I'm teaching a Free Motion Quilting class starting in April at my LQS, Heartstrings and Heirlooms. I finished up the class sample over the weekend. In the class the students will do larger samples, but I needed a small book of designs to advertise the class. As you can see in the above end view, I used three different types of batting for my sample book - Quilter's Dream 100% Cotton, Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton and 20% polyester), and a 100% wool. I used a tutorial from a recent Quilting Arts Magazine issue (the February/March 2014 issue) to make my little book. The instructions involved drawing some lines on a piece of fabric, then sewing on the lines with a walking foot to make a larger sheet and baste the layers together. Then you quilt your designs and cut the "pages" apart. The tutorial in the magazine was very good. If you are interested in making a book like mine, I suggest you get a copy of the magazine. Below is a collage of designs I plan to cover in the class. Along the top of each page I wrote the name of the design, the batting type and page number from the book I will be using for the class. In case you are interested, I'm using the book Free Motion Quilting with Angela Waters. It has become my go-to book for quilting ideas as of late.
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Imagine my excitement when I learned Renee Nanneman (fabric designer for Andover and publisher for Need'lLove) chose my Cotton Daisies pattern to create this beautiful quilt using her new fabric line, Beehive. And...it's hanging in the Andover booth at Quilt Festival in Houston! Cotton Daisies quilt pattern can be found on my website: Laughyourselfintostitches.com Digital Downloads and Mailed Patterns Renee was so gracious to take a couple photos for me and i asked her to make sure she was in each picture!! She is the kindest person! Renee added a gold flange to her Cotton Daisies quilt, which adds such a nice touch! The quilting is gorgeous too! I can't take any credit for it...but whoever quilted this for Renee...it's wonderful! Here is my Cotton Daisies quilt. I literally pulled fabrics from my stash to make this and when i saw Renee's quilt, oh my gosh!! I loooove the softness of her Beehive fabrics! And the pattern cover...showing an alternative colorway...i think this quilt has soooo many color options! Looking for the pattern? I have it available in instant pdf's or mailed copies. Find them in My Etsy Shop And if you wait a bit, (Renee is at market right now) I bet she'll be offering some Cotton Daisies kits using her Beehive fabrics/pattern included! Thanks for stopping by! Learn, Share, Quilt! ~karen
If you're tired of quilting traditional patterns, you should try the chandelier quilt pattern. See various patterns you can try in this post.
Hätte ich diese Dinge vorher alle gewusst oder gehabt, wären bestimmt ein paar Garnrollen weniger durch die Wohnung geflogen. Vielleicht kann ich aber wenigstens auf diesem Weg ein paar andere Garnrollen vor ihrem Schicksal bewahren ;o)
I used the darting birds block from EQ and used the tutorial from the new EQ book to create a block where, from the center and out the blocks are smaller and smaller so it looks like a sphere, a very
I’ve just spent the past two hours trying to set up some kind of graduated layout using the 2″ squares I cut from the jellyroll I bought from Whims. Not an easy task I discovered –…
Le Simply Moderne n°26 comporte 13 projets de patchwork moderne (quilts, tablier, coussin), articles d'exposition, portrait de Sarah Hibbert...
In this two part series on the best hand quilting needles, this first part lists the 5 main types of needles and what they should be used for.
En ces temps créatifs (!), voici des idées pour utiliser vos restes, vos chutes, et même vos vieux encours pour créer de nouvelles choses! (cliquez sur les photos pour accéder aux tutos) Un coussin avec des bandes Un paysage avec des fibres, fils et tissu, et de l’hydrosoluble Un mandala et aussi … Continuer la lecture de Des idées pour utiliser vos chutes et restes de tissus… →
Going to sleep under your average, run-of-the-mill, storebought duvet feels nothing like snuggling under an artistic quilt that you or your loved one made for you. With affection. With care in every stitch. With countless hours of skill and dedication.
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During QuiltCon 2020, I created a number of Instagram posts of quilts grouped by various topics. That process really helped me to think about how I was experiencing my first QuiltCon and the amazing wealth of quilts. But it also takes a lot more time and energy than I’ve had at QuiltCon 202
Catalina loves Cats. That's why as soon as I saw this quilt pattern, I knew it was for her. It is titled Pins and Paws from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. There was some fun quilting on this quilt. I love pieced backs. It's also a good way to use up left over fabric.This backing idea is from Gyleen Fitzgerald. This is one of my favorite border quilting patterns. I love quilted straight lines. They add so much movement to a quilt. The whole quilt. Richard thought the quilting was odd, but I think it is very modern. As always, a label.
Free pattern: Learn how to quilt feathers on hexagons. 2 Designs included, complete instructions and Hexagon Flower sheets for free motion quilting practice
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This month for Quilt Block Mania, we're going Traditional with a Twist. I've taken the prompt literally this time and have created this Twisted Log Cabin block, which does exactly what it says on the tin :-) It's a traditional log cabin block, but turned on point to make a fun-looking block that can be used for bigger
Welcome to Quiltmaker’s Year of Machine Quilting. We’d like to be your go-to source for learning to quilt on a domestic sewing machine. You can do it! On this page are links to designs, how-tos and many other
Get inspired with this list of 25 free fat quarter quilt patterns! From beginner to intermediate, there's a pattern for everyone.
