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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QuiltCon Accessories
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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Improv Arrow Quilt Block Tutorial
A group within the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild is working together on a charity quilt featuring improvisational arrow blocks. Today I grabbed some scrap fabric and experimented with a piecing strategy.
For my group, these are not instructions and certainly feel free to create your arrow blocks however you’d like! But let me offer this Improv Arrow Quilt Block Tutorial just in case it’s useful.
Read more for the tutorial.
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Riley Blake Challenge Quilt
Hello! Here is my entry for the Riley Blake Modern Quilt Challenge. I call it Riley’s Cloud:
Happy little cloud bumps made using my sew-and-turn applique method explained here.
It’s not blanket stitch, not raw edge, not needle-turn – it’s sew and turn and it’s my favorite!
Can you see the scallop quilting?
There are four cloud outlines hidden in the white.
A little splash of color against our milk sky, our snowy roof-tops, and the black, bare trees.
This quilt was made for the MQG Riley Blake Challenge. Members of the modern quilt guild were sent fabric bundles of Riley Blake designer quilting cottons.
The Ann Arbor Quilt Guild is also having a challenge! Our members will pick a favorite and win a stack of fabric!
More pictures after the jump:
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International Quilt Festival
I was very honored to have had two of my quilts accepted into the Modern Quilt Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. See all of the exhibit’s quilts here…
“Trapezoids at Work” originally blogged here
“Archicoop” – more pictures here – and featuring my homegirl Rossie who teaches this applique method.
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Trapezoids in Space – a finished quilt
I’ve been trying to come up with a quilt utilizing some of the Constellations fabric line (by Lizzy House – available here), and these glorious “Grumpy Moon” screen prints made by my friend and fellow Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild member Amy!
This design is the same concept as my “Trapezoids at Work” quilt and I even have a tutorial posted over HERE.
Thanks, AMY! For these stunning moons! Perfect for a grumpy toddler…
This quilt will soon make it’s home in Wisconsin with my sister’s family. We’re all eagerly awaiting the birth of my first nephew!
To Boston With Love
The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild had the wonderful idea on how to bring some joy to the community of Boston. They asked quilters and sewing-enthusiasts to piece little flag pennants and have organized for them all to be on display in Boston soon! It’ll hopefully bring a bit of cheer and I can’t wait to see pictures of everyone’s flags decorating the city.
The organizers have already received over 600 flags (!!!!) which will be on display at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston from May 25th through July 7th.
So here are the flags I made! Two simple plus blocks that were from a WIP I’ve got cooking: 
You can see more flags here!
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Madrona Road Challenge: Gear and Spark
The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild is participating in the Michael Miller Madrona Road Challenge. Participants made complete quilts with a perimeter of at least 120″, using fabrics from the Madrona Road line by Violet Craft, and complementing them with Michael Miller Cotton Couture Solids.
Here’s my entry! A bias-tape, machine-appliquéd design representing a gentle, loopy gear:
The quilting represents the spark with free-motion star shapes.
It all started off with this doodle:
I used a bias-tape applique method.
Check out the rest of the amazing entries from the A2MQG HERE.
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A2MQG Spoonflower Quilt – My Rows
Jen from our quilt guild (who blogs HERE) surprised the A2MQG with a wonderful request from Spoonflower! Pick a stack of our fabrics and make us a quilt that can be featured on the Spoonflower blog.
I grabbed these fabrics from Jen’s pile of pretties: 
And I make two 60″ rows. Everyone in the guild who wanted to participate was to make a 60″ row. I wanted my rows to be quiet – to give the quilt a couple of places to breathe – and I wanted them to showcase these amazing fabrics. So I fussy cut the arrow fletching and the stars (as best I could with the amount of fabric on hand) and spaced everything out with lots of Kona White sashing.
Can’t wait to see how everything looks pieced together! Thanks for organizing this, Jen, and to Spoonflower for the awesome idea!
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A2MQG Quilt Show and Sale!
The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild is having a sale tomorrow (11/15/2012), and I thought I’d just load up some images of the smaller items I made…
Fabric covered notebooks.
River Song TARDIS Notebooks! Inspired by Doctor Who.
Holiday gift bags with felt accent.
More holiday gift bags with felt accent. Some bags are made from fleece, others jersey, and some are a lightweight corduroy.
iPad cases (and some Kindle Fire cases, too!)
Faux Fur Pillows! How fun would these be on your couch? So snugly for the winter.
jenna brand 