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Scrap Savers Country Stitchery

Scrap Savers Country Stitchery, by Sandra Lounsbury Foose. This sewing project book teaches how to make a variety of small scale country style projects for your home or to give as gifts. All designs feature full color photos, plus black and white diagrams, pattern pieces and complete instructions. 

This book is divided into different sections including "Breezy Days", "Lazy Days", "Cozy Days", and "Holly Days". Each section features a variety of fun projects to sew, decorate with, and give as gifts. 

160 pages. Vintage 1993. Hardcover, used, but excellent condition.

Just Cross Stitch Magazine

Just Cross Stitch Magazine, Volume 28, Issue 3. May/June 2010. Used, but good condition. 66 pages. 

This beautiful issue includes Over $160 Worth of New Projects, 15 Exclusive Designs, Stitch a Floral Garden, Elegant Dinner Prayer Sampler, Old Main Street Series, Seashells Pillow by Donna Giampa and more. 

Stitch 'N Sew Quilts Magazine

Stitch 'N Sew Quilts, December 1987 issue. Used, but good condition. 64 pages. 

This beautiful issue includes 20+ Beautiful Basket Patterns, 3 Exciting Samplers Packed with Basket Blocks, Hexagon Baskets, The Old and New in Basket Designs, and more.

For these titles and other fabulous quilting and crafting publications, visit the Curlicue Creations Shop.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 12 Coming Soon!

It's almost that time of year again - time for the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour with the release of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 12!  There will be blocks!  There will be prizes!  There will be fun, fun, fun!  This Fall's blog tour will be November 16th through 20th.  My day will be November 16th, so be sure to mark your calendar & visit that day to see my block and win some quilty goodness.

Here's a sneeky peek of the cover of Volume 12 so you can get a little taste of the wonderful patterns inside.  I'm a cover girl this time - exciting!  So technically, you can see my block, but I'm not going to tell you which one it is until November 16.

I made a small quilt using four of my blocks, too.  This was sewn on my Featherweight while I was taking a little trip to Marion, North Carolina.  Do you take a sewing project along when you travel?  Leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Aloha Flowers Quilt Homecoming

Yesterday my Aloha Flowers quilt arrived home! I was so happy to see it.  I'm hanging this bright and happy quilt in my kitchen for a while.  I love the way the swirly quilting came out on this small quilt.

It is actually meant to be a table runner.  You can see how it looks here on my little table, with the October morning sun streaming in the windows.  Because it is October, however, I have a pumpkin table runner in that place for the season.

If you would like to sew some Aloha Flower blocks, you can find the pattern in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 11.

Have you sewn any blocks from the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks series?  Please leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, Issue No. 441, August/September 2014

Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, Issue No. 441, August/September 2014. 91 pages. Excellent condition. 

This issue includes 62 Stunning Quilts, Buying a Longarm? What to Consider, What's Your Quilt Worth?

For this and more fabulous finds, please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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This Week's Finds

Plymouth Hand Loom

This is the antique hand loom, now sitting on the front porch of my log cabin.  

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you already know that my husband just cannot pass up a bargain, and this was, well...free.  So he felt compelled to bring it home.

The loom does not fit through the door of any of our buildings, so it is going to stay on the front porch of the cabin.  In my defense, the front porch does have a nice roof, and I believe the loom was previously installed in a barn.

I'm sure it has seen better days!  I'm not planning on taking up weaving, but what a neat thing to own.  Yes, another huge, crazy thing to add to the sewing collection.  I can never move anywhere else, and what are my children going to do with all this junk when I die?

The metal plate affixed to the front of the loom reads, "Plymouth Hand Loom, Copyright 1935, Malolo Co., Los Angeles".  That's a long way from North Carolina.

I know nothing about weaving, but I have seen a few of these large looms in action on occasion, with period, costumed demonstrators.  Have you ever done any weaving?  Leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Here I am, sewing my triangle squares on my modern Elna, instead of my "new" vintage Elna.  Sigh!  As I was cleaning and maintaining the Elna Super 62, I discovered that it takes a special bobbin, which I didn't have.  I ordered some, and now I'm waiting...waiting....waiting...I detest waiting! 

