Thursday, August 15, 2013

Green Tea and Sweet beans

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So let's talk sampler quilts. I have decided to buy the Green Tea and Sweet Beans Pattern Book by Jen Kingwell that I saw on sale at The Running Chicken. Karen looks like she had a lot of fun making this. She said it had taken ages. I think breaking it down into a block a month is the way forward. I will get to practice some great techniques. I love the modern fabrics Karen has used. Now I just need to do the same thing and somehow not let it become a train crash. I'm not sure about the border so I might not have one at all. We'll see. It's early days. Here is Karen's

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20130811-P1280782.jpg Now I just need to pull together some fabrics which are bright but sort of match. Here are some I bought in preparation. I kind of think they go together.

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