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Whole cloth quilted table runner

Whole cloth is a style of quilting that takes a big (whole) piece of fabric and instead of cutting it into pieces, the quilting is stitched on the fabric as one design.  It is most often done by hand with … Continue reading

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Making place mats with appliqued mittens

Today I’m working on a set of six place mats in fabrics from Moda’s Countdown to Christmas.  I made a couple of sets of two last year, but fortunately had enough fabric left over to make six more. Here’s how … Continue reading

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Table Runner and pot holders

  I’ve been trying to use all of the squares from a set of Java charm packs that I ordered from charmpacksplus.  Jeanelle is so helpful that I order all of my charm packs from her unless she is already … Continue reading

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Baby quilt and baby burpies

I was inspired by another blogger to try my hand a random patchwork quilting.  My squares are not as nice as hers since mine are basically three rows of  squares and rectangles.  Her whole square was put together like a … Continue reading

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Shamrock table runner and other adventures

I decided that I wanted to get my hair cut this morning, even though my hubby had taken the truck and left me with my car that wasn’t running the way it should.  The last time I had driven it, … Continue reading

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Glasses case for Etsy

I’m still working on the baby quilt, but I had to take a break last night and make a glasses case.  I felt the need to do something with denim again.  Here’s how it turned out. The denim is from … Continue reading

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Spring treasury on Etsy

My Garden Trellis table runner is featured in this treasury on Etsy.  How cool is that! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTUyMzc0Mzd8MTk4ODc2ODg4MQ/time-to-spring-forward?index=2 I’m still working on the baby quilt.  I took time to make a glasses case tonight.  I needed a break.  I have three … Continue reading

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Another Valentine’s Day table runner

I’m still working on table runners for Valentine’s Day, but I’m getting close to using all the fabric I have.  Today I finished up a runner using most of my appropriate red fabrics. Here you can see what I decided … Continue reading

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What’s new at Country by Design

Wow!  I didn’t realize it had been so long since I had posted anything here.  Last weekend was a total wash.  We started moving everything out of the dining room on Thursday and tearing up the old self-stick floor tile. … Continue reading

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Garden Trellis table runner for Etsy

I listed this table runner on Etsy tonight.  It is bigger and a lot more complicated than the runners I usually make.  It took a lot of time to make each square, but it was worth it!  I love the … Continue reading

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