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March 4, 2024
Chatsworth Block of the Month from Alamosa Quilter

 

Bright modern version of Chatsworth BOM

Are you looking for a fun block of the month? The Chatsworth BOM (Block of the Month) might be just what you are looking for. We are offering custom kits for this beautiful quilt. The photos are simply examples of the quilt made up in various colors and fabric styles. We'll cut your kit just for you using fabrics from the shop. We can recreate one of these photos using our fabrics or make up something completely different for you. You can have as much or as little input into the individual fabrics in your kit as you want ...

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March 1, 2024
March's Blocks! from Quilt Doodle Doodles

Happy March! The temperature has been crazy here. We went from a 60-degree day down to below zero in a 24-hour period! As I write this, we are slowly warming up again giving us hope that spring is right around the corner. I've bought my garden seeds and I plan on getting them started indoors. I'm on the hunt for my grow lights, they are somewhere in the house... hmmmm where did I put them! I have a garden I would like to totally dig up and redo, I've been kicking around what I would like to ...

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March's Blocks! from Quilt Doodle Doodles...

Happy March! The temperature has been crazy here. We went from a 60-degree day down to below zero in a 24-hour period! As I write this, we are slowly warming up again giving us hope that spring is right around the corner. I've bought my garden seeds and I plan on getting them started indoors. I'm on the hunt for my grow lights, they are somewhere in the house... hmmmm where did I put them! I have a garden I would like to totally dig up and redo, I've been kicking around what I would like to ...

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November 1, 2023
Sentimental Stitches BOW's from Humble Quilts

Gayle at Sentimental Stitches will be starting new Block of the Week soon! 


I LOVE this one. It is called Pop Tart.
It is so charming and a little funky. I'd like to know her secret to finding these quilts!


She is running this block of the week again in 2024! It's called Call Me Crazy

She has it broke down by blocks/sections and is not as nearly as complicated as it may look.


She calls this Half and Half

Details:

First up is Half & HalfHalf of the blocks are 6" blocks and the other half ...

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September 3, 2023
Transparendo Sewalong from easypatchwork

Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that we have been working really hard behind the scenes to bring a FREE Transparendo sewalong for you and your sewing friends. 

Who is we? Verena from einfach bunt Quilts and I have teamed up just for you. She will be corresponding mainly with German quilters and patchworkers here in Germany, while I will be concentrating more on the English speaking world internationally.


Transparendo Sewalong

What is the sewalong all about?

We love sewalongs and are all about the community. It makes us both so happy to see you all share your ...

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August 5, 2023
Homeward Bound BOM Continues on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

One down - 3 more to go

 It's always hard to get back into the swing of things after a vacation, isn't it?  At least that is what I found this week.  I did manage to get my studio unpacked and finally looked at my Block of the Month, Homeward Bound.

Sighhhhhhh

I had a few rules  parameters when I started this journey last January.

  • Stick to the pattern
  • Stick to the technique the designer was teaching
  • Finish each month on time
I was doing so well......then came July and it all got shot to hell.

Here it ...

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June 6, 2023
Vintage Rose BOM quilt from Pieced Brain

Vintage Rose BOM quilt

Build your quilting skills with the Vintage Rose BOM quilt this summer! Roses are red, but sewing fun has many more colors!

Vintage Rose Block of the Month

Let me introduce you to the Vintage Rose Block of the Month program that I designed for the Vintage Rose collection by Timeless Treasures! It measures 87” x 87”, and every block finishes at 12″.

Are you a beginner quilter? I’ve got your back! These blocks use regular piecing techniques – only one block requires the simplest paper piecing on the corners. You already have at home all you need to make ...

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June 4, 2023
BOM - Month 5 on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre



Helen's EQ8 mock-up
Under the wire, I finished up May's section of the Quilt Show's Block of the Month quilt.  I won't lie, it was a struggle.  This month's section was the flying geese that surround the elaborate medallion center.  I spent a good 10 days hmmmmming.....hawwwwwwing on exactly how I was going to handle the color placement of the geese.  When I spoke up about these concerns on the quilts forum, Helen W used her EQ8 to come up with a quick mock-up (Cool right?).  Several quilters were going with solid flying ...

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April 23, 2023
A Quick Update! BOM Month 4 on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

 

Attempt 1 - I just thought the petals were too BUSY!


Wow!  Spring is crazy around here.  It's like all the ladies across the country woke up and thought, "Gosh, it's spring.  I need some new clothes!"  So you'll forgive me if this is a short  I did manage to get in a bit of applique this week and when I say a bit....I actually mean a bit!  

I am working on the fourth month of the Homeward Bound Quilt from the Quilt Show website.  It's the month when we finally get to put all the ...

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April 11, 2023
Crimson Tweed Update from Alamosa Quilter

 It's been a while since I've shared my progress on my version of Crimson Tweed. This is what it looked like when I finished with my hand sewing group last Thursday.

Crimson Tweed Progress, full quilt

Right now I am working on the pomegranate block (left side in the upper middle). If you look closely you can see my needle and thread where I parked it in the block.

