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Choosing Quilt Batting (Without Overthinking It)
If batting feels confusing, you’re not doing anything wrong. The 52 Quilts Challenge has forced me to confront many things. Before the 52 Quilts Challenge, I made far more quilt tops than finished quilts, so my batting preferences have developed quite slowly over time. What I’ve learned over time isn’t a list of rules. It’s…
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Join a Mini Quilt Swap
Adding a New Project Amid a Galaxy of UFOs (and Loving It) I’ve taken on a 52 Quilts Challenge to complete a galaxy worth of UFOs (unfinished objects that I’ve started and set aside over the years. How did I get here? As I mentioned in my Confessions of a Serial Quilt Starter – I…
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Finally Finished: A Christmas Quilt
A BOM Years in the Making Week 9, Quilt 4 Do you have a UFO that you absolutely love but just… haven’t ever finished? I have so, so many. This week’s post in the 52 Quilts Challenge is all about my Christmas BOM from wayyyyy back. I love a good sew-along. I love mystery quilts.…
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A Cozy Fall Framed Windows Quilt Finish
Week 8, Quilt 3 of the 52 Quilts Challenge Well… if you’re keeping track, this is Week 8 of the 52 Quilts Challenge… and I’m finally posting Quilt 3: my Fall Framed Windows quilt. I could sugarcoat it, but honestly? Let’s just “eat crow” as we say… 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛ It got a little hairy there for…
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A Halloween Finish: Quilted Bats Take Flight
From UFO to WIP to Finish – Week 2 of the 52 Quilts Challenge Some projects never really leave you — they just wait quietly in drawers until you’re ready to return. This week’s quilt finish waited patiently in a Ziploc bag with the pattern teasingly on top. That is, until the 52 Quilts Challenge…
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