Welcome to Week 1 of the DIY Quilted Hoodie QAL. Download the FREE templates and make your own quilted hoodie!
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Welcome to Week 3 of the QAL! We made it to the best part - ASSEMBLY! This week, we'll review each step of assembly with lots of photos to visualize.
If you've been following along with us for a while, you'll remember back in September 2018 when we started the Tamarack Society Sew-Along. I had grand plans of turning our Tamarack Jacket pattern into a long coat inspired by an Isabel Marant jacket I'd fallen in love with a few seasons earlier. I started the jacket straight away after posting but it soon stalled out amongst my other work. It's hard to sew for fun when it's also your job because whether you want it to or not, everything for work takes precedence. Well it took me a year to finish the jacket (I set a deadline for the end of 2019 and stuck to it) and another 2.5 months to blog it but it is done and posted! To recap, here's the actual Tamarack pattern, my inspiration image, and a list of the adjustments I knew I'd need to do. I'll be talking more about those on Wednesday in part 2 of this post but this way you can get an idea of the journey to this final coat. I did end up doing each of these adjustments and that was it, nothing unexpected came up which was a nice surprise! I love this grid of photos because you can really see the coat from every angle – including inside! Every seam allowance on this coat is bound and stitched down which makes for a very neat inside. I copied the stitching pattern from the Isabel Marant coat as well as I could and I think it looks pretty great. The coat closes with 6 oversized snaps on the bodice which are very secure. I wish I had a photo of the coat before I gave it a few runs through the washing machine and dryer because it was soooo stiff! It was actually pretty hilarious. I absolutely love how this coat came out! I feel great wearing it and it's really comfortable and due to our unseasonable winter I've actually gotten a fair amount of use out of it. It's about to go into heavy rotation once things start warming up a bit more. I know a lot of you have questions about how I altered the pattern to make this version and I'll be talking more about that on Wednesday, so pop back over for that post then.
In an unprecedented act of blogging fanciness I decided to make a video documenting how I create the woodgrain texture (so thoroughly p...
As the fall arrives and summer winds down, I find myself thinking about images that relax me. I just finished this art quilt in early September. It transports me back to quiet afternoons at Long Beach Island in NJ with my family or visits to the Outer Banks in NC. Beaches are universal. After creating Read the full article...
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You have to try this. It is so fun! I know it looks complicated. It isn't. It's basically an adaptation of all over spirals (bel...
Straight line quilting is fast and fantastic. Come to Bonjour Quilts for a ton of straight line quilting designs and tips you can use today.
I hate to pick favs but this one is my Favorite of the Trio. Thread - Iris Mint Batting - Hobbs 80/20 Tools - A ton of templates w...
All the tools, supplies, notions and know how for machine quilting on either a long arm quilting machine or a sewing machine.
INVENTORY REDUCTION - Overflow PAPER longarm quilting pantograph design by Sarah Ann Myers More Details A single row is 5.5 inches wide - printed with two rows - 144 inches long 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.
Lori Kennedy wants you to get over your fear of ruining your quilt with machine quilting. She highlights six ways to ruin a quilt and follows up with ways to avoid that ruination. I think we all want to avoid...
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Simple instructions to make a whole cloth quilt, whether you are a beginner or long time sewist! Includes links to the perfect products to help you out.
May is here and finally is is nice to be outside. Our weather has gone from 40's to 70's in a matter of 2 weeks. It's pretty nice out there. But, I am stuck inside for a few more weeks, at least mos
This sewing tutorial will focus on bargello quilt patterns.
You have to try this. It is so fun! I know it looks complicated. It isn't. It's basically an adaptation of all over spirals (bel...
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Border Design with Celtic Bubbles Now that you have tried quilting this beautiful overlapping spiral design, I'll show you a fe...
Want to give your quilting some added texture and depth? Try machine quilting with 12 wt. thread! It's not difficult, but there are 5 secrets you must know.
What's your favorite pantograph pattern? We asked APQS owners across the country and they were excited to answer. In fact, we got so many responses that we....
