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This has been a busy, busy year so far. And I haven’t been able to do as much sewing as I would have liked to. Which is about to change, as I begin to concentrate on making Christmas gifts.
It has been my goal this year to use up fabric scraps. I found strips of polka dot fabric left over from a project years ago. Not really enough for an entire quilt, so I decided on a modern layout to use them up and allow me at the same time to practice some machine quilting skills.
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I laid out the strips in blocks that alternated in direction. This turned out to be the perfect project to practice some linear free motion designs.
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And then the long white strips were great for practicing an overall design.
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One quilt done. Only twenty more to go!
Just kidding…