colorworks concepts

Cutting ColorWorks Concepts strip sets

I’m really enjoying working with the ColorWorks Concepts fabric line from Northcott! Yesterday we cut all of the strips of fabric and assembled our strip sets. Today we’re going to spend our time cutting the strip sets and assembling the quilt center. Cutting the strip sets Now that all of…

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Finishing up the quilted retreat tote

Now that the individual parts of the quilted tote are ready, it’s time to put them together. I’m loving how everything looks so far and I’m excited to get the bag done. How about you? Are you ready for finishing up the quilted retreat tote? Laying out the pockets on…

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4 easy ways to make fabric pockets

Now that my plan is in place, I’m going to start sewing! Since I want my retreat bag to hold a variety of different tools, I want to have an assortment of different sized pockets. It would be easy to make all of the pockets the same way, but where…

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New York Beauty quilt block made easy

I’ve always wanted to make a New York Beauty quilt and just recently quilted one on my Gammill for a customer, but they are a lot of work. I’m not big on paper piecing although I hear there are new, improved ways of doing it, however, I’ve never gotten around…

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Making a tote for your quilting tools.

The Northcott ColorWorks Concepts fabrics arrived this morning so I started to think of ways to use them in a project. Late last night when I couldn’t sleep I came up with a few ideas…a table runner…a tote bag…an apron…a lap quilt. But I wanted to make something that I…

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