CECE'S QUILTS AND THINGS

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Google's just reminded me that it's been three years since I finished these three quilts. These are the sweetest baby quilts ever and the patterns are great for showcasing the cutest fabrics. Or you could experiment with different fabric weights, like I've done with the zig zag quilt by using Indian cottons. The patterns themselves are quite straightforward, involving minimal trimming (if any!) and come together VERY quickly! (I think I finished one of the quilts in a day of dedicated sewing - quilted and bound and all).

Quilts pictured: Framed Four Patch, Rail Fence chevron, and Cozy Patchwork
Maker: pieced and quilted by me.

Patterns for all three are available in my Etsy shop and on my website, and these three patterns are also as a bundle 🙌🏾 And if you'd like to experiment with Indian fabrics, drop a comment below or send me a DM and I can send you links to some online stores.

What's your favourite/go-to baby quilt pattern?
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A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to make matching dresses for girls. (Great timing btw, considering it's getting colder in Brisbane and the only patterns I have and can manage for outfits for the girls are summery ones 😅). It's been a learning curve for sure! To start with I didn't have enough of the block print fabric, so I needed to add in another fabric - so happy I had this yellow solid, bought for another project but used instead to decorate a bulletin board 🙃 (waste not, want not, right?). But I didn't want to do like a skirt in one fabric, bodice in one fabric thing, so I talked it over with some sewing friends (a.k.a, sewing geniuses @kelseysih and @ally_artie_handmade and Shelley, who isn't on Instagram) and the suggestion was to add this ruffle to the bodice and some yellow binding to the bottom. Pretty pleased with how it's turned out! It did involve some seam ripping at one point 🥴 Phil added the snaps, because, well, button holes scare me But I did manage to get it all finished in time for Mother's Day! Phew.

Now to get the girls to wear this as much as possible before they grow out of it!

Pattern: Baby Poppy by @peonypatterns
Fabric: Homespun yellow (can't remember the exact shade) from @eastcoastfabricsau and block print from Fabriclore, one of my favourite stores, but unfortunately they've changed their business model since I bought this.

A little mama made for my girls ❣️

What do we think?

Took some time away from quilting to make these two matching dresses for these cuties! Turned out better than I imagined actually. Obviously not the smartest to make summer dresses for them at the start of Autumn 😅 I might need to make them something warmer. Here's to sewing more matching outfits for them ❣️😊

So glad I get to love these two and be their mum 🫶🏾

Happy Mothers' Day 💐

Well. It's finally time to quilt this! I have been procrastinating a bit on finishing this quilt. It's a long overdue gift for my sister-in-law - who wanted a different thing, but let's face it, anything larger than a throw is simply not getting done when you have two under three running around the place 😬😂. She was visiting over the Easter holidays and we got to finalise a backing and baste it together. So now it's under my needle! I'm adding some lines at the moment, but planning on adding some FMQ details. Haven't quite decided what though!

Quilting with a contrast gold - like thread. I love how that looks against the apricot background. It's already looking quite lovely!

What do you think of my quilting thread colour?

Pattern: Mosaic Ornaments, pattern available on my website and in my Etsy shop
Fabrics: From my stash/purchased second hand/supplied by my SIL
Quilting thread: Rasant threads
Maker: pieced and quilted (in progress) by me!

What's under your needle right now?
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Happy Sunday! It's a slow-down-and-hand-quilt day today. Can you spot my needle and the big stitch hand quilting stitches? We currently don't have power because of an unexpected outage, but the weather is lovely, and the girls afternoon naps are in sync today 🙌🏾 woohoo! So Phil's reading his book on his phone and I'm working on some hand quilting. Days like this I miss my old treadle sewing machine as well. It is nice to have slow Sunday afternoons.

