One of my readers wondered if Marcia Derse fabrics would work with the Terrie Mangat fabrics. Marcia's newest line, Marble Run, does have some that will work and will give me the almost solid look for some of the pieces. This Nancy Crow black/white stripe might work. I have the opposite piece also, white/black. This uneven black/white check might work too. I will cut some pieces to do some mockups. I may not use all of the Marcia Derse fabrics but I have a good selection to choose from. I also found 3 black/white prints cut in 9.5" squares which I may add in. All of this fabric is on the table where I need to trim my quilts so I can add binding. I'll be doing some clean up today.

Here's the front of the wholecloth quilt. Not surprisingly, it's practically the same as the back; just with more colour! I love the texture created in this quilt with all the different quilting patterns, and by leaving just a few acrs deliberately unquilted. Some of the patterns are definite fillers, while others were specifically designed for their space. I tried to use as many patterns as possible, and I remember there are over fifty. I did end up repeating some designs, and others I modified ever-so-slightly, such as changing the direction of the lines. A few of the designs didn't quite go as planned, as almost designed themselves as I quilted. A few of the blocks have segments separated by narrow (about 1/4in) strips (as in the block above) and I enjoyed coming up with different fillers for these, too. This quilt was an amazing was to practice filler patterns! A lot of them I came up with myself, but I also used some from Leah Day's project, and others I adapted from existing designs. Oddly enough, in my doodlings earlier in the year, I'd come up with some designs almost identical to some Leah later showed, such as the coffee beans! It was also a good test (mostly successful) of shrinking designs I'd only before stitched on a larger scale. I'm really pleased with how the feathered corners tie the whole thing together. They were all stitched completely freehand, without any marking. Each 'block' finished at about 7.5in square - not surprisingly, the quilting resulted in a lot of shrinkage in this small quilt! It was challenging to photograph this quilt and get the zing of colour to really show. So on a whim, I took a few photos using the Pop-Art setting on my camera. While it made the orange, in particular, rather flourescent, these photos are in many ways a better representation of what the quilt actually looks like! Just indulge me through the last few photos, trying to show as many designs as possible in a small space... I had been concerned when I started planning this quilt that the colour wouldn't be enough, but I'm very pleased with how it come out. I quilted "EBDQS4" into one section of the border; unless you know it's there, it blends into the rest of the quilting pattern: I'm already planning more wholecloth quilts like this. I do take commissions, so please contact me if you are interested.

Voir l’article pour en savoir plus.

Krótki tekścik, kilka zdjęć. Następna praca w toku. Dzięki Małgosi z CottonCafe mogłam cieszyć się najnowszą kolekcją AGF równocześnie z resztą świata. To nie jest powszechna sprawa w naszych sklep…

Last Saturday Paige and I made the trip to the Long Arm Quilters guild meeting in Wheaton to see Jacquie from TallGrass Prairie Studio. What an inspiration she was. She had started sewing when she …

Here's the first of Kris's two awesome quilts (the next one isn't finished yet): The pattern is The Colourful Quilt by Jacqueline de Jonge. You can check out more of Jacqueline's amazing designs here: http://www.becolourful.com/the-rainbow-collection.html And, of course, a bunch of detail pics:

Today I am sharing pictures of the completed blocks for the sample quilt for my Half and Half Quilt Pattern + eBook . It's a pattern because it tells you exactly how much fabric you need, what size to cut that fabric, and how to assemble your pieces. The "Plus eBook" portion come

I am super-excited to be guest posting today for the Festival of Half-Square Triangles! Megan has put together a really

Посты по теме «Волшебная нить», добавленные пользователем Галина Каплова на Постилу

This is my Lilac Hill quilt made of the Moda fabric line of the same name. Some very nice ladies have asked me to please do a tutorial on the quilt to help them along. There is, however, a problem with that. I don't have any of the fabric left. My next fabric line is called Sycamore - it will be showing at Spring Market and ship next Fall. I love it AND the fabric line after that - the one that will show at Fall Market and ship the following Spring is called "Lilac Ridge". So....... all of this is leading up to the fact that the colors will be somewhat similar to Lilac Hill and I have already planned on doing a wallhanging using the house block. You'll have to wait until I get the fabric but I will do a tutorial for you. Thanks for asking. And by the way, the pattern is on sale all month. Now for Aunt Dinah by Betsy Chutchian I used fabrics from her line Racheal Remembered to make the block. You can download the pattern by clicking here. Be sure to check out what the other designers have done with her block by going to their blogs Lynne - Blog - http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com/ Betsy - Blog - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/ Lisa B - Blog - https://lisabongean.com/ Jo - Blog - http://jomortonquilts.com/jos_journal/ Moda - Blog - http://blog.modafabrics.com/ Have a great week ladies and meet me back here next Wednesday for Week #3 of the Moda Blockheads BOW.

We'll be updating this page regularly with free quilt patterns featuring our newest fabric lines. Click on the links to download the pdf fo...

Eleven little sunflowers done. Actually, there are 14 that have been completed but 3 of those 14 were turned into mini quilts. I clearly can’t get enough of making these 6″ sunflower bl…

People who truly love quilting for the fabric, the process (over & above perfection), the color, texture, and cheap therapy. Life is stressful. It's good to have random discussions about a quilt in the hoop and the thread on the floor.

Quite a few more of the New York Beauty blocks were made over the past few weeks. Yesterday I put them all up on the design wall. With two more blocks, this would finish at 36″ x 42″. T…

I had coffee with a faithful blog reader last week. She commented that I hadn't posted recently and its true, I've been on Instagram. But I have been sewing - I'm now on the third arabic / islamic / moorish pattern. Here are all three together. They might end up being joined together, or not. This book by Eric Broug was a great help with this third one. The spider graph paper was downloaded from Incompetech - I found this worked better than using the polar graph paper I had used before for these circles. The cat helped me to draw the lines of the design. I could then print off as many sheets as I wanted. The piecing got a bit complicated in the middle, where the shapes are not regular. It's so easy to end up sewing the wrong edges together but I resorted to numbers and arrows. The original plan was to stop at four pieces, and the block is currently about 14 inches square, but I might make it bigger. Depends how much of the Oakshott I've got left. Dithering and floundering as usual. Joining up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.