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March 25, 2017
in Blog, Fabric Review, flora and fauna, folk art, Free Spirit, One Fabric Nation, quilt pattern, quilting, studio
by ScottHansen
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Tabby Road

Everyone loves a story, don't they? And I know a really, really delightful storyteller named Tula Pink. Every one of her lines is based on a story she has come up with. I looked online for the storyline behind Tabby Road but I could not find it, so if you know it leave us a comment so we can all find it! But you don't need to know the story behind Tabby Road; it is just so stinkin' cute on its own!! Teaser shots all tied up in...

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March 22, 2017
in Blog, color, Fabric Review, quilting
by ScottHansen
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March Quilty Box

So the people over at Quilty Box sent me another box to review! And what a great box it was!  I opened it up on Instagram the other day, so if you want to see the timelapse version, you can check that out here. This month the Featured Artist is Alison Glass -- She is such a GREAT designer. Always has Rich Saturated Colors! And just one of the sweetest people on the planet! The March Quilty Box features her new line Sun Print 2017  from Andover...

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March 15, 2017
in Blog, dreaming, hilarious, quilting, randomness, shiloah cottage, studio
by ScottHansen
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Progress Of A Sort

Thought I would briefly show you how the Studio Clean up is going. The above shot is my new cutting mat finally put up over my Ikea cabinets. I had a smaller 24" by 18" mat that was ANCIENT and had so many grooves gouged in it, it was getting very bad to cut on. And I had bought the particle board and gleaming new 24" x 36" board to put on top ...

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March 14, 2017
in Blog, color, design, Fabric Review, folk art, Photography, quilting, randomness, studio, valentine
by ScottHansen
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Starlight

Good morning from the Rainy Pacific Northwest US!  A few weeks ago or so, Crystal at Windham Fabrics sent out some fat quarters of Starlight by Katia Hoffman to play around with. What a fun line! Some Tremendous Tonals and basics that will go with anything! And that featured Quilt block print! It would make a great back as well as fussy cut centers of other blocks, wouldn't it? I stared with red and black colorway to make some small Valentine Baskets for my both of my sons...

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March 8, 2017
in art stuff, Blog, design, quilt pattern, quilting
by ScottHansen
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#GetQuilty

Are you getting a Subscription Box from somewhere? They are such a fun way to give a gift to yourself for just hanging in there for another month, right? When I first got connected with the quilting world outside of my own world, there was  a little quilt shop on a farm somewhere in Kentucky or Tennessee that would send me a new bunch of Charm Squares of their latest arrivals. This was in the mid to late 1990's, you know,  Last Century? So I had...

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