Hope everyone's having a lovely relaxing weekend (and for those of us who have it, happy long weekend!)
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I'm not feeling the best at the moment, so I decided to go through my photos library and found this old set of photos + video I recorded to share how I bury threads. This probably seems like a super super basic skill in quilt making, but would you believe it if I said I made my first two quilts without knowing about thread burying at all? But now that I know about it, it seems super easy and straightforward (even if it is a bit of a tiresome task). I do it all the time (or get my husband to do it 😅) Mastering this can make it easier to play around with machine quilting lines and not be too limited by the placement of your quilting lines.

But *as a disclaimer* lots of quilters prefer to stitch in place and simply cut the extra threads, which is also fine!

Always pull your bottom (bobbin) thread to the top, both at the beginning and the end of your quilting row (I was echoing a star here so the start and end are in the same spot). I had to unpick a bit because I always add extra quilting stitches. Tie your threads and thread them through a needle. Feed the needle through the quilt sandwich, try and stay as close to your quilting stitches as possible. Pull your needle out a little ways away from the end of your quilting - make sure to not go all the way to the back of the quilt! Pull your threads through and trim! Repeat until all your threads are buried. And you're done!

Is this how you bury your threads? Or do you have a different preferred method? Let me know!

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It's UFO time again! If you've been following along with my stories, you would have seen that I'm busy working on some matching Poppy dresses for the girls this weekend - always fun to try a new skill! But I decided to take a break from that and picked up this quilt that's been sitting in my to-be-quilted for ages 😬 (anyone else start new projects before finishing existing projects?) I have been meaning to tackle my to-be-quilted pile for a while now, but it's become more urgent for the most random reason - I have run out of my favourite basting pins! Which I only discovered over Easter weekend, when I had planned to baste a couple of quilts with the help of my sister-in-law who was visiting, but ran out of the good pins halfway through the first one - oops! 🙃😅

Of course, the moment I decide to sit down and quilt this quilt, my bobbin runs out! Oh well. I'll have to tackle it tomorrow ❣️ But before I had to stop I managed to get a few pins back! 🙌🏾

This is the Rainbow Stars quilt that I am working on. I'm adding some lines right now, but plan to add some character to the quilting by adding some hand quilting lines here and there. It is a gorgeous quilt, so I'm pretty excited to see how it turns out 😊🫶🏾
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Our favourite babysitter is off on a travelling adventure soon! So we had to make her a surprise going away present 🎁 The Stella Pouch pattern by @centerstreetquilts is one of my absolute favourites. It's quick and easy and so satisfying as it comes together. Plus it's super practical - toiletries, make-up bag, collectibles, a knitting project, what have you - all fit rather well!

I love quilted pouches because it's a lovely small-ish project and a great way to practice new quilting stuff I want to try. For this project I experimented with some lovely variegated cotton: oranges, and reds, mostly - I think it turned out quite well! Because I had a bit of a deadline, I did most of the work after the girls went to bed. But it was kinda nice to have some sewing time to myself.

For this pouch I used fabrics by @jocelynproustdesigns featuring some lovely Aussie natives, a little something from home 🥰. I had just enough fabric leftover for a coordinating mini pouch. I had hoped the mini pouch would be big enough to hold a passport, but it's just a tad too small unfortunately. Oh well!

Pattern: Stella Pouch by @centerstreetquilts
Fabrics: Jocelyn Proust quilting fabric from @spotlightstores
Quilted and made by me!

As someone who's done a fair bit of travel, I am a big believer in travelling and exploring our wonderful world. I will definitely miss having her around (for rather selfish 'babysitting' related reasons 😅) but super excited for her.

What's your favourite handmade gift?
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Happy Easter from our little family to yours ❤️. There were no eggs this year 😬 but lots of family time (with the great grandparents), church, dressing up in traditional wear, food, and even a quick visit to the beach at sunset with our church fam to celebrate one of our favourite people as she got baptized.

