Showing posts with label #Quiltmaker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Quiltmaker. Show all posts

Thursday, September 3, 2020

New in the Curlicue Creations Shop ~ Week of 09/03/2020

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, White on White Checkerboard Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features white squares in a checkerboard pattern over a white background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Swirly Vines Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features swirly vines in pink, gold, green, and blue over a white background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, White on White Roses and Leaves Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features white roses and leaves over a white background. It's difficult to see in the photo. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Butterfiles Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features butterflies over a slightly off white/cream background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, White on Cream Tiny Flowers Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features tiny white flowers over a slightly off white/cream background. It's difficult to see in the photo. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Red Daisy Quilt Fabric, by Hancocks. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features red daisies over a white background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Dress Form Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric features dress forms in black with red accents over a white background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Black and White Polka Dot Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric black dots over a white background. It's difficult to see in the photo. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, White on White Vines Quilt Fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.

This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.

The design on this fabric is small white vines over a white background. It's difficult to see in the photo. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!

Deborah Norville Serenity Sock Yarn, Color Citrine, 1.76 oz, 50 gms, 230 yards, 210 mt, Sock Yarn

A beautiful super fine weight (1) yarn in a multi color skein (gold, green, burnt orange).

50 percent merino wool, 25 percent bamboo, 25 percent nylon. Hand wash warm. Tumble dry. No iron or bleach.

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the January February 2019 issue. This magazine features Bonnie Hunter Trunk Show: Make What You Love, Scrap It Up!, 5 Stash-Busting Designs, New Quilts from Our TV Show!, 7 Ways to Wheel, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but excellent condition. 114 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Make it Mini Quilt Magazine, the 2016 issue. This magazine features Small Quilts, 29 Pint-Size Projects, Home Accessories, Table Toppers, Wall Quilts, and more.

This fabulous issue of Make it Mini magazine is in used but very good condition. 128 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Quiltmaker Magazine, January February 2015 issue, No. 161. Used, but very good condition. 82 pages.

This beautiful issue includes One Block, Many Quilt Designs, 11 Exciting Designs, Machine Quilting Lessons from Leah Day Part 1 of 6, Easy Dresden Plates Step-by-Step Photo Tutorial, and more.

Quiltmaker Magazine, March April 2015 issue, No. 162. Used, but excellent condition. 82 pages.

This beautiful issue includes 14 Fresh Designs for Spring, 3 Creative Chevron Quilts, Who Dunnit? Debbie Caffrey's New Mystery Quilt, Free Motion Quilting with Leah Day, and more.

Quiltmaker Magazine, November December 2014 issue, No. 160. Used, but excellent condition. 90 pages.

This beautiful issue includes Buddy Quilts: Double the Fun, 14 Creative Projects, Stockings, Pincushion, Holiday Quilts, Year of Machine Quilting: Putting it all Together, and more.

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the September October 2014 issue. This magazine features Disney's Frozen Quilt Inside!, Scrap Quilts Choose Your Style from Traditional to Modern, 13 Exclusive Projects for Fall, New Designs from Marianne Fons and Liz Porter, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but very good condition. 108 pages of great ideas for quilting.

Quiltmaker Magazine, May June 2013 issue, No. 151. Used, but very good condition. 82 pages.

This beautiful issue includes 4 Quilts for Beds, Anita Grossman Solomon's Reversible Hexies, 12 Summertime Quilts, Hexagons Made Easy: Traditional to Modern We Show You How, Shadow Applique with Step-by-Step Photos, and more.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Compass Quilt ~ Secondary Pattern Challenge

Let me introduce you to Compass, my Island Batik Ambassador challenge quilt for the month of July.
The materials for this quilt were given to me by Island BatikAurifil, and Hobbs.

This month's challenge was secondary pattern quilts.  A secondary pattern is an often unexpected design that emerges when you put multiples of the same quilt blocks together with no sashing or negative space separating the blocks.

 This is the main block in my Compass quilt.  You may recognize it as my "Cherry Bon Bon" block from a previous issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks.  It was fun and challenging to give it a makeover with the Island Batik fabrics.  I didn't have quite enough of some of the colors I wanted to use and did a lot of juggling to come up with a look that I liked.

 I made nine Compass blocks.  When I put them together, I get this simple, Diamond in a Square type secondary design.  

