Tag: Sewing
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Broken Britches Quilt
This was a fun quilt to design. It wasn’t so easy to piece together, though. In the end it was worth the effort. I’m in the mood to use up my scraps and stashed fabrics, so I wanted to do something with all of those old jeans I had saved. The hexagons and triangles gave…
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Christmas Hot Pads
When the kids are settled into a school routine, and I am too, I like to make homemade Christmas gifts. 🙂 I like to include at least one homemade item in the Christmas gifts for the family. So what to do this year? Here’s an idea for you that I did a…
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Log Cabin King UPDATED
“To everything there is a season…a time to rend and a time to sew” (Ecc. 3:7) “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou sewest up mine iniquity.” (Job 14:17) It’s a work in progress! The Log Cabin pattern is one of my favorites! I’ve been working on this for about a…
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Christmas Pillowcases
I like to do a homemade gift for my family at Christmas time. One year, I did pillowcases. It was super easy! At first, I had thought to try to find out what each person’s bedroom colors were and try to match those, but that turned out to be too difficult. Matching colors was a…
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Throw Blanket Gifts
A month ago I planned to sew together a gift to give to my parents who were coming for a visit near the time of their birthdays. I also wanted to send with them home with a throw blanket for my grandma who is home-bound and whose birthday was also coming up. The days clicked…
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Butterfly Quilt
Two years ago I made a butterfly quilt for my oldest daughter, Katie. I had come up with the butterfly theme simply by watching her. I was not thrilled about doing the typical girly patterns like hearts or flowers. Those are easy to come by! But butterflies were all over Katie at the time. She…