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Cat in the Hat

Its time for a little Halloween fun at Lemon Tree Snippets. You don’t have to be Dr. Seuss to be inspired by this seasonal feline project. All it took was a stack of fabrics in fun fall colors, a page from a coloring book, and a few sewing room tricks to make this little treat. This project is for the Island Batik Pumpkin Fest tour, but there … Continue reading Cat in the Hat

Lemon Tree SnippetsOctober 30, 2016October 30, 20164 Comments

Easy Quilt, Fabric Stash, Island Batik, Machine Quilting, QuiltChat, Threads

Triple Play

No one in this Triple Play is OUT! Go Ahead and make a Hot Toddy for yourself – this pattern is a home run in any colorway and works for any season Continue reading Triple Play

Lemon Tree SnippetsOctober 2, 2016October 3, 20162 Comments

Island Batik, Promotions, QuiltChat

Winner! Seaside Summer Hop Giveaway

A happy and cheerful congratulations goes out to… Charlotte Barr Schafer! Your name was drawn in my Island Batik #SeasideSummerHop giveaway. Thank-you for reading Lemon Tree Snippets and entering this drawing! I will be reaching out to you for an address on where to send these lovely Batik fabrics. Continue reading Winner! Seaside Summer Hop Giveaway

Lemon Tree SnippetsSeptember 3, 2016September 16, 2016Leave a comment

Batiks, Color, Easy Quilt, Fabric Stash, Island Batik, QuiltChat, Sewing Room

Pattern Editing – Go for it!

Welcome to my day on the Island Batik Seaside Summer blog hop! I’m happy to share the Sea Canyon collection with you today. The color palette is inspired by the vibrant colors of a desert sunset in the Grand Canyon. Just look at these great fabrics! I’m excited to get started. Lets Get Started with Editing the Pattern! The project I’m sharing with you … Continue reading Pattern Editing – Go for it!

Lemon Tree SnippetsAugust 24, 2016August 24, 201673 Comments

Easy Quilt, Fabric Stash, QuiltChat, Scrap Quilt, Sewing Room

Dog Days of Summer!

For Gabi and Mia, this was their first time at a sewing machine.

All fabric was “shopped for” in grandmoms stash. Continue reading Dog Days of Summer!

Lemon Tree SnippetsAugust 8, 2016August 9, 20163 Comments

#Aurifil, Easy Quilt, Island Batik, Machine Quilting, QuiltChat, Threads

Christmas In July

Now that you’ve set off your firecrackers and burned down the sparklers, its time to jingle your sleigh bells and get some holiday sewing started. I’m talking about Christmas in July, and the Island Batik Ambassadors are going to help jump start your creative muse with a Christmas in July blog hop. Whether you are an organized sewer who plans ahead or one who … Continue reading Christmas In July

Lemon Tree SnippetsJuly 5, 2016July 7, 20167 Comments

#Aurifil, Batiks, Color, Island Batik, QuiltChat, Scrap Quilt, Threads

Power of Playful Piecing

It’s play time! The May challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is Playful Paper Piecing. The rules were pretty simple: Select any fabric in the current collections, use either foundation paper piecing or English Paper Piecing, and create something playful. The projects can be any size but the theme of ‘Playful’ was open to our interpretation. So where do you begin when you have … Continue reading Power of Playful Piecing

Lemon Tree SnippetsMay 24, 2016May 25, 20165 Comments