My year long embroidery class is kicking off a new session in September! Usually we start a session of Creative Hand Stitching Journey each January, but by popular demand, we have decided to open up a new session next month. Of course, signups close on August 18th (marketing is not my favorite.) So, if you … Continue reading Creative Hand Stitching Journey
I've finished round two of stitching on my sunset kawandi, and it was so worth it. I love that I spend time after each project evaluating, so I'm going to share my thoughts on this one with you. First off, I may never make anything larger than a placemat without a double gauze backing, ever … Continue reading Sunset Kawandi – Round two!
Oh my god, y'all. Have you seen the newest block of the month (BOM) program from Gotham Quilts? String Fling by Rana Heredia of Sewn Wyoming is so awesome. Between this fun pattern and Andrea's fabric selection skills, I'm infatuated. I'm going to share some of the ups and downs of making this quilt, on … Continue reading String Fling Block of the Month
I did a thing last month. I started a Kawandi Style Quilting group on Facebook. Turid, who is a blogging friend from way back, shared a needle book she made with a tiny Kawandi piece, and I was inspired. I have her permission to share a tutorial, so here you go - my tutorial for … Continue reading Kawandi Style Needle Book featuring Night Rainbow
Welcome back to the Night Rainbow Blog Hop! We've been sharing a delightful projects all week, what an inspiration! I had a little bit of inspiration strike, so I'll share what I did today. I need playtime every once in a while, and this scratched that itch today. Thanks to Deb Fisher for allowing me … Continue reading Night Rainbow Blog Hop & Playtime
Welcome to the Night Rainbow Blog Hop! I was so delighted when my friend, Deborah Fisher, of Fish Museum and Circus, asked if I was interested in doing a blog hop to launch her latest fabric line with Windham. Night Rainbow is dark and moody, and doesn't look like anything I've seen in the fabric … Continue reading Night Rainbow Blog Hop Welcome
Woohoo! Happy dance! I've finished assembling my latest Kawandi Style Quilt - I call this one Sunset! This one has gone so much faster than anticipated. I wanted to give a little update, in case you want to try making one, too. I started this one on my longarm. You can read about that process … Continue reading Sunset Kawandi Style Quilt
Hello, friends! I've been playing with a new Kawandi style quilting piece, and I used my longarm to set it up. I recorded the process so I could share it with you. To be clear - a longarm is absolutely not required, nor is basting pieces into the middle of the Kawandi. I'm playing, and … Continue reading Starting a Kawandi on my Longarm
I did it. I said no new projects, then went ahead and made something new again. Whoops. I have a new group of friends, and as part of the group chat a few weeks ago they were all sharing their plans for the Peach Fuzz 2024 Pantone challenge, hosted by Sarah Ruiz. I said "no", … Continue reading Pantone Challenge 2024
This year the Gotham Quilts team had a great adventure. You may have read about some of it already, in my QuiltCon post. That was only a small part of the story. Another aspect was how we delved into designing quilts using AI, or Artificial Intelligence. (The other AI is Adobe Illustrator, and we use … Continue reading Designing a Quilt with AI
