Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of July, experimenting with design mock-ups for my next quilt-along, reading Nomadland, celebrating your makes and relishing long, quiet days at home.
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Choosing fabrics, cutting neat piles of squares and finally sewing them into blocks - it’s all a journey of discovery since you never quite know how it will all turn out. Today what we’ve imagined finally takes shape as a cohesive whole!
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All the preparation is complete. It’s time to start sewing! Here’s everything you need to know to start sewing the simple 4-Patch blocks and Penny Patch 4-patches for your Penny Patch quilt. Enjoy the process!
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A week of sand, sea and slow stitches, in photos - - - the Zeeland coast, Camping Dutch style, Feet in the North Sea, Veere Harbor, Middelburg Abbey, Slow Stitching spot and new Ice Cream Soda blocks.
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While I’m away from the studio, it’s the perfect time to reflect on some of the quilts I’ve recently longarm quilted. Today’s round up includes a very summery fun quilt, a special custom-quilted mini and a few quilts with new-to-me quilting designs for all-over quilting.
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Cutting for the Penny Patch quilt - step by step with three different cutting plans from fat quarters. This post contains a ton of pictures aimed to help beginners. For quick reference, scroll to the Cutting Summary at the end.
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Before you start cutting fabrics, let’s take a look at the design of the Penny Patch quilt: quilt layout, block count and the different ways to use color in your Penny Patch blocks.
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It’s been on my list for an embarrassing long time - update the Penny Patch sew-along! This beginner-oriented event, circa 2013, is an excellent free resource for those sewing their first quilt.
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Make Modern magazine has just released a new issue! It’s a beautiful magazine written by quilters for quilters and delivered digitally to creatives across the world. Patterns, interviews + ideas for the modern quilter.
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Guess what? Next Friday my family departs for two weeks in France! Eeee! We are taking the train from our home in The Netherlands to southern France, via Amsterdam and Paris. I’m totally taking my favorite slow stitching project!
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Social trust wasn’t a value growing up in the United States. I was taught that making yourself vulnerable to strangers was reckless, foolish, irresponsible. Our time in The Netherlands is showing us another way to live.
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I had in mind an older child when creating this quilt. This one has Clashy Bright colors, a connection to a long-ago created palette that continues to inspire. The colors have a high-energy vibe with a touch of moodiness from the dark, dark stars.
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