Hope your weekend was just as wonderful!
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It's been a while since I listed a new handmade quilt on my Etsy and website. But I do think this gorgeous adventureland quilt was worth the wait! I call this quilt Fire & Ice (and ChatGPT seemed to agree when I asked for name suggestions!) This throw size adventureland quilt has been in the works for about two years now. I first started making it with a jelly roll I got back in 2023 when my toddler was about 4ish months old (she's now 2 years old). The top truly does come together very quickly! Even with me using yardage + the jelly roll. But once I got the top done (+ a second top with the cut offs), it has been in my to-quilt pile until now 😬. I even got the second one finished and quilted before I got this one basted! 😅 Well, it's all finally done and my happy helpers helped me take photos of it as well (swipe to see a photo of a very tired mum/maker with the quilt).

Quilt Pattern: Adventureland by @suzyquilts in the throw size.
Fabrics: Jelly roll from @spotlightstores with some extra yardage from my stash
Maker: pieced and quilted by me!
Available for purchase on my Etsy store and website, leave a comment or send me a message for the links!

Now on to the next project ❣️
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Oh hey there. It's me. Just casually rocking my new Mosaic Ornaments earrings 🥰 custom made by @aliasartstudio 🫶🏾 How cute are they??? They were dropped off yesterday and I just HAD to try them on of course. I'm planning on taking them out for a spin over the Easter weekend and getting lots more photos (maybe even one with the quilt!). They came on the cutest card in the cutest packaging. Swipe to see the sticker that came with it, which I was able to re-stick on my sewing machine. Perfection.

What do you think of my new earrings??
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Can I just say, I love everything about baby quilts?! Making them designing them using them - truly amazing things. I love them so much, I wrote a whole blog post about them! ❣️🥰 They're a super popular gift at baby showers as well. When I started designing quilt patterns, I started to also design some that are just baby quilts. I keep these extra simple, so even someone who considers themselves a beginner can have a go at making these. Handmade items are so precious, and carry with them so much love. And quilts are great handmade gifts - they can be loved and cherished for years!

What do you think of my most recent pattern, the Sugar and Spice baby quilt? As a bonus for this quilt I also used fabrics from India - lovely batiks and a Jaipuri cotton print. I love working with fabrics from my home. Makes it all a little extra special.This pattern is available for free in the most recent issue of Quilt Stories India online magazine. I also included some tips on working with fabric that isn't quilting fabric. Make sure to check it out!
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Back at some FMQing (free motion quilting). This is the back of one of my most recent experiments - I find the quilting shows up much nicer on the back than the front, especially if it's sort of in contrasting colours like this one is. And honestly, I love that! That way the quilt top design can be the "hero" of the top, and the quilting itself can take centre stage on the backing 🙌🏾 win-win!

I'm still learning FMQ so heaps of mistakes on this one! But as they say, practice makes better. And I can already tell that things are improving a bit. Still a long way to go! My regular machine is getting serviced so most of this was done on my small machine (still a Janome). I definitely missed the large throat space of my larger machine!

There are still some gaps to fill in this quilt before it's ready for binding, but as those were bits started on my regular machine, I am waiting for it to come back from being serviced to give it a go.

What do we think of this FMQ? Does it pass? 😬🙈 Let me down gently, please!
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Looking for a quick weekend project? Or needing to make something for a baby shower or new baby and need something fast and easy? Then try the Sugar and Spice quilt! This quilt pattern is now available for free in the latest issue of @quiltstoriesmagazine I used some lovely fabrics from India for this quilt - Indian fabrics make lovely quilts - super soft and the drape is incredible. I've included some things to keep in mind when sewing with Indian fabrics along with the pattern. Plus there are heaps of other goodies in the magazine. Lots to read and check out on this completely free magazine!

Happy Sewing!
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I'll be honest, our routine's been up-ended this past month and it's made it really difficult to carve out time to sew or do anything quilting related. My regular machine was also due a service and I really didn't want to, but it finally got to a point where I couldn't sew properly with it.

So I finally sent it for servicing and using my old machine in the meantime (which was also in a terrible state!). So I've spent the evening today trying to make sense of my sewing space, cleaning my old Janome, and organising all the random things that end up on my sewing table/sewing space.

