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From the Fig & the Pear: Practical Quilty Organization Tips – EYELET SWATCH CARDS

Well Happy New Year everyone and welcome to what for many of us is… Organization Month! :-). We are happy to introduce you to a new series of bimonthly posts where we tackle… you guessed it, QUILTY ORGANIZATION and we need your help! I am looking for a fun name for this blog series… something catchy to do with organizing, it can be just informative or catchy or funny! Please help us out in comments with some name suggestions for this series! Without a name this is just going to be the first up in our ORGANIZATION TIPS…

LOG CABIN SEW ALONG – WEEK FOUR

FACEBOOK GROUP PROGRESS We have more and more progress – and even a few finishes – from members of our FACEBOOK GROUP! I know I’ve already said this – but it has been so fun to see so many of you sewing along with us for our American Patchwork & Quilting (APQ) February 2024 feature. And in case you missed it, we will be having a feature in each of the 6 APQ issues for 2024 to help keep you sewing all year long! THIS WEEK The assignment for this week is to finish up any remaining blocks…

LOG CABIN SEW ALONG – WEEK THREE

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Can you believe we are on week 3 of our LOG CABIN SEW ALONG already?! I have been BEYOND amazed at all the lovely progress by our quilty friends over in our FACEBOOK GROUP. Be sure you JOIN HERE! Here’s a few of MANY progress photos… THIS WEEK Just as in week 2, this week’s goal is another 20 blocks! That will get us to a total of 40 wonderfully addictive log cabin blocks…if I do say so myself. 🙂 TIPS/HINTS FROM SUSAN In case you are getting a…

MODA BLOCKHEADS 5: GROUP 2 – WEEK 1

Welcome back! I am so excited for MODA BLOCKHEADS to start up again, aren’t you?! There are (30) more quilt blocks to explore here in Group 2, and we are continuing our theme of stars all the way to July! As a reminder, over here at Fig Tree we are working all the way through using the blocks from the first set and this year’s set for one quilt. If you aren’t sure what MBH is all about -and/or- you want to see my blog posts for the GROUP 1 blocks, be sure…

LOG CABIN SEW ALONG – WEEK TWO

Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your holiday festivities and had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! We are back for week 2 of the LOG CABIN SEW ALONG… THIS WEEK Our assignment for this week is to start sewing blocks. Our aim is 20 total. I have to admit, these are so addicting, and although 20 feels like a lot, you may just surprise yourself at how quickly they come together! TIPS/HINTS FROM SUSAN [@thefeltedpear] LAYOUT OPTIONS The “pinwheel”-style layout shown in the American Patchwork & Quilting magazine is just the beginning! Check out these…