Category:2019 FAL
Chicken Quilts
My international quilting bee group took on a different format this year where we focused more on making blocks for charity quilts. I found the greatest Chicken Quilt Block Tutorial by Sew Inspired online and asked my mates to make them. The block pattern/tutorial was a bit unclear as to which way the big block was oriented …
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Generative HSTs
I’ve seen a few artists online who work with ‘Generative’ Designs – using computer code to generate quilt designs – and I wanted to give it a shot. Lots of people do very complicated and complex things (and I don’t understand how they do those things!), but we decided to start simple. I roped my …
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Q3’19 FAL Plans
I actually did a lot of sewing in Q2’19, but I got amazing little actually finished. Of 7 planned projects I only completed one. One!! In fairness that one consisted of making 6 tote bags, and I made a lot of progress on the other projects. Here we go: Generative HSTs: This one is nearly …
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Dots Quilt Top
I’m a sucker for polka dots. I just love them. When I saw this jelly roll of polka dots somehow it just wound up coming home with me. I’ve had that jelly roll for awhile now, trying to figure out what to do with it. Last year when I took a class from Bill Kerr …
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Tote Bag Experiments
I’ve talked before about my group of friends who go on quarterly quilt retreats. We do a lot of sewing, and I mainly work on piecing quilts, but everyone else is very skilled at making bags and totes. They make at least one bag each retreat, and they are so good that they often just …
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Q2’19 FAL Goals
I was on a roll in Q1’19. Of 11 projects that I planned I finished 6 – a few of which were only in the fabric pull stage when the quarter started. I hope to be as productive in Q2’19! 1. Generative Grunge HSTs: I’ll write more about this later, but I’ve settled on a …
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