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May 15, 2016
in country, design, folk art, quilt pattern, quilting
by ScottHansen
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– – – Scrap Quilt Challenge – – – – Persimon Dreams

So many months ago, Kim at Persimon Dreams asked if I would like to drop by her blog and talk a little bit about my favorite kind of quilting -- SCRAP Quilting!!  in her Scrap Quilt Challenge 2016 Designer Showcase. Well I needed two reminders and even then I was late to get this post prepared, so please excuse any typos, or sentences that sound completely sleep deprived.   Talking about Scrap Quilting is easy for me as it is  my favorite way to design quilts. I often...

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May 12, 2016
in country, Fabric Review, folk art, randomness
by ScottHansen
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Windham Winner!

Took me a few days, but we have a winner! I will be sending a package of scraps and leftovers from last weekend's Windham series of posts to Cecilia who wrote: They are both really cute collections! My granddaughters would love the mermaids. As I mentioned in one of the recent Windham posts, I had this collection from last summer that  I made these little bags from.     I just LOVE how the rope handles came out!! I had some jute twine that had tied up a fabric bundle. It made...

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May 1, 2016
in Fabric Review, Giveaways
by ScottHansen
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Windham — blush & blooms

How's about some great Spring Action today on our Sunday post  in the Windham Weekend series! Here's blush & blooms by Iza Pearl Design.   This line is very fresh with some color-washed solids to create some contrast from the riotous garden prints that make this line sing. I personally like the grey-blue elements that really set off the other colors in the line. ( I sound soooo advertizy-promotionally and all don't I? )     Even though there are some very busy florals in this collection, it seems to be well...

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April 30, 2016
in Fabric Review, Giveaways
by ScottHansen
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– – – – – Windham Weekend – – – – – Paper Obsessed & Mendocino

So lookie here, I managed to get PART Two of Windham Weekend up and going. Are you excited? I am!   Today I bring you two lines at once and though they are quite different, they can be fun together as demonstrated by the lead-in photo above!   Saturday of Windham Weekend is brought to you by the HEATHERS of Windham Fabrics. Heather Givans and Heather Ross. I have yet to meet Heather Ross in person, but I have loved her work for years. And Heather Givans? There is no...

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