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This past weekend I was in Swan River, MB at Fabriculous teaching two longarm quilting classes. This was the first time I have taught a group of ladies on the longarm so limited the class size to 4 students per class so I was able to give them individual attention. This worked out great as the shop has two longarm machines. I set it up so that 2 students shared one machine so when one was on the machine the other one was busy drawing designs on Plexiglas sheets to build up muscle memory. I had drawn out about 20 different design for them to trace so they had a feel for what they were going to try on the longarm. One thing that surprised me about teaching a group is that even thought I was teaching the same class both days the experience with each class was so different. The first group was extremely focused on their tasks as they all had goals they wanted to reach with their longarm skills. They all had a quilt they wanted to be able to longarm so once they tried all the beginner designs I was able to help them focus more on the designs they had stronger aptitude for. The second group was just as eager to learn but it had a more laid back feel. There was more discussion, more time drawing and they enjoyed watching what the others were quilting. I learnt a lot from those two classes from a teachers perspective as I think it is important to be very flexible with what your goals are for the class. The students needs are what dictate the direction the class takes. I had both groups work on solid fabric for most of the day but towards the end of the class I loaded a real quilt on one of the machines. They each had a turn using a straight ruler to try Stitch in the Ditch and then I asked them to each fill one white chevron row with the design they felt most confident in. By switching from a practice piece of fabric to a real quilt I wanted to show them they are ready to move to the front of the machine and that they didn't have to wait until their stitches were perfect to start custom quilting there quilts. You need to just go for it as you learn so much with each quilt, no point in waiting! It gave me great joy to watch my students develop their skills throughout the day and see their confidence build. My confidence as a teach also improved as well because of all the nice comments after the class was done. Thank you to Wendy and George for inviting me to your shop to teach and for welcoming me into your home for the weekend.
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I am so excited to finally be able to share this beautiful quilt with you, I have been working on it all week and if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen a few work on progress pictures. This quilt belongs to Megan and the pattern is called Arcadia Avenue. This is a very challenging pattern to piece and Megan did a fantastic job. She asked for custom quilting and shared some pictures of quilting designs she liked for inspiration. The first thing I sketched was the diamond design as it would be the focus in the background fabrics. I knew the rest of the background should be clean lines as the piecing is the main focus and my quilting should enhance the piecing and not take away from it. I used So Fine white thread in the background and Invisible MonoPoly thread in the blocks. The backing thread is was white Bottom Line. Megan sent Warm and White 100% cotton batting. I'm so happy with how flat this quilt lays after quilting! Here are some close up picture of the blocks so you can see some of the quilting designs. I used the quilt the pattern designers had made for Quilt Market in 2014 for quilting inspiration, you can see it here. Some blocks I quilted very similar and other very different. The are all a mix of stitch in the ditch, echo lines and free motion designs. Sorry for the picture overload but since I haven't posted in a week I thought I better make up for that! We had a lot of snow fall this past weekend and it was-26'c with a -32 windchill when I was out taking these pictures this morning. Brrr! We have been having a very mild winter this year so I'm not complaining!
As promised, there are going to be some new voices on the blog! Today, you are going to hear from the other half of Sassafras Lane, my Mom, Kristy! "When Shayla and I started thinking about fabrics f
This was such a fun quilt to work on! It is is called Arcadia Avenue by Sassafras Lane Designs. I had so much fun designing the borders. For the actual blocks, I did a lot of stitch in the ditch, I wanted them to really pop! I used The Quilted Pineapples curved templates. They are AWESOME! So many cool designs!
I am so excited to finally be able to share this beautiful quilt with you, I have been working on it all week and if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen a few work on progress pictures. Th
Description: this is a pattern that will be shipped to you not a pdf download Arcadia Avenue Quilt pattern by Sassafras Lane Designs This Block of the Month pattern features 12 unique and modern hexagon quilt blocks. Each month you create and entirely unique paper-pieced block. Pattern included simple construction and no Y-seams. Arcadia Avenue finishes 72in x 90in. Smoke Free and Pet Free studio
This was such a fun quilt to work on! It is is called Arcadia Avenue by Sassafras Lane Designs. I had so much fun designi...
Arcadia Avenue - Block of the Month quilt sewing pattern book from Sassafras Lane Designs More Details The Arcadia Avenue quilt Block of the Month pattern book includes and features 12 unique and modern hexagon quilt blocks. Each month (or as often as you wish) you create an entirely unique paper-pieced block . Pattern includes simple construction and no Y-seams. The Arcadia Avenue quilt finishes 72 inches x 90 inches.
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This was such a fun quilt to work on! It is is called Arcadia Avenue by Sassafras Lane Designs. I had so much fun designi...
