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Have you got your Juicy Cactus kit yet?  It's on Craftsy.com and has been selling really well.  People seem to love it.  I designed the quilt using Crafty's new fabric, Boundless Fabrics.  Their Aura Blenders collection.  Here is Juicy Cactus: I love the gradation of color.  When I made it, I used the Tri-Recs Tool by Darlene Zimmerman and my Fit to be Quarter 6.5 & Companion Rulers .  It made it so much easier! Let me know what you think of Juicy Cactus.  Thanks for stopping by!

In our new home, my sewing studio is in a spare bedroom.  I got it all set up and had a space right beside my sewing table for add a design wall.  It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to make my design wall but I figured it out. What I did was I used yard sticks from Home Depot. I had measured my space and figured out how many yard sticks that I would need.  I used 1 1/2 yard sticks at the top and bottom and 2 on each side.  (I had to cut one yard stick in half to get 1/2 sticks. Mark cut it using some kind of power saw :) Then, I used Warm and Natural batting and cut it to the size of the yard sticks plus 2 inches.  Starting at the top, I nailed the yard sticks in by sandwiching the batting between the wall and the yard stick.  I then worked on the left side, smoothed out the batting and working from the top, did the right side.  Finally, the bottom was done last.  I love it because it has the inch measurements on the yard sticks and I...

They're online! The quilts that I've been showing you for the past week are on Craftsy.com. Click on this link to direct you to the exclusive kits and patterns. http://www.craftsy.com/kits/quilting?sortBy=NEWEST  Thanks for all your support and hope you enjoy the quilts!

Here are the last two Craftsy quilts that I designed for their new fabric.  Here's hoping the kits will be available today!  I will keep you posted.  From Colonial Manor,Welcome Home combines white and red prints to create a traditional basket and log cabin block quilt.  Finally, Looking Glass is made using Aura Blenders fabrics. Thanks for stopping by!