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My name is Mary Ruth Anderson (My nickname is Essie) and I’m a blogger that focuses on illustration, sewing, and nature photography. I currently live in Arizona.

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  • My Blog,  Quilting,  Sewing

    The Turquoise and Grey Scrap Quilt- Plans for the Blocks

    May 6, 2026

    Hi everyone! While working on my turquoise and grey log cabin quilt, I began to realize I was getting too annoyed and frustrated about quilting it. In order to reset my brain (And to make me feel better about my sewing abilities) I began to take all the scrap fabric from making the top and began to sew a scrap quilt out of it. I decided to make it the same way as the navy and yellow scrap quilt. For that quilt, which I talked about here on this blog in posts here, here, and here, I cut the remaining…

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    Sewing Plans for May 2026

    Hi everyone! It’s a new month, which means it is time for me to start focusing on new sewing projects. I’ve been slacking on my sewing for the past few months due to a busy life and too many allergies.…

    By essieofwho May 1, 2026
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    The Space Scrap Quilt’s Top is Now Complete!

    Hi everyone! It’s finally time to show what the completed quilt to of my Space Scrap Quilt!

    By essieofwho April 24, 2026
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    I Found More NASA Fat Quarters at Walmart…

    Hi everyone! During a recent shopping trip at Walmart, I decided to stop by the fabric section to see what type of fabrics are available to buy. That’s when I found out the Walmart I was shopping at has fat…

    By essieofwho April 23, 2026
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    Space Scrap Quilt Progress: The Full Sized Blocks

    Hi everyone! This is the last post of my Space Scrap Quilt featuring old progress photographs! Just as a reminder, the quilt top is complete, but it still needs to be quilted and sew a binding to it. I will…

    By essieofwho April 22, 2026
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    An Update on the McCall’s M8029 Sew With Me Video- Current Plans and Where the New Video Is

    Last year, I published a post about a video I posted on YouTube. The video was about how I made McCall’s pattern M8029. It wasn’t well received because it didn’t have a lot of details on how to sew the…

    By essieofwho April 21, 2026
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    The Space Scrap Quilt Blocks are Coming Together!

    Hi everyone! I wanted to share some old progress photographs of my space scrap quilt! As of this post, I have finished the top of the quilt, but still need to quilt it and bind the edges. Then it will…

    By essieofwho April 20, 2026
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    2026 Spring Orange Tree Blossom Photographs

    Hi everyone! I had to take a few days off posting this week to focus on offline things. During this time, I realized I didn’t publish a post with photographs of my relative’s orange tree blossoms! This year is a…

    By essieofwho April 17, 2026
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    The Space Quilt Progress- Sewing Some of the Blocks

    Hi everyone! It’s time for a progress post about the space quilt I made earlier this year! As of this post, I finished the top of the quilt, but have yet to quilt and bind the edges. Because I finished…

    By essieofwho April 14, 2026
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    The Strips and Potential Additional Fabric for My Space Quilt

    Hi everyone! Last week, the Artemis II mission ended. Even though I was really worried about the astronauts, I was really excited to see it from beginning to end. I am also really happy that everything went as smoothly as…

    By essieofwho April 13, 2026
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    Simplicity’s USA 250 Sewing Patterns

    Hi everyone! This year (2026) is the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. There are a lot of ways to celebrate the semiquincentennial, including making things. If you are interested in sewing something, you’re in luck because Simplicity…

    By essieofwho March 27, 2026
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  • The Space Scrap Quilt’s Top is Now Complete!
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  • Space Scrap Quilt Progress: The Full Sized Blocks

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  • Etsy Store- Stella Junon (Formerly Emmor Hunter)
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