Blog with Kimmel

Vacation Time

I don't have anything to report this week because I am on vacation with my family for Spring Break! We are having a blast visiting family and exploring . I honestly haven't been able to get any sewing done but that's okay. I will tackle everything fiercely when I get...

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Finished Quilt Design

It is so much harder than I thought it would be to plan a quilt design.  Part of the problem is that I'm not confident enough with my free motion quilting yet to plan on any kind of design that would require me to use that technique. This means I am limited to all...

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Finished Quilt Top

I finished it! I knew if I just hunkered down I'd be able to get this quilt top finished and I did. It's really not complicated but there are definitely elements that I am proud of. First, the applique work that I had to do. Last week I focused on the triangle portion...

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Tackling the Blanket Stitch

The blanket stitch.  This has been an intimidating stitch for me to learn on the sewing machine. I've done it by hand a few times and I love the way it looks but it takes forever to complete a project. Naturally, it was the first applique stitch I experimented with...

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Free Motion Quilting Is Hard

What a week.  I kicked things off last Saturday with the day at a quilt show in Sacramento. It was the same show I went to last year and I had fun then but it was definitely more enjoyable now that I have more experience under my belt.  At each booth I knew all of the...

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So Many Colors

I finally finished the backing for my BOM quilt! I'm so excited to finally have this done! It feels like it's been hanging over my head for months because I've been thinking about doing this since October. The crazy thing is that I was worried I wouldn't have enough...

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A Fun Contest For Youth

Sewing the backing of my BOM quilt has begun!  I haven't gotten nearly as far as I'd hoped, but progress is progress.  The process is fairly quick since I have my Ideal Seam Guide to give me the perfect 1/4" seam, there are just a lot of blocks to sew together. (I...

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Pinner’s Conference Weekend

This has been another hard week for me. I haven't had the chance to turn on my sewing machine at all.  My daughters are now all well and healthy, thank goodness, but my poor husband and son have been dealing with the influenza virus. It's so sad to see a three year...

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We Are All Sick

This has not been a great week for me.  Two of my kids have influenza, two have strep, they all have a cough, my husband is coming down from the flu and has developed a low grade fever on top of all the aches and pains he had last week and I've been fighting a...

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Technical Delays

My post is a little late and I'm sorry about that. The site was experiencing technical difficulties and wouldn't let me log in to post. To make up for it I'm posting today and I will post again on Friday like normal. Hopefully the issues won't be returning.  I spent...

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