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Simple Back-to-School Projects: Quilted Fabric Bin

Get your student organized in style with these beginner level projects that feature Desert Bird illustrated fabric panels and coordinates: a quilted 3-ring binder cover, simple zip bag and a fabric storage bin. Quilted Fabric Bin Instructions: A washable fabric bin for school supplies featuring a Desert Bird illustrated panel and coordinate.  Materials:  1 9”x9”…

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Simple Back-to-School Projects: Quilted Binder Cover

Get your student organized in style with these beginner level projects that feature Desert Bird illustrated fabric panels and coordinates: a quilted 3-ring binder cover, simple zip bag and a fabric storage bin. Quilted Binder Cover Instructions: A removable quilted 3-ring binder cover featuring a Desert Bird illustrated panel and coordinate. Materials:  1 9”x9” panel. …

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Good Fences Quilt Pattern Instruction

Large version (“Good Fences/30 Acres”) uses 30 7″x7″ illustrations such as “New Mexico ABC’s”. Project size is 63″ x 74″ (more or less depending on sashing). Materials for “Good Fences, 30 acres” 30 7”x7” illustrated panels 4 Coordinates: (Note: for cut instruction “WOF” = width of fabric, these instructions assume 42”) Fabric A: Framing the…

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Creating “Yawn”

Anatomy of an Illustration Baxter showed up on our doorstep many years ago – very small and very sick. We nursed him back to health and he was quite the character. He was very cuddly and trusting. When he was small and on his way to better health, he used to like to curl up…

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Anatomy of a Design: Calaveras

Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a celebration of the spiritual journey of loved ones who have passed on before us. The celebration includes the construction of an alter (also called an ofrenda). Colorful sugar skull, or Calaveras, are often included in the ofrenda. This was an exciting pattern for me…

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