If asked to choose, I would guess that everyone has a different favorite part of quilting. For some it's cutting, for others it's piecing. I have several friends who love the quilting aspect. I haven't heard anyone say basting is their favorite though...
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Have you heard about The National Quilt Museum's Block of the Month Club? On the 1st of each month, a new block pattern is released on their website and on their Block of the Month Facebook group. The 10" x 10" block patterns are each designed by a different quilter, and represent an exhibit currently on display at The National Quilt Museum.
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Hi there everyone! I realized today that I haven't checked in recently...and I haven't shared this little quilt which I appropriately named, Sportsball. Sometimes, you make a quilt for a gift. And the recipient is 3 years old. And he really loves sports, balls, and pretty much all things that bounce, are thrown, or are caught.
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Last week we marked the first day of fall here in Illinois, temperatures cooling down, and leaves just starting to change here and there. And for the last three years, another sign of fall's arrival is sharing the finished Summer Sampler Series quilt.
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Welcome to Week 18 of the Summer Sampler Series 2018 : Summer Road Trip quilt along! Our final block! This week's design is really interesting to me. It comes to us from Norway. I know next to nothing about Norway, except I'm pretty sure I'd love to go there to see the Northern Lights. Designer Daisy Aschehoug of Warm Folk designed this block after a Norwegian rack for drying fish.
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Welcome to Week 17 of the Summer Sampler Series 2018 : Summer Road Trip quilt along! We almost couldn't have a trip around the world without visiting New York City.
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Welcome to Week 16 of the Summer Sampler Series 2018 : Summer Road Trip quilt along! This week's block, Moais, is designed by Carolina Oneto. Carolina was inspired by the Moais Isla de Pascua, or the Easter Island Heads, found on Isla de Pascua [Easter Island], a Chilean Island in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean.
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Hello friends! Well, I was so in the zone at my sewing machine last week that I completely missed posting my Summer Sampler Series quilt along block. So today I am sharing two blocks! First up, and last week's block, is Pantheon. Pantheon was designed by one of my quilt along cohosts, Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced. Lee was inspired by the ceiling of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy. Such amazing architectural details.
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This week marks the 13th block of the Summer Sampler Series 2018 Quilt Along! This week we are just traveling a few hours from our last destination of Milan, Italy...to Pisa! I designed this block and was inspired by the detailing on the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I simplified the innermost section of the stonework and focused on the outer points and inner diamond shape.
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