Pleasantly surprised to come across the lovely sewing stickers from Ruby Jam labels in Sydney! They've really come through for me for custom labels when I need it. They're the best (and this isn't a paid endorsement). I don't use the labels on all my quilts as they're quite big, but always on ones that need extra details like the ones I've submitted to quilt shows or kept in the family.

Now I'm sewing some more blocks for this King Size Jewel Box quilt I have been working on since 2021!

Here's to sewing or not sewing in the next few days ❣️

Are we still doing Quilt Swirl Wednesdays? This isn't technically a swirl, more a quilt roll. But how gorgeous does it look? Especially those close ups where you can see the quilting.

Quilt rolls are by far my most favourite way to store my quilts. It's so fun and takes up MUCH less space. I have also read/heard that storing it this way (folded on the bias and rolled up) decreases the stress on the batting/wadding. I don't know for sure if this is true, but it seems to make sense to me 🤷🏾‍♀️ This is a baby quilt, but you can use this method to store quilts of every size.

How do you store your quilts? Any tips or tricks?

Also which side is your favourite? The binding side or the quilt side?
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Interrupting your feed with some cuteness to say, use your quilts! Yes, it will make them dirty and they will need a wash, yes it might mean they will get torn or otherwise damaged. But wow the joy to see them in use. Make the baby burritos, build the forts, put it on the floor to sleep on or put the dollies and bunnies to sleep, give lots of cuddles, and so much more. Quilts, especially the handmade ones, were made to be used. This quilt was the first pattern I ever wrote, back in 2020 (remember that year?). I made the quilt for my sister and it is completely hand-quilted. I made it for my sister and she very kindly has left it with us - and her niece is getting some good use out of it!

Pattern is Spring Breaking Through and it comes in one size - a large-ish throw or a slightly small twin. It is FQ and scrap friendly and comes together super quickly! Perfect for some hand quilting. As a bonus there is a blog post on how to make a pieced backing for this quilt with scraps from the quilt-top 🙌🏾

Happy Sewing!

We finally had some sunshine this morning after our bad weather season this past week/weekend 🙌🏾☀️ and I managed to get out and get some photos of this quilt on our balcony. So this quilt has such a story! The top itself is made from trial blocks for my new quilt pattern - the Mosaic Ornaments quilt. (This is a bonus of the pattern by the way - your trial blocks + one extra block of your choice can be made into this lovely, scrappy baby size Mosaic Ornaments quilt!). I had so much fun making the top!

Then I decided I wanted to free motion quilt it - not a style I usually opt for because it is so time intensive and I only have a domestic sewing machine. Plus I am not very good at it! But the quilting actually turned out okay, mistakes and all. And how gorgeous does the quilting look on the backing?!

Binding the quilt was its own adventure! I'll just say this- after almost finishing the binding (I was almost done hand sewing it to the back) I really didn't like it. It had so many imperfections, I almost shelved it. Then my husband came to the rescue and unpicked the entire binding. Re-attached the binding last night (on my sewing machine this time), and finished it up! Phew.

Now this quilt is done I am super excited to share photos (and I can talk about it now that the difficult stuff is past 😅). How gorgeous does it look now, though?! And now that I have conquered the FMQ part for this quilt, I am in the process of FMQing another one - a mini quilt this time. I have caught the bug it would seem!

Pattern for the quilt is available on my website and in my Etsy shop ❣️
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We're waiting on hurricane/cyclone Alfred to make landfall at the moment in Queensland. This week has been part prepping/part panic buying/part chilling/part trying to figure out what else to do while we wait for it to hit. And we're still waiting... All this waiting has not been great for my anxiety, and this anxious mama could use a little less anxiety at the moment! So thought I would dive back through some old videos on 'quilt organisation'. I meant to share these earlier, but never got around to it.

