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Week 9 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Flying Geese Half Square Triangles (HST)

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Welcome to the 9th week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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5 of the best recommended sewing machines for beginner quilters

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Here are the list of my top 5 recommended sewing machines for beginner quilters.

If you have been thinking about starting to sew, or learn how to make a quilt, then you may want to start investing in a good machine.

But how would you know which one is the best machine to start with?

I know from all the questions I get from beginner sewer or quilter, that there are a few things that they are concerned about. 

  • One: the budget. You don’t want to spend a lot just yet, cause you’re just testing the water.
  • Two: The complexity. You fear that the if the machine is too complex, then it’ll be too hard. 
  • Three: Easy to keep and carry. You don’t have the dedicated space for sewing just yet, so you may want to have something that is easy to be stored away. 

If you resonated with any of those, don’t worry I’ll address those while picking the right sewing machine for you. 

In this post, are the list of sewing machines I would highly recommend for a dear friend who’d want to start sewing or quilting. That is definitely something I am passionate about! Inspiring others to start sewing too.

With close to 15 years of sewing experience and an owner to many sewing machines before, I’ll try my best to assist you with this choice. 

I shall pick the best budget-friendly, simple sewing machine that you can start with and begin your own adventure! So here goes, 5 of my top recommended sewing machines for beginners that is going to make learning how to sew and quilt so much more fun!!

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Week 8 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Rail Fence

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Welcome to the 8th week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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Scrappy Trip Quilt 2: a fun strip quilt

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The finish of The Scrappy Trip Quilt 2.

Scrappy Trip Quilt 2, because my first one was completed long ago HERE>.

First quilt of the year 2019 to complete. I guess this quilt should have been the last one in year 2018, but procrastination wins over and when I had just a tad bit more to quilt, we decided to rearrange the sewing room to fit in the kid’s bed.

Since we currently only have two bedroom, the sewing room now is shared with the kids, and though it sounds weird and possibly dangerous, the kids are settling well in the room and I had to give up my wee early morning sewing as my kids are still asleep when I usually do so.

There’ll be a sewing room one day but that is for another story.

Today I’ll share with you the finish of this quilt which I previously talked about HERE>

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Week 7 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Scrappy Egg

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Welcome to the 7th week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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Week 6 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Warm Heart

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Welcome to the 6th week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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25 organizing ideas for sewing room

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Fun post today, if you’ve been decluttering or organizing your sewing room, this one is going to be fun. Here are 25 sewing room organization ideas!

Some may be ones you’ve never thought of.

Some are probably common but will maybe spark new ways for you to organize your sewing space.

Let’s just get to it, shall we?

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Week 5 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Hexagon Flower

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Welcome to the 5th week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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10 things you can do in 10 days to declutter your sewing space

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Our sewing space can easily get cluttered sometimes.

I get it. Creative people are sometimes (or always) messy. For a fact, I know that some people feel more productive and creative working in a messy space. But messy is not exactly equivalent to clutters.

You can have a mess of your favourite things laying around your space yet still be efficient and creative.

On the other hand, you can  have a lot of clutters, meaning, unnecessary things that might be a hindrance while you are being creative because you have to waste time going through them to look for what you actually need. 

I think we need to check in with reality sometimes, and just take the time to declutter without hesitation to clear the spaces that are occupied unnecessarily by some things that are no longer important.

In this post, I am recommending 10 days for each decluttering task so you can declutter your sewing space and make room for what really matters.

 

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Week 4 of 52 Weeks of Hot Pads | Pixel Heart

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Welcome to the 3rd week post of the 52 weeks of hot pads / quilted pot holders.

 

I thought it would be a great challenge for me to do a pot holder a.k.a hot pads every single week of 2019.

I am planning on having it displayed in my kitchen. They make great decor don’t they?

While I am at it, I am going to be sharing with you a simple tutorial on the process.

You can join in the challenge and make the same hot pads I make every week with the same design or any of your own choice.

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