While shopping at the antique mall, one of the things I’ve been noticing re-surge more and more are Victorian Crazy Quilts and all of their lovely styles and forms. Since I cannot begin to to…
Okay everyone! This long time anticipated crochet quilt tutorial is finally available! (happy jig!) My friend Tiffany of Fanny Lu Designs took the time to put together the most thorough and detaile…
My mother in law Nola was visiting this week, and brought with her this lovely crochet and fabric creation, which she has just finished… Isn’t it beautiful? And isn’t she clever! …
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“Flowers Of The Cosmos” by Fumiko Nakayama Let me just say right up front that this quilt show exceeded expectations in every way. Something I really love about Japan is …
After taking a look at Art Deco last week, I became curious about Art Nouveau. "What's the difference?" kept entering my mind. So I did a little research. Flower border Turns out I'm addressing them backwards: Art Nouveau (new art) is the earlier style and is more naturalistic. That should have been last week's inspiration. Art Nouveau architecture My mnemonic: First, art is "nouveau," (pronounced new-voe) and natural; it includes shapes from nature such as leaves, arcs, ferns. Note the arcs, parabolas, and flower stamens Then, it decorates and styles a space, including sleek, geometric lines, chrome, zigzags. This is a broadly defining way of remembering the differences, but I need something. As you look at the modern quilts below, note the arcs, parabolas, flowers, and stylized, contrasting lines. Do you agree that these have some elements of Art Nouveau? Do you find that they also have elements of Art Deco as well? It gets a little confusing, doesn't it?
Wholecloth quilting Hovea Quilted Jacket & Coat
by HEIDI EMMETT Hello everyone. Thank you for stopping by. Let’s get right to it. Remember this picture from a week ago. My shawl with the singed holes. Well I finished the hand stitching on …
"He Heard The Surf Roar" by Ana Buzzalino was inspired by a photo of Lawrencetown Beach in Nova Scotia.
Every so often I wake up with a word list in my mind. It happened a month ago at 3 am. It happened last week at midnight and it happened this morning at 5 am. The list is a series of verbs that contrast each other. I have a note pad at the side of my bed so that I can write down my dreams. Sometimes
I'd hoped to finish two PIGS (Projects in Grocery Sacks) in May but it didn't happen. I had a project for Creative Machine Embroidery to make. See my blog here to see that pretty quilt.
In an unprecedented act of blogging fanciness I decided to make a video documenting how I create the woodgrain texture (so thoroughly p...
A pojagi (noun) is a wrapping cloth, but it also refers to a whole collection of sewing techniques by both hand and machine.
I have been on a total paper piecing kick as of late! In all honesty, I was kind of avoiding this quilting technique as it seemed a little strange (and possibly like I was cheating) to use paper templates to stitch blocks together. But it is really fun! (If not a little time consuming.) The end results are stunning and the technique ensures nice crisp edges. Plus you can create really intricate designs that would otherwise be a real challenge to quilt. I had visions of a quilt with butterflies and was thrilled when I stumbled upon Lillyella's paper pieced butterfly patterns. Having never attempted paper piecing, I thought this would be a fun project to tackle. Since I'm a newbie paper piecer, I followed some recommendations from 3 and 3 Quarters on using larger scraps of fabrics to make my life easier. This was a great tip and one I would encourage anyone to follow if trying paper piecing for the first time. Essentially, you attach your fabric to the back of the paper pattern and then stitch on the printed side of the paper following the stitch lines. Each piece is marked with a letter and numbers. The first piece you start with is always #1, which I glued down to ensure it didn't shift on me. Once my first piece of fabric was in place, I then folded back the paper along the line separating section #1 and #2, leaving a 1/4
I am so honored to be invited again by the wonderful Agatha from Green Issues by Agy to jump on board her new blogging train: Making Good...
A modern take on a classic American heirloom, the Stillwater Floral Quilt’s bold color-blocking and symmetry pay homage to traditional applique, while its mirrored floral motif makes it easy to style in either direction. The perfect layering piece throughout the seasons, this jacquard woven textile’s cozy weight and lived-in texture are sure to be forever cherished. Made in Portugal from 100% cotton. A Schoolhouse Original. • A Schoolhouse Original • Handcrafted from 100% cotton • Cozy, jacquard woven textile
Partner, when you said you like handquilting I hope you reallllly meant it. Oh, and I hope you don't mind that I've never done it before either.
