Happy Friday! We are edging toward the end of the first month for our 30 Days of Quilt Design challenge. Don’t worry, there are sill two months left to rack up 30 designs in total. I have made some progress with some new designs. Want to see? Plus, WIN A PRIZE FROM PURPLE STITCHES!
Read MoreSome color transitions, like life transitions, come easily. I have just the right colors in my fabric stash, as with this orange-yellow-green blend. Familiar territory. These are the life transitions that one has made before and can comfortably make again. How many times have I separated green-blues from true-blues? How many times have I packed and moved house?
Read MoreImagine bringing to life your quilty ideas with the click of a button? Are you curious? Intimidated? Now is the ideal time to give digital quilt design a try. It’s free with the demo PreQuilt version. There’s a fun contest going on (hello 30 Days of Quilt Design). And I just know that you have ideas, good ideas! Come on and give it a go!
Read MoreCongratulations to @FreeTimeFibers whose design Searching Souls was randomly selected as our first 30 Days of Quilt Designs winner. Come see her winning design and a few others! A BIG thanks to The Confident Stitch, who gifted this prize. Thank you for encouraging our creativity!
Read MoreTrue to the anything-goes spirit of summer, I sewed improv blocks with my linen scraps. Here I have begun with some of my favorites. Most of these are leftover from apparel sewing projects, plus some gifted by a friend. I like this beginning, but unfortunately am not pleased with how the project further developed.
Read MoreDo you know what I love? Sewing scrappy dottie blocks. They’re just fun. At the moment these blocks are just the right combination of color play, simple repetition and a touch of technical challenge to keep me engaged.
Read MoreHello quilty people! Are you going to be joining in on 30 Days of Quilt Design? You totally should! If you step up to the challenge, I believe that you will find that creativity breeds creativity. Once you begin giving yourself a dedicated moment to dream quilty dreams, they just keep coming. Plus, WIN A PRIZE FROM THE CONFIDENT STITCH!
Read MoreLook at that - it’s the 50th edition of my longarm quilting service series! Since I write these updates less than once per month, that means I have been at this longarm quilting gig for more than 50 months. I am actually surprised to realize that it’s been so long! The year do fly by.
Read MoreWhat, really?!? I never sew on solid white; but, for some reason I am convinced. Maybe because it’s summer? Maybe because it looks so yummy graphically? Well, whatever the reason for this change of heart, here comes a scrappy, dottie rainbow on white.
Read MoreOur challenge runs now through September. The idea is to post your quilt designs, one per day, and number then to see if you can log 30 Days by September 30th. I highly recommend this exercise! At the heart of creativity is discipline. It’s about showing up and trying, day after day, until something magical is born. Come to the experience open-minded and see what happens!
Read MoreHave you heard of PreQuilt? It’s a mind-blowing app made just for quilters, which allows you to easily design and visualize quilts. I have been using it since its launch in 2018, and am proud to welcome PreQuilt today as a Stitched in Color advertiser! Stay tuned for a great giveaway and a discount code for new subscribers!!!
Read MoreI am quite happy with this finish! I find it pretty irresistible with its bright colors and playful, improv setting. Check out these summer vibes! It captures the slightly reckless, high-energy state of summer. Like waves crashing on the seashore or butterflies flitting over bright blooms.
Read MoreWeaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of June, still working on those photobooks, sharing my resource for Sewing Quilt Backs, celebrating a Positivites quilt and anticipating my next quilt!
Read MoreLately I have noticed that certain colors are not well-represented in my fabric stash. I feel then like a painter without paint. Only, unlike a painter, I can’t mix different colors to create the desired hue! So today I have poked around in my scrap bins to find scraps of the colors I need. After all, scraps are often remnants of your most useful fabrics - the ones you keep reaching for or have almost entirely used up.
Read MoreIf you want to sew literal rainbows here is a happy host of patterns to choose from. Do you prefer a scrappy look for your arches? Modern minimalist? Something artsy or something sweet? What about technique? You might choose applique or curved piecing. Choices, choices!
Read MoreAt this point I have sewn two sides of the improv round. It’s looking so cool! I love the wildness of this project. The colors always felt like summer to me and now the patchwork has a busy, brash summery buzz too.
Read More“Oh, that is our Dutch Calvinism.” It wasn’t long after I moved to The Netherlands that at Dutch friend explained her behavior in such terms. The thing is, she was talking about why they don’t often dine out. Huh? Nowadays most Dutch are not religious at all; nevertheless, they still consider themselves culturally Calvinistic. How is that?
Read MoreThat’s why I wanted to make Aria her very own picnic blanket. She will soon begin a new phase of life as a young married woman. I wish her and her someday-family happy memories together that are too many to count, in the great outdoors and sometimes on this very blanket.
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