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Welcome to Part 2 in the series of “How to turn your Fruit Blocks into Pincushions”. In Part 1 (here) we talked about how to do some basic “Quilt Math” to resize the fruit blocks found in Joanna’s FRUIT SALAD book [here] to get them to the size we need to make pincushions or bowl fillers. If you have been afraid of resizing blocks in the past, check out the post and give it a try! You will be surprised at how many full-sized blocks can be easily made mini by cutting them down by…
Last week, I introduced you to a small sliver of the FRUIT SALAD book with the cutest, mini pincushions made by my creative friend, Susan! Now it’s time to delve into the main projects of the book…and a few other sweet bonuses along the way! Let’s get to it! The beginning of the book offers full instructions for the eight main quilts in the book: *BLUEBERRY PIE *CANDY APPLES*CHERRIES JUBILEE *LEMON CHIFFON *ORANGE BLOSSOMS *PEARS IN A ROW *PINEAPPLE FIELDS *PINEAPPLE PICNIC Want to see a trunk show featuring these quilts? Check it…
Well you might say I have an obsession with pincushions. Before you ask… NO, I do not use all of them. YES, I love them and will never stop making them. YES, many of them do get used but many are used in bowls as “bowl fillers” and little decorations in my studio. NO, there is no such thing as too many. When I started working on the new FRUIT SALAD book, I kept thinking in the back of my head that these fruit blocks would look great in mini sizes. But I knew I didn’…
It is my week on the FAT QUARTER SHOP sponsored SEW ALONG called SEWCIALITES. This is the second year of this program and it is always so much fun to see what each designer contributes and how FQS lays it all out. Each week a different designer shares one of her favorite blocks and all of the info on how to make it in one of three sizes is on the FQS Blog, Jolly Jabber. The folks at the Fat Quarter Shop are working all of the blocks into a sampler so check that out. Read more about Sewcialites HERE…
For those of you in the FIGS & FRIENDS PROGRAM… Welcome back to your LAST installment of our FIGS & FRIENDS program for 2022/23! I have really enjoyed curating these bundles for you every other month and I am so happy that so many of you joined me in both the program and with our “extras”. This time around, I am totally smitten with this full spectrum of green prints. You all know how much I love green so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that I am excited about this pairing. As of…