"Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as, p
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I hate that y'all cannot get to LQ for the monthly Second Saturday Sampler event...it is so special. The project/blocks, you can buy on line. The customers bring a show and tell for "parking lot entertainment" while customers wait to attend the demo portion of the event. That is what you can't see. Here is the photo version. We’re starting to see previews of the finished quilts from the 2014 Second Saturday Sampler. This quilt was made using 6” blocks…make several each month and it makes a large quilt! Delores used our setting for her 6” Saturday Sampler blocks for this traditional wall hanging. Delores also resized the Second Saturday Sampler patterns to make 3” finished blocks for this tiny doll quilt. Excellent job, Delores! These beautiful kaleidoscope blocks were made from a single fabric using the One Block Wonder technique. Stunning! Join the One Block Wonder class here at Little Quilts to learn how fun and easy this technique is. Sue decided it was time to use up some of her 30’s fabric stash. We love the charming row quilt she came up with and think fabric from Little Quilts “Little Darlings” line made the perfect border! Sue also used the “Little Darlings” fabric for the back of the quilt…such a cute idea to frame some of the scenes to make a pieced back
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A quilt featuring 18 different (and I mean different!) designers was a challenge I did not expect to receive 6 weeks ago from my friend at Free Spirit Fabric. Could I make a modern Lucy Boston quilt, with lots of fussy cutting, in 3 weeks? It's funny how challenges like this always light something
Crazy quilts, which had their heyday in the late 1800s, celebrated an age of progress. Today, thanks to a focus on personalization and embellishments, crazy quilting is surging in popularity.
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Made with charms from a couple 3 Sister's lines, and Panier de Fleurs by French General. Border is from Antique Fair. Pieced and quilted on my machine with Aurifil 50 wt in 2325 and 2021. Dimensions: 46" by 55". Completed April 2014.
Embroidery patterns, before and after projects, give-aways, chalkboard doodles, a bit of this and a lot of that!
Have you heard of Kantha quilting? My online friend Shruti Dandekar says: Kantha is one of the traditional styles of handwork popular in Eastern India - especially the state of West Bengal - and Bangladesh. It is used to either add embroidery to fabric or to quilt. You can read more about it here in Wikipedia. This month Aurifil have asked some of the Aurifil Artisans to experiment with Kantha quilting and Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I've decided to use my variegated 12wt Aurifil threads on this fat quarter of Kaffe's fabric called Busy Lizzy. I'm quilting the whole fat quarter with Kantha quilting, and then I'm going to turn it into a pouch - or maybe even two. Kantha quilting is very relaxing. You don't need to follow straight lines. I use a hoop because that's how I quilt and I struggle to do it without a hoop. It was just easier for me to pop it in a hoop. I even decided to add a squiggle to mine, so I used a hera marker to mark the squiggle, but will then just stitch along side it with more free form lines. You can see my marked squiggle very faintly in the photo below. If you're wondering which needles I use (John James Chenille size 24), which thimble I use (Clover Open Sided), or anything else, you can find details of all my favourite hand quilting accessories at the bottom of this post here. I'm still undecided about which zip to use on my pouch. You're probably thinking that I've got too many options, but I do love zips with round pullers. They remind me of a ski jacket my mum made for me in about 1978. I loved that ski jacket with it's white zip with chunky teeth and a round puller. The pockets even had white zips with round pullers too! Updated: I bought these zips from Studio Mio in Australia https://studiomio.com.au/zippers/ So that's what I'm up to this week. Oh, and trying to catch the sunrise because we're having some beauties at the moment. What have you been up to this week? Feel free to link up a blog post below. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter
UPDATED JULY 6, 2022 — CLICK HERE TO SEE MY CRUMB PIECING TUTORIAL TO LEARN HOW I SELECT FABRICS AND SEW MY CRUMB BLOCKS. INCLUDES A VIDEO TUTORIAL. A little over a week ago on February 22 I …
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September and October has been busy, fun and nervous time. It started when my friend Myra Dunn from Myfluffybag visited the end of September. I had a fun packed activities awaiting her. First was Quilts in the Barn's annual exhibition. The next day was Geelong Fibre Forum, a yearly event. The last day of Myra's visited I took her to ours favourite Niko Kafe in Oakleigh. What the little time we had left. We managed to play in the Treehouse Studio creating two quilts that we got inspired from Quilts in the Barn's exhibition the vintage crumb quilt. The evening before all these activities Myra mentioned the word "crumb quilting" which we looked up in Youtube, but it wasn't until we saw a vintage crumb quilt that we were in-loved with it! You might also want to know about my nervous time? I had a small surgery on my back to removed infected cysts. I had that done a couple of days after Myra's left. I was a nervous lack for couple of weeks prior to the operation. I'm not a fan of hospital, doctor or pain! It was over in a couple of hours while I was knocked out, phew! I'm now home on sick-leave for 2 weeks. The pain had gone with the help of strong pain killers and a course of antibiotic. I'm up