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FO: “Marion”

Pattern: “Marion”, by Grace Fearon Thread: DMC Baroque (size 10) in “Ecru” Hook size: 1.75mm Click here for my Ravelry project page. The designer now offers (as an additional, separate purchase) a full-project video tutorial (which streams through Facebook, I believe) for people who can prove they have bought the written pattern.  I haven’t seen […]

Quilt Crumbs and Granny Squares

I finished “Marion” a while ago, but simply never remembered it needed blocking until nighttime, and I prefer to do my blocking when there’s plenty of daylight and I’m fully awake.  Last week, I finally remembered at an appropriate time, so the FO post for that should follow shortly. Otherwise, I’ve been sewing more crumbs […]

FO: Dancing Pumpkins (+ Doily WIP and 1st FMQ Trial)

(Squeezing in as many mysterious abbreviations as possible in that title field… ;o)) First, I have way too many photos of the latest finished objects– the “window quilts”.  Here they are after quilting, but before washing. I straight-line quilted them on my sewing machine.  This is the most densely I’ve ever quilted anything bigger than […]