A Giveaway and Public Service Announcement

Thursday, May 31, 2018
Hi Everyone,

How would you like to get this adorable enamel Mushroom mug (that I picked up just for you at the famous Powell's Bookstore) filled with charms of Mushroom and Flower fabric from Sarah Watts and Melody Miller of Cotton + Steel, and some other fun goodies from Market? If so... read on...

(Links in this post are affiliate links, I get a few pennies for promotion at no extra cost to you.)

My first PSA is about Cricut... if you have been on the fence about buying a Maker (intro post here) now is the time they have a super promo The More You Spend, The More You Save! Valid 5.30-6.5.
You can get a bunch of $ to spend to buy accessories.

They also have Free economy shipping (US & Canada) on orders of $99+ using code: MAYSHIP

And a great deal on the Easy Press (it is a special iron for making fun t-shirts) it has the perfect heat settings for iron on heat transfer.  Bring on the heat. Take $20 off Cricut EasyPress.Valid 5.30-6.5.

Last but not least... I have been wanting to tell you about Creativebug... as you all know I love Creativebug. I have been a member for a few years now and every once in a while I tell you guys about them. They have great teachers! Including Anna Maria Horner, Amy Butler, Lizzy House, Heather Ross, and Carolyn Friedlander... honestly it is great. The reason I am talking about them now is they have a special if you sign up now 1 Month for $1  you can do as many classes as you want... and Sonya Philip of "100 Acts of Sewing" with her hot patterns is teaching her three basic pattern classes. Tunic No. 1, Pants No. 1, and Shirt No. 1.
 
The patterns alone would cost you close to $50 this is a great deal folks. If you want to sign up just click on the picture to go to Creativebug.

Look at this Quilt with Anna Maria:



Plus they have painting, cooking, knitting... it's great!

 

Megan was the only comment for the giveaway so she wins! Woot! Giveaway is over :)

110 comments on "A Giveaway and Public Service Announcement"
  1. I want to enter the contest! I really love those fabrics and that cup. Thank you for the chance to win it. I am currently not working on a quilting project as I recently moved and I am still getting organized and unpacked. But I see so many I need to do that I can't wait to get back to the sewing machine!

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  2. I am loving doing an orange peel quilt using some hoarded Foxglove fabric by Anita Hoey. Thanks for a fun giveaway. x

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  3. I am signed up for your newsletter. Thank you for a fun giveaway. x

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  4. I have several projects going on right now. I just can’t turn down a Mystery, BOM or QAL! If I have to choose, my favorite is one I’m just finishing up, a Scrappy Sampler made with 30s fabrics and muslin. Love your videos.

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  5. I just completed a tiny paper pieced quilt of all birdhouses. Just need to sew on the little button embellishments. Love the mushroom mug and fabrics too! Thanks! nettiecrain@live.com

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  6. I just signed up to be on your newsletter list also. Thanks! nettiecrain@live.com

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  7. Right now I have just started my first ever EPP project and I am quite taken with it. I just want to sit and stitch hexies.

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  8. My favorite project right now is the Quilters Planner Sampler. rita_l_39212@yahoo.com

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  9. My favorite project right now is the #citytilesquilt using all Cotton + Steel fabrics, even the background. I just need to find the perfect C+S backing to go with it and the binding will be all scraps left over from the blocks!

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  10. I get your newsletter and also the Tilda first to know. rita_l_39212@yahoo.com

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  11. I have been working on scrappy quilts and have finished several quilt tops this year. I need to learn to quilt them on my home machine since long arm quilting is costing me a fortune!

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  12. I am piecing a quilt inspired by Downton Abbey. I don’t usually work in traditional fabrics and this has been a fun change. My current favorite! I already receive your newsletter :) Thank you for the nice giveaway!

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  13. I’m hard at work creating a quilted bedspread, curtains, pillows, matches doll quilts Fr my granddaughter, and getting materials together for a wedding gift for my niece.

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  14. I’m receiving your newsletter!

