A/_F6htape_x8wQthknCswBJnrkF8bu_wyACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2062.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><b>Step 2 Sewing the first stripe</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">For these blocks I always start in the middle with the longest stripe and then sew everything on one side i.e. the left and then everything on the other side. As these templates aren't specifically numbered there is not 'right' way to do it, it's simply personal preference.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Starting with the longest section down the middle, place your chosen fabric stripe right side (patterned side) up over the whole section, it should extend 1/4 inch over the lines as this is creating seam allowance. Place your second fabric stripe directly on top of it right side down. You can put a pin in it to keep it secure if you wish, then flip it over so the fabric is underneath and your paper template is on top.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B1amPKkAYM/YDEr_1dSHNI/AAAAAAAAX2M/X3y30tWMokArc2GZ3LRuKHp5K9jijSMSQCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_2063.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B1amPKkAYM/YDEr_1dSHNI/AAAAAAAAX2M/X3y30tWMokArc2GZ3LRuKHp5K9jijSMSQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2063.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Sew directly on that line from one end to the other and then finger press your fabric open.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0_KXG4aiLg/YDEtEtuyj9I/AAAAAAAAX2Y/GcfjP-RxVWguz3j5Mip81LhjAvCUundqwCPcBGAsYHg/s2687/IMG_2064.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2687" data-original-width="2535" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_0_KXG4aiLg/YDEtEtuyj9I/AAAAAAAAX2Y/GcfjP-RxVWguz3j5Mip81LhjAvCUundqwCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2064.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;">Step 3 Complete the block</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">Place your next piece of fabric right side down, lining up the edge with stripe 2, on top of the template as shown below. Flip and stitch down the line as before.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mi6oSe2HhAk/YDEwqHQBbbI/AAAAAAAAX2k/QW9IAVI8WwE6GjNcoheYKGIrWBMVWHY6QCPcBGAsYHg/s2565/IMG_2065.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="2523" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mi6oSe2HhAk/YDEwqHQBbbI/AAAAAAAAX2k/QW9IAVI8WwE6GjNcoheYKGIrWBMVWHY6QCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2065.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Continue in this way until all stripes have been sewn, you will end up with something that looks quite odd due to the excess fabric. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IcCVDNldaP4/YDExKAuuIRI/AAAAAAAAX2s/OCngcqUSjikaeH9TZuO-xrXbBkiXBIPuACPcBGAsYHg/s2426/IMG_2053.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="2426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IcCVDNldaP4/YDExKAuuIRI/AAAAAAAAX2s/OCngcqUSjikaeH9TZuO-xrXbBkiXBIPuACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2053.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;">Step 4 Trimming the quarter blocks</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXGp-bv1nTY/YDEx7IMtc4I/AAAAAAAAX24/HCr3mQgnf2QB786VFc4abL4rRpbYE9LgQCPcBGAsYHg/s2501/IMG_2054.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="2501" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qXGp-bv1nTY/YDEx7IMtc4I/AAAAAAAAX24/HCr3mQgnf2QB786VFc4abL4rRpbYE9LgQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2054.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;"><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">With the paper template side up, trim down your block to the seam allowance line - DO NOT cut off the seam allowance!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I find it easiest to use the 1/4 inch line on my ruler and match this up with the lines around my template and block as shown below.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3BWsrg6c0UI/YDEyocWN2EI/AAAAAAAAX3A/Qe6vPbLXi2gyHD1RG3nfFvoLDJAzP6iTACPcBGAsYHg/s3732/IMG_2059.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3732" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3BWsrg6c0UI/YDEyocWN2EI/AAAAAAAAX3A/Qe6vPbLXi2gyHD1RG3nfFvoLDJAzP6iTACPcBGAsYHg/w259-h320/IMG_2059.HEIC" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Trim off all the excess fabric on all sides until your block is square - if you're using my template it should measure 7.5 inches square.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFdqN-X93is/YDEzMdLIZ-I/AAAAAAAAX3M/E0O3OwG13D4B8wKicYBkd0KefY7HKh7CwCPcBGAsYHg/s2430/IMG_2060.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="2391" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFdqN-X93is/YDEzMdLIZ-I/AAAAAAAAX3M/E0O3OwG13D4B8wKicYBkd0KefY7HKh7CwCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2060.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;">Step 5 Trimming the quarter blocks</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">When all four quarters are pieced and trimmed, they can start to be assembled to make full blocks and this is where the fun begins!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">Depending on where you have placed your fabrics and how you lay the sections/blocks out will change the over all look of the quilt.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">Below are a few of these options.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ornT8SDmP7g/YDPMx6nUeZI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/jwl1ZK9BjlQY9VOZEtglQ4DNAGCwu94tACPcBGAsYHg/s2173/IMG_2326.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2173" data-original-width="2151" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ornT8SDmP7g/YDPMx6nUeZI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/jwl1ZK9BjlQY9VOZEtglQ4DNAGCwu94tACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2326.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJtQGbzxRuQ/YDPMx_kGdMI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/aRCQM7YI_IAQzeYWvJbTbxx3arj0KqQngCPcBGAsYHg/s2416/IMG_2327.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="2402" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJtQGbzxRuQ/YDPMx_kGdMI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/aRCQM7YI_IAQzeYWvJbTbxx3arj0KqQngCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2327.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yeI2jmOU4w/YDPMxymf9JI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/8HLyhYBKVO0DUIDZTH0FhzEl2rkidqb9ACPcBGAsYHg/s2540/IMG_2328.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2540" data-original-width="2496" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yeI2jmOU4w/YDPMxymf9JI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/8HLyhYBKVO0DUIDZTH0FhzEl2rkidqb9ACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2328.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUqTma6OELQ/YDPMx3EwcQI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/maw8LmxyehUxtXqSOEuse1G75yjsCCPXgCPcBGAsYHg/s2764/IMG_2330.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="2706" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUqTma6OELQ/YDPMx3EwcQI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/maw8LmxyehUxtXqSOEuse1G75yjsCCPXgCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2330.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">You will start to see secondary patterns emerging when you lay multiple blocks out together, these can be highlighted with a bit more careful planning, depending on your fabrics choices.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lk4UKoHOzl4/YDPMx8fcbRI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/RZI5q29fhF0tJtZvnM3YiVkEXAC-AUX3ACPcBGAsYHg/s3428/IMG_2331.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="3428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lk4UKoHOzl4/YDPMx8fcbRI/AAAAAAAAX-Q/RZI5q29fhF0tJtZvnM3YiVkEXAC-AUX3ACPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_2331.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I really hope you've enjoyed sewing along with me, if you make a block or 4 or more please let me know and share them with me, I love to see your creations. