It may be ugly, but this leather thimble is perfect for people with arthritic or hard-to-fit fingers! You put it together yourself to fit your own finger, making it completely customizable. For more information and instructions, including a video, click here.
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It’s time for the Vendor Grab Bag! Lots of goodies this time around for our lucky winner, Carmen!
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I machine quilted together two vintage tops to make one quilt. The trip around the world side (below) is very nice. The pattern is easy to read… it’s happy!
The quilt top I put on the back has alternating 3″ squares and 9-patches made from 1″ squares. There isn’t an underlying theme or color palette on this side. It is mostly prints, plaids, and stripes that are individually wonderful, but together are a hot mess. Your eyes have nothing to focus on.
Look at the two, together…
Your eye can rest and explore the trip around the world. There isn’t any resting when you look at the 9-patches. And more to the point, there isn’t any real pattern.
Generally speaking, when we go to the effort to cut fabric apart and sew it back together, we do so for a reason. I wonder if the maker of the 9-patch just wanted to sew and had no other plan… because that’s what it looks like. And I absolutely understand that because I have done that myself with equally questionable results 🤣.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t successfully test the boundary between pattern and chaos. I wrote about the quilt below, Carnival, made by Joan Goetteman and Audree Sells, in this blog post. It was my Judge’s Choice at the Chaska Fall Splendor Quilt Show in 2022.
Yes, there is chaos, but it is not total chaos. There is just enough pattern to keep your eye happily busy. You may not be drawn to this level of visual activity, but I still love this quilt.
If you are interested in making this sort of quilt, go for it! Here are a few tips:
Happy stitching!
Kaye Temanson has won a set of Clover 3/4 inch Applique Pins! These pins have plastic heads that are easy to pick up and are great for small applique work. They come in a handy re-closable case.
These are on the 2nd page of our Pins, Needles & Clips collection. We carry 45 products in this category, well worth clicking the link and checking out.
I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!
Roxanne makes a great sewing/crafting product called Glue Baste It Dip & Dab. It comes in a clever little tube with a small wand that lets you dip into the tube, pull it out, and apply either tiny dabs or a very thin line of glue for a variety of sewing, quilting, and craft applications. Susan Monroe was chosen by the random number generator and will receive one of these as our lucky winner!
I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!
Deborah Ward sent me this photo of the quilt she made after taking part in my No-Sew Color class. I love her quilt and the story behind it, below the photo.
I am a beginning sewer. This January, I took your color seminar at The Road to California show. I am happy to let you know that I finished an abbreviated version of your Box of Rain quilt. I made the quilt as a project for my modern quilting class at Santiago Canyon College
At your seminar, I remember how you talked about a person’s eye going to the color that is the most different from the rest. With my Box of Rain, my classmates felt like the yellow blocks in this quilt drew their attention.
Earlier this month, the college held an exhibition for projects completed by older adults. I submitted Box of Rain for the show. (picture attached)
Thanks for giving your color seminar and for authoring your book. I enjoyed both!
Deborah Ward, Orange CA
Deborah, I believe you may have moved past beginner-hood :-). Your quilt is exactly as it should be and I’m happy to know that you finished it—and that you entered it to share with others. Well done, you!
For anyone interested in the pattern, it is in my book The Quilter’s Practical Guide to Color.
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