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We are blowing out of  March (March winds.. get it?😅  ) it has been an interesting month because it seemed to go whoosh right on by!  I am itching to do some gardening but know it's a few weeks too soon for Virigina. So instead I got a suet feeder to try and attact some birds. My dad and one and the birds are crazy for it! So far mine seem to be very snobby and nobody is eating it. One blue bird sat on top for awhile, so maybe she will come back.

Since I did almost no gardening last year due to 2 broken wrists, I'm ready to create some beautiful flower beds.

On another note, I trimmed up my hair myself (photo below), this is not easy but I'm doing it! And be sure you Watch my video tonight to know what type of comment to leave!

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I can't wait to chat with you tonight!

Video tonight at 8:00pm est 

• -National Park Map https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8902216/type/dlg/https://www.fabric.com/buy/0670452/riley-blake-national-parks-poster-36-panel 
• -Baby Panel  https://shrsl.com/2l2tj  
• -Little wilderness kit is in, show fabric, pattern is free    https://shrsl.com/2tt3o  
• -Quilt Tops for Charity  - show screen shot https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/quilt-tops-for-chairty.html 
• -VA quilt Museum events including the Schmetz needles talk Signup at https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/events-1 

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***Virginia Quilt Museum Virtual Events ***

VA quilt Museum events including the Schmetz needles talk, they are fantastic!

Sign up for the events at https://www.vaquiltmuseum.org/events-1 

• April 3 Paula Golden - journey through va quilts based on the VA consortium of quilters documentation project

• April 24 Learn ALL about needles with my friend Ronda Pierce of Schmetz needles. A MUST see

• May 1 Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi for a virtual talk on African American Quilt History.

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***FREE Pattern!!***

• Little wilderness kit is in, show fabric, The pattern is free!
• Go to  https://shrsl.com/2tt3o  

***What Charities take Quilt Tops?***

I'd like to build a page to list groups that will take Quilt tops NOT FINISHED QUILTS, JUST TOPS  for Charity.

Ones that will take our TOPS and they will finish them by quilting them, doing the binding and then give to people or use them to raise funds for charity.

Find a Organization at

https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/quilt-tops-for-chairty.html

• Name of the Groups that will take QUILT TOPS ONLY *NOT FINISHED QUILTS*
• Website of the Group
• If they do not have a website, then do they have a Facebook group? They need to have some way for me to verify they are a legitimate group to be listed.

***Yes I cut my own hair!***

I've been trimming my hair since September. My salon moved, so I'll have to find a new salon and new person. Hoping to do that this summer, until then... it's me and a pair of scissors!

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'Your favorite Baby quilt you've made'

Goodie bag goes to Jane who said "My favorite Baby Quilt is actually the first quilt I ever did. It was pictures of Winnie the Pooh characters taken from a coloring booking and I embroidered them onto squares of fabric and made them into a quilt. This was made for my son's nursery. This also started my life long love of making quilts." you have been emailed!

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🧵 OPEN FREE Sewcialites TULIP Block #24 & My Florida Quilt

A finish that makes me giddy!!

I took a lot of photos to share below of my Florida Quilt, which is DONE!! Watch my video for a Death defying finish.. haha! (as only a quilter would call it)

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• Free Sew along Sewcialite Block #24
• Daily Video- with a first word problem
• My Florida Quilt Photos
• Tulips!
• A GREAT desk set!
• and Share your blocks at the end!

***Sewcialites Block #24***

A super darling tulip for our 'Abundance' Block, watch my video for you challenge today

• Made with my Morrison Park Fabric at https://shrsl.com/2jbrq
• Bamboo Book stand I use in my video  https://amzn.to/3jlNacX 
• Design Boards https://shrsl.com/2c4dm

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**NOTE the sewcialite block is released by mid day, if the link is not clickable check back

• CLICK HERE for Past Blocks  https://shrsl.com/2vgn7
• Visit my Project page for supply list & photos of the layout https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/sewcialites-sew-along.html
• watch Kimberly make the block at her video 

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Goodies:

• Florida Quilt in Jolly bar book #2 https://shrsl.com/2vg3f 
• Florida Fabric is  https://shrsl.com/2vgm0  and at https://shrsl.com/2vgm7 
• Updated Gallery https://blog.patsloan.com/pat-sloans-quilt-gallery.html 
• Desk Set https://shrsl.com/2ve5t 
• Celebrate the Seasons book on SALE at http://shrsl.com/1powr 
• Rolling office assistant Stand https://amzn.to/2XCFPMW
• My Aurifil Thread on SALE http://shrsl.com/1nm8d

Gorgeous Fan quilting by Cindy and Dennis Dickinson 



Older fabric I finally found the perfect project for!