Twenty Quilting Fabric Lookbook by Katarina Roccella. A fabric project catalog full of quilt patterns and different turorials for you to enjoy!
📷 Holy cow, I like this one from Pinterest (Russian sewist). Do you save photos of quilts you'd like to try? This one would be great for reducing my scrap bin overflow. 95% of my scraps are 2.5" wide strips. Smaller strips I give to my friend Jerry, the rug guy. This Russian artist's quilt I like the variety of color and pattern, "fits me to a T". (Where did that expression come from, I'd like to know). The Light and dark cornerstones are deliberate--and that is something that peaks my interest. I especially like the skinny sashing, even though its medium to light value is almost LOST. 📷 Above, is one of my quilts. Simple, fun to make. Designing quilts on the fly . . . my design idea here was to join Four (10.5") scrappy strip blocks with a light color sashing and orange corner stone. I couldn't decided in the first place if I wanted orange corner stones or turquoise corner stones . . . . so I framed the quadrant block in a dark blue small paisley print accented with turquoise corner stones. Other Bits: A couple years ago I was waiting, waiting, waiting, for Anita Solomon Grossman to come out with her simple cuts technique for "her Wonky Star" block, but it never materialized online. I experimented on my own to build her wonky star block (trying to think it through like Anita would). That experiment resulted in 8 wonky star blocks sitting in my scrap bin, (4) red stars on a teal background and (4) teal stars on a red background. Having no better use for them, I threw them into this quilt for interest.
by Janice Zeller Ryan
My oldest is a voracious reader. It has reached a point where we ask her NOT to read after she’s logged a certain amount of HOURS in a day. While her legal name is Brooklyn, we often call her…
March's color for the rainbow scrap challenge is purple. I love purple, but purple can be hard with all of its different shades from reddish to bluish. Luckily, all of the rainbow quilts I am working on this year lend themselves to separating all of those different shades. First up, my "birch tree" blocks. My Medallion Log Cabin blocks. My "made-fabric" wonky stars. And finally, my flying geese blocks. And since I had all of that purple out, I decided to whip up a quick comfort quilt top with it. I pulled some fabric pieces that have been lingering in my stash forever. One piece was leftover from a sundress I made for myself in 1992. Seriously. It was time to go. I pulled some "ugly" fabric I couldn't see myself using anytime soon(dark purple tie dye) and mixed in some pretty fabrics I adore (large purple flowers) and they just kinda work. I also had some random white triangular cutoffs from another project that would work perfectly as wonky star points. So I went with a quick and simple go to pattern. I used up some stash, saved some fabric from the trash and make a purplicious quilt! I hope to get it quilted up in the next couple of weeks. And finally, my stash bee queen this month picked this Wanta Fanta block in purple for her block this month. Lucky me! I hopw she loves it. Thanks for stopping by! Tracy
Hi, all! Well, finally, as promised, today starts this year's tutorial series. I thought this year I would go back and revisit some of the most-loved tutorials from past years, plus add in a few new simple designs too! I think we'll call this year's series Something Old, Something New. That seems appropriate! For those of you new to the blog, these quilts will be simple designs that can be easily worked up for charity or comfort quilts. We'll have one each Sunday for the next five or six weeks, depending on how many designs I end up with, and immediately after that, this year's Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge will begin. So let's get started with the first tutorial! I saw this quilt on Pinterest... ...and my initial thought was "Wow! Gorgeous, but that's a LOT of piecing." Then I remembered a technique I learned and thought that it would be a lot easier that way, making it a good choice for this tutorial series. I popped over to the blog for Doodlebugs and Rosebuds Quilts, where I read that she did not have a pattern for this quilt, so I decided to mock it up in EQ8. Once the quilt was graphed out, I