It’s March 1st and there’s a lot going on today in the Just Takes 2 world! Brenda has the third block for you, we have a drawing for the Quilts of Indiana book, I have the petal pattern many of you asked about and the results of the background voting. Are you ready? Isn’t this a sweet little block. You’re going to get lots of practice doing skinny stems and small cherries. We grow them much bigger in Traverse City! I’m looking forward to working on this block. I...
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Just Takes 2 – The Benjamin Biggs Quilt Today is the start of the Just Takes 2 Benjamin Biggs quilt. I hope you’ll join Brenda and me for this journey. She has the first block for you. The link to her Just Takes 2 page is at the bottom. You’ll be able to download the pattern for FREE for one month. It will then be retired to the Online Store at Sentimental Stitches where you can purchase any of the blocks you missed. There’s lots of places to share things with...
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Brenda and I are excited about the new block of the month Di Ford is designing for Quiltmania magazine. Her sense of style and color are just wonderful and it’s going to be a fun year working on her special quilt. Brenda came across some of the fantastic stripe fabric Di used in her quilt and we thought we’d like to share it with others who are planning to make the quilt. Isn’t this just a beautiful piece of fabric? It’s used in lots of different ways in Di’s...
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Can you believe we’re almost finished with the 2013 Schoolhouse quilt? It doesn’t seem like it’s been nearly a year since we started. One more block and the borders will make it a quilt! We’ll be done in a month and you’ll have four weeks to rest before the kick off of the 2014 Just Takes 2 quilt. I’ll bet you’re wondering what the quilt is going to look like? Keep reading and I’ll give you a few hints but first let’s take care of...
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I’m so thrilled to tell you Brenda is back with us this month for Block 12. She has sewn a stunning block using Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Each time I see one of her blocks I want to start this quilt all over again! Be sure to click on the link below to get to the Just Takes 2 page at Dear Jane to see her block and pick up your pattern. Just Takes 2™ Schoolhouse Block 12 – Click here to visit Dear Jane...
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Today is a Just Takes 2 day – this is Block 11. Block 11 You’ll have this cute little Friendship Star sewn together in no time at all! If you’ve missed any of this year’s blocks you can get them in the online store – HERE. The blocks for last year’s quilt are on THIS PAGE. I hope you find time to take a stitch or two today. If we can do just a little bit each day we’ll have a quilt made before we know it. You can download today’s block on...
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