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September 16, 2016
in Giveaways, studio
by ScottHansen
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Sissix Winner!

So I have the winner of the Sissix giveaway to announce. A Hearty Thank You to all who entered. I loved reading all of your hopes and dreams when it comes to getting more organized. I will work on my studio thinking of you all as well, hoping that maybe we can all get a little more organized this fall/winter. Wouldn't that be terrific!?     I used the Random Number Generator pick one winner from the Blog Comments and one from the Instagram Comments and then I  used it again to pick between Blog and...

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September 15, 2016
in color, design, Fabric Review, quilt pattern, quilting
by ScottHansen
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Me + You

Today's post is my last "catch-up" on fabric reviews.   Aaron at Hoffman Fabrics is amazing! I only met him at Market last fall and his enthusiasm over his new Me + You division over at Hoffman Fabrics was so infectious! I told him that I really wasn't all that fond of batiks in general. Then he handed me these Indah Batiks to play with. I took these bundle pictures in December last year...

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September 6, 2016
in Giveaways, organization, quilting, studio
by ScottHansen
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Sizzix Organizing Giveaway

And as promised, here is today's incredible giveaway! (if this is your first time at the Blue Nickel-Welcome!  You can read the intro to today's post here.)   I am sucker for beautiful organized spaces. Probably because in the past I have been so poor at keeping it that way ( I am GOING to CHANGE that, remember?) So LAST WINTER when I was going to do this big cleanup project in January, Linda over at Sizzix sent me a bunch of cool diecuts to create some useful and...

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August 31, 2016
in #NGAQB2, Autumn, country, design, folk art, improv quilting, primitive, quilting
by ScottHansen
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NGAQB2 – Giuseppe

  Last day of August today. Really? I barely remember June and July. Well, I do remember a week in July. That week in Sisters, Oregon teaching at Quilters Affair. That is always an awesome time!  So as we head into the autumn days in the Northern Hemisphere, it was really very nice to be working on Giuseppe's "Chester" quilt!  Luscious fall colors. I got to break into my country colors which I haven't used in ages. Very fun times.     Most of these fabrics came along with...

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