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March OMG 2019

Posted on March 2, 2019 | 11 comments

I know the cat lovers (there are a lot of us) will appreciate my goal for this month.

I need some kitty quilts for my living room chairs (Or do they belong to the kitty?). She has her own beds (2 of them) and her own tower with another bed, but she would rather curl up in the chairs. I know that she likes a soft quilt, so it is past time to give her one or two of her own.

I am using this simple block:

There are several setting designs, depending upon how you turn the block.

I’ve chosen the following two settings:

These quilts will be 24″ when finished.

And that is the goal for March…to sandwich the tops, quilt them, and bind them.

I am linking up with OMG at Elm Street Quilts. It will be fun and inspiring to visit the other bloggers who have linked up and see what they are working on.

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Fabric Basket

Posted on February 25, 2019 | 8 comments

I have a new favorite fabric basket tutorial. Tessa Marie Walker calls her basket a thread catcher, but I made mine to hold bobbins and feet for my Juki (not pictured).

The color isn’t great in these photos, but you get the idea.

The tutorial uses canvas. I didn’t have any, so I used a leftover heavy fusible interfacing for my baskets.

I also applied the binding by machine to the inside of the basket, and then turned it to the right side and machine stitched it down.

The basket is a good size; it will hold quite a few fat quarters. The basket would be a very nice gift as well. Fill it with chocolate for instance!

I will be making more of these in my future!

You can find this tutorial at The Sewing Chick.

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February OMG 2019 Update

Posted on February 22, 2019 | 14 comments

It is time to share how I did with my February OMG.

It is a great feeling to report that I accomplished the goal of quilting the Leavenworth quilt, and it is also bound and finished!

I don’t like the border that I finished the quilt with…I think the corners overwhelm the quilt. However, it has grown on me since I washed and dried the quilt. I wish I took a photo of that because it now has wonderful texture!