Monthly Archives: May 2012

Teacher Gifts

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Emily

Remember those big Kanzashi flowers I  wrote about last week?  Here they are, backed with felt and pins and ready to go for my kids’ teachers.  I fastened them to 1/2 pint mason jar lids.  The jars are filled with a lovely … Continue reading →

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More Kanzashi Fun

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Emily

Only one more week until summer vacation, yippee!  In the midst of the end-of-year insanity, I’ve been playing more with Kanzashi flowers.  I got a fabulous book, Kanzashi in Bloom, which shows you how to make three petal shapes.  The … Continue reading →

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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Emily

Welcome to those of you visiting from the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival!  Today I’m sharing one of my all-time favorite quilts.  I made this a couple of years ago for my dad.  It commemorates his years in Boy Scouts, including shirts … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Emily

Even with the new baby chaos, I did not let Mother’s Day sneak up on me this year.  I had grand plans for making a couple of small, hand-pieced gifts.  Like these sweet little sachets, a free project from Lark … Continue reading →

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Peppermint Hexagon Tutorial

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Emily

This week candied hexagons came up again on the Inklingo yahoo group.  So I looked in Linda Franz’s awesome Idea Book, and was surprised to find some hex designs I hadn’t seen before. They’re from the original Frederica Josephson Quilt, which … Continue reading →

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