The fabric stash has already outgrown it’s original home, and is beginning to spread across the entire house. And yet that beautiful little number you’ve just spotted is calling t…
Fall is finally here and the weather is teasing us with cooler days. We had to get into the seasonal spirit, and this pumpkin table...
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The love of color and textiles has Barbara Randle constantly exploring and creating with fabric as a scrappy textile artist.
This is Sandra’s Cora Quilt and it is a pattern designed by Fabriculous Quilt Shop. I just love the large Ric Rac in the inner border, that really makes this quilt special. She purchased the pattern from Fabriculous, here is a link to their website. Sandra left the quilting design up to me and at first I thought I would do free hand swirl across it as she said this will be a dragger quilt for her granddaughter. But then changed my mind since the batting is Dream Puff and the backing is Minkie, I really wanted this to be a squishy soft quilt for a toddler to drag around, so more open quilting was the way to go. I decided on a large orange peel design since I had a perfect grid to work with and I also wanted to try more of my new Quilted Pineapple Templates. This time I tried the 10 inch template and I love how it turned out! I stitched in all the ditches and around the Ric Rac and then added a simple X in the outer squares for contrast.
It's just over two years since I began mending my one pair of jeans. The first two patches were over the kneecaps: on the left knee is a ...
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Combine all the comforts of Fall into one make with the only layering piece you'll need this season, the Hayride crochet shrug!
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This cozy free crochet snuggler pattern is a spin on the classic bear! This snuggler bear is a half stuffy, half lovey- the perfect baby or toddler gift!
Customize the Block Size to Fit Your Vision for This Quilt! We instantly fell in love with this gorgeous quilt made of scrappy Log Cabin Hearts. It took a good amount of hunting but we finally found a pattern you can customize to make your own. The quilt was originally found in a fabric store …
More than two years ago, I made my very first memory quilt from the clothing of a loving father. The daughter gifted it to her mother and I understand it has been displayed on her mother's bed every day since then. Late last year she asked me if I would take the scraps from that project and make five small quilts so that each of her siblings could also have a memory quilt to remember their father by. That is the primary project I have been working on in 2017. She wanted to gift them for Father's Day this year and I will be delivering them to her this week. I wanted to make these versatile so that they could be used as a pillow, a table topper, or a wall quilt. Each one has an envelope backing so that a pillow form can be easily inserted. Here it is as a table topper. Each small quilt is 23" to 24" square. The backings are made from clothing as well. They are just as unique as the quilt fronts. It was a sunny and breezy day when I was taking photos. There were very few big pieces left by the time these backs were made. The center one uses a shirt that was a bit too thick for patchwork but made a great pillow back. The pillow form fits in that one by unbuttoning the shirt front. Here is a closer look at each of the quilt fronts. I was constantly reminding myself that the focus of these quilts is the clothing. Not the patchwork. Not the quilting. There were a couple of tops I made and set aside because the clothing was not the focus. While I love them all, this simple square in a square is one of my favorites, mostly because in the beginning, I thought it would be boring. It is anything but boring. You can't see it in the picture, but this is the most heavily quilted of the set. I was so nervous with this one because about half way through, I thought it was going to be overdone, but once it was finished, it turned out to be the one with the most old fashioned feel to it. Most of the clothing fabric is shirts. Some is pajamas, and some, like this solid red, is from boxer shorts. In this case, red Santa boxer shorts. It's the perfect accent fabric and I just love the fun behind the history of it. I wanted each one of these quilts to be special. There was one point when I was struggling to come up with patchwork designs for them. This was a last minute addition to replace one that I was feeling ho hum about. When these were in the completed top stage with no quilting on them, this was my favorite. What I like most about this quilt, is that every piece of fabric is from clothing. All of the others have a Moda Bella solid for the background. There weren't enough really light clothing items to do that throughout, but I'm happy that this one is all clothing. This is the only one where part of the quilting is in a darker thread. There is a flower quilted in the center of the larger squares in a dark blue thread, and that same thread is used to stitch lines diagonally through the darker fabrics. There is also a layout mistake with the patchwork on this one. I did not see it until it was far too late to correct, and I think it adds an element of quirkiness. Can you find it? I am really excited to finish and deliver these small quilts. Making memories is a very special part of quilt making for which I am thankful to be a part.
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I've been making a lot of pillows lately as part of my determination to Make More Buy Less this year. I got the idea from Melissa over at Oh How Sweet Co and have been up to my ears in pillow making ever since! This pillow was made a little while ago. You might remember
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Half-square triangles are one of the most versatile units in quilting and these tutorials and size charts will help you achieve the accuracy you need!
It's ironic that most quilters are artists who love color, texture and fabric, and fear numbers. Yet, patchwork quilting requires the use of numbers almost as much as those other elements. Patchwork quilts are made of squares, or blocks, repeated and multiplied by rows and columns. So quilters, who generally fear math, must use it to be successful. I am definitely a member of the "can't handle math" sisterhood. It's time to appreciate numbers! Instead of fearing them, we can appreciate the math that allows us to create beautiful works of comfort. 4 Starting easy: four patch 9 A plus quilt made from nine patch blocks. 24 A log cabin block with six strings per side, requiring 24 strings per block. These come together surprisingly fast despite all the pieces. 5 Rail fence blocks made with five rails. Great way to use 2 1/2 inch strips. Sew, cut, arrange, done! 9 Soft Irish Chain quilt, made with nine patches paired with white squares to form the chains. I love the beautiful quilting. Here's the math: five pairs per row X eleven rows = 55 pairs for a total of 110 blocks. I can almost guarantee that I'd math something wrong. 16 This one looks difficult, but it's really not. The 16 square blocks are made from four patches that are arranged with opposing dark and light squares. The light squares always touch to form an inner square. Then the big blocks are alternated with medium contrast single blocks. Easy, but dramatic. 8 A pretty pinwheel takes only eight pieces: four half-square triangles arranged to form the pinwheels. Gotta love that quilting! 1 Last one: a whole cloth quilt that takes only one huge piece of fabric and some talented quilting. How cool it would be to have the ability to have this level of quilting. Thanks for visiting. Feel free to visit my Pinterest "Heart, quilts" board which includes all of these beautiful quilts and about 400 more! If you'd like to join the fun and pin to this board, just say the word. I'll gladly add you to the pinners list. Happy Quilting, Mary
Everything You Need to Know About Fussy Cuts! Fussy Cuts. What an interesting term, but what does it mean exactly? It means being fussy about how you cut your fabric (sorry, couldn’t resist!). Specifically, it means cutting so you’re showcasing a part of the fabric print in the center of the piece you cut. You’ll …
Check out these crochet bear pattern ideas! If you're looking for a timeless gift idea for your or your friends kiddo, we've got you covered!
The days sure fly by don’t they? I’m trying to soak up my little 13 month old…this is one of my favorite ages. We even match. I’m just finishing up a new table runner. I haven’t made pinwheels in so long…I forgot how much I love them. It took all my willpower not...Read More
My grandbaby Kate Tiffany is already 11 months old! She is getting so big so fast. I feel so blessed…
