Orange Peel Quilt (non-traditional method)

Love the traditional orange peel quilt?

Love it better if it were easier to make  (like this below)?

Then this is a must-see video!

Circles Sew Simple Video

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All the Best!

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What's on the machine tonight...

Easter for April

St. Patrick's for March

Valentine's Day for February

With Christmas on the back

This has been such a fun project, I bought fabric for every month of the year!

January and Birthdays

June Roses and Patriotic July

August and September

October and November

I'm using Anita Goodesign's project "Seeing Double" from

anitagoodesignonline.com 

Happy Stitching!  

Mary Ann @ RocknQuilts

Hexies a go go!

Waiting for my son at the dentist's office is actually a productive time-I've brought my prepared kit and it took only 10 minutes to make two complete hexies!  Fun and rewarding, too!  Really, it's doubly rewarding because I'm using scraps, so even better!   I've got to find 60 degree plastic diamond templates next, but where is the question....any advice for me?

Mary Ann @ RocknQuilts

Ready to EPP!

I was at Barnes & Noble Bookstore browsing through the meager selection of quilting books and lo and behold! a jewel appeared...

a new book by Jessica Alexandrakis of Life Under Quilts entitled "Quilting On the Go"...

After a couple of pleasant trips to two quilt shops and my sewing room, here we have an "EPP to-go" kit:

There are great projects, small in stature, to get one started...

sewing kit

pin cushion

pillow

and the like.

Then there's the really fetching "travel quilt" idea, which I fell in love with....

here's Jessica Alexandrakis' version:

Isn't this marvelous?

And...upon closer inspection, you will see that she allowed her nieces, nephews, family members, friends, etc. to choose the colors for a star that she created in their presence on a certain day, which is marked in Sharpie extra fine on the white centers of each star, making this a lovely memory quilt.

What a marvelous idea!

What's your opinion?

Do-able...or not?

All the Best,

 

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What's on the machine tonight!

ITonight I'm enjoying machine embroidery and am half way through a double-sided 26" table topper from Anita Goodesign.  I chose one side as a Christmas/winter theme and the other Valentine's Day.  It's fun to stitch out!  

What's on your machine?  

How do you like my new friend?  I met him in October at the Hostfest in Minot, North Dakota (a Norweigan Festival).  Isn't he handsome?  ;-)