and about because sitting is not the most comfortable position when you have surgery on your back! I can walks and stand though! Now back to the Yellow Crumb Quilt. After returned from Quilts in the Barn exhibition both Myra and I were all inspired by 100 or so vintage quilts. One quilt in particular was a yellow Crumb quilt. With tone of scraps I've accumulated from quilts such as Rags to Riches and Handkerchief Corner quilt. We started to tackled our crumb quilts. I choose yellow base and Myra chooses red for hers. The block to be 5" finished so I cut the 'F' fabric (feature fabric), which is yellow 3" wide strip, but instead of crumb piecing the whole length of strip as per YouTube's instruction I pre-cute my 3" strip into 3.5" pieces. I chain pieced all my blocks until I finished. If you are quilters you would be able to make this quilt by looking at my photos. I will try to explain under each photo what I'm doing. Enjoy! I will need 230 block for a single size quilt. I will not put them together until I finished piecing all blocks. Myra's Red Crumb Quilt Crumb units. Very simple and not too many pieces. Attach 3.5" 'F' fabric onto crumb pieces. Crumb blocks ready to trim. Crumb units trimmed and ready to assemble. Block complete, now make 229 more blocks! Imagine using Japanese fabric! I'm using my beloved Singer Featherweight to pieced this quilt. I love using it for memorable quilt. Here are the leftover crumbs. It's time to discarded them. Vintage crumb quilt. Closed up of the vintage quilt. Even closer look! I can't see why you can't make larger blocks or make a modern looking quilt with it. I imagine using those bright and modern fabric in a quilt like this, but I love using vintage and recycled fabric so this version is perfect for me. I hope to piece all the blocks by the time I return to work. It's a lot of fun piecing the blocks. There are so many variations of piecing I can do. With all the scraps I pre-cut for the previous quilts. It makes the process going faster than I have to cut everything from scratch. Until next time Nat
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Daphne Reborn Daphne Reborn is an intermediate level counted canvas design. It is a quilt-inspired stitch sampler. The finished design size is approximately 6 ¼ inches square. The working canvas is 13 inches square. The design is worked on 18-mono canvas.
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Great Tutorial for Beginners – Larger Stitches Show Best! Most quilters, whether they hand quilt or not, deeply appreciate the fine quilts produced by those who do. There’s just something about hand quilting that makes quilts stand out over their machine-quilted counterparts. Quality hand quilting is all about the stitch size and how even the …
The crumb quilt project was a great scrap buster. I got 2 quilts out of that project. But for some reason, after all the mess all over my sewing room, and working several months on those crumb quilts, I still had a huge pile of scraps!! They just seemed to multiply!!! So I decided to try scrap strips instead to see if I could lesson my scrap mountain. I put my scraps into piles strips that were about the same length. I had 6 or 7 piles of different lengths. I pulled two from the first pile (let's say they were 5 inch strips), and sewed them together, then without cutting strings, I sewed 2 together from the next pile (lets say they were 7 inch strips), and on down through all the piles. When I had sewn 2 together from each pile, I started back at the top. I picked one from the 5 inch pile and sewed that to the existing 5 inch strip, without cutting strings. I kept my nice big scissors near by, there was a lot of chopping at the machine. This was a donation quilt. So, I used a sheet for the back, and wrapped it around for the binding. I was careful to start and stop my quilting just 1 time because when you're carrying the backing around to the front, you can't just go running off the edge when you're quilting. Do you have a good way to get rid of scraps? I'd love to hear your ideas.
Quilt as you go tutorials QAYG and patterns including video on making QAYG quilts. Learn with these fun 26 different quilt as you go tutorials.
The stitchers of the Wool Do your Block Round Robin were: Karrin H, Cathy K, Leslie E, Hideko I, Simona (who later had to drop out for personal reasons) Marya and Ritva P. HIDEKO’S BLOCKS Hideko’s Naked Blocks Marya’s block for Hideko Leslie’s block for Hideko Cathy’s block for Hideko Karrin’s block for Hideko Ritva’s work for Hideko CATHY K’S BLOCKS Cathy’s Naked Blocks Set 1 (Woodland) Ritva stitched this Woodland theme Hideko stitched a Woodland spring Marya stitched this Woodland block Cathy’s Naked Blocks, Set 2 (Christmas) Leslie created this Christmas block Karrin’s block for Cathy KARRIN’S BLOCKS Karrin’s Naked Blocks Ritva did this basket of flowers for Karen Hideko’s work Marya’s work Leslie’s block for Karrin Cathy K’s work Karrin’s finished blocks LESLIE’S BLOCKS Leslie’s Naked Blocks Cathy K’s work for Leslie Leslie stitched this block herself after Simona left. Karrin’s block for Leslie Ritva’s work Hideko’s block for Leslie Marya’s block RITVA’S BLOCKS Ritva’s Naked Blocks Marya’s block for Ritva Hideko’s block for Ritva Leslie’s work for Ritva Cathy K stitched this block The first four finished blocks for Ritva Karrin’s work for Ritva Ritva’s stitched her sixth and final block SIMONA’S BLOCKS Simona’s Naked Blocks Karrin stitched this block for Simona Ritva also completed a block for Simona Hideko stitched this block for Hideko Marya’s lovely work for Simona MARYA’S BLOCKS Marya’s Naked Blocks Leslie’s work for Marya Cathy stitched this block for Marya This block was Karrin’s for Marya Ritva’s block Hideko’s work for Marya Simona’s final block (stitched by Leslie??)
