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A Behind the Seams Look

If you’ve followed me (or known me) for very long, you’ll quickly learn that I’m not one to let any grass grow under my feet.

I’m here, there, everywhere – and if I haven’t tried it yet, I’m bound to give it a swing sometime soon! (Just look at my plans for the year!)

But when it comes to business, as helpful as my go-getter attitude can be, it can also lead to some nasty burnout. Today I want to add to my Behind the Seams series a really important piece of the puzzle: Me Time.

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The easy way to make custom quilt labels

I love quilting.

I hate finishing quilts.

I don’t know why, but when that quilt comes back to me, quilted, unbound, and unlabeled, my brain tells me that it’s done.

And finishing it off is a struggle.

But I have found that creating and printing my own quilt labels adds a bit more fun to the final touches required of this quilt-maker!

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How old frames + old baby clothes = something truly breathtaking

For some reason I tend to accumulate things.

As one who aspires to remove as many things from my life as possible, this is often a problem!

But there are a few things that have survived my constant de-cluttering efforts,

and a collection of those surviving things are baby clothes. I am the proud owner of one special newborn outfit from my daughter, myself, my husband, my father-in-law, and my mother. My sister even donated my mom’s first pair of tiny leather crib shoes to my heirloom-gathering efforts!

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A Behind the Seams look

I am a why person.

And if you know a why person or are a why person, then you might enjoy this new group of posts that I plan on creating for 2021! I’ve noticed that I really like seeing behind the scenes of my favorite brands and creators, so I thought it would be fun to give you a Rachel Rossi Behind the Seams experience in 2021. Every few weeks you can expect a closer look at the nuts and bolts of how a quilt pattern designer runs a business.

My family helping me create hundreds of Tea to Go Kits behind the scenes!
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