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">You can see all the other bloggers in this fantastic blog hop below</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;">Show Your Stripes Blog Hop Schedule:</span></b></div><div><p style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: courier;">Monday, February 22nd</span></b></p><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.justletmequilt.com/" style="color: #811706; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Just Let Me Quilt</span></span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://daybrookdesigns.com/blog" style="color: #811706; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">DayBrook Designs </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.quiltfabrication.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #811706; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">QuiltFabrication</a> </span></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stitchandquilt.com/" style="color: #811706; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Stitch and Quilt</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #811706;"><a href="https://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/" style="color: #811706; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Creatin' in the Sticks</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br style="text-align: center;" /></div></div>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-52761734023802794402020-12-27T06:18:00.002-08:002020-12-27T06:21:26.720-08:00KEEPING DOLLY COZY<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: 18.72px;">Quilted Sleeping Bag</span></span></h3><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OYwdI2pcPak/X-iIEm2yoCI/AAAAAAAAXLk/hdc7kaEkYLkpNq66x0TEGMEYdhXsOw18wCPcBGAsYHg/s2333/IMG_0188.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="1592" height="450" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OYwdI2pcPak/X-iIEm2yoCI/AAAAAAAAXLk/hdc7kaEkYLkpNq66x0TEGMEYdhXsOw18wCPcBGAsYHg/w306-h450/IMG_0188.HEIC" width="306" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b>Quilted Sleeping Bag Tutorial:</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; padding-top: 8px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-44" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">1.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">When your baby sister asks Santa for 'blankets for Dolly' you do what you can to help the big guy out! </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">There are several ways this can be done, this is simply the way I made them and thought you may find it useful if you have small people who also want to keep their Dolly warm.</span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efMFJhEhHl0/X-iNZ3AGNII/AAAAAAAAXcQ/FISz-IRmKt8uWYK57Mp4vvzBz6R7Dn43wCPcBGAsYHg/s2424/IMG_0079.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2153" data-original-width="2424" height="355" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efMFJhEhHl0/X-iNZ3AGNII/AAAAAAAAXcQ/FISz-IRmKt8uWYK57Mp4vvzBz6R7Dn43wCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h355/IMG_0079.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b>Cutting:</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-top: 8px;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">All squares are 2.5 inches the amount you need will vary depending on the dimensions of the doll you are making for. Dolly is 18 inches tall and is similar to the American Girl type dolls so the below is what I needed to accommodate her size and dimensions.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b>Front Panel</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">56 squares for top</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Binding (1) 2.5" x 15"</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Backing (1) 18" x 16"</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">Wadding (1) 18" x 16"</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b>Back Panel</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">77 squares for top</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Binding (1) 2.5" x 75"</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Backing (1) 24" x 16"</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Wadding (1) 24" x 16"</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCrQx8jRb88/X-iNhXV0-wI/AAAAAAAAXck/9Yi-8x5GnI0DINkBFVciNEjp2qjE4xUzwCPcBGAsYHg/s2422/18C78580-DDA0-41DC-9405-FC0F88352A67.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="2422" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aCrQx8jRb88/X-iNhXV0-wI/AAAAAAAAXck/9Yi-8x5GnI0DINkBFVciNEjp2qjE4xUzwCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h400/18C78580-DDA0-41DC-9405-FC0F88352A67.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">I wanted a scrappy look to mine so I raided my stash and found fabrics I knew the small person would like and would be appropriate for Dolly. You can literally use anything to make these.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b>Assembly:</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-top: 8px;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">1. Sew the squares together using a quarter inch seam, I alternate pressing my seams to the left or right for each row which makes it easier to nest my seams. You can use whichever method you prefer.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FiVlYtDLoGs/X-iO3OEki_I/AAAAAAAAXfw/wNFk9BKZNt4gZ8kimqTfl4yUcWtxGc0FgCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_0084.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FiVlYtDLoGs/X-iO3OEki_I/AAAAAAAAXfw/wNFk9BKZNt4gZ8kimqTfl4yUcWtxGc0FgCPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/IMG_0084.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier;">2. If you are using 2.5" squares and making the same size I am, your Front Panel should measure 16" x 14" once the rows (I did 7 rows by 8) have been sewn together. The Back Panel should measure 22" x 14" </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier;">once the rows (I did 11 rows by 7) have been sewn together.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0IstfAvFDw/X-iP4bCe4MI/AAAAAAAAXf8/_jK4RT_7x0IpNp8rZAje_Qwyl_TkwjFVACPcBGAsYHg/s2996/IMG_0103.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2996" data-original-width="2498" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0IstfAvFDw/X-iP4bCe4MI/AAAAAAAAXf8/_jK4RT_7x0IpNp8rZAje_Qwyl_TkwjFVACPcBGAsYHg/w334-h400/IMG_0103.HEIC" width="334" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">3. Layer the Front Panel with the wadding and backing and quilt as desired. Repeat for the Back Panel. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Personally I use pins and NOT glue to baste as it gets stuck in the needle and machine parts - obviously use whichever method you prefer.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akDykwkPKzg/X-iR0cUIYsI/AAAAAAAAXgI/qyinhDEkQTsQt1fg9VS2F1sETpRTz0F2gCPcBGAsYHg/s3024/IMG_0105.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="3024" height="389" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akDykwkPKzg/X-iR0cUIYsI/AAAAAAAAXgI/qyinhDEkQTsQt1fg9VS2F1sETpRTz0F2gCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h389/IMG_0105.HEIC" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I kept my quilting simple by doing straight lines on either side of each seam line, keeping them 1/4 inch apart by using my 1/4 inch foot. There is a mini tutorial on this in my Instagram Guides.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAkgp1mCFDg/X-iSzv8s06I/AAAAAAAAXgU/VTD9k8GvUxgZErS6aQ8XXAO93syrt1Y4gCPcBGAsYHg/s3594/70CBD77E-F548-4DBD-8712-03220A21B905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3594" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAkgp1mCFDg/X-iSzv8s06I/AAAAAAAAXgU/VTD9k8GvUxgZErS6aQ8XXAO93syrt1Y4gCPcBGAsYHg/w336-h400/70CBD77E-F548-4DBD-8712-03220A21B905.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">4. Trim down the Front Panel to your desired finished size, for me this was 16" x 14", using the binding strip 2.5" x 15" bind one short edge of this panel leaving 1/2" hanging over each side.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tcWi_PzBBnI/X-iTngJA7fI/AAAAAAAAXgc/LVedrKlaKpUyi95f7gkixjwOC59pSu58wCPcBGAsYHg/s3085/IMG_0163.