It's time for a project update! It's either blog or do homework, so here I am! I've been making great progress on my Andover Century Solids project. Shockingly, cutting 100 pieces of fabric up is taking a long time. It takes me about 3 minutes per half yard. (100 - 1/2 yards of fabric, at … Continue reading Designing for a Client – Part 2
I'm taking a class in graphic design right now, and I just watched a documentary on design briefs. I hadn't realized it, but I work with design briefs whenever I submit a project proposal. Here is how my latest project is going, and it all started with a simple idea. This is how I work … Continue reading Designing for a Client
When I started my blog, way back in 2015, one of my motivations was getting "free fabric". Well, friends, I have cracked that code. So far this month I have received over 150 yards of fabric for projects with my industry partners. I'm starting to think it's maybe a little too much. Free fabric isn't … Continue reading Getting Free Fabric
A few months ago my liaison at AccuQuilt showed me one of their upcoming dies - it was a little birdhouse with a bird on it. I am a huge fan of wild birds. I love to watch them come to my feeders in my yard. Watching them hop around the trees, and hearing the … Continue reading Bird & Birdhouse Die with AccuQuilt
I had an interesting interaction on Instagram today about this quilt, and thought I'd address it here. I'm so intimately acquainted with Rotation, having lived with it for four years now, that I forget that not everyone has this pattern living in their heads. One of my favorite parts of it is how different it … Continue reading The Rotation Series
Hi, Guys! I feel like I start every post now apologizing for not posting more often. Life in the Strauser house has been a lot lately. I've been quilting and writing, though, and have lots to share with you. My latest project has been a denim quilt for AccuQuilt. I've been making denim quilts for … Continue reading Making Quilts with Denim
My fabrics from Blank Quilting for March are this beautiful collection, called Seaside Serenity, by A.J.'s Watercolor Studio. I was happy to pull out some seashells from my various collections to take some pretty pictures of the fabric bundle. There are shells, birds, and other sea creatures featured, in a really delicate collection. I decided … Continue reading Rotation Quilt – Seaside Serenity Version
I wrote this post during the last week of my Florida vacation. Rather than re-write it, here it is, three weeks later. Have you all seen the I Found a Quilted Heart page yet? I've seen quilted hearts pop up in social media a few times, and they are cute, but never called to me. … Continue reading Creative Detour
I'm so pleased to be joining Powered by Quilting on the Citified Blog Tour today! I believe this is Sherry's fourth Signature Collection with Island Batik Fabric. Even though I'm not a brand ambassador anymore, I still love the quality and beauty of Island Batik Fabrics, and I enjoy working with them. Rather than the … Continue reading Citified Blog Tour and Giveaway
I have a new quilt pattern available in the March/April issue of Quiltmaker magazine! Gulls in the Air is my new favorite quilt. I'm so happy to have it back from it's photo shoot - I had forgotten how much I love it while it was gone. Gulls in the Air uses curved piecing with … Continue reading Gulls in the Air
