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    Sew A Little Kindness 2025 Tutorial

    Giant Flying Geese Blocks All things considered, the phrase “Giant” is subjective. At 8.5″x16.5″ (unfinished), these blocks are on the large side. The leftover, or off-cut, Half-Square Triangles (hereafter referred to as HSTs), are also on the bigger side. That’s okay. The Quilts For Survivors colors are black and white, while the Quilts of Valor quilt uses your choice of red OR flag blue along with white. Both QFS and QoV have guidelines for allowable prints, so choosing solids or batiks just makes things more simple. We’re using the stitch and flip method for our flying geese blocks. Fabric Requirements: 1 white fat quarter, preferably solid 1 black (red or…

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    Spring Violets Quilt

    My third #dogoodstitchesabide quilt There’s a perfect moment in the spring. It’s usually after a good soaking rain. The flowers all bloom at the same time. Each home sits in their own little jewel-box of a yard, on a bed of grass so lush and green that it looks like velvet. It’s fleeting, because within days the dandelions pop up and the grass grows a smidge too long. Most people will pull out their lawnmowers at this point, but I will bargain and cajole my husband to hold off because the wood violets appear and I love them. Do a Google search and you’ll find varieties from the Atlantic to…