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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Dancing Diamonds quilt pattern by PlumEasy Patterns — 12 designers of Christmas

OK, some might think that this one is a bit bias. But it’s my blog 🙂

If you have an addiction to beautiful fabrics and have tons stashed in your house, this is the best pattern to showcase them all! You don’t even have to use much of each. In fact a 1″, 1 1/2″, 2″, 2 1/2″ strip is all you need of each piece.

I wrote this pattern trying to make my dream quilt. PlumEasy Patterns believed in my project and helped me create a template to sew my quilt with ease. And the rest is history as we say!

So like and share this post with all your friends who are wondering what you are going to do with all your stash! Don’t forget to leave a comment below so that I can keep track cause come December 25th, I will be randomly selected one lucky winner who will receive a copy of my pattern as my Christmas gift to you!

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There are so many things I love about Victoria! Of course she makes beautiful quilts but she is so much more! She is very active with the Quilt Alliance, writes inspirational blogs and holds a Hats & Gloves drive for kids in NYC… that’s just to name a few things. She also got me to do some soul searching every January to find the key word for my year and turn it into a quilt!

And she has so many gift ideas to choose from: I would love the Star Storm Quilt AND her new Aurifil thread collection.

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If you have many Jelly rolls laying on your shelves collecting dust: This is the absolute best present you can ask for!

Marti has been in the quilting industry for over 40 years and is always finding ways to keep right on track with what we need! We all love to get the 2 1/2″ strips from our favorite fabric collection but sewing strips together can become a bit boring. These 3 templates will help you create more intricate designs.

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I have to admit that this was on my list of projects to make since Spring but had to delay due to my health problems. But I plan on making one next year! Sharyn is the original Tuffet lady!

You can order the pattern with the foundation pattern only or get a complete kit so that you don’t have to run around to find the foam, feet and all the other little things you need to make a fabulous tuffet.

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

I spoke of the Free-Motion Quilting Workbook yesterday but I have to say that I used it with THIS BOOK! I love how Christina explained free-motion quilting in this book and it has helped many of my students.

So if you plan on adding Learning free-motion quilting to your list of things to do in 2017: you need this book under the Christmas tree.

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This book is an absolute must have for anyone that really wants to free-motion quilt! I have had several quilters confess that they have several quilting books at home but are still afraid to do it! This book is the best as it actually gets you to try out on paper before going over to your sewing machine. It’s that one small step that was missing in all the other books.

***So thank you Angela for this fantastic book! I have had mine for some time now and truly enjoy it.***

September 11th: 45 minutes that changed my life

I am sure that everyone on the planet remembers where they were and what they did the morning of September 11th, 2001. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing and felt helpless standing in front of a television wondering what happened. The rules had changed! War was not being fought in a battlefield with two parties wearing distinctive clothing.

I remember clearly that morning and like so many others, it completely changed my life.

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