It’s been a long time, but I want to try and get back into posting and sewing.
Back in May I finished this small quilt to gift to my youngest’s preschool upon his graduation. It is very colorful. Colors can be fun.
I ran out of purple embroidery thread. Things got creative. Choices.
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Hello all!
I’m honored to be a stop on The Appliqué Book by Casey York blog tour.
And I’m a contributor in the book, how cool is that?
I love how the photographed my project, Falling Leaves. This quilt utilizes a sew-and-turn applique technique. The book also has lots of projects featuring bias tape, raw edge, needle-turn, and so many more ways to applique!
I thought I’d show a little preview of a project I’m working on that uses the same technique I used for Falling Leaves.
It’s a cute little radish.
BLOG HOP
The Blog Hop continues through March 25th. Visit each of the contributors as they share their projects.
Mon. March 14:
Casey York | http://studioloblog.wordpress.com
C&T Publishing | http://www.ctpub.com/blog/
Tues. March 15:
Jenna Brand | https://jennabrand.com/
Adrianne Ove/Pink Chalk | http://www.pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/
Wed. March 16:
Jenifer Dick | http://42quilts.com/
Pati Fried | https://seehowwesew.wordpress.com/
Thurs. March 17:
Shannon Brinkley | http://www.thebottletree.net/blog/
Bari J. | http://barijdesigns.com/blogs/blog
Fri. March 18:
Debbie Grifka | http://eschhousequilts.com/blog
Beth Vassalo | http://plumandjune.blogspot.com
Mon. March 21:
Latifah Saafir | http://www.latifahsaafirstudios.com/blog/
Modern Quilts Unlimited | https://modernquilts.mqumag.com/category/blog
Tues. March 22:
Lynn Harris | http://thelittleredhen.typepad.com
Kevin Kosbab | http://feeddog.blogspot.com
Wed. March 23:
Allison Rosen | http://withinaquarterinch.com/
Cindy Lammon | http://hyacinthquiltdesigns.blogspot.com/
Thurs. March 24:
Rossie Hutchinson | http://www.rossiecrafts.com/blog
Generation Q | http://generationqmagazine.com/
Fri. March 25:
Betz White | http://betzwhite.com/blog
Casey York | http://studioloblog.wordpress.com
GIVEAWAY – Giveaway is now closed – Congratulations to Bev!
Casey’s publisher, C & T is giving away a copy of The Appliqué Book (a hard copy of the book to domestic winners and an electronic copy to winners outside of the US). To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below! Make sure your email is attached to your name so I can contact you. A winner will be chosen at random on Monday, March 21.
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Something different this time around. This quilt started in Sherri Lynn Wood’s Scrap Doodling class at Quiltcon 2015. The improvisational process created the first tree shape, and I chose to continue making these fun blocks. I think I officially beige-d myself out and reached for blacks and blues for the background, and bright, fun tree colors. It was a bit tricky to photograph the tones, but here are a couple of shots:
All quilted on my home machine. The trees are left unquilted.
Thanks for looking!
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Here is a quilt I’ve finally photographed called “Dunes”!
It is a clamshell quilt, but with splashes of color inserted into the scallop-shapes! To make this I improvisationally pieced some curved color splashes into swaths of a low-volume fabric, and then used a 15″ template I ordered from Baycreek Quilting Products to cut-out the shapes that I called “dunes.” I used the assembly instructions as written in Latifah Saafir’s Glam Clam Quilt pattern.
The quilting designs vary by dune – some are pebbled, some are straight lines, some are scallops, and some are echo-ing curved lines. I did each using free-motion quilting on my home machine and I left the color splashes un-quilted.
This quilt was all machine-pieced; no applique today. It measures 68″ x 68″.
Thanks for looking!
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For a fun baby quilt, I made an Aerial Grove quilt. Pattern by Carolyn Friedlander. My blogs were double-plus wonky, and I used my sew-and-turn applique method rather than needle-turn. I hand appliqued the blobs onto the patchwork strips. 
My quilting was also inspired by Carolyn, but I let my lines spazz-out. I also only made the colorful “grove” – not the larger neutral border that is featured in the pattern. A baby doesn’t need that much white space! 
These pictures were taken a couple weeks ago, during another 20 degree cold-snap here in Michigan. Apologies for the grainy texture and color-weirdness.
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I went to QuiltCon and had a great time. I want to keep track of my favorite photos of friends and some inspirational bits and pieces.
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I’m heading off to QuiltCon! I plan on eating and drinking and learning and laughing for five days straight.
I whipped up a couple of tops I hope to share soon, as well as a quilted sunglasses sleeve and a notebook cover! Look – I’ve already collected quite a few pins for the #quiltconpinswap! Fabric is from Carolyn Friedlander’s beautiful line, Doe.
Sunglasses sleeve tutorial found here
Quilted notebook cover tutorial found here
Say hello if you see me!
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I have two quilts to show! One, I made this summer. It is a king-sized version of Trapezoids at Work. It is made in solids (except for one newspaper collage print) and was quilted with scallops. Pardon the draping in this shot – king-sized quilts are heavy.
For quilting, I used A SLEW of tips from this craftsy class – Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine. Cannot recommend enough.
The king-sized quilt was for a client, but I loved the colors and overall look so much, I made it a baby sister. The below is about 60″ by 75″ or something.
No prints in this one, and the inclusion of some pinks and purples.
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It’s 22 degrees in the Ann Arbor area today. My coat had a broken zipper and I was debating whether to attempt a fix or just buy a new jacket. But it is warm and fits well, and it turns out JoAnn Fabrics had heavy duty zippers in 26″ lengths.
I had to pop-off the male snaps in order to fix the zipper. I put buttons to cover the holes. A bit of nonsensical aesthetics.
A friend says the local cleaners would charge about $65 for a similar zipper replacement.
$6 zipper + 1.5 hours of my time (always an existential dilemma placing a worth on my time…) = maybe $24? I am very happy to know how to manage these tasks.
Cheers!
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Just a quick post to show this baby quilt I made for a friend.
I framed a solid square with fun prints – most of them from Made By Rae’s line Lotus Pond. Three sides but leaving a little corner stone allowed for me to embrace my crippling neuroses and do some pattern matching.
Neurotic Snails.
Cute little quilted windows.
See the little snail HSTs in the sashing? I like ’em.
It was almost a shame to fold this adorable Japanese fabric into binding.
Yuwa Cotorienne Fabric ‑ Tanuki Hide and Seek Blue and White Stripes
And a happy little embroidered label. I made this circle using my sew-an-turn applique method.
Cheers!
jenna brand 