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No time to sew the last weekend so my plans to get caught up on some projects were pushed back a bit. I loved hopping blog to blog on the Villa Rosa blog hop. Lots of inspiration and I really need to take notes on some of the ideas that popped into my brain before they forever disappear.  Yesterday, I was going to sew, garden and generally have a stay at home day but I got called into a tennis match so away I went. I did get a small project top done and it’s now awaiting quilting. I decided to do the Moda Love Charm Challenge quilt but I didn’t choose a Moda charm pack as originally intended. One of my first quilt fabric purchases was a charm pack Monet by Kaufman fabrics. This was a digital print in a lovely color wheel. I could never find a pattern that seemed to do it justice and then all of a sudden I knew the Love Charm pattern was it!  The black background was perfect to show off the colors. I ended up adding a purple border and now just ready for quilting. I am going to...
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The First Post

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I’m great at tackling new hobbies, finishing projects is my personal challenge but I have finished a few projects already and thankfully my mother-in-law (the quilter who got me started) gave me the best advice for a beginner…start small. So I started with table runners and gradually started doing lap quilts and feel I have basic piecing skills, not advanced stuff yet but I’m looking forward to learning new skills. What I love most about quilting is the fabric! So much to choose from but my dedicated fabric storage space can only fit so much. I am blessed to have a dedicated crafting space. I was an avid scrapbooker that is on a hiatus, though I’m planning on catching up in that arena soon. But as a scrapbooker, I loved all the papers and playing with color and textures, things that are definitely present in quilting as well. But fabric…😍 I have definitely learned what my fabric styles are as well and while I love almost all of it, I definitely lean to certain color families and print...
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