I was lucky enough to attend the AQS show in Chattanooga last week, so I’m sharing some of my favorites with you. These are not meant to be representative of the show and they certainly do n…
Hope of Hertfordshire 90" x 90" 12" Finished Block 9" Finished Border See the free quilt pattern below. Here's a star block with many possibilities published as "Hope of Hartford" by the Farm Journal in 1945. I assume the name recalls the Huys de Hoop (House of Hope), the first settlement that Dutch colonists built in what the English later named Hartford, Connecticut. Charles Voysey designed his own house The Orchard in Chorley Wood, Hertsfordshire in 1899 Because I have planned the block in my very British Morris Modernized fabrics, originally designed by Charles Voysey, I changed the pattern name to Hope of Hertfordshire, the English county with the original spelling. I Photoshopped it onto a bed at The Orchard. Voysey designed everything, the door latches, the fireplace, the rug, the furniture. Like many of the Arts & Crafts designer he thought the best bedspread was plain white. But What Fun is That??? So I've added a quilt. And here is a vintage quilt made in the pattern from about 1950, made from that Farm Journal pattern, I bet. The block is constructed sort of like a log cabin with pieced rectangles rotating around a center square. I shaded it differently from the original, making the background triangles a little darker so some secondary patterning appears. The lighter rectangles create another pinwheel between the blocks. You could do it scrappy as long as you had mediums and darks to shade the center, and lights and mediums for the backgrounds.Here's the yardage for a controlled color scheme with five fabrics. I drew the quilt up in EQ and under the Print Menu hit Fabric Yardage, which told me the yardage for the whole quilt. The darkest print - 1 3/8 yards. I used the darkest print in the line: #8260-14, Oleander in the red. The medium print - 2-3/4 yards. I used the largest print 8266-15 in the lighter green and tan, Oswin or or #8265-16, Saladin in tan The light background - 1-3/4 yards. I was thinking a Moda Bella Solid (#9900-67) Fig Tree Cream The medium background - 1-1/8 yards of Bella Solid (#9900-179) Together Tan The Border EQ's calculations on the border assumes the strips are pieced but I am not going to piece mine, rather cut them as one strip parallel to the selvage but I come up with the same yardage, which is 2-3/4 yards. You can get four 9-1/2" strips out of a width of fabric. I plan to use the #8264.13, the lighter colorway of the Bird & Tulip print. The print is not to scale in my mock-up at the top. A 9-1/2" strip would give you four repeats of the tulip. So cut 2 strips 9-1/2" x 72-1/2" for the sides and 2 strips 9-1/2" x 90-1/2" for the top and bottom borders. If you want to miter it, cut 4 strips 9-1/2" x 90-1/2" Cutting a 12" Block You need 49 blocks for a 7x7 grid. A - Cut 4 light rectangles of background fabric 5-1/4" x 2-7/8" B - Cut 1 square of medium background fabric and 1 square of dark print 6". Cut each into 4 triangles with 2 diagonal cuts. You need 4 dark print triangles and 4 medium background triangles. C - Cut 1 dark print square 2-7/8" D - Cut 2 squares 5-5/8" of medium print. Cut each into 2 triangles with 1 diagonal cut. Piecing the Block UPDATE Zipjezopje says in the Comments: Hi Barbara, you don't need to pivot to add the last part. When you add the centre square to unit one, you start sewing halfway of the square seen from the middle and sew to the end. Now you add rectangle two and three the way you show. Part four is added to the side of part three and to the centre square, because of the loose end you can sew till the end. Part four is now easily sewn to part one, and by doing so you also sew the part of the centre square. Thanks Z Here's the Farm Journal version from BlockBase--- #2586 but the old quilt I am copying had the triangles arranged in a different way---flipped--- which made more of a pinwheel, I thought. They are both cut to the same measurements, so you can see which one you like best on your design wall.
Amy Sinibaldi expresses her soft side by finding beauty in everyday things, expressing what she takes in into delicate fabric designs in this lookbook.
