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by Elizabeth LePage on October 18, 2023
Connecting Threads is thrilled to announce a brand new Sew-A-Long with one of partners, C&T Publishing! Kathy Seaman Shaw, the author of Crazy Quilting Dazzling Diamonds, will be running a Sew-A-Long on the C&T blog. Featuring some of our favorite Connecting Threads’ fabrics, Shaw has an exciting few weeks ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on April 7, 2021
We did it! We’ve finally made it to the finish line! Four our very last month we will be making a few more flying geese, then sewing our flying geese rows together and on to the quilt. After that, all we have left to do is attach those final navy borders and we are done! Our last ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on March 4, 2021
Hi Friends! This month is easy peasy, especially after all the work we did on this quilt last month! All we have to do is sew on a simple border, and then make ourselves some flying geese. I may have mentioned this before, but whenever I’m sewing borders I always give myself some wiggle room and cut the borders ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on December 10, 2020
Well friends, we are now officially past the half-way mark with this quilt. Yay! This month will be a lighter month as far as sewing goes, but since we are full swing into the holiday season, hopefully it will be a welcome reprieve for everyone. Don’t get me wrong, sewing is my happy place, but at ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on December 8, 2020
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. After months of sewing blocks, we get to put this quilt all together and finish! I know many of you jumped right in after finishing last month’s blocks and have already assembled the main portion of the quilt. Once you have the quilt blocks all laid ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on November 10, 2020
Can you guys believe we are already on month 5? We are on the home stretch! This month we will be making the last three blocks for this quilt, so that next month we can finally put this beauty together and finish! Yay! Hearts and Pinwheels |
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by Kristin Gassaway on November 7, 2020
If this month feels like Déjà vu, you aren’t going crazy. The blocks we are sewing this month are exactly the same as last month, only with different fabrics. So I won’t bore you by giving you another tutorial about how I sewed the block together. You can’ refer to last month’s blog post for help ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on September 9, 2020
It’s hard to believe that we are going to be half way done with this quilt after sewing this month! Didn’t we all just start this project? I hope you are all having fun so far, because quilting should be fun! I have enjoyed seeing what all of your are doing with your previous quilt blocks on Facebook. Some of you are changing things up, adding embroidery, and other embellishments and I love it! |
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by Kristin Gassaway on September 8, 2020
Hi Everyone! I’ts been so fun to see everyone’s photos from month 1 on the Facebook Group. It always makes me happy to see people enjoying my designs! This month we will be adding a couple of borders to our center medallion. It’ll be a breeze compared to all the piecing we did last month! The first part of this month’s directions is easy-peasy! Just sew on the border strips as directed. And just so you know, ... |
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by Kristin Gassaway on August 10, 2020
I’m so excited to get going on the second installment of the Season quilt! This month we will sew another three blocks. Two are entirely pieced, and one has some applique. Let’s get started! Our first block is the Potted flower. The potted base is pretty straight forward, but the applique this month involves ... |
