In her article, QWIP: Quilting with Intent and Purpose for Emotional Wellbeing, Niki Keating discusses how to find emotional catharsis while quilting. As a professional psychologist, Keating found many parallels between the stages of quilting and her work as a mental health professional. This inspired her to develop a
Lookout & Wonderland is a husband and wife team Yusuke Tsukamoto and Niki Livingston in Los Ang...
Cosseting and quite weighty throw, created in collaboration with Glasgow-based homeware designer Niki Jones. Hand-quilted, soft and lustrous cotton velvet. Pure linen reverse and cotton filling. For the end of a bed. ### Details Dry clean only. Back: 100% linen. Front: 100% cotton. Velvet wadding: 100% cotton. Made in India.140 x 220cm.
Finished this quilt last evening with a hidden binding. I auditioned various fabrics for bordering but I didn’t think anything worked very well. A black border muted the white corner and any …
Make it Uniquely Yours by Choosing Your Favorite Colors! Selections from your favorite coordinating fabric line will be beautiful in this quilt. Go with whatever colors you prefer and set them off with contrasting sashing. The crisp blues, browns and cream chosen by the designers are wonderful, and your choices will be too. The quilt …
Welcome - So nice to have you here! It's been a little while since I was last sat typing at my blog, but I've been busy with all sorts of adventures... I visited Elaine's lovely jumbly fair at Pamphill and came away with treasures... Then onto Poole for a romantic night away with hubby for Valentine's Day... Where we were able to say our first 'hello' of the year, to the sea. We travelled home the next day via the Tank Museum at Bovington. We'd passed it so many times over the years, but the joys of having three daughters meant that Dad was always outvoted! With a visit long overdue, there was no backing out this time... ;-)) There were some fine tank specimens - a huge collection in fact... A very good museum... If you like that sort of thing... ;-) *** Back home again and I've been making a few bits and bobs... Another Easter bunny fairy... This is Miss Cottontail. She's sold - thank you! A large Guardian Angel named Grace. I'm sold - thank you! And I've also found some time to make something just for me for a change. A colourful cushion made from some of my favourite vintage fabrics and a hand embroidered cottage picture. *** A week later and another day out where we headed for Hereford. Spotting Baileys en-route, we thought it worth a quick call-in, having seen it mentioned in countless magazines over the years. On entering, a 'No Photographs' sign is perhaps not the friendliest of welcomes(?) - We perused the immaculate displays and after purchasing two wooden washing up brushes, decided it wasn't really the place for us... (All a bit too perfect for my taste - I like my vintage to look a bit more lived-in. Baileys' style is perfection in it's imperfections!) Hereford is a city that we'd not visited before. It was lively around the shops, but peaceful in the Cathedral grounds. We took in Monmouth in the afternoon, on the way back home... Crossing the old Severn Bridge from Wales back to England. *** As ever, there's been more vintage shopping at the flea market - Here are some of my finds. Trinkets and treasures from a French Château's attic. And lots of lovely fabrics to add to my stash. Vintage Sanderson linens. GORGEOUS c1940's Sanderson And classic 'Salad Days' by Sanderson again. This satin box now sits on my dressing table - I have a thing for old boxes. And a ceramic egg trinket pot which dates from the early 1900's. *** The youngest member of our family (who is walking already!), turned one year old at the end of February - We celebrated by all going to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. We fell in love with the beautiful Giraffes - so gentle and graceful. *** Little-one wasn't the only lucky girl to receive gifts...I had a surprise parcel arrive in the post last week from my lovely friend. I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I opened up the box. It was filled to the top with wonderful treasures. My favourites being these soft satin Liberty print ribbons. More ribbons and trims added to the bounty... And buttons and beads... Fabrics and lace. What really surprised me was that my friend has been asked to exhibit some of her beautifully hand crafted items for sale at the gallery shop at Stourhead at the end of this year...And I'm sure she could have made use of such treasures herself! I hope I can do them justice. *** Finally there's my website to mention...To be honest its been taking up a lot of my thoughts just recently. I feel I may have made a mistake to concentrate mostly on my handmade fairies - I think I rushed into making decisions and changes to my site after Christmas, without giving myself time to stop. Perhaps I've not been thinking straight for a while...I've been feeling a little lost...It's been more of an adjustment than I first imagined, giving up my bricks and mortar shop. I miss the routine, surprisingly the stress and hard work, but mostly I've missed talking to people; some of my customers had become friends and I've suddenly lost contact with most of them. January and February have been difficult months, with no fairs to offer my wares for sale, until last Saturday's Vintage Jumble...