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Itajime Shibori

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Itajime Shibori

    You might have read that title and thought, "Huh?!" Last week at the North Texas Quilt Festival I had the wonderful opportunity to take a few classes and one of them was a class on Itajime Shibori. Cindy Lohbeck teaches several classes throughout the year. She sells all the supplies for her Itajime Shibori dyeing techniques on her website here: Hands-on Hand Dyes   Yes, they did stick us in a commercial kitchen for this class. Did I mention this gets messy?? Shibori is an ancient Japanese fabric resist dyeing technique that is used to create patterns on...

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Effort + Ease Quilt Pattern

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Effort + Ease Quilt Pattern

      Hello quilt-y friends! This quilt started as a sketch several months ago but slowly evolved into the real deal. I am so excited to be sharing my first quilt pattern with you all! I am also feeling pretty vulnerable in sharing what this quilt pattern means to me because of the season of life that it came out of.     (Did you know this is a FREE quilt pattern? All you have to do is join my email list and it will be sent to your inbox. CLICK HERE to sign up now!)   I woke up one...

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FREE Easter Basket Tutorial

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FREE Easter Basket Tutorial

To help you get ready for the Easter bunny I am sharing a quick and easy Easter Basket tutorial on the blog today!

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EPP Nametag Tutorial

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EPP Nametag Tutorial

My quilt guild recently set a challenge for everyone to make their own name-tag. I scrolled through Pinterest for quite a while and didn't find anything that I really loved. SO - I thought "Why don't I just use EPP?!" Here is what I made:

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How I Finished my #EPPPARTY Quilt

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How I Finished my #EPPPARTY Quilt

When I posted the finished picture of my quilt - there were several of you that mentioned you were stuck on how to finish yours. I hope this post inspires you! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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