An Easy EPP Project: The Story Behind the Summer Home Pillow
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The Summer Home Pillow is an easy, beginner friendly EPP project featuring a patchwork hexie flower appliqued to a log cabin block. Ideal for summer!
Kindred Crosses Quilt: A Birthday Gift to Myself
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Over five years in the making, stitches from quilters around the world, and cataloguing joys and losses, my Kindred Crosses quilt is a gift.
The Story Behind the All the Christmas Quilt
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All the Christmas Quilt is a medallion-style sampler quilt featuring hybrid construction of English paper piecing (EPP) and machine piecing.
What Happened When I Picked Up My Crochet Hook After 10 Years: The Mia Granny Blanket
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It took hand sewing to learn something about the value of slowing down. But, I was surprised when that lesson carried over to crochet, too.
Me Made May 2023 Personal Challenge: A Recap
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This was probably the laziest Me Made May in history, but I’m choosing to appreciate that I have created these things with my own two hands.
To Every Stitch There Is a Season
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To every stitch there is a season, and maybe to every season there is a stitch? According to Ecc. 3:11, “To everything there is a season…”
When Your Lap Is Empty: A Stitch Story
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Grief is such a strangely empty, yet overwhelmingly present thing. Whatever it is, it is achingly universal.
A Quilted Hug: A Sweet Selah Stitch Story
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Have you ever just needed a hug? I have. And, what better way to hug a quilter than by making them a quilt? This is that quilt’s story.
When You Need a Minute: The Story Behind Sweet Selah
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Do you ever feel like you need a minute? I hope this quilt offers you a kind pace that cultivates the joy and healing that creativity brings.
A Super Bowl Quilt, Four Years Later…
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Every quilt has a story, and this quilt’s story began four years ago during the American football championship known as the Super Bowl.