(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) I started quilting in 2007 / 2008. My sisters bought me a small Singer Promise they found listed as a Black Friday deal from Target o…
Earlier this summer, the Happy Zombie posted a quilt-along called the Ron Swanson Along. I don’t watch much TV and haven’t seen Parks & Recreation, but I still thought her quilt was…
As Kara mentioned last week, we enjoyed our two-week stint together, attending the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK, and enjoying lots of day trips near her home in Germany. I (Teri) came home happy and exhausted—and laden with new needles and threads to try, a bit of fabric, and a fair amount of chocolate. (Oh, and thousands of photos!) Two exhibitions at the Festival of Quilts that really drew us in had something in common: both featured the work of Japanese quilters. The first showcased the work of just one quilter, Shizuko Kuroha, far left. Her exhibit, Indigo & Sarasa; Pieces of My Life, was awe-inspiring, and she sat amidst her quilts placing tiny stitches in yet another work of art. You can find her work in her book Pieces of My Life—a story of fabrics and passions, published by Quiltmania. We hope you will enjoy her quilts as much as we did! Wouldn't you agree that her work is absolutely stunning? The incredible detail in her handwork tells some beautiful stories! My pictures can't begin to capture the awesome work in Shizuko Kuroha's quilts. We were so glad to have seen them in person. The 14th Quilt Nihon Exhibition was the other area where Kara and I spent a long time studying the fascinating detail in the handwork these quilts displayed. This exhibition is organized by the Japan Handicrafts Promotion Association, who trains instructors and promotes the art of handwork. (If you click that link, you may need Google Translate.) Following are a few of our favorites—it is all about the details! Many Cherries in the Garden, by Takeko Sato; Traditional Silver Award Crocheted flowers, embroidered flowers A bit of cross stitch And these charming rickrack flowers! Welcome to the Heavenly Flower Garden, by Yukiko Nakao; Traditional Bronze Award Detail: center medallion I love how these sprays of laurel leaves create a box around the center circle. That sashing—perfection! For You, by Yumiko Takami; Traditional Honorable Mention Detail: center medallion Detail: border—some tiny quilting with trapunto! Blue Sky–Feather Appliqué, by Yoko Suzuki; Traditional Corporate Award Detail: Those circles are tiny, and each feather in the border is appliquéd separately! Detail: And after it was all quilted, she embroidered it with feather stitches in concentric circles. Wow. Final Baltimore, by Kimiko Hasumi; Traditional Honorable Mention We really loved this Baltimore Album-style quilt in this unique colorway. Kimiko Hasumi's use of fabrics and the subtlety of her color choices gives these familiar Baltimore patterns quite a different look and feel. It was certainly a one-of-a-kind Baltimore! Isn't it wonderful to know that the Baltimore Album quilts of old are being remade even in Japan? That's all for now. Are you inspired? We surely were!!
In this video, find out how fun it can be sewing curves into your quilts!
My love affair with silk ribbon embroidery started when Hubs bought me a couple of silk-embroidered tissue box covers from Belgium. Learning this delicate art was on my someday list which somehow never happened, Next life! I am sew in love with Di van Niekerk's breathtaking blog. It has everything about silk ribbon embroidery, stumpwork, video tutorials and more. There you will find the latest news and updates, learn more about stitches and techniques, and the most exquisite embroideries by talented artists the world over! Di van Niekerk is a professional fiber arts instructor, designer and author of 10 books. Di van Niekerk's website - http://www.dicraft.co.za Love the little girl's hair!
Learn how to hand quilt with this expert guide from Sarah Fielke.
“Craft” is not a dirty word and using patterns and instructions from books is a great way to learn quilting techniques and hone our skills.
When I read on the Veryberryhandmade blog that Ali was hosting another ATC swap, I was keen to take part again. To recap, an ATC, or Artist Trading Card, is a mini work of art made onto sturdy card…
Making your own magnetic needle minder for cross stitch or embroidery is easy — just three simple supplies, and you'll never lose your needle again!
