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In Our Own Words Quilt Block Leland Ave Studios/Kim Soper
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In Our Own Words Quilt

If you follow me on Instagram, then you may already know that I am requesting blocks made by women from across the world for a new quilt idea. You probably also know that today is International Women’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is

lincoln quilt by Kim Soper/Leland Ave Studios
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lincoln quilt is basted!

Just a quick celebratory moment! After a year-plus of improv piecing, the lincoln quilt top is done — and has been basted! I cannot even get over the fabulous fabric I found for the back! I’m so excited to get it finished up! Once it is finished I am planning a big post to explain

Improv Piecing by Kim Soper/Leland Ave Studios
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the summer of improv.

These blocks will probably not make a lot of sense to you yet. To be honest, they barely make sense to me, and I sort of know where I am going with this! (Sort of). They are part of a larger plan to use improv piecing to create a finished image. I think there will

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a new direction.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the direction I’d like to take my quilting. I think as a new quilter it was important for me to stick to traditional ideas while trying to give them a modern twist, either through fabric selection or by altering block sizes. But as I think about the types of

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