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  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    More WOOL APPLIQUE today.  Bloomin Beauties Block #6.  As I mentioned in previous posts, this is Kathleen’s wool applique version of Bloomin Beauties pattern by Kim Schaefer.  You can find this in Kim’s Flower Festival book. Once again the background is a heavy black flannel and all the wool is hand dyed available through Wool…

  • WOOL WORKS MAGAZINE

    Wool Works is a new magazine for lovers of wool applique, rug hooking, quilting and everything wool. The second issue has just been mailed and is definitely worth checking out.  It is a place to learn about wool.  If you enjoy wool applique, rug hooking or quilting with wool, each issue will contain several projects…

  • STEAMPUNK FOX

    I am thrilled to share another beautiful Brenda Stofft Designs needlepoint project today stitched by the incredibly talented Denise Park.  I have mentioned previously that I do not often receive photographs of painted canvas projects so really excited to see this in my inbox not long ago.  Denise had corresponded that she had been working…

  • JEANS QUILT

    This is part of Kerry’s JEANS QUILT.  Kerry is one of my delightful customers who ALWAYS has some stitching on the go.  She started collecting old jeans from everyone she knows (sister, brother, parents, nieces, nephews, boss etc.) for the past several years.  She specifically focused on collecting jeans without stretch!  She had originally intended…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    Bloomin Beauties Block #2 – WOOL APPLIQUE!  As I mentioned in previous posts, this is Kathleen’s version of Bloomin Beauties, a pattern by Kim Schaefer.  You can find this in Kim’s Flower Festival book. Once again the background is a heavy black flannel and all the wool is hand dyed available through Wool Penny Rugs….

  • BLOOMIN BEAUTIES

    This is Block #1 of Kathleen’s wool applique quilt.  As I have mentioned previously Kathleen chose “Bloomin Beauties” pattern from Kim Schaefer’s Flower Festival book for this project.  So, let’s begin. The background is a heavy black flannel and all the wool is hand dyed wool.  Kathleen started with a patterned wool for the leaves…

  • WOOL APPLIQUE

    For those of you who have been following my blog you may remember I experimented with wool applique last year only to discover I have a sensitivity to wool, something I should have remembered from childhood as I never buy wool clothing.  Alas, I remember now! My friend and very talented stitcher Kathleen has graciously…