Here are a couple of close-up shots.

crimson tweed close-up 1

crimson tweed close-up 2

I still have quite a bit left to do, but I am making noticeable progress every week!



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March 17, 2023
Quilting Trends for 2023 on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

Me stitching in my studio watching the Mentalist...again

Okay, let's face it.  I'm not one for following trends.  I'm the type that decides what is good for me and mine and then goes in that direction.  I do, however, keep track of trends, just because it's good to stay informed.  I recently got Timna Tarr's latest newsletter and it mentioned that handwork is becoming more of a trend on the national scene.  That I can see.  You hear of handwork everywhere these days.  First English paper piecing made a resurgence with the Millefiori Quilts ...

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March 10, 2023
New Projects for 2023 from twiddletails

 I signed up for a couple of BOMs this year, actually in 2022. I also may have started a couple of other new projects...

This is how I circumvented my self-imposed rule of not starting any new projects in 2023. Clever right?

The first one is "The Secret Garden" by Sarah Fielke.

The colors and fabrics I chose are completely out of my comfort zone, but I love it!

I also actually purchased some fabric for this project, which I haven't done in YEARS!



Next up is The Quilt Show's 2023 BOM, called Homeward Bound. This was also ...

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February 24, 2023
Woodcut Art & Quilting on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

Houses, Mabel Hewit, 1936

 

This week I went down the rabbit hole they call Pinterest,  only to rediscover my love of woodcut art. Woodcut is a relief printing process in which knives and other tools are used to carve a design into the surface of a wooden block. The raised areas that remain after the block has been cut are inked and printed, while the recessed areas that are cut away do not retain ink, and will remain blank in the final print.  It is a very positive/negative area kind of printing!  I always thought woodcut printing was interesting ...

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January 27, 2023
Rules of Homeward Bound Month 1 on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre




When I first started quilting, I thought art quilting was beyond my reach.  Through the years though I've taught myself how to make them.  Now, with the Homeward Bound Block of the Month quilt, I'm revisiting my roots.  When I decided to take on this project I gave myself some basic rules (yes, I'm a rules chick):


1.  Follow the Pattern, No Adjusting
2.  Use the techniques taught by the designer
3.  Use a new, controlled palette
4.  Finish each month on time
5.  Participate in the Quilt's Forum




So today I looked at the calendar ...

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January 26, 2023
Coming Soon 2023! from Quilt & Textile Collections


Happy New Year! We have some wonderful things coming up and I hope that you’ll participate in one if not all of the events. First of all, we are starting on a new block of the month, Album Quilt with Half-Blocks. We are so thankful that Dena Rosenberg is leading the stitching on each block. Kay and I will be discussing the blocks each month as we go. I have my pattern and selected my fabric. How about you? Next don’t forget to submit your photo of your version of The Wedding Album Quilt, for consideration for the ...

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January 15, 2023
Finding my Rotary Cutter from The Cozy Quilter

 The condition of my sewing room has deteriorated over the last month or so to the point where I could not find my rotary cutter... it was time for a clean up.  I spent over an hour putting things away, folding fabric, sorting through piles, etc. and still no rotary cutter.  I tried to think of the last time I used it...then, I remembered I used it at a recent guild sewing day---it was in the bag I took to the sewing day.  Oh well, the sewing room is looking much better and I had a new project planned ...

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January 6, 2023
Back to Work on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

 Yes!  I finally did it!  Got into my studio to finish up the piecing of Rain, Rain.  It's funny, once I was motivated it just took a good afternoon to put the finishing touches on the composition.  I swear, this quick little project has gotten so out of hand! The more I worked on it, the more I wanted to work on it.  Next thing you know it looked like this....



I'm not doing any borders because I personally hate borders (grin).

The only thing left to do is sew up the columns and layer the top for ...

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December 31, 2022
My Next Big Idea on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

Homeward Bound, Sarah Fielke, The Quilt Show's BOM 2023



So did all of you in the northern states make it through last week's blizzard?  For once, my part of Lake Erie missed the worse of it.  I think hearing a week of the "Worst blizzard in 30 years" is going to hit on Christmas weekend was worst than the actual event. We stayed warm and safe and kept our traveling down to a minimum, but we still got to spend time with friends and family!  Blessed!

I was also blessed by my husband who gave me a year ...

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October 21, 2022
New Starts from From the Strawberry Patch...

My second new quilt start happened this week with yet another block-of-the-month class. This one is based on a pattern called "Cream and Sugar" by It's Sew Emma. I've decided to adopt the lower-contrast neutral palette as illustrated; I think it will be pretty and a nice way for me to experiment with value, it will be fun. One of the class participants expressed that she thought beige quilts were

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New Starts from From the Strawberry Patch...

My second new quilt start happened this week with yet another block-of-the-month class. This one is based on a pattern called "Cream and Sugar" by It's Sew Emma. I've decided to adopt the lower-contrast neutral palette as illustrated; I think it will be pretty and a nice way for me to experiment with value, it will be fun. One of the class participants expressed that she thought beige quilts were

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