I'm so glad everyone enjoyed Wednesday's post about the Social Justice Quilts of Quiltcon 2019. Of course there were a ton of other, non-SJ related quilts that were so stunning and inspiring. The creativity and skill that went into all of the quilts is obvious. This is only a small sampling of the amazingness I saw - if you're able, I'd highly recommend attending a Quiltcon yourself one day so you can see all of the quilts in up close and in person. It is a truly magical experience. There was a strong contingency of quilts from the Denver area. I was thrilled to look at a quilt's info sheet to learn that I knew the quilter or that it was a local person! These are a few of the quilts from our local quilters - nice work everyone! Local Favorites from QuiltCon 2019 Infinite Magnification l Christine Perrigo from Erie, CO l Modern Traditionalism Mayan Sun l Stephanie Ruyle from Denver, CO l Small Quilts Catching Modern Dreams l Stephanie Ruyle from Denver, CO l Piecing This next quilt was a charity quilt made by our very own Shawna Doering, Bob, Amber Corcoran, Heather Beckman, and Carrie Illum. Everyone contributed blocks to the quilt and Shawna did the quilting. This group chooses to make improv blocks that included piecing less than 1". All of the charity quilts are made using the same colors (this one was made entirely from stash fabrics!) and this year's theme was "Small Piecing". Proceeds from the sale of this quilt will benefit Sage of the Rockies. These remaining quilts are just a few more of the quilts I fell in love with last weekend in Nashville. Please enjoy and a huge thanks to the Modern Quilt Guild for putting on another great event! Jaime's QuiltCon Favorites Woven Indigo No 57 l Sarah Hibbert l Use of Negative Space The Modern Drunk l Jodi Robinson l Best Machine Quilting Deco Dots l Jen Sorenson l Fabric Challenge Forest Through the Trees, no. 4 l Carson Converse l Minimalist Design One Year l Georgia A. Dunne l Handwork Dance-Gigue l Irene Roderick l Improvisation Desert Bloo l Annabel Wrigley l Improvisation Curled l Charlie Mankin l Quilting Challenge Tidal Wave l Krystina Hopkins l Quilting Challenge Number 21 l Miguel Huidor l Appliqué Hypnotized l Jayne Willis l Quilting Challenge Harry Styles, But A Quilt l Liz Harvatine l Appliqué #16 l Miguel Huidor l Improvisation Four Triangles Ombre l Malka Dubrawsky l Minimalist Design The Orange Quilt l Shannon Page l Minimalist Design Shades of Citrus l Brittany Lloyd l Modern Traditionalism Synthesized Slivers l Cassandra Beavers l Small Quilts Modern Mandala l Betsy Vinegrad l Small Quilts Reflection l Sarah Hibbert l Piecing Roost l Staci Meyr l Piecing The Golden Hour l Hillary Goodwin l Piecing Vinyl l Susan Slusser Clay l Fabric Challenge Folded Flyers l Karen Bolan l Piecing Are you Here l Christine Yi l Small Quilts Louver l Jayne Willis l Piecing
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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
These are some of my favorite quilts from the 2019 Pacific International Quilt Festival. There were so many gorgeous quilts to look at!
Are you ready to make the easiest quilt ever? If so, read on to see how I made this easy quilt with no measuring or pattern required!
Looking for a sewing machine for free motion quilting? I list out 5 of my top recommended free motion quilting sewing machines in this post.
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired!
QUILT - kunstvollen Dekoration. Von der kuschelig warmen Decke zur kunstvollen Dekoration. Überzeugen Sie sich selbst von der Vielseitigkeit des Quilts.
Looking for a sewing machine for free motion quilting? I list out 5 of my top recommended free motion quilting sewing machines in this post.
There is nothing I like more than a simple quilt pattern that looks complicated. Behold .... the Jewel Box quilt. Shibori is a Jap...