 
Behind the scenes

The palm leaf border is 13" wide, then I added another 2" wide aqua border

Now to get those pillow shams made!

*** My Florida Quilt! ***

• Florida Quilt in Jolly bar book #2 https://shrsl.com/2vg3f 
• Florida Fabric is  https://shrsl.com/2vgm0  and at https://shrsl.com/2vgm7 

*** Tulips in my book! ***

Find the tulips quilt in my book

• Celebrate the Seasons book on SALE at http://shrsl.com/1powr 

*** A Great Desk Set! ***

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What is your Scrap Quilt IQ?

Such a loaded question, but I'm going to make this easy on you!

A lot of people keep their quilt scraps and I want to talk about your 'Scrap Quilt IQ' so you can decide the best way for you to store  (or maybe not store) those scraps

Read on!

*** Take the Scrap Quilt IQ test ***

Watch my video then read on!

Do you currently Make Scrap Quilts? 

• Yes - be honest here, do you really make them or is it just sometimes? this will help you know how much to keep
• Sometimes - when you make them do you like them? 
• No

How many Scrap Quilts?

• It’s all I make - again, be honest... do you really make only scrap quilt or is just sometimes?
• I do a few - think about how often
• I have yet to make one

*** here is your Scrap Quilt Type ***

This puts you into a category as of today (and it might change over time as your interests change)

• Scrap Queen - Makes almost exclusively scrap quilts - your whole stash needs to be sorted around your scraps
• Occasional Scrapper - how often do you make them? Do you actually use your scraps to make them or go buy lots of new fabric to ‘go with’ your scraps because it needs to be coordinated? 
• Scrap wanna-be - you are planning scrap quilts, might have made a few blocks but have yet to make a whole quilt
• Scrap dreamer - you ‘think’ you need to be a scrap quilter but actually don’t like making scrap quilts but still save scraps

*** What scraps to keep ***

• Why keep in Precut sizes?  There are tons of patterns already!
• 2 1/2” squares 
• 2 1/2" strips
• 1 1/2" strips
• 5” squares charm packs
• 10” squares layer cake

*** Keep it Simple ***

Sometimes just keeping one type of scrap is the easiest to manage for your time and space.

Right now I Just keep 2 1/2" squares to make

• Checkerboard quilts https://blog.patsloan.com/2016/07/pat-sloan-how-to-make-a-bonus-quilt-while-you-make-other-things.html
• Traffic Jam quilts https://pat-sloan.dpdcart.com/product/193284

*** Kate shared her scrap storage ***

Thank you Kate for sharing your scrap storage!

What Kate Shared:

• Pat has a couple of videos on organizing scraps, cutting them into precut sizes and a free quilt pattern Traffic Jam that uses them. The key to using those pre cut scraps is to have projects they will go into. Pat Sloan has some great free patterns on her blog that would be great options for scrappy quilts.

• I used this concept with mix and match half square triangles. So far I have taken a pile my blue and white scraps and cut them to make into 4" finished and 2" finished half square triangles. These will go with 2.5" and 4.5" squares to make a variety of quilt blocks and blue and white quilts.
• I have a Postage Stamp Quilt project made from 2"squares that I have been using as leaders and enders that is using up a lot of my very small scraps.
• I do need to find a pattern I love that uses 2.5" strips because those leftovers are piling up.

• The top shelf has 3 bins of scrappy projects I am working on. The left is the start of a bargello tote bag, the center is my postage stamp quilt, and the right is a bin full of blue and white HSTs.

• The middle shelves have bins of scraps between 4 inches wide and 9" wide. They are not cut down yet. I got an Accuquilt Go last year so now I am leaving my scraps in chunks till I know what I will be cutting them into.
• There is a bin of 5" squares and charm packs.
• The bottom shelf has a bin of strings and crumbs on the left and the right is more parts of a English Paper Piecing project I am working on.
• On the floor is a box of hexagons ready for English Paper Piecing.

• The blue box on the floor is one of many boxes I have that have my scraps between 1/4 yard and just under a yard. They are sorted by color.

• On the left is a rolling cart with drawers that has my cut and sorted scraps smaller than 5". It is strips, squares, and hexagons. I have the drawers sorted by size for 1.5", 2", 2.5" and 3.5" squares and strips in them. 

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• Big book of Nickel quilts https://amzn.to/2QpGPU5
• Perfect 10 https://shrsl.com/2v8j1 
• Perfect 5 https://shrsl.com/2dtvf