(Sorry I forgot to take photos at the jumble, but it was a fabulous event and I'd like to thank everyone who visited my stall and took away some of my vintage goodies! :) Now things are feeling brighter and I'm looking forward to having another go with my on-line business. It's had another small make-over since the initial changes I made - I hope you like them. Whilst coming to a decision about what to do next, I kept looking back at some of the photos I'd taken at my first shop in 2003. source I'm at my happiest when making one-off items, but realise it can be difficult to find a market for them. It is far easier to become known as a 'bag maker' or 'cushion maker' for example, but this isn't truly the direction that my heart is being pulled...But for now it may make better business sense, at least until we are able to move house and I can re-evaluate again. source I've always loved reworking vintage textiles into usable and/or decorative items...To suddenly stop doing that doesn't feel right. And now that Sanderson have started to reproduce some of their iconic vintage fabric designs, I'm thinking there must be a market for the originals that I've safely squirrelled away for years - It could be the right time to start using them again in my work. So, to reflect my change of heart, I wanted to give my website (another!) new look. A bit of primitive hand stitched embroidery was involved to give it a more handmade feel. I've used the stitched words to create the clickable buttons to navigate the site. My gorgeous girl designed a new banner for me (and one for my blog too), which I am thrilled with. I've listed some new handmade stock. This cushion is made from a hand worked tapestry, combined with a patchwork of vintage floral fabrics. The back is a glazed cotton by Sanderson. *** The second cushion is similar in style with a needlepoint in the centre, surrounded by colourful vintage floral fabrics. The back is the same Sanderson as before. I've also made a little barkcloth handbag, with crinoline lady needlepoint. It fastens with a c1930's button and fabric loop. Fully lined inside with a glazed cotton. I've also made a large floral cushion, which I have put aside for one of the upcoming spring fairs, so will show more of that nearer the time. Thanks for stopping-by and catching-up with me here. Enjoy the rest of your week, Niki x
What little time I’ve had to sew this week has been consumed with the epic stacks of these guys… this is the last I can show of this project for now, but all will be revealed later this month! Elaine shared this super sweet 1930s style quilt. Heather added a row to a round robin […]
I've been busy sewing blue scraps together to make small blocks of 4" and 6" squares. Tomorrow, if there's time, I'll begin making some 8" squares, but I also have to take Jolie to Lafayette for new ballet shoes and then to JoAnn Fabrics for enough black backing to finish the Harley Davidson quilt. I thought I could do it using pieces from the stash, but no. It can't be done. There's just not enough black solid, even if I were to piece together all of what I have. Since I was playing with blue scraps, I thought it might be nice to look for some inspiration for those blocks. Here's what I found. "Paulitiks" by Preeti Harris of Sew Preeti Quilts Made for her husband, Paul. Guess how I found out... Have a wonderful week! I hope to see you in the studio, Mary
IThe Peanut Butter Quilt is a FREE Quilt Pattern by Meghan of Then Came June. It is available for download now! The Peanut Butter Cover Quilt is on the blog too! Read that first if you want some background on the pattern design and the journey it took for me to get here. I didn't even finish my first Peanut Butter Quil
Well here it is, this is a re-creation of the quilt that was made for a gift in December 2006 that was never photographed. The other quilt has the dark blues at the bottom, however when I showed this one to my husband, he looked at the fan pattern in a couple of the fabrics and said the shape looked like mountains. Sooo, this one was turned 180 degrees to give the illusion of a bold, beautiful garden with mountains and a deep blue sky, remiding me of the tulip fields up in Mt. Vernon, WA. I'm planning to make more of these having various fabric styles and then a pattern, which I hope to have ready in the fall.
