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Apr
10

Scrappy Celebration- the end

Welcome to the last week of the Scrappy Celebration QAL. First I have to say, this s not a race so no matter when you started keep on going and sharing your progress. I mentioned before that I am using leftovers for my binding. I usually cut my binding on the bias unless the print looks better on...
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Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
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A Quilting Life, Jen Kingwell, Primitive Gatherings, QAL
Apr
3

Scrappy Celebration QAL week 7

Week 7- Time to make the 3 remaing blocks, K, L, and M. I have worked ahead so I can talk a little about quilting. Here are my bits and pieces left over from my blocks. I have no plans for them now, but may piece them all together for a futre back or something else fun. I talk about this often but...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
Mar
27

Scrappy Celebration QAL- week 6

Happy Quilt Along Monday! Those of you that are doing the Scrappy Celebration QAl should be jumping up and down with this week's blocks, I and J. Both are big pieces and easy piecing. You may notice that many of the fabrics in the circle behind my block picture are disappearing. As I make more and...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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American Patchwork & Quilting, Electric Quilt Company, quiltalong
Mar
20

Scrappy Celebration, week 5

Happy Monday, Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Welcome back to another installment of the Scrappy Celebration QAL. This week we are making blocks G and H. G is a big easy one perfect for any leftover scraps that are 2" squares from your other blocks. Have fun with it and scrap it up. You will...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
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American Patchwork & Quilting, quiltalong, Scrap quilt
Mar
18

Glimmer & Gleam Installment 3 Tutorial

Welcome back to the Glimmer & Gleam quilt-along. This month, we're focusing on the square-in-a-square (SNS) unit that appears in the center of many of the blocks in this installment. Getting accurate points on those units can often be a challenge. Here are my tips for having success! To make...
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Author: 
Sarah Maxwell
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Quilt-Along
Mar
13

Scrappy Celebration- Week 4

Kuddos to everyone sewing along on this project. I know we have had some small 1" blocks along the way and they can be fiddly. One of my first entry points to quilting was doing Seminole Patchwork . Thank goodness! Seminole Patchwork is what really gave me the early concept of strip piecing,...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
Mar
6

Scrappy Celebration- Week 3

Man oh Man, It has been so fun to see everyone quilting along on Scrappy Celebration. Fun and easy blocks in so many combination of colors is just what I was hoping everyone would embrace. Welcome to week 3. Mistakes happen! When I started making block D, I completely mis-read the quanitity of...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
Feb
28

Glimmer & Gleam Installment 2 Tutorial

Try an easy, alternative way to make flying geese units!
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Author: 
Sarah Maxwell
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Trending, Quilt-Along
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quiltalong
Feb
27

Scrappy Celebration QAL- week 2

Hello All, Lissa Alexander back for week 2 of the Scrappy Celebration QAL in conjunction with American Patchwork and Quilting's 30th Anniversary event. I had so much fun during the week seeing all the fabric pulls and comments, I thought I would share a few here. Row 1-1 SEWLUX's fabric bundles for...
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Author: 
Lissa Alexander
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Quilt-Along
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ModaLissa, Scrap quilt
Feb
20

Scrappy Celebration QAL

Welcome, welcome, welcome! This is Lissa Alexander, also AKA Modalissa taking over Moda's blog each Monday for the next 8 weeks for the Scrappy Celebration QuiltAlong. This image used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting magazine . Meredith Operations Corporation. All rights...
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Lissa Alexander
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