Fabrics Used: Riley Blake + on hand stash Happy Farmer’s Tuesday! This week’s block was such a feminine block to me…it looked like a beautiful flower, so I played up the shape of the flower by using deep pinks for the center and greens surrounding it. Yes, I grant you the greens have waves in them, but this is, after…
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Block Completed: 3/21/17 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake, unknown scraps Ann was a lovely block to make. I switched modes a tad on this one, and incorporated some soft yellow fabric I had on hand; since both fish – and the hair of both mermaids – was yellow, the pale yellow fabric fit nicely into this piece. As I’ve been cutting into…
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Finished up the third block in the charity quilt…that makes it a quarter of the way done. Time flies. This block turned out…ok. As mentioned, the fabric line is one I’m having a challenge working with – and that’s a good thing! It’s different from what I normally work with, which makes this a learning experience. In this months…
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It was such a pleasure to make this mini quilt for a friend! Sara (@thekeenbean) painted these adorable bird house paintings that were the inspiration behind the birdhouse quilt pattern. I wanted to make her something special using the pattern, so I created this little mini quilt! She and her husband have three children, so I added three little birds to the…
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Fabrics Used: Riley Blake This block may be called patience, but it sure didn’t take patience to complete it! This was a fussy dream to cut, as the nice wide blocks gave me lots of room to play. I chose a theme of just two primary colors – pink and tan. That’s one of the things I love about this…
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Really excited to join in Stash Builder Box’s Challenge #2 as an Ambassadors in Waiting! This month’s stash challenge was to make lovely book blocks for a charity quilt; as an avid reader, I was more than happy to jump in. The challenge box came with four really neat items packed into the reusable printed bag: 1/2 yard of fabric from…
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Just a quick post today…working through this month’s Mighty Lucky challenge, focused on sashiko stitching, a style of geometric repeating patterns. I had a bit of white fabric left over from a recent project, so used this as the base for my 5″x5″ square. The thread, from Sulky, is an amazing blue-to-white variegated one – don’t you love how the…
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Block Completed: February 26, 2017 Fabrics Used: on-hand stash Grandmother. I’ve been blessed to have known both my grandmothers; one passed away when I was in college, and the other passed away last month. It’s been interesting to see both my mother and mother-in-law become grandmothers; it’s a completely different role than being “mom”. Here’s to all the mothers, grandmothers, and Godmothers…
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Change is an inevitable part of life, and so is the natural growth that comes with time. For me – specifically as it relates to my quilting and blogging journey – there has been so much growth and change! I started blogging in early 2013; I had just started staying home with my son after taking a hiatus from the…
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Block 2, for February, is all done! This is such a unique fabric line…I’m really starting to enjoy working with it. In creating this Double Edged Star (pattern by Amy Garro), I really wanted to create a block focused around the black butterfly fabric. It has such a deep black background, and the butterflies appear to, well, fly! I *had*…
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Hello, and welcome to Faith and Fabric! I’m Jen Frost, and am *so* happy to invite you into my newly-redesigned sewing space. Like you, there are so many different ways to reorganize and design your quilting room, and I’m looking forward to sharing my remodel with you here today. We’ve long had a guest room that was used several…
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Fabrics Used: Riley Blake, scraps I love the Mrs. blocks – it reminds me of when I got married! I practiced writing “Mrs. Frost” so many times – it was all about getting that “F” *just* right! I’ll never forget the first time he introduced me as his wife…to be honest, it still makes me a bit giddy when he…
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Once in a while, inspiration for a new pattern comes from a most unlikely source! A few months ago, my online friend Sara (@thekeenbean) shared these adorable birdhouse paintings that she made. I loved them, and immediately thought about how cute they would be as a birdhouse quilt! It was a wonderful opportunity to spend time in EQ7; this…
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Fabrics Used: Riley Blake This block looks deceivingly simple – but oh, my, there were so many small pieces! I played up some of the shapes, as the spaces were so small. The green flowers have this great circle center, so I cut the circle to frame the mermaid four times (it kind of looks like the bubbles in some…
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Fabrics Used: Riley Blake + on hand stash I’ve been making good (as you’ve probably noticed!) on getting more blocks done. It almost feels like the start of the quilt a long, when we were making two or three per week! Not sure how long I’ll continue at this pace, but riding the tide (which seems so appropriate in an…
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