Yesterday was, as they promised, a messy day – snow, rain, then snow again. We didn’t get a lot of snow in comparison to many other places but it was a good day to be home and stitching. And stitch … Continue reading
Secret Projects Progress
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Five Partial Case of the Secret Garden Blocks
I decided last night that I had to make one of each of the other four so I’d have all five partial blocks to use as a guide for completing this week’s clue. And that’s what I did. They’re very … Continue reading
Case of the Secret Garden Mystery Quilt, Clue 4
Clue 4 of the Case of the Secret Garden was released yesterday. It involved more printing of shapes with curves which is now, thanks to this video, a breeze with rotary cutting. If anyone had told me a month ago … Continue reading
Mug Rugs
Mug rugs have suddenly become fascinating to me. What a great way to play with some fabric combinations or design ideas! I have two design ideas in mind that will each use a trio of fabrics along with a white. … Continue reading
Mystery Quilt, Clue 3
On Monday, Clue 3 of the Case of the Secret Garden was released. It involved a little more printing on fabric – 16 sheets of this shape, which you can see if you click on the photo to enlarge it. … Continue reading
More Octagon Stars
I can’t stop stitching these! The little stars go together in no time, adding the 8 squares around each one is fast as can be and then adding the red diamond and octagon connectors is just plain fun. The continuous … Continue reading
Lots of Rotary Cutting … Curved Rotary Cutting
These are all the shapes printed and now cut from Clue 2 of the Case of the Secret Garden. All 592 of them. And every single one of them has a curve on two sides of it. A gentle curve, … Continue reading
Printing, Printing and More Printing on Fabric
It was a lovely sunny afternoon yesterday and I decided it was the perfect time to get my fabrics printed with the shapes from Clue 2 of the Case of the Secret Garden as well as some white and red … Continue reading
Tiny Bright Colourful Stars
Thanks to a comment left yesterday, I think I’ve settled on a setting for the tiny stars. So I started adding .75″ squares all around each star. This is going to be such fun to stitch! The little blocks are … Continue reading
Tiny Bright Stars
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been rummaging through my stash looking for just the right fabrics for a special project. I knew they had to be bright and very small-scale prints or tone-on-tone fabrics as whatever blocks I would … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 