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Star Light Star BrightFrom concept to reality, the black, grey... from Living Water Quilter

Star Light Star Bright

From concept to reality, the black, grey and white star quilt was a fun project for the Island Batik Ambassador challenge.

Star quilts are plentiful, so I wanted to design an unexpected star quilt by playing with high contrast and a large scale design. The Island Batik provided Batik Foundations fabrics, black, grey and white are the right combination.

Printing each foundation paper-pieced star block helped with color placement accuracy.

The dancing stars and thoughtful color placement created a secondary design, three four-leaf clovers.

The final element, thread, creates a beautiful texture across the surface of ...

added 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under black and white quilt , free motion quilting , island batik , island batik ambassador , island batik fabric , livingh20quilter , livingwaterquilter , machine quilting , quilt , quilt challenge , quilter

Great British Quilter • Instagram Challenge from Charm About You

I am super excited to be guest hosting this challenge with the founder of The Great British Quilter, Sarah Ashford! The photo challenge is on Instagram and we invite you to join in! (exactly what + how is outlined further along in this post...)

Starting 1st September we will post a photo prompt every day throughout the month. Joining in is simple and it's a great way find inspiration, make new friends and for us all to share our passion for patchwork and quilting!

There is also the opportunity to win some amazing prizes when you take part in the ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under a challenge , british , great british quilter , instagram , modern quilter , photo challenge , photography , quilter , quilting , quilting community , quilts

show and tell about your mosaic jig medallion quilt from easypatchwork

Thanks for joining us for our show and tell portion of the Mosaic Jig QAL. If you were participating, I hope you have caught up on your design and have finished the top to show to all of us? If so, you can link up down below. I have enjoyed watching your progress and finished quilts over the past couple of months. It makes my heart tingle with admiration and appreciation. I wasn't expecting

added by Karen Ackva 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under #mosaicjigqal , applique , curved piecing , easypatchwork , free quilt along , intermediate , modern quilt , mosaic blocks , mosaic jig medallion , pattern , quilt , quilter , skill builder

Hydrangea Quilt from Becca's Crazy Projects

The mother of one of my co-workers found out I am a quilter. She is a very new quilter and wanted some help quilting one of her quilts. After some back and forth through email, we agreed on the quilting and she sent the top, batting, and backing along to me.

I loaded the quilt up and looked at the great piecing and grabbed a couple colors of thread that I thought would work with the front and the backing.

I liked the cream-colored thread better, and she agreed. I recommended an all-over flower design found in Angela Walter's ...

added by Becca 5 months ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , long arm , longarm , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quilting , tool

Quilting Love from Becca's Crazy Projects

I shared this fun paper pieced mini love quilt with you last week. I quilted it up but it isn't quite finished. Pattern is paper pieced Love Stamp Quilt by Sam Hunter.

I used one of my rulers to help me quilt the background with a coordinating gray thread.

The square meander in the letters was done free-hand. so were some of the straight lines in the background, but most were done with a ruler. I trimmed it up and all it needs now is binding and a label.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):
Fiskars Rotary Cutter ...

added by Becca 5 months, 1 week ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , stash , tool

Free-Motion Framework Video Trailer from One Designer Pursuing her Dreams

In October 2018, I was honored to be included in C&T Publishing’s video series of book trailers. At the Quilt Market in Houston, TX, we shot almost an hour worth of footage for the...

See more sewing and quilting adventures from Jen Eskridge of ReannaLily Designs

added by Jen Eskridge 5 months, 1 week ago. under author , blog , ctpublishing , featured , fmfwq , free-motion framework , machine quilting , press , quilt book , quilter , quilting , video trailer (Comments)

Paper Piecing Love from Becca's Crazy Projects

Sam Hunter is a quilt designer and a great advocate for knowing your worth. I have had a copy of one of her patterns in my collection for a while now. In truth, I have several of her patterns. I decided to do some paper piecing and make up a version of her paper pieced Love Stamp Quilt.

