Yesterday I shared a method of creating an girl art quilt where the quilting is done after the girl is attached to the quilt top (background fabric). Today, I’ll show you my preferred method of quilt construction where the background is quilted before the girl is attached. The first few step are identical to those […]
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I did a mini workshop last week on creative girl art quilts. I spent the week prior making detailed step outs on the construction of these art quilt. Today I am sharing one method of construction for making a creative girl art quilt. Step 1: Gather items for quilt: pattern, faces pre fused to fusible
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This was what my dining room wall looked like on Sunday night. The quilt tops were laid out and I had stitched 2/3 of one top together. I finished the diamond in diamond top on Monday. I’m pleased with the top and for the most part the points actually line up. I’m excited to start
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Hometown Reunion (52†x 52â€) I pieced together 144 5†squares of Hometown and Reunion fabrics with some Ash Kona and 4 squares of unknown origin that came with the Hometown charm pack created by a local quilt shop. It’s backed in medium gray Kona and quilted in concentric squares – my favorite method of
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On my to-do list a few week ago was to make thank you gifts for my Etsy shop orders. I had been printing business cards at home and wrapping them in lace and trim. I love doing this but my day job has been extra busy (meaning longer hours) so I wanted something a bit
Hometown & Reunion fabrics Sunday was a blissful day. I had taken over the dining room on Friday and Saturday for the Pezzy Thread quilt and instead of putting away the folding table and returning my sewing machine to my studio I happily cut squares and stitched while watching my husband play a video game.
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I received an order from the Fat Quarter Shop last week. In it were 2 Pezzy Print charm packs and 2 Porcelain Bella Solids charm packs. I started pairing them up and soon a quilt top was finished. The top was very boring until I added the quilting. Each column was quilted with coordinating thread
Kitty in Garden (12†x 8.5â€) The scraps from the Love My Bike quilt were shuffled around my studio for a few weeks. Blue and green flowers Gray and white strips Scraps of orange and pink that I cut, auditioned and rejected Last weekend they came together with scraps of blue from the Almost Ticker
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Almost Ticker Tape (40†x 37â€) This quilt was inspired by a Sew Mama Sew post in 2009. I had several scraps from the muslin I had dyed for my wedding in 2005 and thought the pattern would be a fun use for them. I started the quilt over a year ago; finished a 12â€
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This ticker tape quilt has been unfinished and tucked in a drawer for almost a year. Life has been crazy lately and stitching square after square is relaxing.