Admins have been working behind the scenes trying to make this Section 6 more palatable to everyone. It is such a large section with 21 blocks! We don't want anyone to be overwhelmed with the amount of work in this section. You, of course, can take the information from the TOC and work through at your own pace, but we have decided to break it down into three more manageable sections. So take your time and enoy! Tutorials for each section will be released over the next three months as follows: Section 6 Left...9 blocks.... June 1. Nurses Cross ... 8in Pinwheel with 1 border ... 6in Bordered Square-in-a-Square Hourglass ... 5in Court House Step ... 4in and make five (5) Square-in-a-Square ... 3in Section 6 Center....5 block.... July 6 Pinwheel no border ... 4in Court House Steps ... 4in Square-in-a-Square ... 4in Hourglass with border .... Square-in-a-Square ... 3in Section 6 Right.....7 blocks.... August 3 Indian Hatchet ... 6in Pinwheel with 1 border ... 6in Courthouse Steps with 3 borders ... 5in Bordered Square-in-a-Square ... 5in Square-in-a-Square ... 3in and Two (2) Square-in-a-Square ... 4in
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired!
I love how bright and cheerful this sunshine baby quilt is! I’m a big fan of bold and bright colors. This was made using fabrics from my stash...
Which is the best sewing machines for beginner quilters? here is 5 of my top Budget friendly beginner sewing machines in this post.
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired!
2019 marked the 45th-anniversary of the International Quilt Festival. To celebrate, a special exhibit was featured at the 2019 International Quilt Festival in Houston. Check out highlights and 10 of my favorite quilts from the show! Sapphire Celebration Quilters have long used the color bl
Het was genieten toen Anna Jantina, bekend van Instagram met haar romantische Quilts, bij ons op 23 mei een Show En Tell met workshop kwam geven We hadden maar liefst 16 quilters op bezoek en het was stralend weer..)- Zo kon er ook genoten worden van de tuin; En bij de entree van de winkel stonden buiten quilts om even van te genieten.. Op het grote rek buiten mocht mijn Austin Blue Bird quilt, een lekkere grote.. Oeps een klein ongelukje... een waterfles had gelekt in de lapjes tas van 1 van de quilters. gelukkig scheen de zon en kon alles mooi drogen. genieten... genieten... de ene na de andere leuke quilt kwam uit de manden van Anna Jantina de boompjes zijn zo leuk... zal ik ook..... neee, ik heb nog genoeg te doen. De huisjes zijn ook schattig en Anna Jantina speldt alles op een laken, handi zo zie je de quilt groeien en ben je niet gauw iets kwijt. We kwamen ogen tekort.. Als vrij snel daarna ging ik heerlijk een paar dagen weg naar Limburg; Daar bezocht ik Quiltwinkel de Log Cabin In een leuk pandje in het Duitse dorpje Selfkant, vlakbij Sittard. Mijn blog is iets later; ik was heel druk met het helpen van mijn dochter die afstudeert aan Artez Fashion Design...We hebben genoten van haar afstudeershow afgelopen vrijdag en daar toonde zij 10 modellen die zij dit jaar maakte inclusief schoenen en accessoires..)- Kijk de invloed van mama.... quilten in de rok... en oh ja... Gelukkig is het meisje met de Parel veilig aangekomen in Houston, Texas. Zij ligt in de kast te wachten op het Festival dat in oktober plaatsvindt. Fijne week allemaal!
Looking for a sewing machine for free motion quilting? I list out 5 of my top recommended free motion quilting sewing machines in this post.
And some of the subjects felt poignantly Japanese, and I was susprised when the artist wasn’t. (“Garden Nasturtium” by Jungsun Jung)
Have you ever heard of Big Stitch Quilting? Someone on instagram saw a quilt that I'm in the midst of working on and suggested I google "Big Stitch Quilting" and so I did! source It's a hand quilting technique that uses big stitches and there are lots of tutorials (and here) all over the internet. There are books, online classes, and entire websites dedicated to the topic. I have to say, I've done lots of Big Stitch Quilting before, but I didn't realize it had a name. I love the way the big stitches look: source source source source source...
