Back in the Saddle Again
March 30, 2019
Or I should say, I'm back to sewing again. We have moved, unpacked, are fairly organized, sold our old home, and I am ready to sew again. I need a gift quilt in a few months, so I evaluated my stash and some patterns.  I had a lot of greens and blues, so I decided to make another Edinburgh Square (my first published quilt!) but this time I am using lots of different batiks.

 I pulled out the magazine to refresh my memory of the pattern.

 The new quilt studio has such great light.

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 Here is what I have done so far.  I'm just putting the strips together as I go along.  No real rhyme or reason.  If it doesn't seem appropriate for the gift I have in mine, I told my husband we would have a new St. Patrick's Day quilt. And check out that awesome design wall.  It was made from two 4x8 sheets of insulation board with a flannel sheet attached.

IÂ had to get Lowes to cut the boards in half in order to get them in my car. Â Then at home after taping them back together, it still seemed too big. Â I ended up cutting a foot off the length and height.
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Although I've not been sewing, I have been a busy girl. I made two of these ironing boards. Â One for the sewing room and another for our laundry room. Â We don't iron clothes very much and the laundry didn't have enough room for a full size ironing board.
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The quilting studio is organized and ready to sew.

 And this!  I saved the best for last.  One of my quilts was published in Pre-Cut Patchwork magazine :)

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 I hope you have enjoyed this beautiful, but windy, Saturday.  I am ending it in our porch swing, with a quilt, of course.

 Rachel
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