Month: June 2020

Quilt Along

Starting to Bloom Quilt Along Week 3

Here we are at week three of this blooming quilt along. This week I made the smaller block size and let me tell you, I definitely prefer larger quilt blocks. I wont lie and say it went well. I made several failed blocks that are going to find their place in my “failed block” quilt! […]

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Free Patterns Quilting

Peach Perfect FREE PATTERN!

COMING JUNE 18, 2021! Since I first designed my Georgia Peach Pattern, I have made it several times and in doing so I noticed a few errors. These errors do not affect the actual block but add excessive cutting and pieces. On June 18, 2021 I will be posting my Georgia Peach Block again. On […]

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DIY

Super Scrapy Pillows

I am a big believer in recycling and reusing what I can. This includes all my fabric scraps. When working on a project that includes different size quilt blocks I try to make my larger blocks first since trimming the triangles leaves decent size scrap pieces. However, the super tiny pieces eventually just found their […]

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Quilt Along

Starting to Bloom Quilt Along Week 2

Welcome! I am excited to get this project going. This is the true “first week” of this quilt along. I will be using my DIY Design & Blocking Boards to design my flowers for this project. I am also using my stash of scraps for the flowers and leaves. During this quilt along I will […]

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DIY

DIY Design & Blocking Boards

* Does anyone have these gems laying around? We used to have several including the ones with numbers and letters. I found that the letters and numbers were what cleaning nightmares were made of. My daughter loved to pull the little pieces that filled in the spaces between the letters and then my dog loved […]

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Quilt Along

Starting to Bloom

My first “official” blog post! How exciting! Well for me anyways. This week I finally got my etsy shop opened and posted several patterns out there. I am really fond of my latest pattern Flower Love XOXO and the possibilities it allows for. I have chosen this pattern to start my blogging journey since it […]

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Uncategorized

Hello world!

Welcome! My name is Julia and this blog started as a way for me to choose joy. I have always had a passion for arts and crafts. I actually studied three dimensional arts in college with a focus on pottery and fiber art. However, that is where it ended….Until now. In March 2020, I was […]

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