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Summer Projects Wrap Up
Quilt Community ► September 8, 2023

Summer Projects Wrap Up

Hi friends~ What a summer! Between the packing up of our townhouse, the temporary move to an apartment (well, not so temporary- we will be here for over a year!), trying to find places to...

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Wrap up 2021
Quilt Community ► December 15, 2021

Wrap up 2021

Hi friends! It’s that busy time of the year isn’t it? Busy with holiday plans, holiday shopping, cooking… but it is also time to reflect back on the year and it’s time to wrap up...

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A Quilting Update: New Patterns, New Fabrics and New Plans!
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► January 31, 2020

A Quilting Update: New Patterns, New Fabrics and New Plans!

Hi friends! There are so many things going on over here at Seams Like a Dream – not just the Adventure in Color Quilt Along –  and I haven’t had a chance to do a...

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Best of 2018
Blog Hops and Quilt Alongs ► December 29, 2018

Best of 2018

Hi Friends! Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs is hosting a Link Party called Best of 2018. You are supposed to list the 5 best posts of the year. And you can use any criteria to...

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Adventures in Quilting- to market, to market, to Quilt Market we go!
Bags & Small Quilts ► October 31, 2018

Adventures in Quilting- to market, to market, to Quilt Market we go!

Hi friends! Tomorrow I get on a plane to go to Quilt Market Houston 2018! Woo hoo! I will have 3 very full suitcases of quilts, patterns and demos to bring and show off.  ...

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So many projects, so little time!
Quilt Community ► April 13, 2017

So many projects, so little time!

Hi friends! How are you? This time of year is very busy for me as Quilt Market is coming up again in May. So I am working hard to get new patterns ready to go,...

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Kozy Q and a discount
Bags & Small Quilts ► January 24, 2017

Kozy Q and a discount

Hi friends! How are you today? Can you believe this is the last full week of January? I think January flew by- which is weird. Usually it feels like the longest month to me. We...

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Farm Fresh Quilts
Quilt Patterns ► November 4, 2016

Farm Fresh Quilts

Hi friends! I want to introduce you to 2 new quilts- Sweet Beets and Little Leaves. They are part of a new series called Farm Fresh. The quilts are inspired by my daughter’s life on...

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After Market
Bags & Small Quilts ► November 3, 2016

After Market

Phew! What a week! I got back from market late on Tuesday and spent yesterday unpacking quilts, packing up and shipping out orders and picking up my sewing machine. She had gone for a spa...

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Fabric Winner!
Quilting Giveaways ► October 24, 2016

Fabric Winner!

Hi friends! Thank you to everyone who visited with me last week on my new pattern bonanza as I introduced a new pattern each day. They were all fun to make and they were cat...

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Pattern Spotlight

Dusk - A beautiful medallion quilt pattern with center star - looks complicated but it's just put together with half square triangles and squares!

Looks great in Kate's new fabric line Sea Cookies by Island Batik. Fabric is in stores now.
Dusk
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