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Ruby BOM – Month 12

I can’t believe we are finally at the finish line with this BOM. Wow! They say time flies when you are having fun, and I hope you have all had fun these past 12 months as we have made this quilt together. Since we finished making all our blocks last month, all we need to do for our last month is get the quilt assembled and add some borders. Even though you’ll need to sew the quilt blocks together before adding the ...

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Open Skies BOM – Month 4

Hi everyone!  It’s been so fun to watch everyone’s progress on the Facebook group. Thank you all so much for sharing! This month we only have two blocks, along with the sashing strips. Each block has a square in a square design. There are two methods to make these units, so wrote the instructions to showcase ...

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Ruby BOM – Month 11

Well, we did it! We’ve made it to our last four blocks of this quilt. Hooray! Before we get to the other blocks, Let’s talk about block #18. Some of you probably don’t know, but all my quilts are designed first on the computer using digital swatches of fabric, because the ...

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Ruby BOM – Month 10

Congratulations! This month we will be making the last of our Irish Chain blocks. Wahoo! This means we will have made a whopping 25 of these blocks – enough to make a quilt in their own right. We can probably make these with one hand tied behind our backs by now. But I will say, ...

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Open Skies BOM – Month 3

Hi everyone! Before we begin with the month 3 blocks, let’s chat about a couple of things. A few of you have asked questions about the scant ¼” seam allowance I suggest in the patterns, and it seems (no pun intended!) to be throwing some of you off. All of my patterns are written to be ...

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Open Skies BOM – Month 2

Hey friends! It’s been so fun to see everyone’s first blocks on the facebook group. Keep up the good work! This month we will be doing just two blocks, and 8 sashing strips. Our two new blocks have one thing in common – Square in a square units. Personally, I have a love/hate relationship with ...

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Ruby BOM – Month 9

It’s me again! This month we will get to make another four unique blocks, and this time three are repeats, and one brand spanking new. Since by now, we should all be pretty familiar with the techniques used in these blocks, I decided to skip over the lengthy tutorials that I’ve covered in months ...

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Open Skies Block of the Month – Month 1

Welcome, everyone! I’m thrilled that so many of you have decided to join me in sewing up my latest Block of the Month quilt! Some of you may have already sewn some of my previous BOMs, but I suspect many of you might be new. Each month I’ll be posting a little tutorial blog here, with tricks and tips to help you create the best quilt possible. And with this BOM we will also be adding some extra content over ...

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National Quilting Week Questions

National Quilting Week has inspired us to explore our co-worker’s quilting journeys.  Darlene is our Fabric Assistant and overall maven in the sewing room, and everywhere else for that matter. We asked her some questions about her quilting journey and here are her answers:    How did you start ...

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National Quilting Week Questions

Happy National Quilting Week! In honor of this week, we wanted to highlight some of the stories of our team-members quilting journey.  Sydney is one of our Graphic Designers, if you know our catalogs, you’ve seen Sydney’s amazing work. We asked her some questions regarding her relationship with quilting and her quilting journey and here are her answers:

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