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3085" data-original-width="2579" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tcWi_PzBBnI/X-iTngJA7fI/AAAAAAAAXgc/LVedrKlaKpUyi95f7gkixjwOC59pSu58wCPcBGAsYHg/w335-h400/IMG_0163.HEIC" width="335" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 0.6em 15px 0.5em; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: small;">Putting the sleeping bag together:</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; padding-top: 8px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html" id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-44" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;">1. Trim down the Back Panel to your desired size, for me this was 22" x 14" and then place it right side <b>DOWN</b> so your patchwork/top will be against your worksurface. Place the Front Panel right side <b>UP</b> on top of the Back Panel.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2W6cR58Mgw/X-iVbUi-h6I/AAAAAAAAXgo/dqQTnaTbP10suhWtKBTbBvH2wT2LLPh0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_0167.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2W6cR58Mgw/X-iVbUi-h6I/AAAAAAAAXgo/dqQTnaTbP10suhWtKBTbBvH2wT2LLPh0QCPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/IMG_0167.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.1px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">2. Match up the bottom corners on both panels and pin in place. </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UOKWb1M0lfU/X-iV6nQm45I/AAAAAAAAXgw/F9XWLZ4nBuIXBWJedJoX_nW3feG9RRDaQCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_0166.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2713" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UOKWb1M0lfU/X-iV6nQm45I/AAAAAAAAXgw/F9XWLZ4nBuIXBWJedJoX_nW3feG9RRDaQCPcBGAsYHg/w269-h400/IMG_0166.HEIC" width="269" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">3. At this stage you can either sew an 1/8" stich line around the whole of the sleeping bag to hold the panels together and then bind as normal OR as I did, pin the panels in place and go straight to binding them together.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Both methods work in the same way, so it makes no difference how you finish off this step, it depends how confident you feel.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gN67IBxbpd0/X-iWzkq2FKI/AAAAAAAAXg8/ByzFomyK_Z0_45lOz3ybEF-vNFOO362vwCPcBGAsYHg/s2333/IMG_0188.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="1592" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gN67IBxbpd0/X-iWzkq2FKI/AAAAAAAAXg8/ByzFomyK_Z0_45lOz3ybEF-vNFOO362vwCPcBGAsYHg/w273-h400/IMG_0188.HEIC" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Repeat to make as many sleeping bags for Dolly as needed! </span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">If you need any help working out sizes or number of squares for a different doll, please get in touch and I'll do my best to help you.</span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><b><br /></b></span></div>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-80369539470982831822020-12-09T10:06:00.000-08:002020-12-09T10:06:49.092-08:00IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Especially when you get Great Presents!</span></h2><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">It's no secret I have an addiction to fabric - so this is always a sure win when buying a present for me, but as a quilter I quite often get asked what 'good presents' to buy are. So I thought I'd put together a little list of things that have caught my eye recently or that I generally can't do with out in case anyone was struggling with what to buy for the quilter/sewer/crafter in their life.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">This is not sponsored or affiliated in any way, simply my opinions on things I like, thing I use regularly and things I would recommend to others.</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier;">1. Wonder Clips/Clover Clips/Quilt Clips</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">I'll be honest I was quite late to the party with these and had been quilting for around 6 years before I actually bought some of these to see what the fuss was about - game changer! I honestly don't know why I didn't see sense sooner, they really are a 'wonder' when binding and make the job so much easier. You can pick them up from just about anywhere.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MT4ixC_urOY/X9D-B6uGC2I/AAAAAAAAW_0/GBFQDgvF_ukskZ0NbFqvARwgOD5bUWGZACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="750" height="224" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MT4ixC_urOY/X9D-B6uGC2I/AAAAAAAAW_0/GBFQDgvF_ukskZ0NbFqvARwgOD5bUWGZACLcBGAsYHQ/w274-h224/image.png" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier;">2. Wool Pressing Mat</span></b><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">This was one of my new purchases this year, I love it and it's permanently set up in my sewing room. They come in a variety of sizes so you can get whichever would suit your needs - my advice would be to get the biggest one you can accommodate on your work table! Far easier and much less cumbersome than having to set up the ironing board all the time. Again these can be purchased from several places, but I got mine <a href="https://love-sew.co.uk/products/love-sew-wool-pressing-mat?variant=32667695939717">here</a>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WBIzF_cyKbM/X9EBeykYO-I/AAAAAAAAXAI/0jVkm6BLR-wq0kCiMyhxE25DtQorX3H9ACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="371" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WBIzF_cyKbM/X9EBeykYO-I/AAAAAAAAXAI/0jVkm6BLR-wq0kCiMyhxE25DtQorX3H9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w371-h371/image.png" width="371" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier; font-weight: 700;">3. 1/4 Inch Quilting Foot with Guide</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">This is an absolute God send and one of the very first things I treated myself to when I first started patchwork and quilting 'properly' - most brands of sewing machine have them but they are brand/machine specific. You will need to know the exact sewing machine the person you're buying for has, to make sure it'll fit the machine and work properly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IATH8ADeoss/X9EDBEGaYsI/AAAAAAAAXAU/8UjpF9DP9mAUQ4B6mcTPuPfbIuFe7tntACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IATH8ADeoss/X9EDBEGaYsI/AAAAAAAAXAU/8UjpF9DP9mAUQ4B6mcTPuPfbIuFe7tntACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier; font-weight: 700;">4. A Block of the Month Program</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">There are so many out there, it can be really tough deciding which one to go for so my advice is think about what you want to gain from it - do you want to learn or try something new or do you want to expand a certain set of skills? Then have a look what is out there that'll help you achieve that goal. I've looked at so many at one point they all blurred together but for next year I've decided on </span><a href="https://quietplaydesigns.com/quiet-play-pattern-club-2021/" style="font-family: courier;">The Pattern Club</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"> by Quiet Play.</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fx3X7NAl-Rw/X9EGxzVeKbI/AAAAAAAAXAg/eLBs3BOv2uMLiPYj4gGH2-YC36hEjg7NQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="768" height="410" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fx3X7NAl-Rw/X9EGxzVeKbI/AAAAAAAAXAg/eLBs3BOv2uMLiPYj4gGH2-YC36hEjg7NQCLcBGAsYHQ/w317-h410/image.png" width="317" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier; font-weight: 700;">5. Replacement Rotary Cutter Blades</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Never underestimate the power of a new blade! They really can make all the difference when a project requires lots of cutting, or even just replacing it if you've had the same one on for a little while - you'd be surprised how quickly they can become blunt. You will need to make sure the blades you buy are the correct size for the Rotary Cutter you've got/the person you're buying for has but you will find that they are widely available from a variety of places.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ERpvpjSflrk/X9EK5WGcn1I/AAAAAAAAXAs/KC_Hd6x4w3gbQ5wFn9hKtHtwgdC8NpswQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1375" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ERpvpjSflrk/X9EK5WGcn1I/AAAAAAAAXAs/KC_Hd6x4w3gbQ5wFn9hKtHtwgdC8NpswQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="220" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier; font-weight: 700;">6. Seam Ripper and Stiletto Combo</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The discovery of this is one of my favourite things to come out of 2020, I was able to shop small and support a local craftsman by purchasing this fantastic little device - they come in all manner of colours and designs all hand crafted and just beautiful! One side is a seam ripper, the other is a stiletto perfect for feeding tricking points and sample pieces through the sewing machine, both tuck neatly away to avoid any stabbing of fingers when not in use. Pencole Pens and Turnings is the place to go for one of these beauties.