Judy Rosenburg is this week’s lucky winner! She will receive these three scissor charms (an alligator/lizard, a horse, and a pink pig) have found a happy home.
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I’ll be back next Wednesday with another Giveaway :-).
Setting the center circle into the Ring 1 is the most tedious part of making the Bullseye quilt. There are clear instructions and photos in the instructions showing how I match, pin, and then sew the center in place.
In a recent class, one of my students had a really good idea. Her background is in garment sewing and she decided to thread baste the center circle into Ring 1, rather than pinning it. What a good idea!
She tacked the points in place with heavy thread and then thread basted between the tacks along the seam line. Basting the center circle makes it easier to see if you have your points correctly positioned before you sew the circle in place.
My student planned to go to the machine and baste it in place again, before sewing it for real. I would run the machine basting stitches to one side or the other of the first (yellow) basting stitches. Then I would remove the hand basting to keep it from being sewn into the final seam.
On the one hand, this is more work than pinning. On the other hand, it adds precision.
I hadn’t considered doing this when I made my Bullseye quilts, but it’s definitely going to be something I try when I make my next one!
NOTE: the newsletter was wrong—an error on my part. Sigh. The Thimble Pack Plus is next week.
Mary Harvey is this week’s winner. She will receive a copy of The Magical Unicorn pattern pack. The cardboard envelope is a little bent, the the pattern and instructions are A-OK. There’s plenty of time to make a unicorn quilt (or quilts!) for Christmas :-).
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My good friend needs this mother of the groom dress in a different color. This green dress can be taken apart to make the pattern to make it in a new color. Do any of you know anyone who could do this? If so, please let me know ASAP. Feel free to spread the word :-).
FYI: It’s a nice quality, thickish knit. Probably polyester.
Thanks!
Carol Dufinetz is this week’s winner. She will receive a Sweetpea Pods pattern from Lazy Girl Designs. I only have this one pattern and it needed a good home. The little pods are easy to make and make wonderful gifts.
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Barb Walsh is this week’ winner—congrats to Barb!
She will receive a very cute (and functional!) pincushion made by Cohana. It goes nicely with the Knickknack bags and totes on my site by the same maker.
The wooden base of this pincushion, with its uniquely plump, round shape, is made from fragrant cypress from the Kii Mountains in southern Japan. The bottom is flat to keep the pincushion from rolling. You can run a cord through the leather loop and use it to attach it the pincushion to your bag.
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