Ohhh, let's see about 6 years ago I saw a quilt very similar to this one in a very popular home decorator catalog for major bucks. This is such an easy peasy and super inexpensive quilt to make. I wanted to make mine bright and a bit color controlled (i think I failed on that aspect). I shopped around for a variety of bandanas. I probably paid about .99 cents for each one. Sometimes I found some that were 2 for $1.99. It spent many years in my screened porch. It has faded a bit, but it is soft and has held up wonderfully. I simply sliced off the teeny tiny rolled hem on each square and then stitched them together.
I have looked at quite a few quilts now, and most do not excite me any more. However, once in a while, I go ‘ohhh’. And that’s what I did yesterday when I came across this beautiful circle quilt tutorial. I love the fabric pattern, design & color choices of this quilts. This is the
I have have spent January researching, putting together a mood board and collecting fabrics together for a new body of work based on remembered landscapes. Having a mood board up in the studio helps to remind me of colour palettes and general mood of what I am trying to achieve in my own visual language.
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Ohhh yes, I need someone to divert me away from these blocks ... I genuinely have so many other things I must do, but I keep heading back to this completely addictive applique! Here's my next complete
I hope you had a Safe & Happy New Year! Let's get 2013 off to a great start with some inspiration from Dear Stella! We don't think Dear Stella gets enough hype and they really should with such fabulous fabric collections! I went to their website and found quite a bit of inspiration on their projects page. I snagged some of the pics and below you'll find a few free patterns and a few quilts featured in the book Modern Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman. This book has 12 quilts for the modern quilter, a must have if you're looking for something different. Looptastic, from Modern Patchwork, features the Ostara Collection with blues, soft pinks and greys. This versatile quilt would look great with any fabric style, modern or traditional. Finished size for this smaller version is 63" x 63". Know someone that loves to garden? Honey, from Modern Patchwork, features the bright and cheerful Garden Party Collection. I just love that little slice out of each piece, it really makes the quilt! Finished size is 43" x 63". Fire Drill, also from Modern Pathwork, features the Kallianthi Collection. Pink, pink and more pink! Finished size is 59" x 69". Let's move on to some free patterns! Portico Stripes features elegant clay and charcoal fabrics from the Portico Collection and can be downloaded here. Finished size for a lap quilt is 441/2" x 601/2". Instructions are included for larger sizes. The Big Zig features fabric from the Ikebana Collection and can be downloaded here. Finished size is 60" x 78" and instructions are included for larger sizes. My personal favorite, the Whale Pillow, is made using the All Hands on Deck Collection by Jack & Lulu. Download your free pattern here. This happy whale measures 23" from head to tale. Last, but certainly not least, a super cute Christmas stocking. The train fabric is no longer in stock, but you can use the You've Been Jingled collection just as easily. Download your free pattern here and get started so you're ready for next year! So are you a believer? Dear Stella is great quality fabric and they are honed in on the trendy, modern quilter!
Happy New Year to you all! Let’s start these ‘Roaring Twenties’ with some new tutorials based on the Wishbone Quilting pattern with some Ribbon Candy thrown in too. In the previou…
It's too hot to iron today, even at 6:00 a.m., so here's block 8, finger pressed only.
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 detailed t
In this article we review some tips and tricks for recycling fabric to use on future projects.
yay yay YAY! i finally get to tell you about these quilts and pillow… you can find the pillow on the bottom right hand corner of the cover of this spring 2011 magazine of Quilts and More. this little bit of info has been killing me not to spill seeing that i made the little […]
Summer came like a lion here in Fort Worth. Even before June 21st, we had over a week of 100+ degree days. I'm trying to keep my garden alive, but it's too hot for me out there during the day. My flowers and vegetables are just frying in the sun and heat. But I did spot this gorgeous dragonfly visiting my garden two afternoons in a row. He was the most amazing shade of orange and didn't seem to mind me taking his photo. While reviewing the packing list for Shea's summer camp, we discovered it said "1 quilt or sleeping bag". Now what is it about me that makes something like, "I should make you a quilt for camp!" leap out of my mouth before my brain has time to realize what I'm saying. And once those words are out there, you can't take them back. I suggested a rag quilt, you know, fast and easy. She loved that idea until she realized what a rag quilt looked like. She proceeded to show me her version of a "rag quilt", which was little pieces of fabric sewn to another piece of fabric and all raggy on the edges. Basically, a ticker tape. This thing is such a mess, I can't even believe I'm showing it to you, so don't look too closely. Hopefully, it's twin sized. I didn't even measure it, but I used twin sheets for the body of the quilt, a soft one on the back, a flannel in the middle and a boring white one of the front. Making a twin sized ticket tape is TORTURE. I tried every way I could think of to sew these squares on and finally decided that glueing on multiple pieces and sewing all the horizontals then going back for the verticals was the fastest way. It's not finished, but I am out of time. She leaves tomorrow. I didn't prewash the fabrics I used for the binding, so the binding shrunk quite a bit and I think it's going to make it a challenge to finish. But, I'll deal with that at some point in the future. For now, I'm considering this baby finished; it's folded and packed. I've been keeping busy teaching sewing classes and doing some summer sewing for me. The dress above is a Lisette pattern. Highly recommended. This is a top I draped as an attempt to knock off this cute Anthropologie blouse. Ignore the fabric; it didn't turn out like I wanted it to. If anyone has a suggestion for an affordable online source for fashion fabric, I would love find some new sources. Joann's fashion fabric stinks. And lastly, my first nine blocks from The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book. I've been looking for a traditional sampler to do in current fabrics, but every time I looked at quilt block encyclopedias, they were full of baskets and houses and other folksy stuff that's a little traditional for my taste. I was considering a Civil War repro sampler quilt when I saw this Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-Long on flickr. These little blocks are so addictive! The quilt along schedule is two blocks a week for a year. I'm sure it will take me a year to finish the quilt, but I think I'm just going to make blocks when I feel moved to do so. I did these in two days. I'll post more about them when I have more time. Right now, I'm off to my birthday party. It's not until next week, but Shea is going to miss it since she'll be away at camp, so we are having a party early. And then tomorrow, it's off to the Ozarks to drop my baby off for two whole weeks! It's a little bittersweet; I know I'm going to miss her madly, but I get two whole weeks off! Two weeks! We've never been apart for two weeks, but I've decided that the Lord must make pre-teens act the way they do as a way to help mothers begin to let go. It makes so much sense. At the rate she's going, by the time she's 18, I will be ready for her leave this nest. If she remained the precious little sweetheart she was at six or seven, I'd never want to let her go. She's going to have a blast at camp. And I'm going to have a blast at home! Can somebody saw sew-a-thon!
