The Jacob's Ladder quilt block is an easy block to sew together. It has a lot of variations but today we'll look at one of the more basic designs.
Twin sized bed quilt for my 13 year old son based on his favourite computer game: Minecraft! Made from Kona cotton solids. Ikea sheet for backing. Completed September 2011. My son had the idea to stitch three buttons, red, yellow and green, on the upper left corner of the grey binding (which he asked me to make wider at the top) to resemble a window on his Mac computer. I will do that soon! And label the quilt, too.
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This is a design by Kaffe Fassett which I made from pre-loved shirts.
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Bonjour les tricopines, Je vous propose des grilles de personnages Disney et tous les autres qu'aiment vos enfants. Vous pouvez utili...
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No Scraps Left Behind is a new book by Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts over a dozen inspiring patterns for using your fabric scraps.
(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width of 1.5". Since then they've been aging in a couple of large ziploc bags. This weekend I decided the time had come to do something with those scraps! As many scrap quilts have made I remain amazed by how many quilts can hide in a scrap bin. Scraps are irresistible to me. Much more so than yardage. I had an idea in my head for what I wanted to do with these strings and I decided to photograph the process for a tutorial. I started by sorting out the cool colors, which probably constituted half of the strings. (I *might* have a problem with the color blue... the "warms" pile was pitiful by comparison.) I sewed the strings together at their short ends to make one looooooong string. Locate both loose ends, put them rights sides together, and start sewing down one long side toward the middle. When you reach the middle it will probably be all twisty. Cut it and complete sewing the two strips together. Press your string pair, then repeat the process. Find both loose ends and start sewing your pairs into a four. Press and repeat, sewing your 4-string string into an 8-string. This takes a long time if you started with a lot of string like I did. The bright side is that every time you fold it in half and sew, it ends up half as long, so as you go it gets easier. Keep going until you have a long panel 16 strings wide. I considered stopping at this point and just making a quilt top out of horizontal strings, but I decided to continue with my original plan. I sub cut the panel into squares, each 16.5" square. I put these up on the design wall alternating directions, this would make a cool quilt, too. Then I did the same process with my neutral colored strings. I took the neutral and cool colored squares and turned them into HSTs. I marked the line with a sharpie and pinned the blocks so they didn't shift while I sewed on either side of the line. If you put the squares together with their strips running the same way, then in the HST they will turn. If you put them together with their strips perpendicular then in the HST they will run the same direction. I chose the first method so the two different colors run at different angles. With my blocks turned into HSTs the options are limitless... Any layout that can be made with HSTs. I haven't sewn these together yet, still auditioning layouts to find my favorite. Which do you like best? Linking to Oh Scrap!
Last time I told you that #10 and #11 ladies were on their way to their new homes, right? Hello! Then, why did I send the last one that I finished Monday off as #13? Duh! I think I am doing too many of these ladies and am losing my mind! It's time to stop! Besides, I have again joined the Mug Rug swap.......(my 2nd favorite swap in the world) and I need to concentrate on halloween mug rugs! First though, I'll show you #11 (Angie) since she has arrived and also another one that I did for the "For the Love of Solids" group swap. #11 (Angie) you might also know as Retromama61. She commissioned me to do her for a special birthday that's coming up. She wanted something to remember it by, and I am so honored that she asked that I do that "something special". I hope she likes herself: I LOVE doing eyes!!! Actually, this whole ladies series started because of this next quilt. I joined the Love of Solids swap and hadn't a clue what to make. Then the light bulb went off and I posted a drawing of an imaginary lady and asked if my partner wanted me to make her. If so she was to give me her statistics. Many swappers responded, and luckily, my partner was among them. Well, I had such fun making her that I continued with the ladies. Finally, today her quilt arrived so now I may show you, Renee from Nellie's Niceties: I think I'll just pretend that she's #12. LOL That way I don't feel like such an idiot! Now onto a few other things. I also joined the Bitty Block Committee this month. When I discovered they were doing bugs, I couldn't resist. I had such fun making my "lady bug". Don't be surprised if I don't change my icon in Flickr to "her". I think she's adorable! Cute, but wait until you see the whole "tribe" of them........you'll just have to smile: I think googly eyes are so fun!! Because I thought they were so fun, I had to go back to Joannes to get more when I made this mug rug: Bats have to have them too, you know! So, that's it for today. I'm having cataract surgery this Thursday on my right eye. It's been blurry for awhile and when I finally dragged myself to the eye doctor, I was informed that I am legally blind in that eye so I guess it's time to get fixed, as the saying goes! I've heard only good things about cataract surgery, so I am hoping that I am one of the lucky ones to join that group. I will be back as soon as I can. Promise!!!
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The Glitter & Glow quilt pattern is beginner friendly and also incredibly versatile. Use yardage, fat quarters or scraps!
I've been back at my therapy, working with scraps to make more monochromatic strip set blocks. The technique is the same as I used in the Therapist. I simply limited my color palette to create this 40 x 50 toddler quilt. The intensity of the teal and navy is what I find so arresting about this quilt. I wanted the colors to gradually soften into aqua on one end and gray on the other, finally fading to white. I used the block format to keep it deliberately a bit choppy and graphic. The blocks are quite simple to make as well and more much more manageable than making an entire column at a time. The tight color scheme creates cohesion even though it is a very scrappy quilt. I really enjoyed working with both my own scraps and scraps from friends. (If you want to make a scrap quilt but don't have enough variety of fabrics or have colors you lack, I suggest swapping scraps with a friend or two. It is a fun way to discover new fabrics and work with colors you might not normally use. Scrap packs are also readily available for purchase online. One tip I can offer is to follow quilters you admire on Instagram or Flickr. If you like the fabrics they use in their quilts, you're sure to love a scrap bundle, should they ever decide to destash. Guess how I know.) My friends may recognize some of their scraps here. I used a figure eight free motion design for the quilting and simple gray Heath to bind. The back is a cute DS Quilts print you can find at JoAnn's. Partly Cloudy is available in my shop. FYI, I am planning to clear out the shop in the next month or two, so it's your last chance to grab anything you've had your eye on. All the baby quilts unsold by the end of September will be donated for the 100 Quilts for Kids quilt drive.
In de bedbakken is voldoende plaats voor kleren, extra dekbedden en mooie dromen - en op het hoofdeinde kan je de plank en bak zo plaatsen dat je je lievelingsboek gemakkelijk kan pakken. Een perfecte combinatie!
My latest quilt top, flimsy.
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The section around M3's dragon on my Dragon Vest chloesplace.blogspot.com/2007/05/dragon-vest-continues.html
BAM! PAPER longarm quilting pantograph design by Jessica Schick More Details A single row is 7.5 inches wide - printed with one row - 144 inches long This is a paper pantograph Click here to go to our main Panto Directory Page. Click here to see more items of interest to machine quilters. Don't know what a "panto" is? Click here to find out what the heck a "panto" is.
Little Miss Sawtooth Quilt #11 - Coral, Turquoise + Yellow - Little Miss Sawtooth quilt by Southern Charm Quilts using coral, turquoise...
