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  14.2 – Pink Tint – Challenge 2 of Project QUILTING Season 14 For this challenge I decided to make a historical sewing kit, housewife, hussif or hussy I found a free pattern at   Ora Lin  's pattern shop and of course had to make it my own as most quilters do.  I love learning about antique and vintage quilts so making a historical sewing kit has been something I have wanted to do for a while now. Just to note its not a historically accurate hussy.  To learn more about historical sewing kits here are the two vlogs I found helpful, insightful, and just fun to listen to while sewing.  Check out  these links:  Ora Lin's Pattern:  https://youtu.be/0L7tIjQlf1c    Fun talk about housewives By Sewstine:  https://youtu.be/1v83LBYEDMY Finished Sewing Kit                                                                                       I have my kit fully loaded and ready for English paper piecing(EPP)! I wanted my not so historical kit to have a soft romantic look.  I used vintage
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  14.1 – The First One – Challenge 1 of Project QUILTING season 14 One Needle One Thread One Heart I used the Laura Heine Collage technique that I learned during a guild workshop with Susy Nash. I put together my own design with some purchased clip art and a little help from Canva (needle and heart shaped thread).