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Posts made in August, 2013
So far so good i.e. keeping up with 2 FWS quilt blocks a week :). Here are the two I made today: Block 60 Noon & Light and Block 111 Wrench. Still trying to get perfect points. I will succeed one day. LOL maybe the last block for this quilt :). I purchased my copy of the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt book from the Book Depository. I found they had the cheapest price that included postage to Australia. If you would like to buy a copy, here is a link to the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt book. These blocks were made using Carol Doaks Foundation Paper purchased at Book...
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Another 2 blocks made for my FWS quilt: Block 10 Bowtie and Block 61 Northern Lights. Not perfect but I am happy with the results. I can always come back later and remake the blocks :). I purchased my copy of the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt book from the Book Depository. I found they had the cheapest price that included postage to Australia. If you would like to buy a copy, here is a link to the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt book. These blocks were made using Carol Doaks Foundation Paper purchased at Book...
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Week 3 for the Star Surround QAL is Flying Geece. Melissa at Happy Quilting provides an excellent tutorial on how to do Flying Geece for the QAL. I found the tutorial very helpful and so easy for my first attempt ever at Flying Geese. Think they turned out ok :). Can not wait for next week’s assignment :). To find out more info about week 3/Flying Geese and the Star Surround QAL, please visit Melissa’s blog here. Thanks for stopping by :). The purple print is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman...
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I finally found some time today to do Week 2 for the Star Surround QAL. The Star Surround QAL is a quilt along run by Melissa at Happy Quilting. There is still time to join so please visit her blog here to find out more about the Star Surround QAL. Week 2 involves sewing Half Square Triangles. Melissa provides an easy and well structured post (here) about how to sew Half Square Triangles and to trim/square them up. Here are my Half Square Triangles for week 2. Looking forward to Week 3’s assignment of Flying Geese :). The yellow print is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman D#...
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