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Yay! We are on week three and ready to do some stitching! This week we will stitch the center spiral.  To stitch the segments. add one at a time. A colorful spiral segment to a neutral background segment. First clip the concave segment along the curve. I clip three places, in the middle and between the middle and the end of the shape.  With the concave piece on top facing you, pin the colorful segment to the background segment. Begin at the ends, making sure you are matching and pinning both shapes on the stitching line. Then ease in the...

Hi Everyone! It's week 2 of our Sugar Plum Quilt Sew Along. Today we will talk about cutting the pieces. If you have the template set, you will simply trace around or use a rotary cutter to carefully cut around the templates. I placed my template on the wrong side of my fabric with the lettering facing up. Be consistent in how you choose to place the templates on your fabric. The paper pattern shows the grain line for correct template placement.   Once you have traced or cut around the acrylic template, you will need to mark the register holes...

Hello! And welcome to the Sugar Plum Quilt sew along! I'm so glad you are here! I have had fun hand piecing these blocks. And I have learned so much about hand piecing. There are many accomplished hand piecing quilters that I have been studying by reading books, watching YouTube videos, and Instagram videos. Hand piecing is the purest form of quilting and I'm so glad I allowed myself the opportunity to grow in this direction. I hope you find the same joy.  Schedule: February 10 - Week 1 - Gathering supplies. February 17 - Week 2 - Cutting February...

HO HO HO!!! Sunny Day Supply teamed up with Poppie Cotton and Elea Lutz for a holly jolly Christmas project. My pattern for Christmas Candy Cone Garland first appeared in a Mollie Makes Christmas edition. So if you are up for another fast and fun Christmas project this year, why not try some Candy Cones! String them as a garland, use them as ornaments, or add them to a package as a festive gift topper! Here is the template for the CANDY CONE And here is the BLOG post link for the instructions!  Have fun and be sure to tag...

HO-HO-HO!!! It's our very favorite time of the year! And this year is even better because we are combining our two favorite Sew Alongs! The Sunny Stocking Sew Along and the Norah Quilt Sew Along  You can choose to make one or both. I will post links to templates and tutorials in this blog post. You can also search past Norah and Stocking blog posts by typing Norah in the search bar for the Norah posts, and Stocking in the search bar for the Stocking posts.   All of our tutorials and templates are free for you to use. However,...