Category Archives: Small quilted projects

Exciting New Patterns at the Angie Padilla Website!

June 6th, 2023

Hello, quilting friends! It’s a delight to be back here at my blog, ready to share the latest additions to the Angie Padilla pattern collection. If you’ve been following along, you know how much I love designing and creating unique quilting projects. Today, I am thrilled to review four new patterns that will add a […]

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Oh, boy, oh boy… am I ever late in posting!

January 3rd, 2022

More than a full year has gone by without me updating this blog… at all!

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Notebook Covers

October 29th, 2020

Several years ago I took a fun, fun class on drawing faces on fabric, offered by Lauren Vlcek, through The Quilt Show.

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More Scrappy Placemats

October 28th, 2020

Slowly working through my stash of scraps, I found a whole bunch of odd, long strips.

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Scrappy Placemats

October 13th, 2020

I am still working through my pile of leftover scraps, and to my delight finding wonderful ways to use them all up.

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Scrappy Potholders

September 22nd, 2020

I had so much fun making this scrappy lap quilt, I decided it was about time to start sorting through all the leftover fabric scraps accumulated over the years from a gazillion different quilting projects.

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Prayer Flags

August 10th, 2020

Prayer flags are part of the ancient Buddhist tradition. Traditionally, they are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. it is believed that “the words and symbols printed on the flags (the prayers) are spread throughout the universe as the flags flutter in the wind. Everyone who is touched by that wind is touched […]

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A fun, fun ornament

September 27th, 2019

I am in full Christmas mood. I know, I know… it’s still September… and I just can’t help myself. 🙂

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My Weekend Project

February 26th, 2018

Quite a while time ago I was gifted several patterns that I never sewed, thinking I never have enough time for my own designs, much less for someone else’s. Boy, was I wrong.

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Time for beads and buttons

August 2nd, 2014

July turned out to be an exceptionally busy month. Lots and lots of work. And because we were left without power for a whole week, which involved juggling my whole schedule around, I ended up having to work long hours the last couple of weeks.

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When life gives you scraps…

May 14th, 2014

Whenever I see someone post a tip on “how to use your fabric scraps” I go running to see. Invariably I’m wrong. You see, it seems my concept of what scraps are is different from others’. Scraps for me are what other quilters –no matter how frugal– throw away.

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Using a serger for quilting

April 24th, 2014

I bought a serger at the same time I purchased my latest sewing machine. I’ve used it off and on, mainly to make pencil cases and a couple of bags. I’ve loved using it for these few items, but –admittedly– it’s been underused. So this week I decided to really delve into all its possibilities.

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Quilting practice and a quick project

March 31st, 2014

In as much as possible, weekends I try to dedicate a day to either sew, sew, sew, or to take an online class or follow some tutorial and learn something new. And, of course, sew. 🙂

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