Welcome - So nice to have you here! It's been a little while since I was last sat typing at my blog, but I've been busy with all sorts of adventures... I visited Elaine's lovely jumbly fair at Pamphill and came away with treasures... Then onto Poole for a romantic night away with hubby for Valentine's Day... Where we were able to say our first 'hello' of the year, to the sea. We travelled home the next day via the Tank Museum at Bovington. We'd passed it so many times over the years, but the joys of having three daughters meant that Dad was always outvoted! With a visit long overdue, there was no backing out this time... ;-)) There were some fine tank specimens - a huge collection in fact... A very good museum... If you like that sort of thing... ;-) *** Back home again and I've been making a few bits and bobs... Another Easter bunny fairy... This is Miss Cottontail. She's sold - thank you! A large Guardian Angel named Grace. I'm sold - thank you! And I've also found some time to make something just for me for a change. A colourful cushion made from some of my favourite vintage fabrics and a hand embroidered cottage picture. *** A week later and another day out where we headed for Hereford. Spotting Baileys en-route, we thought it worth a quick call-in, having seen it mentioned in countless magazines over the years. On entering, a 'No Photographs' sign is perhaps not the friendliest of welcomes(?) - We perused the immaculate displays and after purchasing two wooden washing up brushes, decided it wasn't really the place for us... (All a bit too perfect for my taste - I like my vintage to look a bit more lived-in. Baileys' style is perfection in it's imperfections!) Hereford is a city that we'd not visited before. It was lively around the shops, but peaceful in the Cathedral grounds. We took in Monmouth in the afternoon, on the way back home... Crossing the old Severn Bridge from Wales back to England. *** As ever, there's been more vintage shopping at the flea market - Here are some of my finds. Trinkets and treasures from a French Château's attic. And lots of lovely fabrics to add to my stash. Vintage Sanderson linens. GORGEOUS c1940's Sanderson And classic 'Salad Days' by Sanderson again. This satin box now sits on my dressing table - I have a thing for old boxes. And a ceramic egg trinket pot which dates from the early 1900's. *** The youngest member of our family (who is walking already!), turned one year old at the end of February - We celebrated by all going to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm. We fell in love with the beautiful Giraffes - so gentle and graceful. *** Little-one wasn't the only lucky girl to receive gifts...I had a surprise parcel arrive in the post last week from my lovely friend. I couldn't quite believe my eyes when I opened up the box. It was filled to the top with wonderful treasures. My favourites being these soft satin Liberty print ribbons. More ribbons and trims added to the bounty... And buttons and beads... Fabrics and lace. What really surprised me was that my friend has been asked to exhibit some of her beautifully hand crafted items for sale at the gallery shop at Stourhead at the end of this year...And I'm sure she could have made use of such treasures herself! I hope I can do them justice. *** Finally there's my website to mention...To be honest its been taking up a lot of my thoughts just recently. I feel I may have made a mistake to concentrate mostly on my handmade fairies - I think I rushed into making decisions and changes to my site after Christmas, without giving myself time to stop. Perhaps I've not been thinking straight for a while...I've been feeling a little lost...It's been more of an adjustment than I first imagined, giving up my bricks and mortar shop. I miss the routine, surprisingly the stress and hard work, but mostly I've missed talking to people; some of my customers had become friends and I've suddenly lost contact with most of them. January and February have been difficult months, with no fairs to offer my wares for sale, until last Saturday's Vintage Jumble...(Sorry I forgot to take photos at the jumble, but it was a fabulous event and I'd like to thank everyone who visited my stall and took away some of my vintage goodies! :) Now things are feeling brighter and I'm looking forward to having another go with my on-line business. It's had another small make-over since the initial changes I made - I hope you like them. Whilst coming to a decision about what to do next, I kept looking back at some of the photos I'd taken at my first shop in 2003. source I'm at my happiest when making one-off items, but realise it can be difficult to find a market for them. It is far easier to become known as a 'bag maker' or 'cushion maker' for example, but this isn't truly the direction that my heart is being pulled...But for now it may make better business sense, at least until we are able to move house and I can re-evaluate again. source I've always loved reworking vintage textiles into usable and/or decorative items...To suddenly stop doing that doesn't feel right. And now that Sanderson have started to reproduce some of their iconic vintage fabric designs, I'm thinking there must be a market for the originals that I've safely squirrelled away for years - It could be the right time to start using them again in my work. So, to reflect my change of heart, I wanted to give my website (another!) new look. A bit of primitive hand stitched embroidery was involved to give it a more handmade feel. I've used the stitched words to create the clickable buttons to navigate the site. My gorgeous girl designed a new banner for me (and one for my blog too), which I am thrilled with. I've listed some new handmade stock. This cushion is made from a hand worked tapestry, combined with a patchwork of vintage floral fabrics. The back is a glazed cotton by Sanderson. *** The second cushion is similar in style with a needlepoint in the centre, surrounded by colourful vintage floral fabrics. The back is the same Sanderson as before. I've also made a little barkcloth handbag, with crinoline lady needlepoint. It fastens with a c1930's button and fabric loop. Fully lined inside with a glazed cotton. I've also made a large floral cushion, which I have put aside for one of the upcoming spring fairs, so will show more of that nearer the time. Thanks for stopping-by and catching-up with me here. Enjoy the rest of your week, Niki x
This listing is for the Tessa Quilt PDF Pattern. This quilt has no y-seams and is great for quilters who have made a few quilts all the way up to the most experienced quilters. The pattern has directions for three sizes: Baby Size: 39.5" x 45" Lap Size: 56.5" x 68" Twin Size: 73.5" x 96" Queen and King sizes for this quilt pattern are available as an addendum to the pattern here. Coloring sheets for each size of the pattern are available for free download here. This pattern is a PDF and it will be sent to your email immediately after purchase. It has been tested by multiple pattern testers. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments, or if you would like to share a photo of your quilt with me (I would love that!).