I basically learned to paper piece using her book Quilt Talk. If you want to make your quilts speak, and aren't afraid to learn something new, I recommend her book. If you buy it directly from her, she makes a little ...

added by Becca 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , stash , tool

Jessica Swift's Collection: LUGU from Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog

Hi Makers,

I'm super excited to share with you our designer Jessica Swift's latest collection, LUGU!

If you're not familiar with her designs, she often features lots of playful, folkloric and whimsy designs mixed with strong storytelling. Her collections definitely evoke a sense of nostalgia and childhood wonder that make them perfect for kids or adults that are young at heart! I especially love this collection because of the cute, little owls in it with their big eyes! They're one of my favorite birds and I love that they also represent "wisdom." :)

This time around with ...

added by Sophia 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under agf , art gallery fabrics , fabric , fabric stash , folkloric , jessica swift , lugu , makers , quilt , quilter , quilting , sew , sewing

Glam Clam Farmer's Market from Becca's Crazy Projects

I shared the assembly of this fun quilt last week. All the details for construction tools are at the bottom of the post.

I decided to quilt it with swirls and waves.

This was a quilt to use up a bunch of fabrics I collected over several years. For the binding, I used leftover strips from the backing from another quilt. When I added the binding, I realized I was short by several inches. I grabbed some of the leftovers from the scrap pile leftover from this quilt and spliced in some orange slices.

This was a great project to ...

added by Becca 6 months, 1 week ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , stash , tool

Glam Clam Farmer's Market from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've had The Clammy 12" for a while now. It has been on my shelf waiting to be used to make something awesome. Check out Latifah Saafir Studios for more information about this great tool.

I also have this ridiculous stack of fruit and vegetable fat quarters. I decided it was time to put these two things together and make something. This will be another project taken primarily from my stash of fabrics.

Latifah Saafir Studios has some excellent YouTube videos on cutting, marking, assembling, and pressing the clam shapes. If you're nervous about those curves, I recommend ...

added by Becca 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , project , projects , quilt , quilter , sew my stash , stash , tool

Turning 30 - Digital Story from Happy Turtle

I attended a Digital Story workshop at North York Community House.

This is my story.

For more on Digital Stories go here: Digital Stories

added by Happy Turtle 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under my quilting journey , north york community house , quilter , quilting , turning 30

Turning 30 - Digital Story from Happy Turtle

I attended a Digital Story workshop at North York Community House.

This is my story.

For more on Digital Stories go here: Digital Stories

added by Happy Turtle 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under my quilting journey , north york community house , quilter , quilting , turning 30

The Not Blue Ridge Beauty from Becca's Crazy Projects

I shared a little about my take on Bonnie Hunter's Blue Ridge Beauty in early February. I didn't have a bunch of blues, so I decided to make it with a bunch of reds I had on hand.

The block design is Blue Ridge Beauty from Bonnie Hunter's book Adventures in Leaders and Enders.

I decided to play with the layout in Electric Quilt (I use EQ8). I liked this layout so I rearranged the blocks until I had it on the design wall.

I used a technique called webbing to get the blocks all sewn up ...

added by Becca 7 months ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , eq , hst , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville , scrap , scraps , sew my stash

Our Newest AGF Sewcialite - Carolina Moore from Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog

Hi Makers,

An award-winning quilter, author of a quilt book and a craft book...just a few things that make her extra special...and now she's our newest AGF Sewcialite! Please give a warm welcome to the talented, Carolina Moore!