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-31x1m8Rn4u8/X9ENDTWie-I/AAAAAAAAXA4/pVnT_oUCkcAGqcZvklFQoPkk2tNvzguSgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="922" height="354" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-31x1m8Rn4u8/X9ENDTWie-I/AAAAAAAAXA4/pVnT_oUCkcAGqcZvklFQoPkk2tNvzguSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w340-h354/image.png" width="340" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: courier; font-weight: 700;">7. Fabric Gift Vouchers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">As I said I'm a fabric addict - you can never have enough and buying it is a totally separate hobby to actually using it! Pretty much everywhere does vouchers of some kind but some of may favourite smaller places to support are the following because I've always had excellent above and beyond customer service, super fast shipping and just general loveliness!</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Cow and Giraffe</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- Olive and Flo Handcraft</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The Crafty Mastermind</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The Fabric Fox</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The Purple Stitches</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;">- The Eternal Maker</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cou7GH2H8dI/X9EQQ44uLII/AAAAAAAAXBE/7Pc63PwxS1UOv_uLSpypWi4hrztKuuCSwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1955" height="355" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cou7GH2H8dI/X9EQQ44uLII/AAAAAAAAXBE/7Pc63PwxS1UOv_uLSpypWi4hrztKuuCSwCLcBGAsYHQ/w339-h355/image.png" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">So there you have it, a little guide of happy shopping for the Crafty person in your life. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">If you've got any recommendations for things you can't craft without I'd love to hear about them you can get in touch in the usual ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Happy Quilting</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier;">Kerry xx</span></div>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-16146062746443091382020-07-21T09:04:00.001-07:002020-07-21T09:04:34.365-07:00DISAPPEARING ACT<div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">With new found confidence I loaded my first full quilt on to Maggie (that's what we've called her) and stitched out an all over clover design, I absolutely loved it and the overall result is great.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm so excited about this adventure and where it is going to take me, if you need me you know where I'll be - in The She Shed practicing and playing with my longarm.</span></div>
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-26318044483968512572020-04-01T04:32:00.003-07:002020-04-01T04:32:48.082-07:00A MINI ADVENTURE <h2>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There's always that worry that if you meet an idol or someone you greatly admire, they may not quite live up to expectations etc, but she really did! Tula was so kind and down to earth, she walked around the room before hand, talking to everyone, having a little sit down looking at the projects people had brought along, giving advice and just generally being lovely.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">She then went on to give a brilliant lecture on how she started out in this business, what inspires her, her design process and thought process - the whole thing was wonderfully inspiring and a very insightful look at the fabric designing and manufacturing industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A couple of people asked questions about a fabrics 'life cycle', why certain fabrics are only made in seemingly small quantities and never reprinted, the responses I found quite fascinating as I've not got a great deal of experience in the manufacturing side of things. It certainly went a long way to explaining why the resale of some of her earlier lines is down right extortionate in some cases - I will add that this is through private sales and not something she can control.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I had settled on some kind of New York Beauty and Flying Geese combo because I just love them and the endless possibilities there are when using the fabulous <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-York-Beauties-Flying-Geese/dp/1617451762" target="_blank">book</a>, but that was it I didn't follow a specific pattern so they were both totally unique.</span></div>
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-21660143656401033682020-03-23T11:17:00.001-07:002020-03-23T11:17:04.229-07:00WHY DO YOU QUILT?<h2>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">I've had this post rattling around in my head for a while, something has always stopped me writing it, I'm not sure what really but now in the midst of 'isewlation' due to this horrid Coronavirus outbreak it seems like a good time to finally get it out. For those of you that have read the dreaded 'C' word and immediately got put off - it is the only time it appears here.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Questions that are usually followed by 'oooh I just wouldn't have the patience'. Historically quilting was far more utilitarian born out of a need to keep warm at night but with little resource and scare supplies, so any small piece of fabric that could be used, was added to another until larger pieces were made and then turned into quilts. Nowadays though for a lot of people, this isn't the case, blankets can be bought in all forms and fabric is available in abundance - so why do we quilt?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've long been of the opinion that buying fabric and making anything out of it, in my case quilts, are two entirely separate hobbies, unfortunately my poor husband is still very much in denial about this - the fabric collecting is something I will have to tackle in another post, #tulapink is all I can say!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I thoroughly enjoy the whole process of selecting a quilt block or pattern based on who I'm making it for or why I'm making it, choosing fabrics and colours that bring the quilt to life and then there is the making process - watching as each little section gets bigger and starts to take shape, eventually becoming a completed quilt top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've made all sorts of quilts from lap size to king size, machine pieced, paper pieced (my fav!), group quilts, baby quilts, wedding quilts and everything in between. I'm also lucky enough to have made several custom quilts and commissions, something I am very proud of and continue to do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are lots of creative things I could do though, so why do I make quilts? It's simple really - to combat loneliness, by somehow feeling connected to like minded and other fabric loving people like me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I moved to the UK when I was 13 years old, I left my friends, my culture, the sunshine and everything I'd ever known on the other side of the world in South Africa, a severe shock to the system is an understatement. I started school in September 1998 in Year 9 - another severe shock to the system, where I'm from it's quite common to go to Nursery then move to Primary School and then to Secondary School without the people in your class, however when I moved here I learnt that more often than not everyone goes to the same Nursery then to the same Primary School etc so by the time I joined in Year 9 at the age of 13, many had already been together for a very long time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It wasn't that people were necessarily unfriendly but it was very apparent that they already had their friends and on top of that I was different, I spoke funny, I didn't know about the popular things or have the right sized waistline or celebrity crushes - PJ and Duncan could have been a takeaway place for all I knew, so it was both a daunting and lonely time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My best friend lives on the other side of the world, she always has, thankfully we're both able to travel (as I am writing this draft I'm sitting in the glorious sunshine in her beautiful garden) and use WhatsApp, Facebook etc now but it's not the same, she's my person and I miss her everyday. We speak all the time but it is still very lonely, I've always felt lonely so I guess I was looking for something that would help me notice her absence a little less. