I posted a photo of a display quilt for Hickory Stick Quilt Shop in Hannibal, Missouri yesterday. Below are the directions and photos of how to make the hexagon flowers from a two inch circle. They are a simple way to make blossoms. I have …
It was fun designing, planning and constructing for the 2017 Cherrywood fabric challenge. The theme was Van Gogh and the colors were three blues and black. My design was simple but pleasing to me. They had record entries this year and mine was not among …
I tried to capture the essence of this quiet space with painted fabric, photos manipulated and printed on fabric, embellished with painted Tyvek and painted fusible in the shape of leaves from the cottonwood and maple that abound in the woods.
I had the great pleasure of taking a class offered by the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, NE with fiber artist, LInda Colsh. It was one of the most inspiring classes I have ever taken. I especially like her focus on “hearing the quiet”. …
It Moost Be A Moostake 2 I knew a series of quilts would come out of a four month long trip through Canada, Alaska and the northwest lower 48. Per request for a “pattern” for the latest “Moostake”, I am sharing the process for the …
The class would use vintage, hand dyed linens for the background and would only resemble the project pictured in the photo as it was done on hand painted background fabric.
A year ago we were in the thick of preparing for a four-month camping trip through the northwest including two months in Alaska. Commemorating the trip through fabric was on my mind. Collecting fabrics or designing quilts that reminded me of the trip or collecting …
Recently a brief conversation at sew day about a use for empty spools led to those who collect wooden spools with or without thread and what , if anything , is done with them. I have a few but would not say they are something I collect nor do I save the plastic spools in case some future generation finds a creative purpose for them or even finds them “collectible”. I do remember, however, using the wooden spools to make toys, spool toys. My memory was jogged to remember those toys last night when I was perusing an old magazine from 1915. The ad is pictured below. I wasn’t born yet in 1915 so this toy idea must have been renewed some 40 years later. I don’t recall if we made them in “art class” at school or if they were made around the dining room table as a rainy day activity. I do remember having a lion and an elephant and I am sure there were others. I don’t remember them coming from the thread company as promoted in this ad. For only a nickel and the coupon included in the ad you could get a complete set of six spool pets. You could also collect them as you purchased bias trim because one came in each package for free—for a limited time. The ad further promotes that over “300,000 boys and girls have had great fun making and playing with these clever toys”. What do you suppose was the favorite: Puppy Dog, Kitty Cat, Bob Bunny, Hal Horse, Clara Cow or Pete Pig? Love those old ads!
Week 4 of 4 “It’s A Mystery” Quilt Challenge by Sharon Wasteney, Something Stitched Always use a ¼” seam allowance. Press seam allowances toward the solid. Block E requires these pieces: (2) 6 ½” x 21 ½”; (1) 6 ½” x 9 ½”; (1) 6 …