Fun fact - pretty much all my patterns include labels that can be used to organise your fabric cuts! Print the page out (single sided), and pin to your fabric pile. Something I cannot recommend enough, because I have most definitely lost a mini block which I then had to remake 🥴🙃. Just for funsies, I try to make the labels fun and share a theme with the pattern, but not always. I also like to include some blank ones for some custom labels. You can also re-use labels for later in the quilt making process, like to label larger blocks, etc.

If you're working on the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern, make sure to take advantage of these labels! And send a prayer our way as we try to survive the next few days and Hurricane Alfred. 🫶🏾
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We're talking blocks this week for our sew-a-long! Unfortunately we've all been rather unwell at home this week so I've only managed to work through the flying geese tips so far, but the rest are coming later this weekend.

What do you hate most about making flying geese blocks? Any favourite tips? My least favourite thing about flying geese blocks is probably trimming! (But then again, I hate any type of block trimming! 🥴😅)

Head on over to the blog for this week's post. 🫶🏾
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Happy Tuesday! Working on some FMQ this morning for this gorgeous scrappy Mosaic Ornaments baby quilt. This is a scrappy quilt because it's made from all my test blocks for this quilt - but just to be clear, I love it! The FMQ is not perfect by a long shot (I need loads more practice to even come close to competent, let alone being perfect 🙃😅!) But hey, now's as good a time as any, right?

Happy Quilting!
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It's been two weeks since the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern was released! Did you get your copy? This is a super fun block based pattern set on point. Comes together surprisingly quickly 🙌🏾✨

Interested in sewing along with me? We start this coming week - more details to follow! And as a bonus, I'm putting together a series of blog posts to accompany this quilt pattern with a few extra tips and tricks for each step.

But before we get into it, let's talk about this super fun step in the quilt making process - Fabric Pulls! This is my fabric pull for one of the throw version of the Mosaic Ornaments quilt. Isn't it super fun?! I chose most of the fabric from my stash (I am a bit of an eclectic collector + some of it is from my sister in law for a quilt I was supposed to make for her). I like the gold highlights in the fabrics, makes it all seem quite fancy, if I say so myself! I purchased the background fabric - Apricot - to bring it all together. In the end I only used one of the greens pictured here, but I think it worked better that way. What do you think?

Do you have any rules you follow for choosing fabrics? Let me know!

#cecesquiltsandthings #mosaicornamentsquilt #youngandmillennialquilters #mosaicquilt #fabricpull

Results are in! QuiltInk user Malu27 is the winner! Malu27 you get the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern for free! Plus one year supporter subscription to QuiltInk 🎊🥳

The next three were tied in votes and I couldn't figure out a tie breaker, so all three are runners up! They will each get a 25% discount code for the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern 🙌🏾

And lastly, when I went through the mock ups again, I realised I really liked this one mock up by QuiltInk user hobbyandhomestead so I wanted to acknowledge it with a "designers choice" award. 🤗 It's a 10% discount code for the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern.

Winners, I will connect with you separately; but if you want to connect on Instagram (for tags, etc.) please do reach out to me!

If you'd like to check out more mock ups by these designers or see other Mosaic Ornaments quilt mock ups, log into the QuiltInk website! It's super fun and there are heaps of quilt patterns to try out.

Congratulations to all the winners!! 🏆✨🙌🏾🥳 Thank you to everyone who created the mock ups and to all those who voted.

@quilt_ink

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And here's the final ornament block in the Mosaic Ornaments quilt ❣️ it's technically a "filler" block and isn't all that exciting in itself, but it's really what brings it all together. Plus it's a great block to showcase some truly fantastic fabrics - pictured here is a discontinued Robert Kaufman in the middle with this gorgeous green and gold in the corners. I love how regal this block looks. It also comes together super quickly, especially with some chain piecing. Win win! 🙌🏾

Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern, releasing tomorrow!! Eek!
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Time for another ornament reveal! This is the third ornament block in the Mosaic Ornaments quilt pattern releasing Friday the 7th!!! Based on the Sawtooth Star block 🌟

Not long to go now!
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Thankful for 2024. Looking forward to 2025 🙌🏾 🎊.

From our family to yours.