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've long believed that any form of craft or doing something that makes you happy, is great for ones well-being and mental health and I think that this is even more important in today's society where so many people have forgotten how to simply be kind to each other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I started my quilting journey by doing a beginners class where I met some fantastic ladies, a few of us went on to do a slightly more advanced course where we met a couple more and the five of us are still firm friends, meeting once a month for our own stitch and bitch. We even have our own mini retreats where we rent a beautiful cottage somewhere in the country - usually in the vicinity of at least one quilting shop and have a 'sew in' for four days, we've had three so far, this year marks our 8th as a completely mad bunch of quilting friends, we were a group of six but sadly we lost our friend Sue a few years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These wonderful women who I am very proud to call my friends are so inspirational, I've learnt so much from them and continue to do so, they are supportive and encouraging and I honestly wouldn't be half the quilter I am today if it hadn't been for them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Because it feeds my soul, I love creating, I love learning and I enjoy spending time with like minded people, who despite what life might throw up enjoy making beautiful things to reflect their joy and colour. There are so many great books out there dedicated to why people quilt, looking at all aspects across many histories and I have read many of them, but most recently Thomas Knauer released <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Quilt-Quilting-Connects/dp/1635860334" target="_blank">Why We Quilt</a> and I honestly couldn't put it down - cover to cover it is fantastic, the images are beautiful and each story is so wonderfully unique that each person who reads this book will relate to something in it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So that's my story, that's why I love to quilt, if you'd like to share your story please do get in touch. You can see all my quilting adventures in pictorial from on Instagram @thatssewkerry </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">With this as my inspiration I set off on my most favourite part of quilting - fabric buying! My intention was to source modern fabrics across the rainbow avoiding anything I would usually be drawn towards, I am very pleased with the end result although the same cannot be said for the bank balance or the husband.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of the things I loved the most about this pattern was the fact that it is 90% foundation/paper pieced, which those of you who regularly follow my adventures on here will know is my most favourite type of quilt pattern, the other thing I loved about it is the giant New York Beauty element. With my rainbow set out and ready to go I had to decide on background fabrics, I knew I really wanted to include some kind of 'text print' - having said I'm not really modern in my fabric choices, I do have a slight obsession with low volume and text print in particular, but as for the rest I had no idea.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The rainbow fabrics are a mix of Alison Glass (all collections), Guicy Guice, Karen K Lewis and some Art Gallery thrown in for good measure and the background is More Paper by Zen Chic for Moda - one of my all time favourites that I really wished I'd bought several yards of instead of just the one (rookie mistake always buy at least 3 of the good ones!)I tested quite a few fabrics to use for the main background, again I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with it, I had accidentally tried out Fairy Dust by Tula Pink from her Pinkerville range (another one I have several yards of) and as much as I didn't want to cut up my precious Tula, I couldn't seem to move away from it, so had to give in and take the plunge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This block is part of the great series by Blossom Hearts Quilts called <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/01/the-bee-hive-a-quilt-block-tutorial-series/" target="_blank">The Bee Hive</a> there are 12 blocks in the series, all completely free. The template for this block can be found <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Treasure-Hunt-block-pattern_BlossomHeartQuilts.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This block is put together in 4 units very simply by foundation paper piecing.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I found it easier to write on each section the colour/fabric I wanted to use there, as all quadrants were a different colour. This was so I could get the effect I wanted for my X to repeat making a secondary square design across the intended quilt.</span></span><br />
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-28038465085442867182019-08-20T12:48:00.001-07:002019-11-11T02:56:30.443-08:00SCRAP BUSTING<h2><span style="color:#444444; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">No Scrap Left Behind</span></h2><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is something I actually started quite a while ago, the center or main body of the quilt is a simple Jelly Roll quilt but is a very effective and rather quick way to rustle up a fairly decent sized quilt in a couple of hours.</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You will need a full Jelly Roll, unroll it and layout all the pairs of colours/prints so you can easily see what you've got to work with. Then sew every strip end to end so you have one extremely long, continuous length of fabric measuring 2.5" wide. Fold in half along the 'short' edge and sew all the way down one long(very long) side. Cut the short edge open along the fold so you can now open out your sewn jelly roll and lay it flat - it should now measure 4.5" wide. Repeat until your have reached your desired quilt top size/width.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It's dawned on me as I'm writing this that more pictures probably would have been useful - so I'll try to get a tutorial up here soon.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But back to Scrappy business and those border blocks. They are based on the concept of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Minutes-Play-Improvisational-Quilts-Made-Fabric/dp/1607055864" target="_blank">15 Minutes of Play</a> a brilliant idea by the fabulous Victoria Findlay Wolfe, she actually has an entire <a href="http://www.15minutesplay.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> dedicated to it.</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"> </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">It really is a great concept that is quick an easy, the results are practically instantaneous - something I particularly like! The idea is you start with a 5 sided shape, the wonkier the better, and then you add to each side almost in a Log Cabin style, growing your block one scrap at a time.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">The starting shape doesn't always have to have 5 sides, as you can see from mine they all varied and each one took on a life of its own. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">This quilt was a present for my Gramps who turned 80 on Sunday, the scrappy blocks were made from fabric used in every quilt I've ever made for our family members, so he always has a piece of us with him.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So much has happened since my last post it'll take all day to catch you up but in brief we got the dream house and said room is filled to bursting with fabric, we got married 6 weeks ago - can't say it's quite sunk in yet but I'm loving wife life,we've got 2 little fur babies keeping us very busy and 30 sleeps until honeymoon! And in between all of that I've been quilting up a storm.