counted and found that it uses 541 print 2.5" squares and 100 white 2.5" squares - and I have tons of those already cut out, so hooray!! Here's the simple technique that will take this from tedious traditional piecing to quick, easy, and perfectly pieced blocks. You will need to get sheer weight fusible interfacing (with the fusible on one side only). If you are like me, you have tons of the stuff stashed away somewhere; if not, it's easily available at your local Joann's or equivalent. You want the lightest weight you can get, because it will remain in your blocks. Lay the interfacing on your ironing board with the fusible side up. Arrange your squares, with edges touching but not overlapping, on the fusible interfacing. For the 9-patch blocks in this quilt, you should use four white squares for the N-E-S-W squares, and prints for the remaining five. Next, you will trim close to the squares on the interfacing. This is before you iron them down, so if they shift, just put them back in place. Now press the nine squares down to the fusible interfacing. I use a very hot and very steamy iron to do this and merely press the iron down, then lift it up and move it to another section. I don't recommend moving the iron side to side as you would if you were ironing clothes, as it may move the squares. After ironing the block, if you hold it up to the light you will be able to see very narrow lines between your squares. This is normal and good! Now fold the block on one of those lines and take it to your sewing machine. Sew a 1/4" seam just as you normally would. Repeat for the parallel seam. Your piece should now look like this. Grab a pair of scissors. Ones with tiny blades will be the easiest for this purpose. I like my curved embroidery scissors! Put one of the blades inside the fold of the seam you just stitched and clip that seam open. Repeat for the other seam. Press the seams open. Repeat for the seams that cross your first set of seams, folding, stitching, cutting the seams open and pressing. Once pressed, the back of your block will look like this. But wait! Flip that baby over.... ...and you will see that every intersection on the block is perfect! No pins, no patching, no nesting of seams. And it works every. single. time! Now that you know the technique, make twenty-five (25) of these 9-patch blocks. Using the same technique, make sixteen (16) 16-patch blocks. You will also need sashing blocks. These are simple - sew four 2.5" squares together in a line. Then, on each long side of that strip, sew a 2.5"x8.5" strip of white. Press the seams toward the white strips. You will need forty (40) of these sashing blocks. Once you have made all of the components, it's time to lay it out. Here's the layout I used... There's a little bit of matching in the sashing rows, but you will find that it goes together really quickly. The finished quilt measures 62" square, and can be easily adjusted to a different size by either using a smaller square (i.e. 2") for the blocks or increasing or decreasing the number of blocks used for the quilt. Here are the fabric requirements: 1 3/4 yards of white fabric at least 42" wide. From this, cut: 100 2.5" squares and 80 2.5"x8.5" strips Approx. 6 yards of 20" wide sheer weight fusible interfacing 541 2.5" squares of assorted fabrics For backing: 3 2/3 yards of fabric For binding: approx. 1/2 yard depending on your choice of width Once you've assembled your quilt top, you'll have something that looks like this.... Isn't that a lovely riot of scrappy goodness? Bree was keeping a close watch on this photography session to be sure I did it right... ...and even stepped over to put in her two cents worth! I hope you'll find this a useful technique and design! It's certainly a great way to use up lots of small squares without a lot of nitpicky seam matching. Can you tell I'm a lazy quilter? LOL! See you next week with another quilt tutorial - and this one's going to be super simple - so simple you could make it in an afternoon! Hugs! Sarah
Chicken quilt by Emily of Quiltylove.com. Find the link to the free tutorial to make your own chicken quilt. Scrappy chicken quilt pattern.
A step by step guide to the star stitch
Free Sampler quilt tutorial from Amy Smart - Diary of a Quilter - featuring the the Meet the Maker quilt block patterns from Riley Blake Designs.
