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Bloom Sew Along – Week 1 – Block One

I’m super excited to be part of  Riley Blake Designs and  Lori Holt’s  Bloom Sew Along… This is what you will be able to finish  if you sew along with us every Monday for 20 weeks… Lori Holt’s Sew Simple Shapes are so easy to work with… Make sure to view the video with Lori and Cindy here …

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Cozy Cottage Calendar 2016

Sharing one of Lori Holt’s pattern designs is always fun.  I love her cottage theme and tried to keep a similar theme only with a beachy twist. Those of you who know me, know that I am slowly converting my home to my beach house. This is my rendition of a beach house pillow…of course …

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Farm Girl Vintage “Woolly Sheep”

Woolly Sheep is the last block on the  Farm Girl Vintage Friday Blog Hop Sew-Along. It has been sew much fun sewing along  with Lori Holt,  Fat Quarter Shop  and all of you every Friday.  I have a pile of super cute Farm Girl Blocks that I can’t wait to start piecing together to make a fabulous quilt.  …

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Riley Blake Designs Back-to-School Blog Tour

       Back-to-School is such an exciting time of year!  My cute grand-daughters, Summer and Nahla, were so  excited to have matching outfits.  Summer is in first grade and takes school very seriously.  Nahla begs and pleads that she is old enough  to go to school…finally pre-school for her this year.         …

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Riley Blake Designs Home Dec Blog Tour 2015

     One of my favorite things to do is…  give new life to old junky furniture… I LOVE fresh new paint and I LOVE new fabric!!! Riley Blake Designs has some fabulous new  Home Dec fabric that is 100% cotton duck. Check it out here…   Did you see all the fun colors and …

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Minnesota Spring Quilt Market 2015

Now that Quilt Market is behind me and I have had time to breathe and catch up I wanted to share some fun pictures from our Riley Blake Designs and Penny Rose Fabrics Booth…especially for those of you who aren’t able to make it.  Featured on the front of our booth is Summer Song2 by …

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Houston Fall Quilt Market 2014

International Quilt Market in Houston…came and went so quickly…here is everything in a nut shell…short and sweet…showing off some great new fabric lines for  Riley Blake Designs…it was a great show…visiting and seeing so many old and new friends…it’s always fun to catch up…lots of eye candy…hoping you will be inspired as I was to …

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My adventures in Norway and Paris Day 2

Welcome to the Norsk Quilte Festival. I’ll be sharing some of the fantastic quilting that I saw in Norway.  This is the lecture evening where all the teachers from the festival share what they are teaching. Cindy and I shared a display of quilts that we brought with us from Riley Blake Designs. This is …

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My adventures in Norway and Paris Day 1

Welcome to Norway…an incredibly beautiful county and people.  Riley Blake Designs was invited to participate in the Norsk Quilte Festival. We had a day before the event and after the event that I will share here. Our first stop was this glass factory that was very interesting… I will never take for granted the workmanship …

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