I was reminded by a visitor to my shop this week, that today was the final day of the Kaffe Fassett exhibition at Claverton Manor, Bath. I had intended to visit some time ago, (it's been running since March!) but it had slipped my mind - I'm so pleased that I finally got to go today and didn't end up missing it completely! On the approach to the entrance, yarn bombers had decorated the lampposts and also the huge tree, which was slung with hundreds of fabric coloured lanterns and brightly coloured pompoms too. Inside, over 100 pieces of knitwear, beading, needlepoint and quilts, many from Kaffe's personal collection, fill the specially decorated Exhibition hall. The magenta pink area as you walk in is a representation of Kaffe's studio... So many gorgeous works... This was my favourite area - Lots of lime greens and pinks. I would have loved to have taken home one of those huge artificial cabbages! If you'd like to take a tour yourself, there is a video on-line here. Claverton Manor is mainly known as the home of The American Museum in Britain. So we took a tour of that too... Guess who?! The collection of American quilts are wonderful - It's so nice to be able to get up close and look at the detail of the old fabrics and stitches. But the stencilled bedroom is my favourite room in the house. Hope you enjoyed your Sunday too, Niki x
Most of us love precuts and fat quarters. They make life so much easier when quilting, enabling us to have to cut and measure a little less. Fat quarters usually come in pre-selected color co…
Lemon Drop Quilt Pattern. Quick, easy and no stress! Just one simple block to make! Fat Quarter Friendly! Quilt Size: 52" x 52" This is a quilt pattern in PDF form. You will be sent a link for this PDF download immediately after your purchase! Due to the instant download feature this pattern is non-refundable. If you would like a hard copy of this pattern mailed to you, please visit our website and order from there. Thank you for your order! Patterns include only instructions for the quilt top. Binding and backing instructions are not provided due to many personal preferences and techniques. This is not a finished quilt, it is a pattern for you to make your own!
I was fortunate enough to check out the beautifully curated Modern Quilt Showcase, sponsored by the Modern Quilt Guild. This exhibit was part of the quilt show associated with the 2019 International Quilt Market and Festival in Houston, Texas. Members of the Modern Quilt Guild from around the world
I'm very happy working on my cushion making at the moment... My latest one-of-a-kind creation was this large pillow-sized cushion made from a hand worked vintage tapestry. I combined it with a cheerful 1970's rose print fabric around the edges. And made the reverse, fastened with large tied bows, from another vintage floral. It is filled with a pure goose feather and down full sized bed pillow - A great size for snuggling into on the sofa or as a seat pad on a window nook. *** At the weekend I was out foraging for more fabrics to use in my work and came home with this pretty pile... Lots printed with red roses of course! *** And after making this pair of cottage cushions a few weeks ago, where I salvaged the beautiful hand embroidered cottage panels from a damaged tablecloth.... I was left with the central piece from the tablecloth embroidered with a perfect circle of cottage garden flowers, which I felt compelled to re-use too. I carefully cut it out and bound the edge with a black bias binding. (I also cut a circle from the middle and bound the edge of this too.) Slipped over a standard plain coolie shade, it makes a pretty lampshade cover that is easy to launder when necessary. The last remaining sections of the hand embroidery from the tablecloth were used in adding a decorative touch to the velvet bags I showed on my blog recently... The oddments of plain linen left over after all of these projects where turned into great rag dusters! Niki x
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This Quilt is a Favorite with Mom’s Too! Create a new best friend for a little one with this wonderful quilt. The puppy is so cute and charming with his floppy ear that any child is sure to fall in love. The colors chosen by the designer create a striking quilt. Change up the colors …
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Download the Queen Charming quilt pattern, a jumbo Disappearing Nine-Patch design, for free from Modern Patchwork magazine!
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Lookout & Wonderland is a husband and wife team Yusuke Tsukamoto and Niki Livingston in Los Ang...
I have under taken this quilt that I have designed from scratch! I even used my graphic design skills to create a digital pattern. Here is h...
How to make a simple patchwork quilt, a great quilt project for a begining quilter. How to use a precut stack of fabric to make quilt.
