These last two blocks (Les Fleurs, I’ve unoriginally dubbed them) I’ll be sharing don’t use panel pieces- they are strictly filler blocks. I designed them to directly coordinate with the fabric line, however, so they definitely need their own quick posts! This is another block that would look really neat repeated in its own quilt. […]

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Well, nothing is more annoying than naming a block that has accents in the spelling but being unable to get the web font to add those accents. Please excuse the lack of acute accents! The next block I’m sharing in my Saturday in Paris Quilt block set is the Champs Elysees block! The Champs Elysees […]

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Introducing the Ensemble quilt pattern! Not long ago, I challenged myself to make a beginner pattern using a precut. I ended up using two 5″ stackers and came up with this fun, simple block quilt! One of the reasons I love block-based quilts is that I get to chain piece everything. Let me tell you, […]

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Still working through the blocks in my Saturday in Paris quilt! This quilt uses a FQ bundle of the Saturday in Paris fabric line for Riley Blake Designs, as well as the panels. In Paris, the locals may familiarly refer to the Eiffel Tower as “The Iron Lady” (la dame de fer) so of course […]

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As you may have read in my previous post, our family is in the process of moving to France for a job assignment. It was serendipitous that Christopher Thompson’s newest line, Saturday in Paris would come to shops around the same time! Our move has been set back due to visa delays but I’m still […]

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