The Sewing Party: Machine Quilt Binding Tutorial

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This week on the Sewing Party blog I show my step by step process for using my sewing machine to bind a quilt! It’s a perfect technique for when you just don’t want to spend hours hand sewing the binding on or you are crunched for time!

I have received very good feedback about the post so far, so please go check it out too!

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The Sewing Party: How to Make Your Own Patches

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I have been a bit behind due to travel and catching a cold, so I missed posting about my October blog post on the Sewing Party blog.

I showed how you can use a domestic embroidery machine to make your very own iron on patches. Even if you don’t have a machine, it’s still neat to learn about, I promise!

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Spinning Pyramid Quilt Pattern for Robert Kaufman

Spinning Pyramid Quilt Pattern for Robert Kaufman {an Art School Dropout's life}This week is finally the week, the Spinning Pyramid Quilt pattern I designed for Robert Kaufman is live and ready to download FOR FREE!

It is an Advanced foundation paper piecing pattern like my Spinning Icosahedron Quilt, but there are less sides to worry about. Plus there is the option to make 16 blocks like above, or 9 blocks or whatever combination you want!!

If any of you try the pattern out, please send me photos. I’d love to share them on here and on all the social media outlets.

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Celebrating Sewing Month with Bari J and Art Gallery Fabrics

Celebrating Sewing Month with Art Gallery Fabrics {an Art School Dropout's life} BariJ

Art Gallery Fabrics reached out to numerous bloggers and asked them to make a project using one of their newest lines as part of Sewing Month! After browsing through their app (yes, they have a fabric app!) I chose Bari J’s newest line Anna Elise and made CT a new, toddler sized quilt to cuddle up with.

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Sew Adorkable Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY!

Sew Adorkable Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY! {an Art School Dropout's life}

Today I am super excited to share a project from the newly released book Sew Adorkable: 15 DIY Projects to Keep You Out of Trouble by my friend Samarra Khaja. When she contacted me asking if I would like to review the book, my response was “I’m not great at reviewing things. I don’t hate enough. So how about I make something?” She went for it, and here we are!

To make this post even more awesome, there is a giveaway involved! You just have to read on a little more for all of the details.

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