Happy 2025! It feels correct that my first blog post of the year is about a project that took me the majority of 2024 to complete. At the end of 2023 (I know, we’re really rewinding here), I had just finished a truly gargantuan project – quilting a full quilt by hand. My feelings about hand quilting really went on…
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I’m back on the blog! I didn’t mean to take a break, but things were very busy at work and I think I had exerted a lot of story-telling power with my series of posts about my grandma’s quilt (1, 2, 3, 4 if you missed that). I ended up spending any sewing motivation I had on actually sewing and…
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Note: This blog post is the last in a series of four. Starting with the first post is recommended. You can find the links to the other posts here:Part 1 (My Mother’s Quilt) / Part 2 (The Quilting Process) / Part 3 (Quilt Cleaning) We’ve come to the end of this 40 year journey. The quilt was pieced by my…
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Note: This blog post is the third in a series of four. Starting with the first post is recommended. You can find the links to the other posts here: Part 1 (My Mother’s Quilt) / Part 2 (The Quilting Process) / Part 4 (The Finished Quilt) A lot of sewists are scared of buttonholes. I get it! Your trusty sewing…
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Note: This blog post is the second in a series of four. Starting with the first post is recommended. You can find the links to the other posts here: Part 1 (My Mother’s Quilt) / Part 3 (Quilt Cleaning) / Part 4 (The Finished Quilt) I know from talking to other crafty people that there are so many families with…
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