Happy Blogiversary to Pink Doxies! Six years of color-filled posts shared with friends and family, laughter, tears, and lots and lots of love! Thank you all for being part of my world, and letting me into yours. I am truly blessed! I have to say it. Time is flying by! It's been 6 years since my first post, and though I'm still a quilter, I'm a changed quilter now. (Maybe a butterfly quilt was more than apropos.) Most of my time is spent longarm quilting for others, and I've been especially swamped during the recent Covid-19 period. I've been so tickled just seeing the range of gorgeous quilts come into my studio, and love that I get to add my ideas to them. Like magic, I transform the top, back, and batting into the actual quilt! Well, not quite that fast, but it's still a pretty cool job, I admit. This beautiful applique quilt is a pattern called Butterflies by Edyta Sitar made by local quilter Rita Darr. The colors are sublime, but I barely noticed them until I was done with the quilting. To me, it was one butterfly at a time, working my way through, and focusing on each shape. Pebbles and swirls, pebbles and swirls, and watch for those antennae! When I was finished, I stood back to take it all in. Only then could I say, "Wow!" It's often that I need to sort out the details before I can enjoy the big picture. Work before play? Perhaps. The Catch Up I've been a busy bee behind the scenes through July, and beg forgiveness for not sharing with you. Our new solitary lifestyles have forced each of us to evaluate how we live, and I've mulled over many areas. Realizing that Covid was here to stay meant not having a stream of in-person sewing days for a while or really knowing when they might resume at all. The studio has slowly been converted from a gathering space to a recording space. I'm moving toward connecting and teaching digitally vs. in person, and oh, what a challenge that actually is! Maybe you'll pop in here one day soon, and see a video link to the day's blog content. There have been hours of practice involved, and one day I'll have to actually publish something. Terrifying! Don't you feel like we've all had to grow so much in the past months? Not unlike a caterpillar safely wrapped in a self-made cocoon, each of us has changed. Breaking out, and spreading our wings is in our reach. How each of us does this depends on our own needs, but we still need to think of ways to connect with other people, and find things that feed our souls. I hope you you are actively thinking of ways to support yourself emotionally as well as physically. Tune in to your senses, and follow your instincts. Find your flower. Come on, Doxie girls. Let's go sew.
Scroll down for English please. Tässä on yksi, jo pitkään valmiina ollut työ. Se on tehty kolmioneliöistä, joihin käytin tilkkulaatikon sisältöä. Siitä tuli varsin pirteä ja nimeksi annoin "Kipinä" Peitto toimii miten päin vain, joko keltainen ylhäällä tai alhaalla. Tikkaus on teetetty Töölön Tilkkupajassa. Kuvio on lieskoja ja lanka vaaleanpunainen. Ajattelin, että vaaleanpunainen lanka sulautuu paremmin keltaisen päälle kuin esim. keltainen tai oransi noiden tummien kohtien päälle. Tykkään lopputuloksesta kovasti. Pinkin taustakankaan olen ostanut joskus varastoon, kun sattui sopivasti kohdalle ja oli mukava kun se oli nyt valmiina ja kävi tähän työhön. Sitä jäikin vähän jäljelle ja on nyt jo toisenkin peiton taustassa. Aloin kokoamaan paloja lattialle, sillä suunitteluseinä oli tälle liian pieni tai sitten se oli täynnä, enpä muista enää. Mielessä oli jonkin sortin visio, joten uskalsin ommella neliöistä jo pareja tässä vaiheessa, niin niitä oli helpompi käsitellä. Neliön koko on 3" eli ommeltuna 2 1/2" (6cm). Nyt kun Elmo on ollut melkein viikottain meillä hoidossa, niin lattialle kokoaminen on hankalaa tai se pitää tehdä todella nopeasti. Jos jotain on lattialla, se nappaa palan ja juoksee pöydän alle minulta karkuun. Kun pinta näytti hyvältä, ompelin palat riveiksi. Aika paljon se kutistui ommeltuna, kun saumoja on niin paljon. Se yllättää aina. Hennon violetti kantti sulautui parhaiten kaikkiin väreihin, sillä en halunnut sen tekevän voimakkaita kehyksiä. Olipa taas kiva työ tehdä. Tälle on tulossa saman tyylinen pari, sisko tai veli, jonka pinta on valmis ja se odottaa tikkausta. Hyvä talvisää on houkuttanut ulkoilemaan, joten ompelutahti on hidastunut mutta niin se vain nyt menee. **** This quilt has been finished for a long time. It's made of HST blocks size 3" unfinished and 2 1/2" finished. Almost all fabrics are scraps. I can use it both ways, yellow up or down. Quilting is made by Töölön Tilkkupaja . I chose light pink thread because it looks better on the yellow part than yellow or orange on the dark parts. Quilting pattern is some kind of flames and because of that and colors I gave this the name "Spark". I designed this on the floor because the design wall is too small. Since I had some kind of vision about the design I made pairs, so it was easier and faster to play with pieces on the floor. I have to be always very quick because Elmo comes weekly to visit and he is very keen on those pieces. When I was happy about the placement I sewed rows and then two rows together. I didn't want dark frames so I used light purple as a binging. I really enjoyed making this and it felt good to get rid of some scraps. I have made another quilt which is waiting for quilting. It will be a pair, sister or brother for this. We have great winter weather here so I have been outside a lot and sewing has been put on the back burner a little bit but I know, the weather won't last forever.
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Holy cow! Have I been busy! It’s been nearly three months since my last post here and I’ve been creating up a storm. I just have to start chunking away at it all. So, what happened afte…
