Fabric Friday - The Fabulous and Wonderful PKM Fabric

7:29:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 21 comments

I have some fantastic friends and I'm so glad to have the talented and beautiful Pam Kitty Morning be one of them. Pam has a new fabric line coming out in the next few weeks. And I'm so incredibly happy to have the much awaited fabric in my sewing studio. I can't wait to use it.

Pam's line of fabric is from LakeHouse Dry Goods. You can go look at the perfect coloration there. I'm going to show most of the 60+ fabrics in this post today. Can you

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Farmer's Wife Quilt Blocks

9:22:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 23 comments

I want to show you my progress on Farmer's Wife. I think what I like most is the creativity I can put into my blocks by matching fabrics together and putting them in the block structure. It really is fun. I get quilter's ADD if I have to make the same block over and over. You know what I mean. I also have to thank the girls I met with last week on our sew day and Lori in particular for her tutorials. If you want to start

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Farmer's Wife Quilt Day

8:14:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 22 comments

I did cave on my decision to pass on the Farmer's Wife project that is sweeping the quilting nation. I'm very glad I decided to join everyone.
In talking with Lori we decided to organize a sewing day so she could help me get going on my Farmer's Wife quest and we thought we would ask some friends to sew, too. Well it almost didn't happen but we persisted. Our sew day was last week. And I took my FW book and trusty grid lined notebook along with me.
The

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Fabric Friday - Colorways II

6:52:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 10 comments

Last Friday I told you I was enjoying fabric in different colorways. Which is kind of a change from my extreme scrappy roots. Today indulge me a bit more as I show you some really pretty florals in different beautiful colors.
This is a thicker weight cotton/linen blend. But not too thick to use in a quilt. They remind me of a thicker feed sack type fabric. I think the these are just so pretty.
More fabrics in the same prints but different colors. Out of all 7 fabrics, I

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Farmer's Wife Play Day

8:10:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 15 comments

Today is a play sew day with a few friends at RaeAnn's house. We've been trying to play this for a couple months, at least. You know what it is like to fit everyone's schedule. And at one point we weren't sure we could pull it off so close to fall Quilt Market.
I'm going to be making a few Farmer's Wife blocks. This is just for fun sewing. Lori will be there to help and encourage me. Her tutorials for Farmer's Wife are awesome. Lori is busy

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All I Got Done This Weekend Was This Cute Skirt

8:08:00 AM
Posted by Nanette Merrillin 16 comments

We had my granddaughter Allison from Thurs-Sunday. She was so much fun but so busy, too. It is nice to have help from some of my kids and husband. I have to say I don't know how I raised 8.
Saturday I had a few things to do at work so I took Allison with me. Here she is sitting primly at my desk. The expression on her face makes me laugh.
The only thing I got done in 4 days was this little skirt I made for Allison.

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