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Serendipity - At the Center of It All from Ann Quilts

The title of this quilt describes the inspiration and process of its design, and also a great way to approach Life.

Serendipitous - occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

I've discovered that I like working on more than one quilt repair job at a time. It keeps things more fun! So I had fabrics for two quilts on my table and decided that I really loved the combination - a deep golden yellow and a bright magenta.

One quilt was a string quilt, a memory quilt with fabrics from a mother's blouses. The other was ...

added by Ann 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under art quilts , decorator fabrics , medallion quilt , serendipity , velvet

Velvet, Anyone? from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

Ahh, velvet . . . even the name has a warm, fuzzy feeling. As textures go, it is hard to beat, with its softness and shiny nap catching the light, making the color sing. Since we love to mix fibers and textures in our work, we were thrilled to discover this new product—a hand-dyed stretch velvet, by The Velvet Hook. We first tried this velvet a couple of years ago, when we began our Woodland Reverie series. We thought it would be perfect for our pussy willows and mushroom caps. And we were right! This unique fiber does not fray, so it ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 2 years, 5 months ago. under alsatian urn , applique , embellishment , hand applique , velvet , woodland reverie

Alsatian Urn from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

In a perfect world, this post would be filled with pictures of our wonderful week of teaching at Baltimore on the Prairie at Lied Lodge in Nebraska. Sadly, COVID interfered with that perfect plan, but we are still anticipating with excitement the opportunity to visit next year, September 8–11, 2021. You can visit the BOTP website, linked above, for all the details of the conference and see more about the classes we will be teaching, but we thought we would give you an "up-close and personal" tour of our blocks here on the blog. This week we will look ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 3 years, 7 months ago. under applique , baltimore on the prairie , embroidery , hand embroidery , ribbon embroidery , silk , silk ribbon , velvet , wool , wool applique

Examining Crazy Stitches from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

In November, I (Teri) wrote about a lot of three crazy quilts that Kara and I won in an online auction. (See Still Crazy...) I described two of them, but the third was—is—going to be the inspiration for a new project, so I decided to share that one on its own. There are so many lovely stitch combinations to study; it deserves its own post. After writing about my 2020 goals last week, I realized that this new project might be put on a back burner for awhile, so I thought I'd share the quilt with you ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 3 months ago. under crazy quilt , embroidery , hand embroidery , quilt , stories , velvet

Still Crazy... from Telling Stories Through the Needle's Eye

When pondering the title of this post, a number of familiar songs came to mind, and I (Teri) have a bit of Paul Simon, Heart, Van Morrison, Queen, and Patsy Cline bouncing in my head as I write. (I guess that dates me, doesn't it?!) Kara's Crazy Mittens post last week reminded me how much fun we have playing with stitch combinations when doing a crazy quilt-style project. A couple of months ago, Kara and I found a group of three "Victorian crazy quilts" in an online auction and thought we would bid on the lot. To our ...

added by Teri and Kara—Through the Needle's Eye 4 years, 5 months ago. under auction , charm quilts , crazy quilts , embroidery , silk , stories , velvet , vintage quilts

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