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  15. I'm in the middle of a geranium top for my daughter - purple(!!) with bears. She's gonna love it... considering she saw the fabric already and didn't want to let it go. :) :a

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  16. I have too many projects to choose from! I think right now I am really into the Stellar Stars Block of the month. The blocks are all so cool!

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  17. My favorite project is a baby quilt for a friend. It's currently a stack of fabric, but I've got plans!

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  18. I get the newsletter, thanks for the chance!

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  19. I haven't been at my sewing machine for over two weeks and miss it terribly! (Life interferes sometimes!) I have been looking at projects on line and am loving all the English paper pieced ones I am seeing. I have tried hexagons but nothing else. May have to try out something new! Sandy A

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  20. I get your newsletter already!

    Sandy A

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  21. I"m finishing up a quilt for my mom and to enter into the local fair this summer. It's great to have a goal in mind.

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  22. Lately I'm loving table runners because they are quick to make when sewing time is limited. Plus they make great gifts and can add lovely little pops of color to a room.

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  23. I am signed up for your newsletter.

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  24. I am working on a log cabin quilt made with Tilda fabrics - Circus to be exact. Then I will make a dresser scarf and scarves for the 2 storage cabinets in my room. All will be Tilda. Then I will make my Tilda Santa Claus and Tilda Christmas stocking. After I finish all this I will make other Tilda items until my bedroom is completely Tilda'd. Can't wait to sleep in my Tilda room. Hmmmmm...maybe Tilda curtains too? Bliss.

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  25. Right now, my favorite project is spending time with the Grangirlie now that school is out for the Summer!!:) We are laying out a simple charm squares quilt now..and have been digging thru my bigger scraps, to make clothes for her Hearts 4 Hearts doll, Dell. :D Thank you for chance to win such a fun Give-a-way!! :)

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  26. My favorite project right now is a wedding guest memory quilt for my step-son and his new bride.

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  27. Right now I am working on a Tilda baby quilt. The fabric is so soft it makes a wonderful quilt. I am using her lemon tree fabric. I am also so glad you are back online selling her fabric. 😊

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  28. In the middle of making a tablerunner. The catch is learning to piece by machine. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  29. I am working on a C&S wonky Christmas tree quilt. I have a stash of all the great Christmas prints from way back. So fun!!

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  30. My favourite project right now is a quilt with owls I'm making for my granddaughter.

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  31. I signed up for your newsletter.

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  32. My favorite project I am working on is a paper-pieced block by block quilt. It is moving along slowly, but that's ok because I just love the intricacy about it. Thank you, peterstankovich@comcast.net

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  33. I am currently trying to finish baby quilt #4 before heading off on vacation! So many family members having babies this year!! Thanks for sharing the fun giveaway.

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  34. I have just signed up for your newsletter!

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  35. I am quilting my son's graduation gift quilt.

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  36. I am getting ready to quilt a kimono quilt from shibori fabrics from a workshop and I am starting some hexies for the kingfisher sew along

    sharongalli@gmail.com

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  37. I am finishing up a doll quilt for my daughter (it was part of her birthday present last year in August...and as she's been reminding me, she's waited a very long time) and a quilt for my son. Then onto a Christmas quilt for each of them.

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  38. I am making a Eagle Scout quilt for my nephew!! Thank you!

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  39. I signed up for your newsletter! I really enjoy your blog!

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  40. Well, I am having to pack up all my sewing stuff to make the guest room back into a guest room for next week and I love my flowering snowball quilt blocks so much I don't want to put them away...so, I am really eager to pick that project back up when our company has gone. Thanks for the giveaway, Julie!

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  41. Wow great info! I'm cutting several projects at once so I can just sit & sew, soon. A fave pattern by Kathy doughty! Woot woot...
    Thanks
    Caltexgal@aol.com

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  42. I'm deep into a 3 year 1" hexie queen size quilt...I'm calling it the never ending journey!!! But it calls to me and it's my CENTERING MYSELF time.

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  43. I'm signed up for your newsletter also! Thank you.

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  44. I'm loving the high school graduation quilt that's at bat right now. It's going to a lovely young woman that I held as a baby (and has one fabric square from her baby quilt in it. I wonder if she'll recognize it?)