Happy New Year to you all! Let’s start these ‘Roaring Twenties’ with some new tutorials based on the Wishbone Quilting pattern with some Ribbon Candy thrown in too. In the previou…
In this article we review some tips and tricks for recycling fabric to use on future projects.
Details - Ohhh This Is A Good One! You’ve Probably Seen A High End Version Of This Oh-So-Popular Quilted Jacket Around, But Never Before Quite So Beachy! With The Perfect Lightweight Feel, Gorgeous Indigo Blue Color And Embroidered Palm Detail, This One Of A Kind Item Will Be The Perfect Reminder Of Days Spent By The Coast As We Head Into Colder Days.
Happy New Year to you all! Let’s start these ‘Roaring Twenties’ with some new tutorials based on the Wishbone Quilting pattern with some Ribbon Candy thrown in too. In the previou…
OLIVE*ARGYLE — Anyone know what this quilt pattern is called?? …
Today, I thought I'd show you some of the quilts all the wonderful gals at my quilting retreat were working on. We also had various show and tells of completed works and works in progress. You are in for a real treat today! Sit back and enjoy! Now, I hope...
Did you come to my open studio last year? Well this year I am going for a new look. Bright stuff! I hope you can visit.
This work is the second in a series of "Remnants", which were all inspired by very old, heavily patched and stitched textiles, (such as certain types of boro and utilitarian quilts) and the old, worn and weathered rural structures that surround where I live.
One of my goals for this month was to put to rest this sweet ‘n scrappy quilt project, one which I started back in… oh dear… July 2011? Wow. I really really gotta work on turn-around times. I think what held me back on this one was the idea that I HAD to, and...Read More »
Ohhh boy I am in love with this pattern 🦋
Haven't been on my walk at sunrise all week not getting enough exercise! There was a time I used to teach a lot of fabric manipulation. With nothing but snow and more snow to scratch about my mind is wandering! Thank goodness for Tuesday Four of us gathered and made marks then our handy hubby's joined us and we sipped wine and munched on black beans and salad. A lovely, lovely day. I wonder if the squirrels have been raising families in the snow this winter there are SO many of them stealing from the bird feeders! Strange that I decided to stitch a cruciform design. Late that evening Handy Hubby got sad news of a lifelong friend's passing. On Saturday we huddled by the fire with no electricity as the wind howled blowing snow around the house. Sunday was calmer revealing beautiful windswept snow piles.
This month on !Sew WE Quilt! they have the theme "Tool Time". I'm a guest blogger tomorrow and will be sharing a simple tutorial of my favorite quilting tool, and can you guess what I chose!?! I'm sure you know what my favorite new tool is... the Lil' Twister (I'm out of them now in my shop, but you can find there here). Yep, I'm sure you were right!! :) I had lots of fun making a fun little lap quilt with most all of Atsuko Matsuyama's fabrics...also a new favorite!! Oh, simply some of the prettiest fabrics, how can you not love them!! And, it was perfect timing as I got my first shipment of her fabrics for the shop!! Yep, I did say first, so there will be more soon. I used 42, 5 inch squares, so this would be perfect for a charm pack!! I did a few borders in some Moda Bella solids and the aqua is Astuko Matsuyama's Elegant Bouquet. A close up of the quilting. The binding is the new flower sugar, floral stripes in red, and the backing is a soft vintage sheet!! I have to share one of my favorite, Hey Girls!! If you haven't seen them they are the funniest!! My hubby and I have had quite the laughs over them!! As I had my hubby holding the quilt up like usual this one came to mind as it is a favorite. :) Make sure to stop by !Sew WE Quilt! tomorrow and say Hi to me!! :) Hope you have a fabulous day, my friends!!
On this day in 1895, William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman was born in Harper, Liberia. Tubman is known as the “father of modern Liberia,” serving as its 19th President. Tubman’s grandparents were part…
These quilts were part of the antique Americana display at this year's International Quilt Market in Houston, TX October 31, 2010. (No flash was used.)
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This quilt kit is for the Joplin Quilt by Toad and Sew. Curated by Amanda from Hidden Grove Quilts, this colorway features colors from the Pasadena Quilt Studio Signature Bundle. Pattern to purchased separately at Toad and Sew. Kit is for the Throw Size - 72 x 72. Please note: fabric requirements for this pattern are tight. Add-on option for an additional 1/8th of each color also available. ART GALLERY PURE SOLIDS Colors: Sweet Macadamia, Toasty Walnut, Gingerbread, Terracotta Tile, Cinnamon, Sienna Brick, Chocolate. Suggested Backing: Past and Present Sentimental BACKING AND BINDING NOT INCLUDED.
If you’re liking this blog Please tell your friends about it! I’d really appreciate it! xoxom Hey MICHIGAN! On Friday and Saturday, August 1 & 2 I’ll be visiting Fabric Affair in…