Born in Holland and currently living in sunny San Diego, California with her husband, two sons, a dog and a cat, Carolina's been quilting for 25 years! Using her expertise and amazing precision with each make, we first noticed her back in 2012, when she became part of an AGF sewing challenge. After falling in love with ...

added by Sophia 7 months ago. under agf , agf sewcialite , agf team , art gallery fabrics , carolina moore , design , diy , fabric collections , free projects , inspiration , quilt market , quilter , quilting world , sewcialite , sewing , sewing community , sewing friends , slow living , tutorials

#AGFMakerMonday - February Feature! from Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog

Hi Makers,

Last year, we started a new way to feature your inspiring work that also gives you the opportunity to win our fabrics, but THE BEST PART is that we all get to know a little more about you! By encouraging makers to post their sewing projects using our fabrics via their social media using the hashtag #AGFMakerMonday, we get to see how talented you are and all the amazing work you all do! Once we decide on the winner for the month, the maker receives a feature here on our AGF Blog AND of course...they win A ...

added by Sophia 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under agf , art gallery fabrics , creative , fabric , interview , maker monday , makers , makers movement , melanie call , modern quilts , quilter , quilting , sewist

Leftovers from Becca's Crazy Projects

I decided not to use the small half-square triangle units in a border for my Good Fortune mystery quilt. That meant I had to find a home for them.

I did some quilt math, and discovered I had enough to get half way to a crib quilt. I pulled out some coordinating prints and got stitching.

I also used the narrow string pieces to make the inner border on the quilt. A fun print of numbers and I had a complete crib-sized quilt top. I have some snuggly flannel in a coordinating color around here somewhere, I'm sure. Not ...

added by Becca 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , good fortune , hst , mystery , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville

The Not Blue Ridge Beauty from Becca's Crazy Projects

In an attempt to work through my ridiculous amount of fabric, I decided I should add one of Bonnie Hunter's projects to my list for the year. This year, I did not make a Get It Done UFO Challenge list. I finished all the quilts last year, and didn't have a stack to put on the list. I didn't even have an unfinished quilt beyond Good Fortune.

I'm not excited about putting completely nascent projects on the list. That doesn't mean I don't have plans for the year. Just that I don't have ...

added by Becca 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , design , hst , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville , scrap , scraps

Long Arm Quilting Details from Becca's Crazy Projects

One of the quilting groups I belong to on Facebook shared this awesome post by Kimmyquilt on how to straighten and square up the leaders on the long arm frame. I wish I had this information a few years ago when I replaced the leaders.

In the end, I made some very minor adjustments to my leaders. It isn't 100% perfect, but I don't think a difference of 1/4" from one end of my 10 foot frame to the other is something I'm going to fret over. The difference in a pieced backing, or the piecing ...

added by Becca 8 months ago. under 2019 , adventure , crazy , long arm , longarm , md , modern , project , projects , quilt , quilter

Mystery Quilt: Good Fortune from Becca's Crazy Projects

Time to share my Good Fortune Mystery Quilt progress. I decided to pull the backing fabric from my collection of fabrics, too.

I was only a little surprised I found enough pieces in the right colors. I grabbed all the coordinating colors, laid them out, measured and was fairly certain I could come up with enough backing.

While I assembled the other pieces of the backing, I stitched out the label onto one section.

Due to a cutting error, I needed to make the pink section a little wider. I pulled out those two leftover blocks and added them in ...

added by Becca 8 months, 1 week ago. under 2018 , adventure , crazy , design , good fortune , hst , mystery , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville

Mystery Quilt: Good Fortune from Becca's Crazy Projects

Time to share my Good Fortune Mystery Quilt progress. Clue number: the reveal! That's right, no more clues.

The bin was overflowing with bits from the last clue.

There was a sneaky clue number seven. It was joining some of the smaller units into larger units. Nothing fancy, but it was nice to do some intermediate piecing.

First part of the reveal was the primary block. Other than piecing one of these incorrectly (I'm sure that block appears in this post) this was a very straightforward clue. Those parallelogram units really shine here.

The alternate blocks used up ...

added by Becca 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2018 , adventure , crazy , design , good fortune , hst , mystery , project , projects , quilt , quilter , quiltville

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