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  45. I love Fabricflair's Morrovian Star project. Just finished my first one, all in lovely spring blues and greens. I have a 2nd ready to start. Still deciding on colors!

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  46. :1 My favorite project always seems to be the one I'm working on at the moment. Right now I'm in the midst of a modern flower- applique table runner. The pattern has been tabbed in a book I've had for a really long time and I am finally getting around to it. Flowers and spring time go perfectly together! :b

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  47. I have signed up for your newsletter, Julie! :4

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  48. My favorite projects at the moment are knit tops. I need a few new tops for the summer so that's what I'll be working on during the next week or two.

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  49. I'm already a subscriber to your newsletter.

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  50. I'm enjoying my second rendition of my Wonderland quilt.

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  51. My favorite project I'm working on now is a scrappy log cabin. I'm using traditional red centers with yellow and blue logs. It's very fun to sew, and I love the colors. I can't seem to make a "calm" quilt. Happy sewing!

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  52. I am signed up for your newsletter.

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  53. I'm still working on 3 graduation quilts but I love that Tunic.

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  54. Oh my! I can’t even describe how much I love this sweet enamel mug, and for it to be filled with fabric?! Swoon! I have never been to Portland, but hear amazing things about the restaurant (ahem, donut) scene there. I would love to go! And as a crazy avid reader, well Powell Books is basically heaven so I will cross my fingers that I get there one of these years.

    My crafting is pretty basic these days, as a single mama of three boys I have to say my fabric stash is still growing and I do love my basic patchwork and whole cloth quilts (mostly used as snuggle blankets and folded in big piles on our couches and at the foot of our beds. I have purchased a few abstract embroidery kits from Belinda Marshall
    In Australia that I am excited to try one of these days, too. Thanks for the super awesome giveaway! I would love to win! xo

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  55. Aaaaand, I subscribe to your newsletter. So thanks for the second chance to win!

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  56. I am knitting a pair of socks for my friend.

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  57. I'm working on my Nest fabric quilt. Love the mushroom mug. grinnie1961 at gmail dot com

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  58. I am making a quilt that I have used up every scrap of the layer cake and blender fabric that I have. It is going to be close, but hoping that I don't make any mistakes with cutting, it should be beautiful.

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  59. I have already been a subscriber of your newsletter.

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  60. I’m working on a red and white quilt for an October display!

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  61. Working on a challenge for a group I joined. I have seriously been thinking about getting a Cricut.

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  62. I am finishing a quilt for my daughter. Puppy fabrics. So cute.

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  63. I bought a box full of 4 inch christmas squares ..So I am making christmas stares and soon lap quilts or table runners.... happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  64. I follow you with an E mail... happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  65. I am working on a scrap quilt right now that I am enjoying!

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  66. I've been enjoying making pillows for my daughter's new house out of the curtains the previous owners left on the bedroom windows. She didn't like them as curtains for the bedrooms, but the fabric went perfectly with her couches, so pillows it is!
    Thanks for the opportunity to win.
    kakingsbury at verizon dot net

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  67. I've got several WIPs - hard to pick a favorite! Probably the messenger bag i'm sewing with novelty fabric from Robert Kaufman, of a bicycle montage.

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  68. I'm working on a t-shirt quilt for my husband. He has saved all his old concert tees, and he'll be happy to have a quilt of his own. Thank you for the chance to win!

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  69. Just signed up for your newsletter. Thanks again!

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  70. My favorite project right now are a few zipper wallets, zipper pouches, and drawstring bags I'm making for my "goodie drawer". I always like to have little gifts on hand.

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  71. I just signed up for your newsletter. Thanks!

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  72. I'm a beginner 🙈 so my favourite project is my only one right now. I'm using cloth scraps to put together a cushion cover, but instead of using a zipper as a closure, I'm going to use velcro 😊

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  73. So much fun news! I am working on my La Passacaglia and hoping to get some summer dresses sewn.

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  74. So much fun news! I am working on my La Passacaglia and hoping to get some summer dresses sewn.

