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Starting on a new project with @pbsfabrics Painter's Palette solids! This one will be another science-themed quilt—I'm going back to my roots with oceanography this time. Stay tuned...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sciencequilt #oceanographyquilt #modernquil
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One of my first truly modern quilts and one of my very favorites I've made is featured in the current issue of @curatedquilts. Main Sequence is a quilty representation of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, which shows how the color of stars is dependent on
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Introducing "Canoe Sparkler," a pattern in this month's @aqsonline American Quilter magazine! You might recognize this as one of the designs discussed in the "Starting With A Quilt" chapter of my book, albeit in different colors!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🚣♀️:row
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It's the October block for @sewsewstudio Block of the Month! This month we'll be learning hourglass blocks.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⌛️⏳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #thequiltblockcookbook #quiltblockcookbook #blockofthemonth #hourglassblocks #quilting #patc
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I guess it's time to dig out my Halloween version of the Potions pattern! Funny story: the pattern was originally named "Lab Bench," then I decided that science patterns probably weren't going to be that popular and I should make a Halloween version. I wa
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There we go, much better now! Sometimes when stuff like this happens I go with the flow, but if I know I won't be happy with it in the end, it's better just to rip it out and redo it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #longarmquilting #handiquilter #handiquilteravante #
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Do you make a quilting plan before you start quilting? What about checking your quilting plan before you start quilting? It’s super helpful to check your quilting plan before you start quilting. #asyesewsoshallyerip #quilting #quiltingfail
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Joining in the #partyinthequiltback hosted by @3rdstoryworkshop! Most of my quilt backs are pretty boring, but on the back of this bee quilt, I pieced in a couple of test star blocks that I rejected because they were too big or too complicated for the bee
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A little bit of a side project: making more wax seals for packaging up paper pattern orders! My husband got me this custom seal a few years ago after I got my logo redesigned, because we're both old-school stationery nerds, and they are so fun to make. If
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My friend Angela brought by her finished Tiny Jewel mini quilt to show me, and I think it’s fabulous! I love seeing fabric choices that are totally different from what I would think of. And I love her quilting, too!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #tinyjewelpatte
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I’m really happy to have this quilt hanging at AQS Paducah this week because I hope it gives some attendees food for thought—it was at an AQS Paducah show when someone asked if I had sons because that was apparently the only reason she could envision for
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The science fabric rainbow of my dreams! I can't wait to use these in ALLLLLL my projects...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌈🔬⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #andoverfabrics #andovercolortheory #colortheoryfabric #sciencefabric #sciencequilts #quiltnerd
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I'm looking forward to getting back to the Block of the Month program at @sewsewstudio next Saturday! September's block is Smock Mill from #thequiltblockcookbook.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #quiltblockcookbook #blockofthemonth #quiltblock #quilting #patchwork #ma
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It seems like Halloween is on a lot of people's minds, though I'm finding it hard to get into a fall mindset with temperatures here stuck in the 90s for the foreseeable future. 👻🎃♀️ Thanks to everyone who has ordered patterns for an
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A finished pillow top! I reduced my Geo Rex pattern to 18” (90%) in order to fit a pillow form I already had. I thought the background was appropriate since birds are descended from dinosaurs...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #georexpattern #paperpiecing #foundationp
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I'm slowly—very slowly—building a quilted pillow collection for the couch. I'm super slow at EPP so I'm very pleased to have actually finished a project!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌈🌈🌈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #englishpaperpiecing #epp #eppeverywhere #hexies #rainb
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Firing up the longarm for the first tim in a while to work on quilting some Geo Rexes! This will be a pillow, to match a certain someone’s dinosaur-themed room.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #georexpattern #paperpiecing #foundationpiecing #fpp #patchwork #quilting #
flutefishy:
A while back, I wrote myself some computer code to help calculate yardage and cutting instructions when I'm working on patterns. It just informed me I need infinite amounts of fabric to make a quilt. Touché, computer code, touché.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A closeup of "Fiery Sunset," my pattern in this year's @thequiltersplanner. I used an all-over design to quilt it, since I thought that anything more complicated would have gotten lost in those vibrant saturated colors.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo b
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2020 Quilter's Planner preorders are open and I'm super excited to have another pattern in this year's companion magazine! Meet "Fiery Sunset," based on a variation of Irish Chain blocks!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a lap-sized quilt (72" x 72"),
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I’m following your suggestions to work on EPP projects and so am playing around with a couple of designs. What say you, fellow nerds—would sciencey EPP patterns be of interest to you? #epp #englishpaperpiecing #eppeverywhere #handwork #sciencequilt
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Preorders for the Quilter's Planner (@thequiltersplanner) are open, and look, isn't this a nice quilt on the Feburary divider? 😉 Stay tuned for more details on it!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In addition to the patterns that are included with the pla
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Check out the amazing version of “Row of Diamonds” from my book that @mmmquilts made! She’s got a giveaway, too! ・・・ Be sure to check out my quilt, Ripples, in the Beat the Heat blog hop for @island_batik Giveaways everywhere including at my stop on this
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If you struggle with choosing colors for your quilts, I've got a post up on the @ctpublishing blog about that today! I usually don't get serious about colors until I have at least a draft of the design, then it's time to play around and see what I like be
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Thank you all for your sweet comments on my previous post! Don't worry, I am definitely enjoying snuggling my future little helper and trying to savor every minute, even the 3 am feedings (really, hungry AGAIN?! 😉)!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I don’t want t
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Thank you all for your sweet comments on my previous post! Don't worry, I am definitely enjoying snuggling my future little helper and trying to savor every minute, even the 3 am feedings (really, hungry AGAIN?! 😉)!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I don’t want t
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If it seems like I've been a little absent and not quilt-productive lately, it's because I've been finishing up a rather large (9 pounds, as it turned out...) non-quilt-related project. Right now, she's sleeping a lot but I'm ready to collect tips on how
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Some more non-quilty recent sewing! I couldn’t decide which fabrics I liked better for the wallets so I made myself two to choose from, but I have decided to go all matchy-matchy with the jellyfish and save the purple for a later time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👜⠀
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More dinosaurs in progress. This one is reduced to 90% so will finish at 18". #georexpattern #georex #paperpiecing #foundationpiecing #patchwork
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Exhibit A on why you shouldn’t ask a quilter to mend anything: my husband asked me to mend a small rip in his pant pocket. I’ve been rather enamored with the #visiblemending movement so I thought I’d iron on some fusible interfacing inside the pocket and
