Category Archives: Quilt Related

So pretty!

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I recently received an email from Shellie who wrote: “I thought you would like to see pictures of our 2014 Raffle Quilt titled ‘Pinwheel Paradise’. We used your applique designs with the pinwheels. I was inspired by another raffle quilt that was hanging in a show. It was by the Carquinez Strait Stitchers . We copied their over all lay-out but changed things a little.

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This is one of the happiest quilts I have ever worked on. It was lots of fun to play with the pieces, applique them and finally finish the quilt.  We have received many many compliments and Ooh and Ahh’s. Thank you for such cute designs and inspiration.”

I think it’s a lovely quilt, and I’ll be you do too! If you’d like to contact Shellie about purchasing raffle tickets, click here to email her :-).

 

10% off of fabric through Sunday…

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I sent a newsletter, but if you are not on my newsletter list, you may have missed the news.. I have some new fat quarter bundles! They, and the rest of my fabric on the bolt, are all 10% off from now through Sunday. I don’t know when on Sunday. (For more on that, go to the end of the post.) The coupon code is ‘fabricfun’. Enter it in the coupon box and the discount will be applied. (If you forget to do that, we’ll take care of it when we process your order.)

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Sunny Day Bundle

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A Day at the Beach Bundle

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Naturally Neutral Bundle

I think that each of these bundles is a great starting point for a quilt. I would take them to my stash and start adding to them!

You would have no reason to know this, but setting up a coupon in my Yahoo Store is a almost convoluted. I had a choice of when the coupon code would expire and I chose ‘through Sunday.’ It didn’t give me a choice of time zone… in fact, now that I think of it I hope it is this coming Sunday. I suppose on Monday I’ll know if that is the case or not :-). Honestly, ‘d rather be sewing than sorting out these pesky details!

 

The wonderful wheel of color…

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Three of my friends at C&T (Lynn Koolish, Kerry Graham, and Mary Wruck have written a book about color, and the ‘Wonderful Wheel Of Color’ for kids and I’ve gotta say that I am impressed! (FYI, you’ll find this book on my site here.)

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First, the color information is written for kids but it is not dumbed down. The language is clear and written in a way that kids will relate to. Elanor is already looking forward to getting her hands on this book :-).

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There are plenty of activities. Some are what you would expect in a book about a color wheel with color wheel patterns to paint, collages to make, and designs to color. But there is even more! There are projects perfect for kids, and maybe adults!

Elanor’s BFF, Lola, is coming to visit for 2 weeks this summer. They’ll be spending quite a bit of time at our house and I can see t-shirts…

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…and paper flowers…

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…and hand-sewn stuffies in our future!

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This book is only $12.95! You can find it at pieceocake.com here.

Signs by the road…

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Also seen while walking:

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This sign is obviously there for drivers but I came upon it while on foot. I could not help but imagine it being there for blind walkers (which makes no sense at all, but there you go). With that thought in my head, I couldn’t help but think that the lovely cactus at the base of the sign was seriously out of place:

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I’ve fallen into cactus before when I was in 2nd grade, so I often have a prickly, tactile response to cactus. I love succulents but I’m staying away from most of the pointy ones.

 

Perspective…

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While walking, I came upon this scene…

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The way those striped things* are placed, each one farther away than the one before, so that your eye is drawn along them—into the distance. I liked the placement, and their orange stripey-ness, and the orange cones in the street. I took more than one picture.

In the next photo, because of where I am standing, those things* are lined up more precisely. You can put yourself where I am, looking down them.

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This vantage point keeps the viewer on the left side of the image. It’s subtle, and it’s interesting. Scroll up to the first photo and you’ll see what I mean.

Why is this so? It’s because the line of those striped things* curves just a bit to the right in the first photo, which leads your eye toward the center of the frame. In the second photo, they are in a straighter line and the endpoint stays on the left side of the frame.

Most quilts, mine as well as those make by others, are designed in such a way as to keep the viewer centered. This makes me want to design a quilt (or quilts) that puts the viewer in a different place.

*What are those things called?!

 

Just beautiful…

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I ran across this image on Pinterest and fell in love. The photo is of Reykjavik, Iceland, and was taken by Jeanine Stewart. You can find her here on Instagram, and on her blog, wonderings and wanderings. I received her permission to share her photo with you and, if you like it,  you will enjoy her other photos.

This photo, in particular, is fascinating to me. I looks like the most excellent model of a city, ever. The cars look like toys, the houses look like they could have been very carefully crafted from paper or cardboard, and then painted… just so. I am going to have to go to Reykjavik, to stand in this spot and see this for myself. Until then, I will just have to love this photo.

Many thanks to Jeanine, for sharing her lovely views of the world!