Block Completed: 11/10/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake This fabric is such a reminder of why I love Riley Blake’s designs! These sweet little seahorses dancing around the fish are a-dor-a-ble, no? She’s got such an eye when she designs. I enjoyed making this block, but admit I wasted a bit of fabric along the way. My mind was elsewhere…
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Ask any quilter what they do with their scraps, and they’ll likely tell you they save any piece wider or longer than 3/4″. Some save only larger pieces, others trim scraps into nice shapes for storage, and a few keep strings for the odd paper piecing project. What they probably will all agree on is what not to keep:…
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I’m happy to share my experience with Carrie Merrell’s Quilty Math Workbook – an eBook for creating quilts (from start to finish) composed of squares, rectangles, and triangle.* This workbook really helps you take a quilt from start to finish. Say you’ve spent time coming up with a great block design (for this, I can’t recommend DIY Block Design enough!). You’re…
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Block Completed: 11/3/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake I love this block – and not just because it’s my namesake. It came together easier than I thought it would, and I like to hope it’s showing improvement on my part – a big piece of doing this QAL is to learn and practice on things that I wouldn’t normally make. I’m…
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Block Completed: 11/3/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake, unknown scraps I only had a little bit of time today – and was rushed – so went with fabrics that (for the most part) weren’t very fussy. With just a bit of direction needed in the waves, this came together super easy! It’s funny how much the camera tweaked the colors here…
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Row 1: St. Francis, St. Cecilia Row 2: St. Mary Magdalene, St. Lucia, St. Padre Pio Row 3: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Gabriel the Archangel, St. James the Apostle, St. Gianna Row 4: St. Monica, St. Jude, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Theresa of Avila In celebration of All Saints Day, one of my friends organized a Saint Peg…
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Block Completed: 10/27/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake The mermaids are back! …and clearly, my iron should have been back, too – this block needs to be pressed and rephotographed 🙂 Priorities! I love the way this block turned out. The colors are perfect together, and I like the added pink/coral scraps with the color pop they bring. Click here…
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Block Completed: 10/7/15 Fabrics Used: Michael Miller “Out to Sea: Find the Narwhal”, unknown scraps Well, this was a fun block to make, but I have to say – it may be my new least favorite. I don’t like the color combinations together – what do you think? The blue is too blue with the pinks, I think. Am I…
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Welcome to TGIFF at Faith and Fabric – with tomorrow being Halloween, thought it would be fun to highlight some of our boo-tiful Halloween projects! Of course, any finished project is more than welcome. If you’re new to my site, take a look around. I’m a Christian quilter and pattern writer, and love sharing my faith through fabric and crafts….
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We’ve looked at selling your products on Etsy, Craftsy, and Handmade at Amazon and – for some sellers – even more sites than those mentioned above. With all these different platforms, how do you brand yourself so your customers recognize each site as *you*? Click on over to CatholicMom.com to read this month’s Small Business Strategy: Branding Across Platforms. To view all our Small…
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Block Completed: 10/19/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake, other This block was an important lesson learned for me today, as I used two different rulers to measure my pieces – one a quilting ruler, and another a standard desk ruler (don’t ask, I don’t have a good reason why). Turns out all rulers don’t measure the same – crazy, no?…
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Here is my second entry in the 2015 Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy Ellis of Amy’s Creative Side! I’m entering two quilts this year: Advent Wreaths and this one, Give Thanks and Praise. This Thanksgiving-themed quilt is being entered into the Small Quilt category – it’s an original design, but since my Advent Wreaths quilt is already entered in that category,…
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I’m excited to participate in the 2015 Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy Ellis of Amy’s Creative Side – my very first time! Very excited about the opportunity to not just share what I’ve done but see the *gorgeous* work that others have done. I’m always inspired by the talented quilters out there! I’m entering two quilts this year:…
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Each of us has three gifts we can share: Time, Talent, and Treasure. Today we talk with Theresa Goeltz, of Little generic soma for sale Praying Hands, about the ways in which she uses her gifts to make a difference. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10…
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Block Completed: 10/7/15 Fabrics Used: Riley Blake, unknown scraps I picked up some new fabric today (online, because I waited too long to purchase summer prints in the stores), and was more than excited to play with it in this new square! All in all, this block took *way* longer to put together than I was expecting. The admins…
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