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Giving knitting another go

I am an admittedly bad knitter. I can purl, knit and follow a pattern, but getting the project to turn out the right size is always a challenge. A few months ago I bought yarn to knit a sweater to go with Angela’s Easter dress that I made, and now I’m under the gun to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 March, 2015

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Before & After: Counsel makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

  Have you ever made one tiny change in your home that lead to a major project? Like deciding to replace the faucets in your bathroom and pretty soon you have an entirely new bathroom and flooring in the adjoining hallway because one thing just keeps snowballing into the next? Well, that is pretty much […]

Stephanie Soebbing

30 November, 2017

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Super cute watermelon placemats

My mother-in-law’s birthday was Wednesday. She said she didn’t want us to buy her anything, so I decided to make something. My boss saw watermelon placemats at a quilt shop on vacation and, thinking of me, got a copy of the pattern. The placemats are actually quite easy to make. I fused fleece to the […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 April, 2010

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Sewing room redo

I spent all day yesterday in my sewing room, but I didn’t sew a thing. I was cleaning and reorganizing everything. The closet, all my tubs and storage bins, even the bookshelf. I still have a little work to do before the transformation is complete and right now there are several piles of laundry on […]

Stephanie Soebbing

29 August, 2011

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Virtual shop hop: Sew Sassy in Urbana, Ill.

Whenever I’m running low on Illini fabric, I make a trip to Sew Sassy in Urbana Ill., when I visit by in-laws in neighboring Champaign, Ill. I need a few yards so I can make my husband an Illini Christmas stocking. We’ll be spending our fifth Christmas together and it is my fourth Christmas as […]

Stephanie Soebbing

18 November, 2011

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Jungle baby quilt sneak peak

My sister is expecting her first baby in May. She is my only sister, so that means I was tasked with designing an extra special quilt for her baby. I finished the top last weekend at quilt retreat and took it to Quilting By You in Bettendorf, Iowa, to quilt it this week. I love […]

Stephanie Soebbing

23 March, 2013

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Get inspired by the Geneseo Quilt Show

I love going to quilt shows, so when there is one practically in my backyard, I just have to go. So last weekend I dragged my husband from the Quad Cities to Geneseo, Illinois. Just kidding on the dragging part. I took him to five quilt shops on our honeymoon, so he knows fully what […]

Stephanie Soebbing

25 September, 2013

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A quilting emergency

There I was, 18 inches away from finishing sewing the binding onto the front of a crib quilt I needed to finish. I still had to sew it to the back by hand and the baby shower started in two hours. I ran out of bobbin thread, no big deal right. When I loaded it […]

Stephanie Soebbing

11 February, 2014

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Sewing room to nursery: Fabric baskets, cubes and toy storage

One of the top items on my registry was a cube shelf to double as a bookshelf and toy storage. My husband and I are both writers, so instilling a love of books and reading in our child is very important to me. Not quite as important is my desire to not have my house […]

Stephanie Soebbing

7 May, 2014

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Block of the Month July 2016

Hello all! The July Block of the Month pattern and tutorial are up! This month we’re making more 6-inch blocks to go with the ones we made in June. They look really cute next to each other. Make sure you watch the tutorial to the end to get some great tips on how to press […]

Stephanie Soebbing

5 July, 2016

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