Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of July, experimenting with road-trip car camping, anticipating the Starbright Stars sew-along, reading an old favorite and re-sharing my free tutorial for a Quilted Sleeping Bag.
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I haven’t embroidered in years, and I’m feeling quite rusty. Even just getting the project ready to begin felt like an achievement. When you are new to a craft (or way out of practice) setting things up can feel like such a chore. There are so many choices to make, with embroidery floss colors being just the start.
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So, you have heard a bit about Angled class, but what is it actually? Glad you asked ;). This digital class is ideal for developing quilters who want to really master angled patchwork piecing skills. You will grow to understand the why’s behind what works and to be able to put those principles into practice in your own designs.
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Woah, how did this happen so fast? Thank you Mr. Design Wall, Spotify and the energy of green sparkly stars. I’m pretty darn excited with how this is looking. But then, I think that Starbright Stars would rock in any monochromatic color scheme! I wonder, what color stars would you choose?
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Voila, Tangential Stars quilt! This project is the intersection between two cravings: to sew with Anna Maria Horner’s Brave collection and to explore making a whole quilt of the Tangential Star block from my Angled class. I think they intersected quite splendidly!
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Once upon a time, ten whole years ago, I created my first Starbright Stars scrappy star quilt - - - And you have been asking for the pattern ever since. Because here is what’s special about this: the stars are completely machine pieced! This patchwork is sewn without any y-seams or fiddly techniques. All you need is angled patchwork sewing skills and - bam - stars are born!
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I surprised myself by choosing this decadent print for the edge pieces, instead of opting for a somber solid. The Labyrinth print in berry hues is delightfully over-the-top in a very lush, Anna Maria Horner sort of way. I like it very much!
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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. Aaaand, right now there’s a special offer for new subscribers!
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This week I am spinning a web of star blocks. Fancy, twirly, glowing stars on dark green, teal and blue backgrounds. Each block invites an individual color composition. But the real design challenge comes in putting multiple blocks together.
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I am in love! Come see the first block I made using my Tangential star pattern, from Angled course: I mean, wow! I think that it came out so well! The colors are absolutely divine. I love Anna Maria Horner’s saturated, dramatic tones with the Kona Avocado background.
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This week my longarm has been at rest. That’s no surprise - as things always slow down in the quilting studio in the summertime. The warm weather beckons us all away from our sewing machines and out into the world where inspiration awaits. July will be a quiet month, I think, but in June I was still busy quilting. Come see some favorites from my customers! Two are English paper pieced wonders - ideal for sewing away from home.
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If I had one artistic hero, it would be Anna Maria Horner. Over the years I have admired how she allows her private life to flow into her art and how she shares pieces of that publicly, like the collection she designed when her mother died or, more recently, the collection called Brave. Here comes my next quilt. With such showy, passionate fabrics, it will be an adventure for sure.
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What a quick and easy-going project. Not too many choices since I followed the look from the pattern cover, plenty of certainty and a satisfying, predictable result. I used the Sew Kind of Wonderful pattern called Happy Together and colored it in with Forestburgh fabrics by Heather Ross and Windham’s Ruby + Bee solids.
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