I recently quilted an Octagon Shimmer quilt for a local client. This pattern is designed by Jennifer Sampou. I emphasized the octagon shapes by randomly quilting designs in a radiating octagon. I used a Mark B Gone pen to draw boundary lines and then quilted in between with varying designs. I would suggest using a size … Octagon Shimmer Quilt Read More »
Shimmer - Ivory Beautiful cream-colored blender with w/ gold metallic accents from the Shimmer collection. 100% quilting cotton by Timeless Treasures. Fabric is 44" WOF. Cut to length. Choose 1 yard, 1/2 yard, 1/4 yard cut or a fat quarter. FQ = Fat Quarter approx 18"x21" New off bolt. Can not be responsible for wrinkles/creases that are a result of fabric being bolted by the manufacturer. Fabric purchases can be combined for reduced shipping. Will refund shipping overages.
The triangles are getting sewn into this unit. I first saw this pattern in an American Patchwork and Quilting magazine in 199...
Shimmer is a beautiful fabric collection by Timeless Treasures that features metallic gold accents. Add this Rust mottled shimmer print to your next quilting project.Width: 43" / 44"Material: 100% Cotton
Kitty Sorgen, quilter extraordinaire, and Jenny Bowker, the pattern developer, are to blame for this madness! Shimmering Triangles Jenny calls it, and shimmer it does. In fact, it can be over done to the point where it's difficult to look at. But not Kitty's... Kitty, a member of our local guild and the best colorist I know, brought her shimmer quilt to Wednesday night quilting a few months ago, and WHAMMMO! I fell in love, bonkers, totally in love with her quilt. This isn't a great photo, but here it is, Kitty's shimmer quilt... It's so complex, at first I couldn't even figure out what was a block, squares looking like diamonds, color everywhere, blending in some places, shimmering in others. That day, on the spot, enough of us signed up and paid, filling a one-day class instantly. The class was on Feb. 21, 2015. Most of the students got a block finished in class, some even finished two blocks. Each block is 16" square (finished), and has 69 pieces. Below is one block, showing the construction of it. Me? Nope. I didn't sew a stitch. Long after the other students had finished arranging their fabrics on the design wall, I was still struggling with the concept, of how to get shimmer, but not too much shimmer, still arranging my fabrics (photo below). It was really difficult to imagine what would shimmer, what might be too contrasty and shimmer too much (for my taste), and what would have too little contrast and thus not shimmer at all. At home, I laid it all out on my work tables again, rearranging and rearranging the fabrics over and over again. The trick, in my opinion, is to work the diagonals. I began with a layout of focal fabrics, in my case "painterly floral prints," leaving space between them for the companion fabrics. Then choose companion "read as solid prints," placing them at the corners of the focals. Like Kitty, I decided to repeat the companions diagonally between two focals. I don't know if this even makes sense, but maybe you can see it in the layout above. Silly me, I thought sewing it, once I got all the fabrics placed, would be a piece of cake. NOT! Well, technically speaking, sewing it is OK. Although it does take some time and attention to detail to get all the half-square triangles square, and the points nice and pointy. But cutting the triangles is another matter. To make the colors and shapes flow, it's important to blur the line of the focal square by blending the design/color outward through the half-square triangles. Above is an example of one that worked pretty well, because you can only barely discern the square of focal fabric in the center of the block. And here is some fabric I turned into Swiss cheese trying to get triangles that would bring the focal fabric design outward, tricking they eye, making it look like a diamond rather than a square. (Sorry, I didn't take a picture of that particular finished block.) I make the half square triangles using paper piecing, with a free, downloaded template printed on 16 pound copy paper. Paper piecing has a learning curve, yes, but it does make for very accurate piecing, such that I didn't have to trim any of the finished blocks at all! Here is a picture of four finished blocks. You can see the way the companion fabrics repeat diagonally to form a 4-patch block between the focal fabrics. These two fabrics need to be close in value and color. If there is too much contrast, it