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Cute as a button!
By Ellen Heck on September 15, 201100Here’s another quick and fun little project for all of the tiny scraps of Emma quilting cotton that will...
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Other People’s Precious Children
By Ellen Heck on September 10, 2011As part of the research and design process for another exciting iteration of the Emma Collection, I have found...
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Emma’s Pinwheel Quilt
By Ellen Heck on August 30, 2011In only a few more weeks, Emma yardage by Newcastle is scheduled to arrive at independent quilt shops! Here’s...
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Swatches for Emma
By Ellen Heck on August 26, 2011Strike-offs for the new Emma collection on cotton have arrived! Here are some of the printer’s color testing strips...
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Empty Nests and Lessons from the Experts
By Cathy on August 16, 2011This summer, a handsome cardinal couple built a nest right in front of our kitchen window, while a petite...
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Neville’s Hollywood Dream: A Part in The Lying Game
By Cathy on August 7, 2011While the California studio was working on Tuesday, the Austin studio was having a brief brush with fame. Our...
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Tropical Habitat
By Ellen Heck on August 2, 2011I love attending the East Bay Modern Quilt Guild meetings. Everyone in our guild brings inspirational show-and-tell projects, and...
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Sew Retro: a book review
By Ellen Heck on July 27, 2011You know that historical section in the back of American Girl books that tells a bit about the time...
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Five Star Favorites: Speaking of Bacon
By Cathy on July 25, 2011Reading Ellen’s previous post about Bacon Caves made me a little bit hungry, and here is the reason: I...
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From Bacon to Draperies: Adventures in Shasta Caverns
By Ellen Heck on July 18, 2011Also part of our Lake Shasta trip was a guided tour of Shasta Caverns during which we learned the...