Can you believe Advent starts next weekend? As a family, we’ll be celebrating with our Jesse Tree. Online, we’ll be celebrating with our Fabric Jesse Tree – a daily journey from creation through Christ’s birth paired with some of the most beautiful fabrics to tell this joyful, hope-filled story. The story begins on the 1st Day of Advent with creation,…
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It’s no secret that Advent is one of my favorite times of year. Much like January is the start of the new calendar year, Advent marks the start of the church’s new year. It’s a time to start over, set new faith-inspired goals, and prepare for 12 amazing days of Christmas celebrations. What’s not to love?? These past few years…
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Block Completed: 11/17/15 Fabrics Used: on-hand stash Well, I’ve been loving (loving) my Under the Sea themed blocks so far, but. BUT. They are taking a very long time to do with each piece being fussy cut, are using up a ton of fabric, and are harder to use with some of the more intricately shaped blocks. So, I’m going to…
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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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