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There were so many gorgeous quilts on display at FOQ this year I couldn't possibly pick 1 favourite but this one </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">really was so beautiful to see in real life - it was huge! I don't do a great deal in solids, I'd really like to get better at that and actually have a few things in the pipeline that are going to be predominantly solid based, but I am such a sucker for a good print, especially if it can be fussy cut!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Everything about this quilt was just gorgeous, the actual quilting of it was breath taking and certainly something to aspire to. It's one of the many things on my list to practice and improve on, I'm good at free motion embroidery and have got years of experience in doing that, I just need to get my act together and modify those skills to use in a quilting capacity - she says.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">When the <a href="https://greenavenuequilts.com.au/aves/" target="_blank">Aves Quilt</a> was all the rage I signed up to that and have all the patterns for it, they are all beautifully saved in a folder on my computer and that's as far as i got with it. I've followed a few people on Instagram who have been religiously sticking to the block a week program and some of them are really good, but this one at festival was on a whole other level! Not only is the quilt gorgeous as it is, but the secondary pattern of the kingfisher is just something else.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #999999; font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">Those of you who are familiar with my work and me will know that I have a serious problem when it comes to fabric, I didn't disappoint at Festival and my usual trick of saving from the very next day in my special Festival only pot worked a treat again! I bought far to much to list in this post but will definitely be referring to those purchases in future posts - and yes I'm going to work really hard to make sure there are more frequent posts - this year! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">1. </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Lightly mark a line from one corner to the opposite corner on the wrong side of the sixteen 3 1/2" squares of the feature</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">2. </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Take a 3 1/2" feature square and place it, right sides together, on top of one of the 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" background fabric rectangle matching edges and making sure that the diagonal line runs as shown. Sew on the marked line. Repeat with the remaining seven 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" background rectangles and seven more of the 3 1/2" marked squares.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I first saw these popping up on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/everythinginitsplacebag/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> I loved the idea of them but thought that's going to take an absolute age to make and mine won't end up looking like that. Now I know nobody likes a know-it-all but I was right, it was very time consuming and not a quick make but this was partly down to the modifications I made which meant mine did not end up looking like many of the others I'd seen!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Secondly the bag appears to have 2 names 'Everything In Its Place Bag' or 'A Place For Everything' if you buy the pattern from <a href="http://www.byannie.com/a-place-for-everything-pattern" target="_blank">By Annie</a>. Annie Unrein offers the pattern as part of her class <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/sewing/classes/sew-sturdy-travel-organizers/35473" target="_blank">Sew Sturdy Travel Organisers</a> on <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting" target="_blank">Craftsy</a> and I can not recommend it enough, if you are able to splurge on the class you definitely should, I bought it especially for the A Place For Everything Bag but it does have a rather useful looking hanging cosmetics bag as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Everything In Its Place Bag has become my EPP bag - it was always my intended purpose for it as I'm embarking on a massive, really special EPP project (stay tuned for more on this) but you can use it for whatever you like. In mine are all my EPP supplies and everything I need for a spot of Fussy Cutting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is the layout and combination that worked best for me but the possibilities are endless, as you can see I went totally off script adding a 3rd page with major modifications pocket wise - I added another smaller mesh pocket with a zip and added a bigger vinyl pocket on the top half of the other side, specifically to keep acrylic templates in, some of which are quite large. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">First up Caroline, who we all agreed has totally gone mad, she recently tackled the 365 block a day challenge and has now got herself tangled up in the weekly block challenge of the gorgeous <a href="https://greenavenuequilts.com.au/EtoilesRouges/" target="_blank">Etoiles Rouge</a> put on by Green Avenue Quilts, featuring 49 variations of the traditional Ohio Star block.</span></div>
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-73757538589436892052017-10-20T04:50:00.000-07:002017-10-20T04:50:15.722-07:00MODERN MAN SAMPLER<h2>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This isn't anything like the final layout as I still have about another 17 blocks of varying sizes from 6" - 18" to go and I am also still in the process of trying to decided what these will be which isn't helping! Any ideas? The only criteria is that they are modern and manly, or traditional that can look manly!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My initial inspiration was <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/patterns/london-calling-pattern-bundle/199842" target="_blank">London Calling</a> by Quiet Play which I got off Craftsy, I actually have quite a few of her patterns because as regular readers will know I love foundation/paper piecing! The patterns are clearly marked and very easy to follow, a couple of the sections are a little bit fiddly due to the size of the pieces but the outcomes are always fantastic! My latest addition is the proud solider</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I love how this turned out! He look so crisp and clean, I was a bit nervous about having so much white, but I think it makes the colors pop really well, although his face blends in a bit in the picture, it is actually Kona Flesh I've used and looks much better in person.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I also had some time yesterday to whip up a few 6" blocks from Don't Call Me Betsy's <a href="http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/p/epic-sampler-bom.html" target="_blank">Epic Sampler</a> I love these blocks so much, they all look good on their own or in groups or just altogether, she really is one of my true inspirations.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If you've taken on any new challenges lately or would like to join me on mine I'd love to hear from you! Get in touch and lets make it happen!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Did you go to Festival? This year was my 6th year! It's better than Christmas I swear it, I've started saving for next year already. We had the usual cohort of myself, Kerry Q and Aunty Gail but also the added bonus of Carrie...a festival virgin if you can believe it! We set off (not so) bright and early at our usual time of 6:30am arriving just before 9 for breakfast and a planning session of where to go and when.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our first stop is always Alice Caroline for the £1 a piece Liberty bins, but I have to say this year despite leap frogging of a sea of grannies to get to the front of the table, we left empty handed! A first in 6 years! There just wasn't the variety or the quality this year, most of them were very dull colors and none of the traditional 'Liberty' prints that we love so much, a very disappointing start!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The top photo are just some pretty bits I couldn't leave behind when I visited Purple Stitches (the second time!) the second are some with a tribal vibe that I am going be mixing in with my Travelling Quilt Bee blocks. If you missed the first installment of that adventure, you can find it <a href="http://thatssewkerry.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/uk-travelling-quilt-bee-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There were a couple of real howlers as well some of which were judges choices, I know everyone has a difference in opinion of what makes something</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> good and I really can appreciate all the work that goes in to</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> making these quilts, but I did have several "Really??" moments. Makes me hopeful for one day when I am feeling brave enough to enter something into one of these shows!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Let me know what you thought if you went along, I always love to hear from my quilty pals!</span></div>
