Quilts with dark background colour

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Remember my Flower Boxes tutorial? I planned the size of the blocks to use up the fabric I had available, without thinking about how they would fit together as a whole, and it bothered me that the corners for the flowers didn’t line up. So… I grabbed some more fabric from my stash, and set to work adjusting the size of the corner block and strips to make the corners match. This is part of what I like best about quilting. The artistic outlet and the cathartic work are nice too. But I like the…

The Quilts This is Patti’s. I love the scrappiness and the dark background! Here’s Dawn’s. She used 2 fabrics and the background. Doesn’t it look great? Susan has the top to…

Busy Hands Quilts quilt patterns for modern and traditional quilters in all sizes, precuts, fat quarters FQs, layer cakes, jelly rolls, & charm packs.

Welcome to finish it up Friday! First off, thank you soooo much for your kind comments on my previous post. I am truly and deeply touched by all of your kindness and words of support. To answer the question that was asked so many times, yes, I do plan to leave my blog up as a resource. The other night at dinner I told my husband, "my blog really reached a lot of people". You should have seen the incredulous look he gave me, along with a big old "Duh!!!" We shared a good laugh after that. It…

Learn to make a Bear Tracks quilt block. Step-by-step tutorial with layout ideas included. Easy beginner block.

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I don’t have photos for you yet but I started a new quilt today. The pattern is Beaded Lanterns and it’s a free Jelly roll quilt. Mom and I made one a couple years ago for my sister. And it just so h

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