Happy New Year ❣️

Guess who got into my sewing stuff today!! My good measuring tape is her favourite at the moment 😬 start them young, right? 🥰❣️

Happy Sunday! Here's part 2 of how I made my fabric Christmas tree! Just a recap: this is using a free tree template and pattern by @patternsforpirates Fabrics from my stash 🥰

Honestly, the "putting it all together" part was a bit stressful 😬The top of my tree looks a bit unpolished. I ended up using a dual feed foot to get all the layers through my machine, but I still don't love the result. I hope this is one of those things that will get fixed with practice. Then it took ages to get the polyfill into all the corners of the tree. I used a chopstick, but it wasn't hugely successful. If you have any tips, please let me know!

But even with all the hiccups, it ended up looking sooo amazing!! I absolutely love it ❤️ I love adding a little bit of handmade festive cheer to our home 🥰 I will definitely make these again!

Any other quick sew holiday patterns that I should check out?
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Here's part 1 of my attempt to make Fabric Christmas Trees! It actually was better than I expected. I have finished the tree now and it's sitting on our kitchen counter adding a little holiday cheer 🎄
My least favourite aspect of part 1: Cutting from a template (although a sewing friend gave me a great tip for cutting them out for next time, which I am keen to try). I also am not a huge fan of clipping seams at corners to get them to lay flat, but that wasn't too bad with this one.
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The template and blog post with instructions was by @patternsforpirates although I used 3 different fabrics for 6 tree "branches" instead of four of the same fabric for 4 tree "branches". I already have ideas on how I will make the next one - truly, the possibilities are endless!
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Stay tuned for Part 2!

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A few weeks ago I saw this reel for a fabric Christmas tree and honestly I haven't been able to stop thinking about it! So I looked up some templates and patterns online and asked in my fave Quilting Group, and was recommended this pattern by @patternsforpirates (which was free!). I have started making my fabric tree now and it's already looking absolutely fabulous. I'm making it slightly different than what it says in the pattern, but I think it will work out okay. And based on the success of this, I have so many ideas of what I'd like to do with this in the future. Endless possibilities of course 🎄😍

The project has been halted temporarily at the moment, because you know, life with a newborn is still pretty intense 😅 But given how quickly this has come together, it's actually the perfect project for this season. Stay tuned for updates! 🥰🫶🏾
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Happy Saturday! I've been sick the past couple of weeks and it has not been fun. But somehow, even with all that's been going on, thanks to my MIL and my dad, I ended up with a child free hour one evening 🙌🏾 I didn't quite know what to do with myself 😅 realistically, I told myself I should finish up a quick project or start something small-ish that can be finished quickly. But as I looked at my WIP pile, all I wanted to do was start the quilting on this Adventureland quilt 😬 so that's what I did. I didn't even have a plan for quilting, but I am partial to straight line quilting so I started with that. Managed to get the quilt pulled out, picked out my quilting threads and put three lines in the quilt before everyone came back. But hey, I'm still counting it as a win! Life with two under two is no joke 🫠

I loved piecing this quilt - the contrasting colours work so well with the pattern. And the quilt came together so quickly! I made it last year after Aasha was born, so it only makes sense to be quilting it now that Leah is here 🥰 Here's hoping it gets finished soon! If anyone's keeping track, this is the second quilt in my postpartum quilting WIP pile 🙌🏾 (and yes, the first one is FULLY finished - quilted AND bound. Woohoo!)

Pattern: Adventureland by @suzyquilts
Fabrics: my stash and a jelly roll from @spotlightstores
Pieced and quilted by me @cecesquiltsandthings
Handmade quilt to be available soon for purchase on my website! Send me a DM to pre-order.
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#handmadequilt #handmadewithlove #quiltsforsale

Thankful. Grateful 🙌🏾 Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you, quilty friends, for your love and support this year ❣️

#cecesquiltsandthings #mosaictileminiquilt #miniquilt #quiltcloseup #thanksgiving #quiltsgiving

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