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Dizzy Daisy Quilt

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Dec 14, 2019
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The quilt for my youngest daughter is finished.  It took me YEARS.  Mostly because I only worked on it sporadically.  I put it on her bed a few minutes ago and took some photos.  This means I only have TWO quilts left unfinished in the house!  One of them just needs quilted.  The other needs a border before I quilt it.  

 

             

 

 

October with Jack

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Nov 2, 2019
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My goal for October was to make the Jack Quilt by Laura Heine.  I succeeded only beacuse I had a couple of snow days in October.  After creating the Featherweight Quilt , I thought this one would be fairly easy.  It was actually pretty challenging for me.  I expected to put in a lot of time, but I wasn't quite prepared for it being as complicated as I felt it was.  The crows went together fine, but I really struggled with the corn stalks.  At the end of the project, IT WAS WORTH IT!  

 

August/September Sewing

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Sep 8, 2019
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July was supposed to be for sewing hard things.  I got through only 2 outfits from that planned list, and even then, I didn't finish until sometime in August.  From an old Vogue Pattern, I made a dress and jacket out of the Retro Vibe collection from Hoffman.  It was difficult, but it turned out quite nice.  As with most Vogue Patterns, it was super confusing in some parts.

 

 

Gates Progress

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Apr 5, 2015
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I have been sewing a lot, but I have not been writing at all.  Gates is a little more complicated than I expected.  Here's some of what I did today:

 

I put the windows on 5 of the 10 building squares.

 

"I Want My Hat Back..."

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Feb 8, 2015
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I used a lot of techniques in this quilt.

 

 

A Border and Soles

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jan 11, 2015
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Yesterday I put the first border on.  I realized that I needed some sort of break from all of the color, so I sewed a 1.5" black border all the way around the quilt top.

January...

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Jan 3, 2015
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It seems like I have done little over break.  When you look at the pictures below, all of the seams I pulled out are not obvious.  I sewed the jeans down (partially) 3 times.  I basted the flyers on then sewed them on for real.  The soles, I finished today.  Before I can put the soles on, I need to be sure the jeans are where I want them to be because once the soles go down, I do not want to pull them off.

Break Time!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Dec 28, 2014
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The craft fair worked out pretty well.  I sold quite a few Holiday Cards and a couple of record cards.  I even sold a shirt!

 

 

Digger Progress!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Nov 23, 2014
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I spent some time on the flyer portion of the quilt.  This is the part that represents the wall.  Look at the photo below.  The flyers go where the ugly tannish color is.

 

Fabric is Here!

Posted by Sarah Sherwood on Oct 29, 2014
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My Spoonflower fabric has ARRIVED!  I am very happy to say that it looks awesome.  I can now begin the production of the Digger quilt.

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