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Good morning Summer Scrappers!I hope you enjoyed last week's project. This week we're going to do anotherblock that is easily adapted and makesa great small quilt, lap quilt, or go bigand make a bed quilt. In going through my scrap drawers this year, I discovered that I had a ton of black scraps that really needed to be used, but a lot of them were skinny strips that were less than2 1/2" inches which made them no good for anything finishing at 2". Now I'm going to confess that I haven't really
Cristina Arcenegui Bono discovered that she preferred the machine quilting to piecing quilts that opened a world of art to her.
Timna Tarr comes from a long line of quilters but did not begin quilting until after studying art history in college. She bought her first longarm in 2001 and began quilting clients’ quilts shortly thereafter. Since then she has custom designed and quilted thousands of quilts. Timna’s own nationally award-winning quilts are in private and corporate collections and have been seen in numerous exhibits, quilting magazines, and books. Her work uses color and composition in a unique and playful way. Each block in a quilt is made as its own element, independent of the other blocks. After all of the blocks are constructed, she arranges the small compositions to play off each other and to work together to create a larger whole. The resulting quilts are contemporary works, set in this time and place, which reference the rich tradition of quilt making. Timna is an in-demand speaker and teacher throughout the northeastern United States. She is a member of her local guilds in Massachusetts, Hands Across the Valley Quilters Guild and the Northampton Modern Quilt Guild. Welcome, Timna! How would you describe your quilting style/aesthetic? Timna: I consider myself a traditional quilter with modern tendencies. How would you describe the creative environment […]
We just returned from the Houston International Quilt Festival. It's an awe-inspiring event with more than 1,600 quilts on display, and over 60,000 visitors!! It's hard to describe the scale and visu
I recently had a request to post the sizes of the blocks for my Chunky Cut Christmas Quilt. (Marilyn, I'm sorry I have been unable to respond to you personally, but you are a no-reply blogger.) This quilt is quick and fun and a great way to bust some stash if you are feeling you need to liberate fabric from your shelves. It would be so good in many different fabrics, I think, so if you make one, be sure to share. I'm sorry I don't have time to fancy up my quilt sketch before publishing here. I did consider it, but it will be a long time before I find time to do that, so I hope the sketch is legible on your screen and that it all makes sense to you. I constructed the block in sections A to I (indicated by the bolder lines on the larger diagram) and joined them into three rows to complete. The sizes on the diagram are finished block sizes, so remember to add a half inch to each measurement to allow for your quarter inch seams. The seam allowances are included on the cutting list below for you. Section A Cut 1: 15 ½" x 6 ½" Cut 1: 6 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 12 ½" Section B Cut 2: 9 ½" squares Cut 1: 9 ½" x 18 ½" Section C Cut 2: 15 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 2: 9 ½" squares Section D Cut 2: 9 ½" squares Cut 1: 12 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 1: 12 ½" x 15 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 6 ½" Section E Cut 1: 9 ½" x 15 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 6 ½" Cut 1: 6 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" square Cut 1: 12 ½" x 9 ½" Section F Cut 1: 12 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 15 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" square Cut 1: 6 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 6 ½" Section G Cut 1: 6 ½" x 15 ½" Cut 1: 12 ½" x 6 ½" Cut 1: 12 ½" x 9 ½" Cut 1: 18 ½" x 9 ½" Section H Cut 1: 15 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 6 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 9 ½" square Cut 1: 9 ½" x 15 ½" Section I Cut 1: 9 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 6 ½" x 12 ½" Cut 1: 15 ½" x 12 ½" Binding You will need 15" FWOF for binding 246" of binding is required Cut 6 strips 2.5" x FWOF Backing I used a brushed cotton sheet for my backing so I didn't calculate actual yardage but the quilt will measure 57 ½" x 66 ½" finished, so you will need backing to cover this size. I think 3m/3yds should cover it but please check as I didn't calculate this for my own sewing purposes. I hope this is helpful to you Marilyn, and maybe others will also enjoy breaking out some long held fabrics for a fun scrap buster! Happy stitching!!
Two layers of Embrace Double Gauze from Shannon Fabrics with Pellon Wool Batting in the middle makes for a super soft and cuddly quilt. The wool is lighter and fluffier than cotton batting — the only difference in care is that it can't go in the dryer. It's just returned...