FOR THOSE WISHING TO REPLICATE THE COVER QUILT - ALL FABRIC SELECTION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND WITHIN THE QUILT PATTERN. Thank you 😊 PLEASE NOTE: This listing is for the PDF pattern only, the finished product is not included in this listing. Free PDF reader software can be downloaded easily. The Lemon Squeezy Quilt pattern is a fun sew that is guaranteed to impress. It is simple to construct and beginner friendly. It contains 11pages of detailed instructions and images to ensure you get the best results you can from the project. A bit about the PDF Pattern: It is fat quarter friendly so if you have a collection in your stash that you don't know what to do with - this is the perfect project. Alternately if you want to use yardage I wont judge you at all for that - you do you! It is perfectly suited to large scale prints that want to shine. It comes in 5 size options: Cot/Crib - 36" x 48" (92 x 120cm) Throw - 60" x 60" (150 x 150cm) Single/Twin - 60" x 84" (150 x 210cm) Double - 72" x 84" ( 180 x 210cm) Queen - 84" x 84" (210 x 210cm) It is a perfect weekend sew. The large blocks means you can knock out a quilt top in only a few hours from planning to cutting to piecing Basic instructions for quilting and binding are included. Small Print: Due to the nature of Digital Files, no refunds are offered once purchase has been made. If you have any questions regarding this quilt please email me at sscott11 [!at] bigpond.com and I will be happy to help. Follow our social media hashtags - #lemonsqueezyquilt #piccolopatterns Join our Facebook group Piccolo Pattern Studio for ongoing support and encouragement This pattern can also be purchased via my website www.piccolostudio.com.au This pattern has been created by Sarah Scott of Piccolo Studio and is intended for personal use only. The pattern must not be reproduced, distributed or sold in part or whole in any form. If you are a small home-based business, then permission is granted to sell finished items in a limited quantity only. Please credit Piccolo Studio as the original creator of the pattern at time of sale and in any online promotion. Piccolo Studio reserves the right to change or end this policy at any time
This quilt has become so popular on all the popular online sites and so many people want to know the name of the pattern. (I posted it further down in the blog post but I thought I would add it up here in the first paragraph.). The pattern is called Rising Stars by Cozy Quilt Designs.. Well, I finished this quilt just in the nick of time. I am taking a break from doing the hand binding, and hand stitching the casings on four quilts so they can be hung in my guild's quilt show tomorrow. This is a UFO that sat on my shelves for years, at least the jelly rolls did, and then I started this quilt back in January. I wasn't quite sure just how I was going to quilt it until I just happened upon an IMQA calendar that had this same pattern in it! Wow! I loved the way Debbie Treusch had broken down the elements in this by framing each 16 patch. I contacted Debbie and let her know that her quilt inspired me and she wished me luck with my quilt! She is one talented lady, and has won many awards in the quilting world. The pattern is called Rising Stars by Cozy Quilts. Be sure to tell them I referred you :) Of course I had to put my own creativity on it, so I changed up the fills, the sashing, the feather style, as well as the cc's in the 16 patches. I am a bit disappointed that I did not use a contrasting thread in the white. The stitch definition shows up beautiful in natural light, but in artificial light it gets lost. In the future I will use a slight contrast. After all, why do all that custom quilting to have it get lost? This will most likely be my last personal quilt I work on for quite awhile, as I have a few customer quilts that I am really excited to start on!
Quilts! Sewing! Books! Life!
There is a lot to talk about when it comes to how to store quilts. Perhaps we’ll begin with a list of “shall nots”
Vibrant petal colors and a few leaves
I have two pieces of news to share today: the first is the release of my newest pattern Camden Road and the second is that my new pattern shop is now open! You can find Camden Road in my shop (digital and printed versions) and on Etsy. Camden Road is fat quarter friendly pattern based on the traditional Mrs. Bryan’s Choice quilt block. I love the design and how it highlights all of the different prints against the two background fabrics. The quilt is named after the street I grew up on. You might have seen some of the pictures of the quilt in progress on my Instagram account. Camden Road contains instructions for 3 three sizes: baby, lap, and twin. The flying geese in the quilt blocks are made using the no-waste (also called the four at a time) method which is perfect because you need the flying geese in sets of four for the blocks. The cover quilt was made using a variety of fat quarters on a white background. Warm & White batting from the Warm Company and Aurifil thread were used in the quilt. A used a favorite Anna Maria Horner print for the backing which incorporates many of the colors used in the front of the quilt. You can find Camden Road in my shop (digital and printed versions) and on Etsy. For extra savings, use code "TWOPATTERNS" for $2 off 2 patterns and "THREEPATTERNS" for $4 off 3 patterns pic Many, many thanks to Cindy of Hyacinth Quilts for helping me pick fabrics for this quilt, she turned my boring fabric pull into one of my favorite fabric combinations ever and to Yvonne of Quilting Jetgirl for her spectacular tech editing skills. You can see Cindy of Hyacinth Quilts' blocks on her Instagram account. Cindy and I are thinking about running a little quilt along for Camden Road starting in January. Would you like to join in? And now for more good news...my new pattern shop is OPEN! I have been working behind the scenes for the last couple of months setting up a new pattern shop on the Shopify platform. I hope that you will find the new shop easy to navigate with clear pictures and descriptions. If you have a minute I would love for you to hop over and take a look around, check out Camden Road, and let me know what you of the new shop.
I always like to blog about what I want to accomplish in the new year. One benefit is if I lose my quilting mojo during the year, reading ...