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-50680497148207065272017-08-13T09:32:00.000-07:002017-08-13T09:32:17.103-07:00FANCY FOREST<h2>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For those of you that follow me on Instagram (if you don't you can find me and follow my madness on @thatssewkerry) you will already know that He Liked it so He put a Ring on It, for those of you that don't follow me and have only just checked out this post in case you missed the big reveal.....He Liked it so He put a Ring on It!! I'm going to spend the rest of my life with my favorite human and am dancing like a chimp at every possible opportunity, I could not be happier.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Although I have had a bit more on my mind than usual, I promise I have not been quiet on the quilting front, I've just got to balance my time a bit more between that, wedding things (I can do these now without it being weird!) and dancing like a chimp. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of the first posts I ever did was about a quilt I made for my Gran, if you missed it or want a refresher, you can find the post <a href="http://thatssewkerry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/one-happy-granny.html" target="_blank">here</a> there are previous posts about how I made the blocks as well if you look through <a href="http://thatssewkerry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/" target="_blank">March 2014</a>. They got some new furniture and she decided that a matching item was required to hang over the back of the new chair, luckily I have still got quite a few scraps and fat quarters left in most of the original fabrics I used so making it match wasn't going to be a problem. I knew straight away what I was going to attempt, Fancy Forest by the very talented <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/blog/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Hartman</a>, I've had the pattern for a while and was just waiting for an excuse to use it. I actually bought my copy from <a href="http://www.purple-stitches.com/" target="_blank">Purple Stitches </a>last year at Festival, they are based near Basingstoke in Surrey and are one of my favorite quilt shops, well worth a visit if you've never been.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You may notice my 'deliberate' mistake if you look close enough, I contemplated unpicking them and starting over but its grown on me and I actually quite like the variation. It all went down hill from here for me if I'm being honest, the last on the list was Frances Firefly and let me tell you she went flying across the room on multiple occasions.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I don't know of I was just having an off day, a funny five minutes, general blonde afternoon or a combination of it all but for love nor money could I get this firefly to look like a firefly with matching wings and color schemes. I sewed it altogether, unpicked and re-did it twice in exactly the same wrong way, then I unpicked it and sewed back together upside down! At least it shows I am human I suppose! Happily I got there in the end and now have 2 fireflies to join the party.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You pick a theme, color palette, fabric choices or ideas, create a mood board or add any details you think will help the rest of the group understand your vision and put it all in a journal of some kind for each member to add to each month. Make your starter block or blocks and send it to the first person on the list - they are always the person you send to every month so you know who you are getting from and where it is going. In July of last year I joined a fab group of ladies on Instagram and we started our very own UK Travelling Quilt Bee.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"Not all who wonder are lost", has always been one of my favorite quotes, sometimes life takes you to unexpected places and you have to just go with the flow, it's an adventure, be brave and take the leap! So I did, I took the leap I made some big changes to my life and had to focus my attentions on getting things done. I started studying full time again, whilst having a full time grown up job, running two households (with the help of my favorite), dealing with ups and downs, family dramas, new arrivals and some unexpected losses. </span></div>
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</b></span>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-44816428828270618092016-05-13T01:22:00.001-07:002016-05-13T01:22:25.140-07:00PAT BRAVO "THE MINIS" TOUR<h2>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As many of you know I spend hours of my life on Instagram, it's literally the best invention after chocolate, and quilt fabric, ooooooo and David Beckham! It was on one such "research" mission that I came across a post from the super fab Pat Bravo, (if you don't know who she is, Pat design delicious fabrics for <a href="http://www.liveartgalleryfabrics.com/" target="_blank">Art Gallery Fabrics</a> ) where she basically said 'I have designed two new lines of fabric, I want to give them to you and let you make pretty things, who wants to play?' Uuuuuuuumm me! So I put myself forward along with a large amount of others and kept my fingers crossed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And as I'm sure you've guessed by the title of this post I was chosen, whoop whoop! In total there are 30 people from around the world who were sent a selection of fat eighths from <a href="http://www.liveartgalleryfabrics.com/dare.html" target="_blank">Dare to be Bold</a> predominantly navy and shades of blue the designs to me look like a modern take on the theme of geometric electro pop, whilst <a href="http://www.liveartgalleryfabrics.com/essentialsII.html" target="_blank">Essenials II</a> in Blush has a much more feminine, soft vibe to it. You can read all about Pat's idea behind The Mini Tour <a href="http://patbravodesign.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/the-minis-blog-tour.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I have to admit that for the first few days I just wandered in an out of my studio stroking them, well come on look how pretty they are!! I wanted to make something that showed off the various designs of the fabric, which in itself was a challenge for me as "modern" is very outside of my comfort zone, I had look in several of the quilt books I have and picked out a few blocks that I thought could work with what I had in mind. I started with the blues and geometrics of Dare but it wasn't going well and just didn't work at all!! I had had an idea for a repeat block that I'd been doodling, so I thought why not try and make this happen?? I got out my graph paper and set about drawing it out, I am a bit old school that way I can't just go straight to the computer but I get there in the end and a few hours later I had Bravo!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There are endless possibilities with this block depending on fabric choices and placement, the size of them and the repeat options that can be created, I am really excited about trying these out but for now I am very happy with my little Bravo! who measures 12" square when finished. I added on a border, log cabin style just to finish it off and the backing is simply three panels of prettiness.</span></div>
