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April 24, 2023

Fibre Fling and Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 427 of Free Motion Mavericks. This week I'm busy getting ready for the annual Out of the Box (OOTB) Fibre Artists Group show. It's been virtual for the last two years so it's wonderful and a lot more work, now that it's live again.

Fibre Fling 2023

Fibre Fling 2023 is this week in Ottawa

See you at Fibre Fling 2023!

I have two pieced in the show this year, one of them you've seen a few times on the blog.

This first piece is still my favourite - Let Them Flourish. This ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year ago. under bethany duffy , embroidery , fibre art quilt show , fibre fling , free motion mavericks , kate tume , kimono silk thread , linking party , ootb , textileartist.org stitch club

August 26, 2022

Embroidering a seascape from Quilting & Learning

I've finally gone back to TextileArtist.org's stitch club. There are so many new wonderful workshops and never enough time

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 8 months ago. under bethany duffy , driftwood , embroidery , embroidery floss , embroidery hoop , kimono silk thread , shell , stumpwork , textileartist.org stitch club

March 29, 2022

A Finish on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome to week 374 of Free Motion Mavericks. Today I have a finish to show you as well as a tiny bit of FMQ on the Version 2.0 quilt.

"Bonjour la vie" is finished!

This piece is from a workshop taken with the Common Thread Quilt Guild (CTQG) in Ottawa. We had a virtual Fantastic Fusion workshop with Lisa Walton from Australia. I loved the workshop and I'm thrilled that this piece is now finished.

Bonjour la vie!

It was my February One Monthly Goal but I didn't quite make it. The free motion quilting ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 1 month ago. under fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , kimono silk thread , linking party , quilt improv

March 6, 2022

Learning from old quilt books from Quilting & Learning

Hi, welcome to the first day of the Blog Hop, "Dust off a Quilt Book". This event is hosted by Beaquilter. Thanks Bea for organising this fun blog hop, and for Frédérique for offering to make it a linking party!

Trying out a new technique

It took me over a month to decide what book and what project to do - and even then, it didn't turn out as planned. I sure did learn a lot

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 1 month ago. under art quilt , blog hop , fmq , free motion quilting , hand-dyed fabric , kimono silk thread , silk organza , superior threads

June 9, 2021

Snippet Exchange from Quilting & Learning

Exchanging Snippets

In mid-February I exchanged the background of my snippet with Dorothy, another member of the Out of the Box (OOTB) Fibre textile group. We had until May 17th to finish embellishing our partner's snippet background and exchange them for the final reveal during our monthly virtual meeting.

Snippet background

A snippet is a small piece of something. You've probably heard of a snippet of music or video. If you Google "snippet roll" you will find that they are generally narrow lengths of embellished fabric that are often rolled around a piece of wood, such as a ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 10 months ago. under buttons , cheese cloth , couching , embellishment , embroidery , hand-dyed fabric , kimono silk thread , omg , one monthly goal , ootb , out of the box artists group , snippet roll

December 22, 2020

Christmas decorating fun from Quilting & Learning

I love seeing our Christmas tree full of ornaments bought, inherited, received and made over the years. It's also the time when those Christmas runners, placemats and wall hangings get to come out and shine.

Adding to our Christmas decorations

Each year I try to make a little something for the tree or the house. I found the tutorial for the Christmas bell - the bell was supposed to be made of "sheer paper cloth" but I used organza backed with light stabilizer instead. The stabilizer gave the organza a crispness without removing the translucence. For the three-sided bell I ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 3 years, 4 months ago. under beading , christmas decorations , couching , embroidery , fabric postcard , kimono silk thread , murano bead , ootb , organza , out of the box artists group

March 28, 2020

Le petit oiseau de toutes les couleurs from Quilting & Learning

Welcome! Challenge 11.6 of Project Quilting is due in less than an hour and I am frantically writing up my post. The challenge was "Vibrant & Vivacious". It took me 5 days to think about it and 1 full day to make the quilt. It's one of my favourites to date. I hope you like it.

Le petit oiseau de toutes les couleurs

If you're wondering what's up with the French title, it's because this small bird of all colours is based on a song by Gilbert Bécaud (1927 - 2001), a song writer extraordinaire from France ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 1 month ago. under art quilt , challenge , fmq , free motion quilting , gilbert bécaud , kimono silk thread , kona cotton , landscape , project quilting , stable stuff , trapunto

March 15, 2020

Mid-March Updates from Quilting & Learning

So far March has been chaotic to say the least. I haven't felt like doing anything serious or difficult, so here is an update of some ongoing projects.

Exit Strategy - more hand stitching

I added some interesting bits by hand to my Exit Strategy 1 piece.

I chose some variegated yarn but wanted to do more with it than just couching. What to do - I don't knit or crochet but I remembered that once upon a time, I could braid.

I quickly found a hair braiding video on YouTube and amazingly enough, once my fingers started, they knew ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 1 month ago. under braid , couching , exit strategy , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , kimono silk thread , silk sari yarn

March 7, 2020

Finished Book Blocks from Quilting & Learning

The Summer Book Club QAL may have finished a while back, but I just finished my last two book block minis. Better late than never - and I'm really happy with them. I think that they will look good in my colleagues' cubicles

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 1 month ago. under cubicle minis , fmq , free motion quilting , kimono silk thread , summer book club qal

October 28, 2019

Nifty Novelties Blog Hop at Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 252 of Free Motion Mavericks and the opening day of Nifty Novelties Blog Hop, hosted by Marian of Seams to be Sewn. Marian has obtained some great giveaways, so please read below.

Paddington Bear visits Nifty Novelties Blog Hop

Last fall on Throwback Thursday for October, my daughter reminded me of my promise to make her a Paddington Bear quilt. I promptly bought the fabrics, and then all kinds of art quilting deadlines happened! I've got a good idea of the quilt's design but I have a couple more quilts to do before I can ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 6 months ago. under crafted appliqué technique , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , kimono silk thread , linking party , minis , nifty novelties blog hop , novelty fabric , seams to be sewn , summer book club qal

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