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Ombre quilts – and a note on batting

This winter I wanted to get a high loft batting to try. I was intrigued by the look of quilting with it and also thought it would feel so light and soft. I did a very basic quilt and went to quilt it, basting as I usually do (totally half assed pins way too far …

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Posted byAmberJune 21, 2017Posted inquilting, Sewing1 Comment on Ombre quilts – and a note on batting

Jelly Roll Race (fail/win)

If you’ve been quilting for a while you’ve probably heard of the Jelly Roll Race. A Jelly Roll is the name Moda (a fabric company) gives its 2.5″ strip sets. The Jelly Roll Race quilt has been around for a while but I think this YouTube video really made it popular. Basically you take all …

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Posted byAmberJune 19, 2017Posted inquilting, Sewing4 Comments on Jelly Roll Race (fail/win)

Copy Cat Blanket – my go to mindless knit

I love having a simple knit I don’t need a pattern for to take with me and knit all over the place. This is that pattern for me. I found a blanket I loved on Ravelry and modified the pattern a bit. I cast on in the middle and knit around and around. Every other …

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Posted byAmberJune 17, 2017Posted inKnitting3 Comments on Copy Cat Blanket – my go to mindless knit

Rope bowls – revisited

I think my rope bowl post might be one of my most popular, based on the comments I’ve gotten. I’m glad you find it so useful. I thought I would update you with a some new bowls I whipped up last night. Instead of using a store bought rope, cord or twine I made my …

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Posted byAmberJune 12, 2017Posted inSewing2 Comments on Rope bowls – revisited

My little Brownie

Tuesday was so lucky to join a Daisy troop right when she turned five. The troop started in a January so she joined a wee bit early (grade wise), and to keep her with the group she’s bridging to Juniors this weekend (can’t belive it, seriously). I volunteer for our Service Unit and tonight she …

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Posted byAmberJune 7, 2017Posted inFamily Life, Tuesday Lee2 Comments on My little Brownie

Scrap quilts – random pulls

My friend Sarah and I had a wonderful sewing day a few months ago. We each donated lots of scraps to a few paper bags and went to work pulling out random scraps and making wonky log cabin blocks. This is a method I’ve heard as the Denyse Schmidt method. I’ve never gotten to take one …

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Posted byAmberJune 4, 2017Posted inquilting1 Comment on Scrap quilts – random pulls

I’ve been quilting….

I recently realized that I had a LOT of unfinished quilt tops. I decided to do something about it and in a little over a week I basted, quilted and bound nine of them! Since I’m not going to keep them all I thought it would be a good time to resurrect this blog and …

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Posted byAmberMay 30, 2017Posted inquilting2 Comments on I’ve been quilting….

Baby quilt

Oh my goodness my blog is dying one of those slow blog deaths, oops. I still want to put some projects on here though, for myself to remember. It’s actually what I use my blog for the most, to check out when or how I did an archived project. Remeber the wedding quilt I made …

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Posted byAmberOctober 10, 2016Posted inquilting, Sewing2 Comments on Baby quilt

The Garden – early April 2016

I haven’t done a garden update since fall of 2014, I owe a lot of that neglect to our awesome trailer. Last year we just wanted to go, go, go! This year I came at the yard with a big deficit since I didn’t do enough weeding, and no mulching. This ment so much of …

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Posted byAmberApril 4, 2016Posted inMy Garden3 Comments on The Garden – early April 2016

Dolly Love

I remembered that my favorite thing to do is just post photos about the projects I’ve been working and writing a few words about them. So here is what I’ve been working on. A little Etsy shop with clothes for American Girl Dolls (or other 18″ dolls like Our Generation from Target). In conjunction (and …

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Posted byAmberMarch 18, 2016Posted inSewing1 Comment on Dolly Love

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