February Cornucopia

 It's been a one day longer than usual February, so Happy Leap Day by the way. Here's an even more than usually expected packed cornucopia of links to stuff that I've enjoyed or found interesting online this fine February.

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To consider for Valentine's Day sewing or gifting next year, a really nice roundup of modern pieced heart quilts.

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American Patchwork and Quilting is offering a free pattern and fabric download (if you use EQ8) for a spring quilt sew-a-long. 

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If you're hankering for a sew-a-long, the Churn Chain quilt looks like a pretty cool one to try out. It starts on March 7th.

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I love the new Oliso ironing board covers, such cute and colorful designs. Unfortunately they're only for standard size ironing boards and I like my bigger one a lot.

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A free block of the week quilt from Andover fabric designers, called Made & Found. The first block looks like a good one, and fairly easy. It's a scrappy one, so should be easy to find some fabric.

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Another freebie group of blocks, six Quilted Gems series of 24x24" blocks inspired by gemstones. Includes a tutorial video for each block.

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Sometimes I really like that deconstructed look in clothing, here's a great tutorial on how-to adapt a clothes sewing pattern to accomplish it.

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An absolutely brilliant use of plastic bubble wrap in art making. Be sure and check out the short video that showcases this technique. Did you know that bubble wrap was originally made to function as textured wallpaper?

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Creative Strength Training with Jane Dunnewold starts up again tomorrow 3/1, so go sign up if you're interested. I highly recommend it.

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