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Circle of Friendship Splendid Sampler #59

9/3/2016

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When Pat and Jane asked me to be a part of the Splendid Sampler I immediately decided to use the Dresden wedge. 
The Dresden has always been my favorite shape and so versatile!
​My color palette is usually very different but when I received my fabrics I thought my little block needed to be more traditional. Once again I have completely fallen in love with hand stitching so I decided to quilt my block by hand.
​Its been so exciting to watch all the creative and beautiful blocks and quilts emerge from all over the world through the Splendid Sampler project. You ladies are really amazing!
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I used the EZ Quilting mini Dresden ruler by my friend Darlene Zimmerman. They are made to work with jelly rolls as well so super easy to use and cut out.
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At first I played around with the shapes to decide what I wanted to do but of course the circle won out! Hence the name of the quilt block "Circle of Friendship" just seemed right.
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Also got to play with my favorite iron from my friends at Oliso! I actually love raw edges so I was very tempted to leave it as is. Please don't look too closely at a few of my wonky seams.... I did take them out and redo but forgot to take a new photo! Really!!!
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Aurifil sent along some beautiful thread for me to work with!
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Playing with the seam allowance will give you an open circle in the middle of your plate. I like to often use that trick to make different size circles with the same size wedges. Next I just folded under the raw edges and pinned to the background strips.
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My stitches are not always perfect but I'm ok with that. I find hand stitching so relaxing so I don't want to put too much pressure on myself. I's been hard to find a thimble that I really like so if any of you have a suggestion I would be so happy to hear it. You will occasionally see me with a bunch of band aids on my finger tips!
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I hope you try my little block! It's super easy and so much fun!!! Come back to visit my blog so you can see what other fabrics I am going to use or look for me on Instagram under Michele Muska. Please request to follow me if you like.
​So happy I could share my block with you all!
​Michele
13 Comments
Mary
9/3/2016 05:21:19 pm

I love your choice of fabrics! Can't wait for the pattern to be posted.

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Carla Summers
9/3/2016 06:19:22 pm

Simply gorgeous! Excited to see the pattern tomorrow 💖

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Ana Burton
9/3/2016 08:00:40 pm

Soooo lovely block. A little out of my skills but I am going to do my best. Thank you!

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Wendy
9/3/2016 09:52:23 pm

This is a very pretty block! I look forward to tomorrow's posting! Thx!

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Judy
9/4/2016 05:40:13 am

Oh Michele I did a little squeal when I saw your block - I just love it. I dabble with art quilts and this is soooo my style 😍

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Judy
9/4/2016 05:40:24 am

Oh Michele I did a little squeal when I saw your block - I just love it. I dabble with art quilts and this is soooo my style

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Nikki Moshier
9/4/2016 07:44:43 am

I am so excited to try your block. LOVE, LOVE the scrappy look. I haven't done too many dresdens so I am excited to try this technique. I might even add a bit of hand quilting like you. I haven't done that before either. So many new techniques for me...thank you for inspiring me.

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Lori
9/4/2016 07:49:20 am

Love the block and your hand stitching-think I will do the block that way too!
I love Clover's Leather Coin Thimble. They are about $12, but I always use a Joanns coupon!
Thank you for a great block!

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Corinne Lake
9/4/2016 08:37:31 am

I am so excited to see this block. I love the title and the story.
I already have ideas stacking up in my head as to how to make this my own Circle of Friendship block. Thank you Michelle for this beautiful block. .

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Fran Courson
9/4/2016 01:24:19 pm

I love your block! The name is perfect! I had such fun selecting my fabrics and making the block. The hand sewing was so relaxing. Thank you so very much!

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Karen S
9/4/2016 01:39:05 pm

Thank you, Michele, for this terrific block. And also for your good tutorial! I've given up on thimbles, but really like ThimblePads. They are small leather circles that adhere to your finger. I place it where I push on the needle, and it works great. And it's reusable. Give them a try.

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Elaine Davis
9/4/2016 04:48:21 pm

I love goatskin thimbles. I also love your block!

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Joyce Ellis
9/5/2016 01:52:18 pm

Thanks so much for this block, I am learning so much with this sampler! I really appreciate your sharing of your talent and ideas.

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