Patchwork Quilting Rounds the Corner into May!
I thought that this patchwork quilting trail barn is perfect for this weekend…it takes us round the corner, and into May… and Spring.
Here are some fun sites to visit over the weekend, without ever having to even leave home! So just click on the link below for some American patchwork quilting trail sites!
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Patchwork Quilting FREE Jelly Rolls & Bake Shop!
Do love the cute little Moda Jelly Rolls as much a this patchwork quilting gal does? Are you looking for more ways to use them? Well, while I get my, having previously owned a quilt pattern mind working, you need to head over and check out the Moda Bake Shop! Yes, bake shop! What else would you expect from a company that makes rolls of fabrics that they call Jelly Rolls??? LOL!
For those of you that might not be aware of what Jelly Rolls are in the patchwork quilting world, they are rolls of 40 strips of Moda’s fabrics that are already precut 2-1/2″ wide x the length of a width of their patchwork quilting cotton, which is usually about 45″. Now, don’t get those confused with the Honey Bun, which are 1-1/2″ wide strips! LOL, don’t you love it? Read the rest of this entry »
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Raw Patchwork Quilting
Rawed EDGED patchwork quilting that is. The other day I shared with you my “I Love Lucille” quilt. She was done entirely raw edged, meaning that I did not turn under ANY of the raw edges when I did the applique, OR the reverse sawtooth “binding”.
As you can see, I have simply cut square the size I wanted… I “auditioned” several sized by simply folding them in half around the edge of the finished, all raw edges matching, quilt until I got the size I thought looked best. I laid them in place, overlapping them to be sure to cover all the raw edges. I did not measure anything, I simply “eyeballed” them so that the peaks were relatively even. This was a GREAT way to use those scraps I couldn’t part with! I used Dutch Java’s from Holland… some from Japan… hand dyes… they were simply too ’scrumtious’ to throw away any interesting bit! Start a pile for your raw edged binding!
If you look really closely (click on the picture for a larger view) you will see that they are held in place by my freehand quilting in my own handwriting. This is relatively easy to do, it just takes some practice. I drop my feed dogs and simply quilt whatever I want to say… it’s great for journaling on your patchwork quilting!
I once quilted an entire love letter to my husband, Michael, on a “challenge quilt” I will share with you another time… it hangs in his office and no one has a clue that it is a love letter! It’s our little secret! Of course I was careful not to say anything I really wouldn’t care to have read!
Not into raw edged binding yourself? It actually is great for an art quilt but I would never use it on one meant to be cuddled under… unless one wants the frayed looked after its washed… remember those jackets & sweatshirts people made intending that? Okay, now I am dating myself. This piece hung in my home a really long time, and it has never frayed at all.
Wondering what “real” sawtooth looks like?
- tressie’s quilt – wedding gift – the sawtooth binding edge is meticulous. i used to use this as a quilt on our bed and also on the guest room bed. i also used it as a wall quilt above our bed briefly at our vacation house. now i try to keep it in storage so the …
AQS Patchwork Quilting Summer Show
The American Quilt Society no sooner has closed their doors on their annual Paducah, KY, show and they are announcing their Summer Patchwork Quilting Show!
AQS Quilt Show & Contest- Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville Convention Center
July 14-17, 2010
The AQS Quilt Show & Contest will be held July 14 – 17, 2010 (Wednesday – Saturday), at the Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. Read the rest of this entry »
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Patchwork Quilting on DRUGS!
LOL, did THAT title get your ATTENTION? BUT hallucinogenics, as you will soon see with your own eyes, DID have an effect on my patchwork quilting! It was a wonderful exercise in freeing our minds to SEE! NO, we did NOT take the drugs… read on and you will see too!
Now my husband always marvels at the workings of my mind… at least I keep him confused at best! LOL, so today, I was doing some research for the blog… and stumbled across an article in the NY Times and saw the author quote a NASA study from 1995 about the effect of drugs on spiderwebs…
Okay so now you are saying…. as Michael would, or used to (he knows better now after 32+ years) what the HECK does THAT have to do with patchwork quilting??? Well, Michelle Slatalla’s article actually was about her new sewing machine!
Her article sparked my memory of the Quilt Surface Design Symposiums that I attended in Columbus, Ohio, for years, and in particular the one I was at in 1995! Okay, I will tell you about QSDS, but in another post… later… remind me if I end up like the spiders on drugs!
