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Piece N Quilt Sew-Along Progress

I have several goals this year and two of them are to use my fabric stash and to improve my piecing skills.  Well, I decided to join two sew-alongs that Natalia is having.  This post is about the 30 blocks in 30 days sew-along.  It is a lot of fun and I love seeing others work too. 

Here are the first four blocks I have completed this week:
So if you are looking to improve your skills or just searching for new ideas, check out Natalia Bonner & Kathleen Whiting’s site Piece N Quilts.  I am sure you will love it!
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Monday Morning Star Count 2015/2

Yes, it’s Saturday, not Monday!  Just another crazy work week in technology and so here I am posting on Saturday, what I should have posted on Monday!  I spent the week jumping between several projects in my down time and made progress on each.  I will post the other projects separately and focus on my EPP here.

I decided to lay out sections, stitch each section, and then I will put the sections together.  It is actually looking great and I will work on stitching at least one of the large sections to the main quilt top this week.  Although, there are so many quilt alongs and projects floating in myhead that I am fairly confident that I have quilting ADD!  
Linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts for EPP motivation!

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Monday Morning Star Count 2015/1

In 2015, I am going to focus on finishing my projects and top on my list is my Grandmother’s Flower Garden. I made a lot of progress in 2014 – thanks to all of my EPP friends and the encouragement sent my way.

The quilt currently measures about 45″ x 55″ and it is for a queen bed, so I still have some stitching to do!


I am really looking forward to 2015 and linking up with Jessica at Life Under Quilts!

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My First Project of 2015

I have so many projects to finish, but I wanted to start off 2015 with a project that I have been yearning to try….free motion quilting. Now I have tried this before, but was really encouraged when I picked up Christina Cameli’s book – First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting.

I chose to complete a small sign – about 8×9.5″ – to hang near my sewing machine. I free motion quilted this on my Baby Lock Jane.

I feel so proud that I was able to complete the project in just a few hours and that I didn’t give up! I really enjoyed the process and I stayed relaxed! If you are interested in free motion quilting, you have to pick up this book! You can purchase the hard copy or the kindle version…I have both!