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<a href="http://snickerdoodlestew.com/the-minis-blog-tour-with-pat-bravo-fabrics/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snicker Doodle Stew</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://whynotsew.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-minis-blog-tour-with-pat-bravo-and.html" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Why Not Sew</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://anjeanettek.com/2016/04/28/my-sweet-baby-jane-mini-for-the-minis-blog-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anjeanette K</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday April 29</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Aimee Leptick</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.thelittlebirddesigns.com/handmade/dare-to-be-pieced-minis-blog-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Little Bird Designs</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> Sharla Krenzel</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.thistlethicketstudio.com/2016/04/the-pat-bravo-minis-blog-tour-giveaway.html" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thistle Thicket Studio</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday May 2</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Christine Blessing</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BE52mqCKpZf/?taken-by=cblessing0" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cblessing0</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Cat Noonan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BE42sBKssoB/?taken-by=tincat13" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;">Tincat13</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday May 3</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Sarah Overton</span></div>
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<a href="https://mycrowdednest.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/mini-quilt-and-a-giveaway/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My Crowded Nest</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jyoti Haeusler</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.sewnmoderncrafts.com/blog/pat-bravo-blog-hop" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;">Sewn Modern Crafts</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday May 4</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Faith Essenburg</span></div>
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<a href="https://saranaave.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/the-minis-blog-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sarana Ave</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Lesley Storts</span></div>
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<a href="https://stortsmarket.com/2016/05/04/pat-bravo-mini-quilt-blog-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Storts Market</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday May 5</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Ellen Ault</span></div>
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<a href="http://handmade3d.me/pat-bravo-mini-quilt-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hand Made 3d</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Michelle Bartholomew </span><br />
<a href="http://www.michellebartholomew.com/2016/05/the-minis-blog-tour-quilt/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Michelle Bartholomew </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday May 6</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Kate Basti</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFEw44ysQ3L/?taken-by=katebasti" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Katebasti</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Kate Lyons</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFE__OELFfJ/?taken-by=modernmakerie" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Modern Makerie</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday May 9</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Cindy Guch</span></div>
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<a href="http://raspberrysunshine.com/?p=4860" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Raspberry Sunshine</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Name: Lucy</span></div>
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<a href="https://skinnymalinkyquilts.com/2016/05/09/__trashed/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Skinny Malinky Quilts</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday May 10</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Marija Vujcic</span></div>
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<a href="http://marijasfabricreations.blogspot.com/2016/05/its-essential2dare-my-turn-on-minis.html" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Marijas Fabricreations</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Isabel Kelly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Lamb and Wolfie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday May 11</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Samantha Green</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.fortheloveoffabric.net/blog/2016/5/9/the-minis-blog-tour" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For The Love of Fabric</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Tara J Curtis</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.tjaye.com/blog/2016/5/9/essentials-ii-dare-minis-blog-tour" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tjaye</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday May 12</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Samantha Dorn</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.aquapaisleystudio.com/the-minis-blog-tour-an-irish-chain-mini-quilt/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Aqua Paisley Studio</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Maja Wlusek</span></div>
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<a href="https://betyipiernaty.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/the-minis-blog-tour/" style="color: #4c8ba5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Betyipiernaty</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday May 13</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Jemima Flendt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.blog.tiedwitharibbon.com/" target="_blank">Tied With a Ribbon</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Kerry Smith</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Thats Sew Kerry</span></div>
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That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-67626155928119445432016-04-20T13:49:00.001-07:002016-04-20T13:53:25.256-07:00SWAPS, HOPS AND MINIS<h2><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">On A Mission</span></h2><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of my (1000) resolutions this year was to try and be more adventurous and more active in my quilting choices and quilting life. I am so very inspired by so many things and often think I could totally do that, but I get to caught up in the "what if it doesn't work" of it all and let opportunities go by. So in the hope of gaining more confidence and developing my knowledge and skills further I might have gone slightly mad (Kerry Q is currently rolling her eyes in despair of me)and got involved in all of these.......</span></div><div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br />
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</span></div>That's Sew Kerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18115647389810528482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261560702848851310.post-55813151017782533492016-04-10T06:20:00.000-07:002016-04-10T06:20:02.342-07:00STARTS AND FINISHES<h2>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">They are the same ones that I used in the <a href="http://thatssewkerry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/slow-progress.html" target="_blank">quilt</a> I made for my dad 2 years ago and the same pattern was used by <a href="http://thatssewkerry.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/weekend-round-up.html" target="_blank">Sue</a> in a sampler she was making out of Salt Water by Tula Pink.</span></div>
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