I am so excited to finally be able to share this beautiful quilt with you, I have been working on it all week and if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen a few work on progress pictures. This quilt belongs to Megan and the pattern is called Arcadia Avenue. This is a very challenging pattern to piece and Megan did a fantastic job. She asked for custom quilting and shared some pictures of quilting designs she liked for inspiration. The first thing I sketched was the diamond design as it would be the focus in the background fabrics. I knew the rest of the background should be clean lines as the piecing is the main focus and my quilting should enhance the piecing and not take away from it. I used So Fine white thread in the background and Invisible MonoPoly thread in the blocks. The backing thread is was white Bottom Line. Megan sent Warm and White 100% cotton batting. I'm so happy with how flat this quilt lays after quilting! Here are some close up picture of the blocks so you can see some of the quilting designs. I used the quilt the pattern designers had made for Quilt Market in 2014 for quilting inspiration, you can see it here. Some blocks I quilted very similar and other very different. The are all a mix of stitch in the ditch, echo lines and free motion designs. Sorry for the picture overload but since I haven't posted in a week I thought I better make up for that! We had a lot of snow fall this past weekend and it was-26'c with a -32 windchill when I was out taking these pictures this morning. Brrr! We have been having a very mild winter this year so I'm not complaining!
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This Block-of-the-Month pattern features 12 unique and modern hexagon quilt blocks. Pattern includes full-size foundations, full color diagrams, simple construction...
This was such a fun quilt to work on! It is is called Arcadia Avenue by Sassafras Lane Designs. I had so much fun designi...
We're sitting under a solid sheet of ice here in Nashville, and thankfully we still have power! Which, of course, means I have lots and lots of time to SEW!!!! Block #2 - Peacock Feathers - is on the left I managed to get my second block for Arcadia Avenue finished today - woohoo!!! Do you notice that the center seam got greedy and gobbled up a few center points? UGH!!! And I was SO careful!!! Drat!!! Yes, I should have waited until I had it fixed before showing the pictures, but I've been jealous of so many in blogland who show their beautiful quilts in the snow and just couldn't resist getting some pics earlier today before the light was gone and the snow melted! Snow has a bad habit of melting at warp speed in this neck of the woods :*) But this block did turn out gorgeous, didn't it? I'm just loving these fabrics! I actually made a change mid-stream about my medium constant fabric. It shows up as the gray star. Originally I had planned to use a dark raspberry there..... ........ but as I was assembling the first few sections I realized that it was just too much like the colors in the wedges. So I decided to fall back on the neutral gray that Sassafras Lane used in so many of their blocks for the medium fabric. I think I like it much better because it gets it's message across very subtly, while allowing the wedge colors to shine :*) Despite it's imperfections, I'm linking this block up with the Linky Party over at Sassafras Lane Designs. This is not an easy paper-piece project, but it is totally the most fun I've had in quite a while! Added to Millefiore, which has been such a wonderful handwork challenge, I have to say I am very pleased with the new projects I chose for 2015! Tomorrow, I plan to work on something completely new! Hugs & Blessings! Teresa =^..^=
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- This pattern features 12 unique and modern hexagon quilt blocks - Pattern included simple construction and no Y-seams - Arcadia Avenue finishes 72in x 90in This version is very scrappy and somewhat liberating from the confines of each block being made from the same 12 fabrics! Each Bali cracker comes with 40 squares – and we used 2 packs for our quilt (we were rather frugal!). Our method in making this Arcadia version was to choose 12 different squares (per block) that looked good together and used them as our 12 colors. Even though this is a more scrappy version – using the Hoffman Bali Crackers give the quilt a cohesive look! If you are kitting this version – our suggestion would be to give the customer two 40 square packs plus another half of a pack (20 squares) and suggest the above scrappy usage. Note: Most blocks will not use all of a 10" square. For example, one 10" square is enough to cut both blocks 3 & 4 (1 colored wedge each). You can also combine cutting for blocks 5 & 6; 7 & 11 and 8 & 9. With this recommended combination you will need 96 total 10" squares.
This was such a fun quilt to work on! It is is called Arcadia Avenue by Sassafras Lane Designs. I had so much fun designi...
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I am so excited to finally be able to share this beautiful quilt with you, I have been working on it all week and if you follow me on Instagram you would have seen a few work on progress pictures. This quilt belongs to Megan and the pattern is called Arcadia Avenue. This is a very challenging pattern to piece and Megan did a fantastic job. She asked for custom quilting and shared some pictures of quilting designs she liked for inspiration. The first thing I sketched was the diamond design as it would be the focus in the background fabrics. I knew the rest of the background should be clean lines as the piecing is the main focus and my quilting should enhance the piecing and not take away from it. I used So Fine white thread in the background and Invisible MonoPoly thread in the blocks. The backing thread is was white Bottom Line. Megan sent Warm and White 100% cotton batting. I'm so happy with how flat this quilt lays after quilting! Here are some close up picture of the blocks so you can see some of the quilting designs. I used the quilt the pattern designers had made for Quilt Market in 2014 for quilting inspiration, you can see it here. Some blocks I quilted very similar and other very different. The are all a mix of stitch in the ditch, echo lines and free motion designs. Sorry for the picture overload but since I haven't posted in a week I thought I better make up for that! We had a lot of snow fall this past weekend and it was-26'c with a -32 windchill when I was out taking these pictures this morning. Brrr! We have been having a very mild winter this year so I'm not complaining!
Hello Everyone! We are planning an Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along for 2015. We had so much fun making the first...
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