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  75. Signed up! Currently working on a temperature quilt documenting the climate of my son's first year. I love seeing the colors emerge unexpectedly with the weather!

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  76. My favorite projects right now are purses. I'm working on developing my sewing precision with all those layers! Thanks for the fun giveaway!

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  77. I signed up for your newsletter. Thanks!

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  78. Currently I am trying to catch up with all the blocks of the month I convinced myself I could do. :)

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  79. Hi again, just wanted to let you know I did sign up for your newsletter. I really do want to get a Cricut Maker but it is a heavy investment($400+). As a quilter do you feel you use it enough to quantify its price. Not counting being a blogger,etc. My children have grown and our brands live a plane flight or 24hr car driving away. Please be honest and let me know. My email(in case I am a no-reply) quiltyladyrr@gmail.com

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  80. I am making a modern batik quilt, it is very colorful!

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  81. I am already subscribed to the newsletter.

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  82. I am each month quilting something I have made the top for months & years ago. I enjoy your new ideas on making block 8 beginning blocks. Would love to get mushroom cup as we hunt mushrooms every year. Thanks for all your new ideas how to make blocks.

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  83. I tried commenting earlier but it was in the bloglovin frame so not sure if it showed up or not! I recently finished a dress with a lace overlay and am in love. My quilty project right now is a simple rag quilt blanket.

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  84. Thanks for the information about Creative Bug! I'm going to sign up! And thanks for the fun giveaway too! I'm in the process of making a purse for my daughter. Her birthday is this month. I'm using some Alison Glass fabric for it. Thanks again!

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  85. I signed up for your newsletter. Thanks again!

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  86. I’m currently working on several projects, flutter sleeve dress and a romper for my granddaughter, birthday gifts for her upcoming 3rd birthday on the 12th this month.

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  87. i'm working on a collage quilt that i started several years ago and put away....now I realize why LOL but I am pressing on (no pun intended....) mumbird3atgmaildotcom

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  88. subscribing to your newsletter....

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  89. What a great giveaway! I'm currently finishing a wallet to match a handbag I made last month, and at the same time, I'm also making an improv log cabin quilt using up my red scraps - it's so pretty!

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  90. What an awesome giveaway! No projects right now... I have been busy for weeks with getting my aunt's house emptied out. Finally done with that major project, and looking forward to starting something fun!

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  91. I signed up to get your newsletter!

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  92. The project i’m Working on right now is a framed tea towel made into a quilted pillow cover.

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  93. Awesome! I have a couple wips that are almost done. I’m just looking forward to getting those finished this summer.

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  94. Making a fabric tote to take to the farmers market.

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  95. I’m working on a bday Wall hanging for my mom!

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  96. I’m in the middle of making a dress for my niece.

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  97. I have multiple projects going (as usual) but my favorite one right now, and I can not WAIT to finish it, is a queen size quilt and the pattern is “Tone it Down” for my mother. It’s in beautiful scrappy colors. My father died just not very long ago and I think something pretty and fresh for the bed is a good thing right now so I’m anxious to get it done for her. A close second would be an antique chair that I am recovering with an antique quilt that was not whole that I found going through my dads things, no doubt my grandmothers. It’s not a chair you sit in, just a pretty ��. It’s going to be lovely.

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  98. Working on so many things! Hoping to finish my kitchen makeover soon though :)

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  99. Signed up for your newsletter now too! Thank you for the chance! :)

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  100. I would definitely do the AMH quilt. I’ve been collecting her fabrics for years and I can’t wait to dive into a quilt using all of her fabrics. Btw I already get your newsletter 😘

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  101. I have so many projects going on right now... BOM, Mysteries, Sew Alongs.... but my favorite is the Legendary Loves through Keepsake Quilting. Can’t wait to finish and gift it to a granddaughter. :-)

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  102. Lots of pottery throwing right now - mostly sponge holder and monster toothbrush holders, since I haven't unpacked my sewing room from our move yet. :)

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  103. I'm too late, I would have commented! So glad to have found you! I've been wanting to try creativebug as many of my crafty heroes have classes there.

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