Fun New Patterns

I have added a bunch of fun new patterns to my Etsy shop!

New Hot Pad Pattern


Tiny Houses Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern 


Alphabet Foundation Paper Piecing Pennants

Woven Star Foundation Paper Piecing Quilt Block Pattern 


Six-Pointed Star

Hexie Star Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern

 

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Valentines Patterns and More

I made number and punctuation patterns to go with the alphabet patterns. They are available in 3-inch and 6-inch sizes.

Twisted Hexi Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern link. Hexie Log Cabin pattern! I love this one! The larger sizes make great hot pads and the smaller sizes are great for pincushions! Pattern link. This heart mug rug pattern is a popular one! Pattern link
This basic heart pattern is a fun one! Pattern link.
I made up some Valentine themed hand towels for my kitchen. These towels make great gifts! The pattern link can be found here. 

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Potholder Pattern

These potholder patterns have also been super popular lately. They sew up really fast and make a great neighbor gift! You can find the pattern for the patchwork potholder and the regular potholder here. The PDF file for the gift tag is included in the pattern. 🙂

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Hanging Towel Pattern


These hanging towel patterns have been so popular lately! The pattern includes both styles, the rounded and the long strip.  I hang one on the dish washer and one on the oven door.  I love how they stay put and look nice and neat. Check out the pattern in the link here.

 

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New Foundation Paper Pieced Patterns

New to my Etsy shop are these fun patterns!Heart Text Message
Patriotic Star
Heart EnvelopeLeMoyne Star or Liberty Star

Pineapple Twist 


Woven Tree

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New Patterns!

I’ve added some fun new foundation paper piecing patterns to the Etsy shop!

This fun heart pattern can be found here.


These flag patterns were fun to make! They would be great for making a table runner, wall hanging or even a full-size quilt! Link to the flag pattern here.


This star square foundation paper piecing pattern is probably my most favorite pattern that I have made! You can make the stars scrappy or use solids and make the background scrappy. It comes is a lot of sizes to choose from, 3″, 4″,5″, 6″, 7″and 8″ squares.  Pattern linked here. 

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Alphabet Foundation Paper Piecing Patterns

New in my Etsy shop are alphabet foundation paper piecing patterns!

These are great for adding a name to a quilt or pouch! They come in 3″, 4″, 5″ and 6″ tall. The widths vary from letter to letter.

There are so many fun possibilities with these letters!

Link to the alphabet patterns.

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Picture Swap!

The girls and I had fun making this one!

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New Hobby

Hey there! I’ve recently re-discovered my love of photoshop. It’s a fun new hobby to learn all the ins and outs of this fun photo editing project.  But in order to use the program I need pictures to edit.  And what better subjects than myself and two girls.  I have a Canon G9X that I love to shoot pictures with because I can remotely take pictures with it on a app on my phone! Isn’t technology amazing! So the girls and I have been having fun setting up our own little photo shoots and then I have something to edit! Here are a few of our latest favorites. 

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How My Kids Memorize Scriptures on Their Own

My girls have been memorizing scriptures on their own for years.  They have almost memorized all of the Book of Mormon doctrine mastery scriptures.  I’m going to share my secret with you all, but no judging, ok?

I print out a scripture off the doctrine mastery list.  This can be found on the lds app or you can pick up a handy card at a church distribution store.  It looks like this ->

Then I place a big jar of candy next to the bowl.  You can guess what happens next, right?  If you say the scripture one time, you get one candy.  If you say it two times, you get two candies, and so on and so forth.  Here’s the rules when it comes to how many times you can say it – there are NO rules.  They can say it 10 times in a row before breakfast.  Or while I’m cooking dinner, or right before bed.  They can say the scripture whenever they want and get a candy.  I think this is the key. When scriptures are repeated over and over, that’s when they get committed to memory. Once a scripture is memorized, we move on to the next one.  For small scriptures, I pick a small candy, like say tootsie rolls or starbursts – something individually wrapped.  Likewise, for large verses, I buy a bigger candy, like fun size snickers or peppermint patties. I also don’t have many other treats in the house, so if they want sugar, a scripture must be said to get it. 🙂

Why is memorizing scriptures so important to me that I will let my kids eat sugar at any time of the day? These scriptures are the fundamentals of our faith.  They are the very core basic doctrines of the gospel.  The talks given in general conference always quote doctrine mastery scriptures.  My girls hear that and they listen more closely because they know those scriptures. And its always fun to recite the scripture along with the speaker.  Don’t wait until your kid is in Seminary to start memorizing these scriptures! They can do it now!

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