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Cathedral Window Block

May is my hosting month for the Modern Stash Quilting Bee! I have been thinking about my block all year. I initially wanted to do a Cathedral Window block, but wavered on it. Now that it's my turn, I decided to stick to my first choice.The quilt that results from the accumulative blocks will be a gift for someone expecting...

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Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Block

Here's another block I made for the Mod Stash Quilting Bee. For this block, the host, Casey, wanted it to be done using this tutorial from the Sometimes Crafter. This was the quickest bee block I have done so far! Casey wanted it to be done in pink, yellow, and purple so that she could make something for her...

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Sneak Peak: Decorative Dining

One of the napkins (they'll all have different borders)!So, we are currently house-hunting. My sewing friend, Amy Lou Who, is making things for a sewing swap right now, and that put a little seed into my head, so I decided to make some place settings and napkins from this awesome (free!) pattern over at Amanda Murphy Design. The pattern...

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Pinwheel Quilt Block

This month for the Mod Stash Quilting Bee, the host, Terri, wanted a pinwheel block. Any pinwheel would be fine, as she wanted to make her quilt a pinwheel sampler. I looked around and found a tutorial on Riley Blake for a pinwheel that I thought was really fun.For my fabrics, I used Alexander Henry Lou Lou (in both...

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Bento Box Quilt Block

This is the first month of the Mod Stash Quilting Bee. If you're not familiar with a quilting bee, a group of people get together (in this case, it's 12) and each person has their 'month' where they are the host. They designate what block that want and any other specifics (such as what colors they do or do...

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Tutorial: Reusable Gift Wrap

My mom made reusable gift bags for our gifts from as far back as I can remember. She had special fabric bags for birthdays and for Christmas. Now that I have kids of my own, I can really appreciate the fabric gift bag...with all the toys they get, it takes 2 seconds to wrap their gifts when all I...

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