Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of April, mulling over Patreon possibilities, celebrating a Rainbow Tunnel quilt and a 2-question Poll for your feedback.
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Here’s my freshly organized sewing room complete with fabric shelves, scrap storage, quilter’s work table, design wall and, of course, my longarm sewing machine. How do I manage to fit it all in one room? Come right in, my friend. I’ll show you around!
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Maybe it’s the fabric scraps, maybe it’s the colors, maybe it’s the good company, but this feels like Quilty paradise. A few hours sewing little pieces of fabric together into scrappy quilt blocks pretty well makes my day.
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The economy quilt block is a classic. With just three fabrics and square-in-square shapes, it’s the ideal block for framing cute prints like those created by Heather Ross. Here are some different ways I went about combining the fabrics.
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Thinking about sewing clothes for the very first time? Start with a free tutorial for sewing a skirt. It’s a quick, easy project, but still presents the opportunity to learn basic garment skills like elastic, gathering and hemming.
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If selling a home can be long and arduous in America, the opposite is true in The Netherlands. Selling is easy, but buying a home here - that’s the hard part. Here are all the juicy details about buying and selling a Dutch home.
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I thought this was going to be a post about my Economy Star quilt, which is coming along quite nicely. But as I prepped the pictures, I realized that even more exciting than my patchwork is my new BIG design wall - hoorah!!!
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Do you ever find that, sewing being your hobby, you tend to neglect the functional sewing in your life? When a family member asks me to repair a broken strap or a new pair of pants needs hemming, I feel like hiding behind my sewing machine. Only that never works!
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April is about enjoying the process: Progress, Tip, Community + Prize. New folks are joining in each day, so don’t be shy if you’re just now ready to buy the Confetti Quilt pattern and dig into your scrap fabrics.
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I loved reading all of your reactions and ideas to the Economy Star sketches and fabric options. Of course there was support for each one. It just goes to show that there is no right or wrong when it comes to art and fabric choices!
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It’s such a treat to allow our creative hobbies to carry us away from our worries and fears. For the quilter, cloth and color speak volumes of possibility and hope and love. Here are some missives from my clients, whose creations lift my spirits throughout the year.
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Heather Ross fabrics are made of fairytales and sunshine. Today I’m designing a quilt starting with a very special stack - the Heather Ross 20th Anniversary collection. My design process flows from fabric to patchwork and back again.
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Are you sewing along with the Confetti Quilt-Along? I’ve set aside 4 full months (March - June) to enjoy making this scrap quilt, and you might want to take even more! These fun 8” quilt blocks eat fabric scraps like crazy.
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