That year I studied for two full weeks with Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, (more on him later too) literally all but living in the studio about 16+ hours a day and Arturo brought in a wonderful collage artist to guest teach for a couple days … his name is Carlton Wing… and Carlton had us do a wonderful project working with…. YOU got IT! Spiders on DRUGS!
This was a NASA project conducted and released earlier that year that literally studied the effects that different drugs had on how spiders spun their webs. Well we studied the subsequent webs with an artist’s eye! First as a collage artist, because we, as quilters are just collage artists that happen to work in fabric instead of paper, and then translating them, if we liked into quilts. While I never found the time for the translation into a quilt it was a FABULOUS exercise in looking for inspiration EVERYWHERE and THEN making it your OWN… so I thought I would share it with you today! CLICK on the LINK below (or the title above) to CONTINUE… Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting with Lucille Ball!
While Lucy was made to do many things in her “I Love Lucy” career as far as I know Lucille Ball did not do patchwork quilting.
BUT she has been memorialized in many ways, INCLUDING patchwork quilting! I know because I made this quilt! She is made of entirely raw edged applique and done entirely by machine. Even her “binding”, which we will be discussing shortly, because I promised and forgot, is entirely raw edged!
Lucy brought me lots of compliments over the years as she presided over the game room in our last home… Lisa, eat your heart our, maybe one day she will belong to YOU! <wink, wink>
I brought this out to share with all of you on the anniversary of Lucille Ball’s death, April 26th, 1989. Gone, but certainly NOT forgotten!
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Patchwork Quilting BASIC; HOW to thread a needle!?
Patchwork Quilting wonders… did you know that there is a correct way to thread a needle???
Yes, there is! First off, you should always thread your needle with the end of the thread that comes off the spool first. That way you are not fighting the natural twist of the thread.
The other thing you should ALWAYS keep in mind is NEVER thread more than 18″ at a time! Any more than that and you will be fraying the thread as it runs through your fabric, risking breakage over time.
So next time you thread YOUR needle for patchwork quilting, sewing on a buton, or anything else, remember, no more than 18″ and put the end coming off the spool through the eye of the needle first, knotting the other end after cutting it off the spool. This is particularly true with your quilting thread for hand quilting! This will help to insure that your stitches stay in your quilt for GENERATIONS!
Patchwork Quilting EQ7 Soon to be Released!
Some of you, and probably ALL of you returning from Paducah, have heard that the NEW EQ7, Electric Quilt, patchwork quilting software is to be released the beginning of JUNE! But did they tell you that the Electric Quilt has LOTS of items especially for your older versions on SALE?
I actually have the original version around here somewhere! Can you believe that? It’s OLD! LOL! Not too many of us quilters even HAD computers back then! I thought I was sooo savvy having software for patchwork quilting! Imagine my embarrassment when I had to call Dean and explain I had FORMATTED the disk! Yes, disk, because back then that’s all we had!
So if YOU have Electric Quilt software, and would love to have some add ons, think to check out Dean & Penny’s website! No affiliation, as a matter of fact I have not been able to try out their software in years, but they are just wonderful people with a quality product. Always has been. So stop by their website, and its okay if you tell them MaggieB, from “Patchwork Quilting”, sent you!
But don’t just take MY opinion, EVERYONE knows how GREAT Electric Quilt is!
- Electric Quilt 7 / Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara – Most Electric Quilt users have heard that version 7 is soon to be released. This makes me very happy! I can’t wait to see the updates and changes they’ve made. For all the talk about companies who don’t treat us the way we’d like to be …
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Patchwork Quilting Trail on the Road Again
Indulge me today… my kitchen is decorated using primitive chickens as an accessory… not cutesy chickens, not just any chickens… so I just loved it when I saw a barn that featured an apparently appliquéd chicken quilt! You do NOT see many of these! You can simply CLICK on the PICTURE to see the entire barn…
Hope you are having a absolutely lovely Sunday! It was supposed to be dreary & thunderstorm all day today here in Virginia, and we lucked out and the sun is even out now! YAY!
See you tomorrow for some “electrifying” NEWS!
Patchwork Quilting is BIG Business in Paducah!
You don’t think patchwork quilting is a BIG deal in Paducah, KY? Well it takes a video just to let you know how and where to get around for the AQS show! LOL! BUT its worth it! It’s one of the BEST shows of the YEAR & the WHOLE town of Paducah opens its doors to the quilters!
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