With the new year here, we want to share a story that is near and dear to our hearts, called Patchwork Stories. Here at AGF, we want to cover our world with beautiful fabrics and go back to what is most meaningful- creating things from our hands. This movement of patchwork is becoming more influential than ever, and it’s being represented not just in fashion but in all the things that surround us.
This is the story of how we incorporate patchwork and the role it can play in your everyday life! This series shows you more than pretty ...
Hi, Makers!
Spooky season is here! One of my favorite holidays is Halloween because we get to do so many fun projects here at the studio. This time around the marketing team and I were thinking about all the projects we can create this season so we started looking for inspiration at things we’ve done in the past!
That’s when we came across a super sweet quilt block I sewed for Instagram! Where I pieced some strips of Halloween-inspired colors from our Pure Solids range, applied Decostitch Elements in “Stellar” on top, and reverse appliqued to reveal the ...
Welcome back!
Summer season is upon us and I'm sure everyone is excited to get started on their summer sewing list! The season is calling for fun and bright projects, and today we have something very exciting for you. If you are into quilting, you definitely have heard of Flying Geese, it's a lovely block unit that you see often in quilts and tons of patchwork projects alike! There are so many ways to create them, but here at AGF, we've discovered a whole new look.
We like to call it the Stroked Flying Geese, a technique ...
The best flowers are at the Keukenhof in Amsterdam. A bit out of my reach, mostly.
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| Tulips in Amsterdam, 2019 |
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| Keukenhof Gardens |
The Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania are huge and absolutely beautiful, but still a few hours from me.
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| Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania |
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| Water Lilies |
The Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC are more accessible and I don't mind the long train ride although I will avoid the nightmarish parking in downtown DC.
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| From 2008. My first time :-) |
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| So beautiful |
Is anyone else a Spring baby? My birthday is at the end of March, and of course, Springtime is one of my favorite times of the year! Last year during spring, the world turned upside down and we can all admit it has been a wild ride, but I’m so thankful to have found a new hobby that brought me joy to my life- Gardening! I started my gardening journey 6 months ago, by creating my own little raised bed in my backyard, and as soon as my first tomato seed sprouted, I fell in love. Now that spring ...
Ich hoffe, ihr hattet ein schönes Weihnachtfest, konntet die Tage genießen und seid jetzt bereit, mit uns 6 Köpfen noch etwas Stimmung in dieses außergewöhnliche Jahr 2020 zu bringen? Verena / einfach bunt hatte diese schöne Idee, dass wir alle ein bisschen Aufheiterung brauchen! Was gibt es da besseres, als sich an die Maschine zu setzten und loszulegen!
Ist das nicht ein cooler Block? Man kann mit ein paar Spielereien durch die Stoffe und Farben ganz unterschiedliche Wirkungen erzielen. Wie das erst ausschauen mag, wenn man daraus einen Quilt macht?!
Im April 2017 habe ich diesen Lone Star Quilt als Beispiel mit den Kursteilnehmern im BERNINA Creative Center genäht. Er lag lange Zeit unvollendet im Regal, bis ihm Maria Dlugosch jetzt dieses fantastische Quilting verabreicht hat. Eigentlich muss ich entsprechend sagen Not my work!