 As I sewed this quilt, I kept changing the name.  Because this block's original name was Cherry Bon Bon, I started with Chocolate Bon Bon, then just Bon Bon, then somehow that morphed into Compass in the Woods, which I eventually shortened to Compass.

 I love the way the fabric colors and patterns play together.

 Compass looks nice hanging behind a Singer 301 in my living room.  I do most of my piecing on a 301.  I own a few.  They are my favorite machine for piecing quilts.

 The summer months are super busy for me so I did a quick loopy meander to quilt the top.

 I tried this beautiful pure white Aurifil thread for the quilting.  I was not disappointed!  It quilted smoothly.  I really enjoyed the feel of it.

I used the Hobbs Thermore batting for this quilt (back of photo).  It quilted quite nicely again, just like it did on the Accordion Quilt I made for last month's challenge with all straight line quilting.

 I was running a bit low on batik backing fabrics, so I used this solid sage green.  It's a nice coordinate with the woodsy colors in the quilt top.

 I pieced together leftover strips from several of the blues and greens used in the quilt top for the binding.  I usually do my binding in the same fabric as the quilt's outer border, but I really like this fun look.  I may try it again on a future project.

 My boys tested the quilt's cuddly-ness.  It passed.

 One last photo of the Compass quilt, folded and pretty.

In summary:  The Compass quilt.  

Quilt Stats:
Finished Quilt Size:  42" x 42"
            Block Size:  12" x 12"
                     Fabrics:  Island Batik
                            Batting:  Hobbs Thermore
            Thread:  Aurifil

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Jennifer Thomas

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Friday, February 2, 2018

I'm an Island Batik Ambassador for 2018!

 I'm so excited to announce that I've been chosen as an Island Batik Ambassador for 2018!  This means I will be part of an amazing group of talented quilt designers who will be presenting fabulous creations for your inspiration all year through a series of sewing challenges.  The fabrics, thread, and batting for these projects will be generously provided to me at no cost by Island Batik.  Thank you, Island Batik.

 To become an Island Batik ambassador, I had to submit an application about myself and send in a block.  This is the block I submitted.  The fabrics in this block were pulled from my stash and are not necessarily Island Batik fabrics.  I hope to present a design and pattern based on this block sometime in 2018.  I have a few ideas already swirling around in my brain.

I've long been a fan of Island Batik fabrics and usually have a few bolts in stock in my Etsy shop.  This is my current favorite, Purple Buttons Batik.  Swoon worthy!  Island Batiks fabrics are all individually hand dyed by talented batik artists in Bali, Indonesia.

This is not the best photo, but my Silhouette quilt was sewn with all Island Batik fabrics.  This quilt was made to showcase my block, Shadow Play, featured in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 8 waaaaay back in 2013.

My first goody box of fabrics from Island Batik should be arriving soon.  I'm trembling with excitement.  When it arrives, I'll share the box opening with you.  Stay tuned for more!

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Making of the Grow a Little Love Quilt

The Making of the Grow a Little Love Quilt
I made this quilt to highlight the "Grow a Little Love" quilt block I contributed to Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 16.  

 The quilt block and pattern appear on page 12 of the magazine, in the applique section.  It is block #1509.

 This block is fusible appliqued.  All the applique pieces were traced onto Heat 'n Bond Lite, ironed onto the fabric, and cut out.

This is the block before the zigzag edge stitching was applied around the edges of each patch.

A peek at the back of the block during the zigzag process.

Close up of the leaves during the zigzag process.

Next, I paper pieced little green striped rainbows.

And more little green rainbows.

The rainbows were sewn onto curvy rose patches.  I think they look like little watermelon slices at this stage.

Then the watermelon slices were sewn onto the blue backgrounds.  If I had to do this again, I would applique the watermelon slices onto a solid blue strip of fabric.  The tiny curves were tough to sew on this edge.

The curvilicious borders were joined to the quilt.

The final, solid green border was attached.

I quilted little back and forth lines in the blue backgrounds, swirls in the green borders and a wavy flower design in the watermelon slices.  I outlined stitched the applique pieces and did a loopy meander in the block background.

Fuzzy helped me with the binding.

The completed Grow a Little Love quilt.

The pattern for the block is available in the current issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 16.

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