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Garden of Quilts and Flutter

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Garden of Quilts and Flutter

Today, I would have been greeting Laura and Charlotte, just a couple of my students, to my Flutter class at the Garden of Quilts event but as you are aware, there are no classes, lectures, demos or trunk shows this year (above picture taken at LAST year's Garden of Quilts event). 

Flutter is such a fun, happy and lively design

that we patterned with Hidden Shoofly 

as part of our TWO...

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Tranquility Basket Panel Project Bags!

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Tranquility Basket Panel Project Bags!

Well I'm back with yet another way to use the Tranquility Baskets Panels!  How about Clear View Project Bags!

After I had shared what my sister Theresa had created with the Tranquility Basket Panels (here), I was thinking about other ways to use the panels.

My mind went quickly to project bags and I began to search the web for a quick, and easy bag that even "I" could make when my oldest sister,...

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From Quilts to Table Runners!

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From Quilts to Table Runners!

Remember the (4) quilts from my Rustic Romance Book?

I've received many emails from fellow quilters who absolutely LOVE the designs but have been hesitant to make any of them because of their "perceived" perception of difficulty.

I listened and thought a simple way to approach any one of these designs is in a singular row (since 3 of the 4 designs are sewn in rows vs blocks) and make them into TABLE RUNNERS!!

The first design...

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Embroidery Blooming Basket Panels!?

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Embroidery Blooming Basket Panels!?

If you've been a regular blog reader of Planted Seed Designs, you're well aware when I introduced my sister, Theresa's, interpretation of the Blooming Baskets (originally designed as applique) as embroidery.

You can read all about it here and here!

You guys were thrilled and excited and waited in anticipation of our next steps.  We had every intention of bringing you, what we thought you were interested in, but then life as we all know it now, happened.

Welcome Plan B!

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From Backyard Garden to Garden of Quilts!

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From Backyard Garden to Garden of Quilts!

I've been very fortunate to be introduced to some incredibly talented quilters and makers through mutual friends and social media and Peggy True is no exception!

Peggy found me through a Gem Stones project she found of mine on Bloglovin.  Did you know you can now follow my blog on Bloglovin?  Its as simple as clicking here!

Peggy reached out to me full of Gem Stones inspiration wanting...

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