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Block #10 is a Darling House!

*** About the Project ***

Block 10 is the house, but it's more like a cottage, I love it!

Have you been wanting to start the Sleighbell sampler? There is gorgeous kit using the same fabrics I am using! Even if you don't start this year, grab a kit before they are gone!

Details

• Below is a tip for fabric placement for the Sew And Flip
• ** CLICK FOR a KIT and book
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*** Be Organized ***

• There are a lot of small parts in this one .... see my tip for that below
• Mark EVERYTHING with Alphabitties 
• I am IN LOVE with this 14" board, it's a new size and so much nicer for working with a 12" block.

** Design Boards, this is the 14" size

**Alphabitties - 3 colors of them!

*** Small pieces Tip ***

There are a lot of tiny pieces and I find I handle them much better if they are starched

• Spray the fabric
• Let it dry
• Then cut it
• See the video above for how that looks after it drys before I cut it
• **Wool Mats I use
• ** AND the Olisio IRON is 20%off and FREE SHIPPING using my exclusive iron code discount PATSLOAN20 

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Download the Kit Fabric Placement sheet if you have not done it yet

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There is plenty of time to make this quilt and to join in. Get the kit & Book then make the most current block and work backwards.

My Project Details:

• DATES - June 28 to Nov 22 2019 
• The Kit (book is NOT included, so buy the book too its on that page)
• Backing while it's available. 
• REQUIRED Book -
  • at Connecting Threads Winter Wonderland
  • At Fat Quarter Shop where you can also buy Witch's night out
• Project Page
• NUMBER - 12 blocks + Final share Nov 22 - Finished Tops Dec 6
• SIZE -  49" x 63"
• TIMING - Two Blocks a Month assigned on Fridays. You have the book so you can set each block as you go
• Technique - All Pieced

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UFO Friday .. what should I select?

In this article... UFO busting, Tidying, Deal of the day, A yummy recipe and Reading Nook recommendations from you!

*** UFO BUSTING *** 

I have a HUGE stack of UFOs... seriously ... Maybe in December I'll count them.  It's been awhile since I did that.  So for this week I decided to pick something that was on the top

• Norm and Nanette have been waiting patiently for me to get back to them. I even have this tray out on the table top. So maybe I'll get some bodies cut or some Nanette faces (saying heads would be just weird.. right?)
• There is the KIT i'm using ON SALE so you can make your own Norm and Nanette.. or just pick up the pattern
• See my video about the Alphabet blocks They just need appliqued then the next step of the UFO starts

My FINISHES for last week

• French Vanilla Quilt with Swell Xmas Fabric it has shipped to the 'Spa' for quilting treatment

What UFO will you work on this week? Share a photo of your UFO for the week at the end!

*** I may just call it ALL Tidying Up *** 

I've read Marie Kondo, I've read Minimalist books, and I've watched loads of tidying up videos. 

Mostly because I like to be orderly. I don't like clutter. I prefer my space to feel calm.

Does that shelf look calm?  

It might, everything is hidden in baskets.. sort of.. which does make it look tidy.

Because we run our business in our home, and we have no basement, no usable attic, 2 cars IN the garage (the shipping department's domain) that means all business items have to fit in the other rooms of our small home.   This is my business overflow in the dining room. It isn't going away, but it could be more tidy.  The baskets could be less full. I might have things I'll never make  in them.

So I've been thinking of the word Tidy and how much I love it. That my challenge is for us to do 10 minutes of tidying up each day (at least) to keep things under control.  And I decided I'm going to call my 'decluttering'.. tidying up.. Because it sounds more cheerful and friendly! 

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*** Deal of the day! *** 

ENDS Oct 25, and I didn't want you to miss out

15% off all thread.. start with my box  HERE

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*** Bonnie Lane Quilt Alongs ***

Kits available for the sew alongs!

• STARTED - Table runner KIT INCLUDES BINDING and Backing!  - Oct 10 to Oct 24 (see my VIDEO)
• Pattern only incase you already have my fabric = 4 project sizes  
• GLOW (above) Pieced Pattern in Bonnie Lane!Oct 24 to Dec 12 
• JUST the GLOW Pattern= which has 4 size quilts
• BACK IN STOCK - Drive Down Bonnie Lane, Kit - Nov 19 to Mar 24
• Bonnie Lane Fabric

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*** Yummy Things ***

For some reason I thought about a cake I made years ago when I lived in St. Louis. Mississippi Mud Cake. It's the reason I bought large industrial sheet pans to bake in. I could not seem to find my recipe (but I will!) this is similar to what I remember. We had to have pecan. When I worked an Anheuser-Bush we were ALL foodies before that was a 'thing' and bringing food to the office was a huge part of working there. We even had a recipe in our department's monthly newsletter

• Mississippi Mud Cake 

 

*** Reading Nook *** 

• Both the books this week are recommend by all of you! Thank you 
• Alice suggest The Bookish Life of Nina Hill  a Bright and fun novel .. book worm meets new family.. fun read!
• Were you a teen in 69?  Jan heard 'Summer of 69' was fabulous.  The amazon page says "Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed, in New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel"
• LEAVE ME SOME BOOK Recommendations! You all read way more interesting stuff than I do!

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