draws the eye away from the focal fabrics and shimmering triangles. In the case above, I think the orange and pink contrast a little too much. Also on the left the lighter and darker green is also a bit too contrasty. Fabric choices are difficult and important... Any one companion fabric has to work with two focal fabrics and the adjacent companion fabric, which in turn has to work with it's two adjacent focal fabrics. Sound complicated and challenging? It is! It took many days (lost count) to finish the first half of the blocks (10 of 20)... and many more to finish the last 10 blocks... a bit character building. Many times, I told promised myself I would never do paper piecing or make another shimmer quilt again in my whole life! Here I've finished all 20 blocks. I've moved all the furniture out of the studio, and put it on the floor to "audition" border fabrics. Most of the shimmer quilts I've seen do not have borders, but I wanted to make it a bit bigger so it could be used for a bed quilt. This is how it looks all finished, before quilting it, 90 x 74 inches. Since the throat of my old machine is much too narrow to free-motion quilt a piece this size, I decided to get a professional to quilt it. But first I agonized some about how to do it. At first I thought it would be good to fussy quilt, making flowers in the companion fabric areas and vertical vines with leaves over the focal fabrics. This was my sketch for the idea. But then I saw a few quilts done like that, and the fussy quilting looked too busy, competing too much with the shimmer. So finally, I decided on using a double-leaf, free-motion edge-to-edge design. I named my quilt Square Dancers, because of the colorful costumes, movement, and squares. Now that it's finished, guess what? I started gathering fabrics for my second shimmer quilt. I want a spring-summer quilt for my bed in softer, lighter colors. It needs to be bigger than the first one, at least 36 blocks, to work on a queen size bed. Here are some of the fabrics I've found so far: These are mostly designs by Philip Jacobs, one of the Kaffe Fassett Collective designers. I love his colors and designs! I will use other fabrics in my stash, but more than half of the 36 focals will be like these. It will be fun to try this again, to apply what I've learned on the first one, to try to improve my fabric choices, always with the goal of some shimmer (but not too much) and good flow throughout the quilt. I'll also try to pick up my speed a bit, without sacrificing accuracy in the piecing. Expect a post about #2 shimmer quilt in a couple of months. Right now, I'm still gathering fabrics.
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Create beautiful bags with our Waves Quilted Shimmer Vinyl. Its easy-to-sew and makes bag-making a breeze while adding a touch of elegance to your quilted bag projects. The perfect choice for anyone looking to create stylish and functional bags. sold in 12x50” and 18x50” rolls thickness: 1mm
Solid light periwinkle blue quilting cotton from Tula Pink Solids Designer Essentials Collection. Yardage will be cut off the bolt in one continuous piece. We try to save you on both Priority Mail and First Class shipping when we can then refund you the overage. If you have questions about anything or if there is a problem with your order, please contact us. Thank you for visiting!
Life … Quintens pose for a family picture. Six little clowns! Talya loves to snuggle up to Clyde and use him for a pillow. … as a Quilter Today I took a “Fractured Panels” class with Marilyn Rose. We each chose 4 identical panels of fabric and sliced and sewed and diced and sewed them back together to get the #fractured look. Marilyn’s ducks above and fish below turned out so cool. Here are some fractures from others in our class.
"Shimmer" by Jenny Bowker replicates the ripple effect seen when dropping something in a pool of water.
Modern blocks get a sophisticated finish by adding Northcott Toscana fabric sashing strips and borders.
No there isn't a photo of me playing outside! I could have taken a picture of the blister I got from raking leaves. I got the front flower beds looking pretty respectable but I still have a few big weeds to dig out behind my bushes. It sounds like another nice day to work outside today. I didn't take any new photos yesterday so I'll just give you the straight on view of the same shot I showed yesterday at an angle. I have some more triangles cut and ready to sew but instead I did another row of quilting on the Kaffe zig zag quilt last night.
