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Using the Bonnie Hunter Patchwork Seam Guide
A few months ago Bonnie Hunter (my favorite scrap quilt designer) came out with a little acrylic patchwork seam guide. This is a little acrylic guide used mostly on vintage machines in conjunction with a metal seam guide arm attachment. I have two vintage Singers that I sew on – a Singer 201-2 and a...
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“Nostalgia” is coming along
I finished sewing the tubes last night and cut them into blocks! There were a lot of them, even with a few blocks I had to discard due to miscuts. I scattered them across my pressing board so I could sort of randomize the placement.
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Strip piecing galore! Plus Cruise Tote and new toys…
I’ve had two honeybuns from April Cornell’s “Nostalgia” collection sitting on my shelf gathering dust. I originally planned to make a log cabin with them but decided last week to break them open and do the Summer in the Park variation using both honeybuns and part of a Moda Snow jelly roll that I had....
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Bonding with Betty
I love my Singer 201-2. She pieces beautifully and her thread tension is wonderful. She’s nice and quiet too! The only things I wish she had is a knee lift and a wide foot pedal but I love her all the same. We bonded last night working on 4 patch units. I did about 200...
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Major Orca Bay Progress
I started Orca Bay last year and my progress stalled around clue #6 before it was stuck into a tray until I picked it back up a week or so ago. Since the new mystery was starting so soon I wanted to try to make some progress before I started a new project, mostly to...
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