Learn how to quilt the Hooked Feather Filler Design in this longarm quilting video tutorial from Angela Huffman and APQS longarm machines.
If you've ever made a quilt, chances are you've used the straight line quilting technique. It's a popular choice mostly for smaller projects like table runners, potholders, placemats, baby quilts, etc. but can be used for big size quilts too.
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Loop the Loop PAPER longarm quilting pantograph design by Barbara Becker More Details A single row is 9 inches wide - printed with two rows - 144 inches long Click here to go to our main Panto Directory Page. Don't know what a "panto" is? Click here to find out what the heck a "panto" is.
I had time to quilt this weekend so I did. This quickly taken not great photo is where I finished on Sunday. The quilt is about 60" square and is made from the small blocks that my friends in my Bee Sewcial bee swapped last spring. The negative space - or background - is yarn dyed Essex linen (55% linen, 45% cotton) in shale. I am trying to decide on the binding. I have sufficient Essex linen to bind it to match, thus making the binding disappear. However, I also wondered about a scrappy binding using solids that basically match the pops of colour in the quilt. I am not sure if the colourful binding makes the blocks pop more or if it would steal the show. So I'm going to think about it for a bit. I decided early on that I would quilt this quilt with mainly an all over topograaqwsxç phical map, contour line type quilting. The quilt is made from swap blocks from all over Canada and the USA so the quilting represents the land between the friends so to speak. I quilted it about 1/4" to 1/3" between the lines so it is fairly dense. This motif has become a new favourite, it is fast and easy to do, more interesting that a stipple, relaxing, and very interesting looking when done. For me, it is easier to make this kind of curves than swirls, maybe because my brain does not see them as curves but as a map and I like maps? I am eager to see how it looks when it is washed and dried. For the medallion, I planned and quilted matchstick quilting, to bring the friends together. I matchstick quilt free hand on my APQS Millennium Long Arm Machine, without rulers, channel locks or computer. Given the nature of the frame, one can make long long lines horizontally but the length of vertical lines is limited to the throat space for the most part. So I left the vertical sides unquilted and when the rest of the quilt was quilted I took it off the frame and reloaded it after a quarter turn. I did spend a few minutes making sure that the medallion part was lined up nicely but otherwise it was faster to turn than I expected. Adding the quilting went off without a hitch too. I used a light blue variegated 100% cotton King Tut Superior thread for this quilt. I matched the thread to the weft of the yarn dyed Essex Linen. In the end, I used 20 and a bit bobbins, the remaining thread is in this photo. I also used most of the 2000 yard spool - almost 2 kms, or just over 1 mile. It was a lot of quilting I guess. If you are interested in more quilting photos, I shared several on instagram. I am hoping to decide on and finish the binding this week and also mend in those thread ends you can see in the first photo. This quilt is on my Q1 2017 FAL list and the end of the quarter is fast approaching. Best, Leanne
This the latest experiment, done on a fat quarter sized piece of fabric. I wasn't sure what I was going to try this week. I had a notion that I was going to do a design based on an unusual beer can, but when I visited Mary Ellen's blog and saw her wonderful pictures of her trip to Germany, the whole plan changed. She has a photo of a beautiful garden full of autumn flowers, so I decided to have a go at rudbeckias. First I did the flower in the centre, with the three flower heads coming from a central stalk. Next I put in a shorter flower on either side, each with two flower heads. When I do this pattern again I shall try and make the stems shorter and fit in more flowers. I didn't really plan what I was going to do at the top. I thought the pattern would work itself out and that I would be able to arrange the stems more easily, but I started confusing myself at the top. An advance sketch might have helped. Welcome to Susan, the latest follower - thank you for joining! Linking up again with Leah Day's blog for Free Motion Friday ... and Sarah's blog Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Whoop Whoop Friday
Make a Big Impression with This Beautiful Quilt! This pattern is very popular and it’s easy to see why. The finished quilt is simply stunning, no matter what colors you choose. Plus, it’s a joy to make. Construction is much easier than it looks. The quilt pattern was brought to our attention by visitors to …
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