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  • The Navy and Yellow Scrap Quilt- The Full Sized Blocks

    March 18, 2026 /

    Hi everyone! It’s time for another post about the scrap quilt I made using the leftover fabric from the navy and yellow log cabin quilt I made last year. In my previous post, I talked about the base of the quilt blocks. In this post, I’m going to show what the full sized blocks look like.

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    The Space Quilt Progress- Sewing Some of the Blocks

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  • Romantic Scrap Quilt- All the Strips Are Cut

    March 6, 2026 /

    Hi everyone! It’s been a while since since I talked about sewing on this blog. (Ok, it’s been a very long while since I posted regularly, but I was busy with life offline) In order to get back into talking about sewing, I decided to start by talking about some of the progress I made on one of my quilts: The romantic scrap quilt. (I used to call it the romantic scrappy quilt, but I decided to drop the “scrappy” and just call it “scrap”.) I talked about this quilt in a previous post. (You can read it here) In the post, I talked about the fabric I purchased, which…

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  • Flora from Mansfield Park Table Runner Kit by Riley Blake Designs

    February 25, 2026 /

    Hi everyone! Earlier this month, I showed my Mansfield Park Gate Quilt Kit by Riley Blake Designs. In addition to the quilt kit, I also purchased the Mansfield Park Table Runner Kit. It is also by Riley Blake Designs and is part of their Jane Austen at Home collection. I liked this kit, it’s design, and the fabric designs, so I decided to purchase it. I think out of all the kits I own in the Jane Austen collection, this one is my favorite. I like the flower pattern. I fully intended to publish this post in which I talk about this kit earlier this month, but I didn’t. So,…

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  • Mansfield Park Gate Quilt Kit by Riley Blake Designs

    February 10, 2026 /

    Hi everyone! Last year, I decided to buy some of Riley Blake Designs’ Jane Austen collection. The collection is a quilting fabric collection inspired by Jane Austen and her novels. The collection includes fat quarters, pre cut strips, and quilt kits. I already own three of the kits in the collection. (I talked about them here, here, here, and here) I like them a lot and planned on not purchasing any more kits from the collection. (They can be really expensive, hard to find, and I don’t always like the designs they create) Last year, after searching for the kits to make sure I really don’t want to own them,…

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  • Long Lost Walmart Christmas Quilt Fabric- Old Plans and New Plans for The Fabric

    December 10, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! I’ve been doing a major clean out of all my things, including fabric. It’s been hard to let go of fabric I planned on using to make myself clothes and more, but I need to start letting them go. Even though I’m getting rid of a lot of fabric, I also discovered fabric I forgot I owned. In this case, I found a whole entire collection of Christmas fabric I purchased from Walmart.

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  • Christmas Quilt Fabric Collection from Walmart

    December 3, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! A few years ago, I found some Christmas themed fabric available at Walmart. At that time, I wanted to make a Christmas quilt but didn’t try to collect fabric on it. I liked the Christmas themed fabric from Walmart, so I purchased my favorites and some coordinating fabrics from Walmart’s normal fabric line.

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  • All The Waverly 1 Yard Pre Cut Coordinating Fabric Designs I Don’t Have Projects For

    November 12, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! While going through the photographs I uploaded onto this blog to use for posts, I found some photographs of Waverly fabric I purchased at Walmart. I could clearly tell intended on using for a future post. The problem is I don’t know what the sewing projects are! I decided that if I don’t use them for a post, I’ll delete them so there will be more space for other photographs. After a lot of thought, I decided to use all the photographs in one big post, showing off the fabrics, how well they coordinate with each other, and what I probably was thinking of using them for.

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  • Disney x Thomas Kinkade Mickey and Minnie Mouse Quilt Panel- Fabric and Future Plans

    November 10, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! A few years ago, I noticed the Walmart location I normally shop at had a fabric panel for sale. It is part of the Disney x Thomas Kinkade collection. It features Micky and Minnie Mouse on a picnic, as depicted by Thomas Kinkade Studios. I really liked this panel, but I thought I didn’t need another fabric panel to work on. After walking by it for many months, I decided to purchase it and a coordinating fabric to create a wall hanger.

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  • Romantic Scrappy Block Quilt- The Fabric and Cutting Out the Pieces

    November 7, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! A few months ago, I decided to buy fabric from Walmart to make myself new quilts. I had my eye on certain fabric colors and designs as well as fat quarter bundles. After taking them home, I decided to start sewing the quilts. Sadly, my life became very busy very quickly. So, I set them aside to focus on more important matters. While searching through my blog post drafts, I found the photographs of the progress I made making one of the quilts. I called the quilt the Romantic Scrappy Block Quilt due to the fabric colors and designs as well as the design I want to make…

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  • Red Pickup Truck Quilt Panel- What It (Kind of) Looks Like and Plans

    November 7, 2025 /

    Hi everyone! A few years ago, I had an idea to make myself wall hangings out of fabric. The plan was to buy fabric panels for quilting and turn them into wall hangings. I have already mentioned this before in previous posts (You can read about one of them here). Although I started working on them, I never finished all the wall hangings I had planned. They have since sat around and waited until I have time to work on them. Right now I’m in the process of prioritizing my sewing and other DIY projects. This is when I came across all my fabric panels. After some thought, I decided…

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