Crystalize is a versatile, modern, quilt pattern. The large, foundation paper pieced block seems to shimmer and draws the viewer closer as it shifts between dark and light strips. The pattern includes detailed instructions for foundation paper piecing without wasting lots of fabric. Choose from the Grid or Medallion layout for a fat quarter friendly lap size quilt. Make a single block for a beautiful mini quilt. Pattern Includes 3 sizes: Mini Quilt 20" x 20" Baby Quilt 38" x 50" Throw Quilt 60" x 60" - 2 Different layout available
Tula Pink Unicorn Poop Designer Solids - Shimmer Free Spirit 44" wide CSFSESS.SHIMMER 100% Cotton Designer Essentials TP This is a beautiful fabric, would work nicely for backings, baby quilts, bed spread, or even a soft throw. Fabric yardage is sold by the 1/2 yard. Your fabric will be cut in one continuous piece. -If you want a 1/2 yard, order "1." -If you want 1 yard, order "2." -If you want 1 1/2 yards, order "3”, etc The pictures used to present the fabric are the Manufacturers pictures. Seller is not responsible for differences.
When Ana lived in Buenos Aires with her family they owned a sailboat and used it on weekends and vacations to go sailing with the children. She recalls many good memories from those days including the nights when the moon shimmered in the sea. In this tutorial Ana shows how to create the sky and shimmering sea using paint and free motion quilting. Also included is how to inset the circle to create the moon. Instructions include photos. Finished measurements 12” [30.5cm] square
Strip Piecing Makes It Far Easier Than It Looks! Bargello takes on a whole new look in this stunning quilt. It will be a wonderful focal point on the wall in any room. Or drape it over the sofa and use it as a throw. The complex design is surprisingly easy to create with strip …
Modern blocks get a sophisticated finish by adding Northcott Toscana fabric sashing strips and borders.
Today I'm sharing my Shimmer Star quilt block, designed by April Rosenthal, as I quilt along with Moda Blockheads 5 Group 2 Block 3 .
This is a quilt finish nearly five years in the making! Back in 2016, I happily signed up to participate in Gnome Angel’s #100Days100Blocks sew along. The directive was to use Tula Pink’…
Shimmer - Moss Gorgeous yellowish green fabric with gold shimmer. 100% quilting cotton by Timeless Treasures. Fabric is 44" WOF. Cut to length. Choose 1 yard, 1/2 yard, 1/4 yard cut or a fat quarter. FQ = Fat Quarter approx 18"x21" New off bolt. Can not be responsible for wrinkles/creases that are a result of fabric being bolted by the manufacturer. Fabric purchases can be combined for reduced shipping. Will refund shipping overages.
Modern blocks get a sophisticated finish by adding Northcott Toscana fabric sashing strips and borders.
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My BEAUTIFUL mini from Laurie (ladmquilter)!!! I have been waiting for the sun to come out to take a photo of this little treasure. Isn't it just beautiful? The photo doesn't show all the details in the dandelions - there is the slightest bit of shimmer in the white fabric, and some of the threads have a teensy bit of metallic sheen. It is absolutely divine - THANK YOU, Laurie, I love this to bits!!
I got up with a migraine yesterday and started feeling better by 7 p.m. so I decided to sew the quilt top together. I rotated it all directions to see if I still liked it. I like it all four ways so it passed the test. There are areas with perfect points. There are lots of areas with imperfect points and seam matches. Imperfect, like me.
I am excited to share with you guys this secret sewing project I did this spring! I made a really fun Paper Cuts quilt using a new line called Spring Shimmer by Jennifer Sampou. The line should be shipping to stores in November. You can find the Paper Cuts quilt pattern in my shop. Spring Shimmer has 26 fabrics in the
Shimmer from Timeless Treasures. All pieces in this collection contain metallic accents.
The Monochromatic Lap Quilt Pattern will shimmer and shine its way into your heart. With its simple and elegant style, this pattern will fit perfectly in any room of your home. The best part about this lap quilt tutorial is that it's as versatile as they come. With four different designs and three different sizes to choose from, this quilt is incredibly easy to personalize to meet your specific needs. Who could turn down a quilt as simple and stunning as this?