Next year I will be teaching at Studio Preniac in France for the first time. For those of you who live much further away here is your chance to join me in a beautiful location. Here is the description and contact Studio Preniac to book HERE. The course is more than half full already even though it is a year away so get on with it if you fancy it! Mandy Pattullo: 12th - 19th September 2020: Textile Collage with Many Pattullo. Again, one of the UK’s most popular textile artists and tutors, Mandy Pattullo will bring a series of her most popular courses to Studio Preniac in September 2020 which combine her love of vintage fabrics with observations of the natural world. You will start the week with an introduction to the basic techniques of textile collage before starting a more structured approach with a focus on building up a bird portrait on to a fragment of antique quilt. . We then turn a bit botanical using the seed heads that are around the Preniac as an inspiration for a Seed Heads piece. You will learn to layer up and appliqué backgrounds for your compositions and will use embroidery stitches imaginatively to describe the structure and silhouette of these remains of the summer. Mandy will do many demonstrations through out the week and bring inspirational samples, clear instructions and templates for those who can not draw (!) but she will also remain flexible And if you choose to just remain with one style of working rather than having a go at everything that is fine with her. You can see more of Mandy's work, just follow the link below: See Mandy's Website. This will be Mandy's first to Studio Préniac. Course Cost Ensuite - £1,295 Private bedroom sharing bathroom with one other - £1,195 Sharing a twin ensuite bedroom - £1,095 Non Participating Partner - £ 795 Gites £100 Extra for Single Supplement
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In the world of quilting, there are tons of quilts that have Flying Geese blocks. Actually, my quilt pattern, the Framed Folk quilt has a bunch of them so I figured I’d put this flying geese tutorial…
Quilting has been an art form for hundreds of years. These contemporary makers are elevating the craft in fresh, exciting ways.
With our first issue wrapped up, we are looking forward and invite you to join us! We are looking for mini Log Cabin quilts 10"x10" up to 16"x16" to be featured in our mini quilt gallery. The Mini Quilt Gallery is a regular feature in each quarterly issue that will feature YOU! Share your work. The image below display
It has been a weird week. I am running up against the deadline for finishing the "Elements" pieces and I essentially lost two days this week. Monday morning I woke up with a stiff neck and by bedtime I was in a serious amount of pain. Did not sleep and by morning I was in such pain and fear of what might be causing it that I went straight to the Urgent Care Clinic near us. It was a strained trapezius muscle in my neck, making my neck impossible to move without screaming, hot pain and sending tentacles of pain winding up around my skull. The recommendation was rest and drugs and sleep and a soft cervical collar to support the weight of my head. So I lounged around all day on Tuesday reading and sleeping, felt a little better on Wednesday and much better today. So I was back in the studio this afternoon. "Water" should have been easy (that's why I left it for last), but I had a hard time settling on an idea. Close to my heart is the wetland area where we walk, so that began to take shape in my head. I started with an assortment of blue, gray and tan fabrics and fused some strips to form a base. At the end of today I had this: I think I am nearly there. A few additions, then I will trim it to size and bind it. Speaking of the wetland area, we had a surprise when we walked last week. Sofia was with us, and as we came around the corner near the Fanno Farmhouse, Beth and I were talking away and Sofia piped in "look at the turtle!" There, studiously digging in the dirt at the side of the trail, was a large turtle. I took its picture with my phone. That evening on the local news was a story of another turtle that was captured in a backyard several miles away. They are snapping turtles that have invaded the wetlands and creek. They are not native to the area and are thought to have been pets, originally, that were released into the creek and have bred there for years. This is the season when they come onto land to dig holes and lay eggs. They are quite destructive, eating the native fish, frogs, even baby ducks and can take a finger off if you are dumb enough to offer it to one. We found this one pretty interesting and were happy to have encountered it until we learned later what pests they are. If we see another we are advised to call the Parks department or Fish and Wildlife, who will come and take it away. Wish I had known. Now I am on the lookout when we walk.
...by Yoko Sekita. Another example of breathtaking detail.
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