While I'm waiting, I'm sewing the setting for my quilt.  Here's my little pile of triangle squares. 

And here's a lot of them up on the design wall.  They're all in yellows, blues, and greens, although the green looks like black in this photo.  The colors coordinate with my Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 4 test blocks that I showed a few days ago.

The triangle squares are then joined into pairs to make these cool diagonal stripes.  Half of them will go this way, and half of them will go the opposite way.

These are fun and easy to sew.  Nothing to really match up either - low stress sewing.

When I look at all of these together, I see the beginnings of another quilt.  There is something interesting going on here.  I will have to play with it and see what I can create.  I often discover the start of a new quilt idea by playing with block elements on my design wall. 

Do you enjoy making your own quilt designs, or do you prefer to use a purchased pattern?  Leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas 

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I've been out vintage shopping again.  This time around I spied a little crib sized log cabin quilt.  It's not sewn very well, but the fabrics are just adorable.  Mostly garden prints, apples, asparagus, Jack B Little pumpkins - so, so cute!  I just had to rescue it from my local thrift shop. I always feel a little sad when I see a quilt abandoned with all the other junk, usually marked $5.00 or less.  I hope none of my quilts end up like that.

Have you ever rescued a quilt?  Leave a comment below to share.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Glory Rose Fabric

A beautiful cut of high quality quilting fabric, Glory Rose Fabric, by Phillip Jacobs, for Rowan Fabrics.  100 percent cotton, 44" wide. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

The design on this fabric features large scale blue roses on a green background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. This fabric can also be used to sew one of a kind clothing. So unique - be creative!

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting July/August 2008 Issue

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the July/August 2008 issue. This magazine features Garden Quilts, Learn English Paper Piecing, Cherry Festival, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 105 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting May/June 2008 Issue

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the May/June 2008 issue. This magazine features 20 Years of Thimbleberries, Pinwheel Quilts, Spin Wheel, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 121 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Do you have a favorite quilting magazine that you turn to for patterns, ideas and inspiration?  

For more quilting fabrics, magazines, and sewing patterns, please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop.

Have a lovely day.

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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An October UFO Project from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks

I'm so proud of myself!  I pulled one of my UFO boxes down off the shelf, assessed the situation, and actually started on it.  These are the twelve blocks I had the honor of testing for Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 4.  That was quite a while ago, as we're coming up on the release of Volume 12 this November.  

I decided to go with Quiltmaker's block setting for the Throw.  Most of the 100 Blocks issues have a block setting suggestion, complete with cutting directions included in each magazine.  How handy!  I used one of these settings when I made Trent's quilt, too. 

I started out by cutting some coordinating fabrics into strips, then squares.

When I cut pieces for any quilt project, I always label them and put them into little zipper baggies.  It really helps me to keep organized.  What do you do to keep your pieces separated?

More to come on this project soon!

Have a lovely day.

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Elna Super 62 Vintage Sewing Machine

I'm so excited!  My husband brought home this somewhat beat up old Elna Super 62.  I can't wait to get her cleaned up, maintained, and sewing.  I've heard these old Elna Supers are real workhorses.  Lucky me, she came with the original manual and a box full of cams.  Should be fun! 

This is the carrying case.  It's pretty neat.  See the cutout?  It fits around the bed of the machine for maximum sewing space.  Yahoo!  

Earlier this week I cut out and prepared these two baggies of squares.  They will be my test subjects, when Elna is ready to roll. More to come on that quilting project, soon.

 Do you own any vintage machines?  Do you have a favorite?  Leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine January/February 2008 Issue

It's been a busy, busy week!  I only had time to list one quilting magazine this week, but it's a beautiful issue.  Just look at the cover quilt - you could dive right into that glorious bed.

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the January/February 2008 issue. This magazine features Baby Quilt Contest Winners, Triangle Techniques, Blue Bayou, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but very good condition. 118 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Find this issue for sale in my Etsy Shop.

What quilting and sewing supplies are you searching for?

Have a wonderful day.

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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