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About mlwilkie

Software Developer, Mother, Wife with keen interest in art, design and crafts of all kinds.

Spring into April!!

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We got Spring for a few days this week – it was delightful. The blossoms are so pretty this time of year and I managed to plant my tomatoes, zucchini and cucumbers this weekend…just in time for the rain.

I have been thinking long and hard about the ALYOF (A lovely year of finishes) goal for this month. Last month was a bit of a bust, as life got in the way….how dare it :-). This month is a very practical goal….I am teaching a Sampler Quilt classes at Spoonflower soon. So, I really need to get at least the first 6 blocks made and the lessons written, if possible the whole 9 blocks.

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This is also the project I am taking for Sew Down Nashville’s Open Sew sessions. I am linking up for A Lovely year of Finishes for this goal (see button on the right)

On the goal setting note, I am still trying to decide what my quarterly goals will be for Finish Along Quarter 2….need to do some planning 🙂

Sunday Stash #12: Go bold !!

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This weeks new fabric highlights, are all some of the recent bold prints, I have added to my stash. The first items are oldie but goodie prints that I managed to pick up as one of the online fabric stores was closing down. Tsuru (Cloud 9) are the first two prints on the left; the rest are Amy Butler prints.

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Recently released, the 5 prints on the left are Iza Pearl Design – Garden Party Tango purchased from Hawthorne Threads. The print to the right – the black and white stripes is from Ampersand Design Studio – 8 days a week. GeoBoldStashPrints

Linking up with Molli Sparkles for Sunday Stash (see button on right).

Friday night sew along

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Tonight, I had a blast joining in on Friday night sew along via Instagram. What a wonderful idea, that was organized by Sarah @ Sarah Quilts….thank you Ms Sarah!!

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How did I spend my time??? First stop….
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….my local Joann’s to pick up grey invisible zippers for my pillows.

I got home and finished off the first of the Tapa Star pillows…so definitely a productive night.
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The back of the pillow, I continued to use Carolyn Friedlander’s Botanics hand-drawn stripes in green, with a grey invisible zipper.
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You can check-out the finished Tapa Star Blocks in this post.

Linking up Amanda Jean over @ Crazy mom quilts for Finish it up Friday.