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I started with this Blooms and Butterflies quilt for little K – hoping she’d use it for a long time. Take it with her to play dates, her grandparents’ and then college. Oh, she is four now. Grin :) Here is where I am. Finished with the piecing of the fabric, put them together. Added one set of borders. Now I for the next set, I am stumped Do I use the “Yellow/Orange on white” which is on the right.. or the “White on yellow/orange”? The Binding is going to be that dark blue on the right in the below photo. To pick out the blues in the squares.   I am more inclined on the white dominant border (the one on the right) – I think this lets the centre squares pop. But I would love to hear your suggestion. What do you think? What went in Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower #2 Sizzix Bigz Die - Butterfly #3 Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower Layers & Leaves Fabric from Commercial Cottons on Ebrahim Street, parallel Commercial Street Sewing machine - B...

I've found a new love. When I started working with Sizzix products, I was primarily a paper crafter. A card maker to be specific. I picked Scrapbooking - combining my love for stamping with the gorgeous Sizzix dies to create fun scrapbooks - to make and to use. Now, I've found a new love. Quilting. Sizzix has some awesome dies which will make cutting those strips child's play. Click here to see Quilting with Sizzix Check out these HST dies - Half Square Triangles. There are about 10 products available - of varied sizes of those cut finished squares - sizes starting from 2 1/2'' to 5'' squares. What about basic squares , circles , drunkard's path shapes  - in so many sizes. Now you can spend more time quilting than aligning and cutting the fabric. You have a variety of Appliques you can choose from - a gorgeous variety of flowers, critters like owl , puppies, butterflies , birds  or this cute hedgehog . This is the flowers die I use...