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Giveaway Featuring Kona Solids and Abacus Quilt Along Schedule
Thanks to my fabulous friends at Robert Kaufman for donating this lovely bundle of Kona Solids for one of you to win! This is to get you guys jazzed about my upcoming Quilt Along which starts next...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 1: Fusing and Cutting
Free Quilt Pattern New to my blog? Be sure to sign up for my email newsletter to get a free pattern! Abacus Welcome to my Fall 2014 Quilt Along – Abacus! Join me as we make a modern applique quilt...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 2: Machine Applique
Welcome to week 2 of my Abacus Quilt Along. Today we will learn a super simple machine applique technique than can be applied to any design, not just circles. It took me a total of 4 1/4 hours to...
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Christa’s Giveaway New Kona Cotton Solid Bundle
How are you all coming on your Abacus Quilt Along? The best part of any group project is seeing how everyone interprets the pattern in their own colors and fabrics. In fact, I have an alternate...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 3: Sewing the Top
For today’s Abacus Quilt Along, we will be sewing together our quilt tops! Be sure to click here for links to the rest of the tutorials and supply list. It took me a total of 2 hours to complete this...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 4: Basting
Good news: Abacus is now available as a stand alone pattern for just $4.95! Click here to purchase. (You don’t need the pattern for the quilt along, but I know many of you would prefer to print it off...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 5: Machine Quilting
Welcome to another installment of my Abacus Quilt Along! Today is when the magic happens. It’s time to machine quilt, which I think is the most fun part of the quilt making process. It took me only 1...
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Christa’s Quilt Along – Abacus Week 6: Binding
Free Quilt Pattern New to my blog? Be sure to sign up for my email newsletter to get a free pattern! Binding I have really come to love hand binding my quilts. There’s nothing better than curling up on...
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Abacus Show and Tell
Half the fun of hosting a quilt along is seeing all of the different quilts. Here are a few of the awesome variations that you guys shared via instagram (#abacusqal), flickr (christasquiltalong) and...
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QuiltCon 2015 Judging Results #3 – Abacus
Ahh, Abacus. I finally made a quilt incorporating negative space! I also explored my love of machine applique which I just don’t do enough of. :-) Abacus, 32″ x 32″ by Christa Watson. It was judged as...
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Quilt As Desired Article 1: Modern Machine Quilting
Last week I shared an article that Jacquie Gering and I had written for the National Quilting Association which dissolved last year after 46 years as an organization. Now that a period of time has...
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