Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patchwork. Show all posts

Saturday, January 9, 2016

New in the Curlicue Creations Shop - January 9, 2016



A Perfect Union of Patchwork & Applique, is a wonderful quilting pattern book to add to your library. This book is filled with informative text, diagrams, and full color photos, and includes patterns for both appliqued and pieced blocks to practice your quilting and learn new skills.

This book is softcover, in excellent condition. Color photos throughout. 112 pages. 

This book will help you plan and sew your own unique quilt using setting suggestions and block patterns included throughout the book. This book also includes chapters on fabric selection, applique, patchwork, sashing, borders, hand quilting, finishing your quilt, and a handy index.

Prize Country Quilts, is a wonderful vintage quilting pattern book to add to your library. This book is filled with informative text, diagrams, and full color photos, and includes designs, patterns, and projects to practice your quilting and learn new skills.

This book is hardcover, in good condition. There are a few tears in the dust jacket. Color photos throughout. 230 pages. 

This book will help you plan and sew your own unique quilt using setting suggestions and block patterns included throughout the book. This book also includes chapters on designing, color, quilting techniques, applique & reverse applique, borders and bindings, embroidery, fabrics, patchwork, patterns and templates, quilting, settings, trapunto, tufting, prize winning quilt patterns, winners in the Progressive Farmer Quilt Block Contest, a bibliography, and a handy index.

For these and many more quilting titles for your home library, please visit the Curlicue Creations Shop.

Have a lovely day!

Jennifer Schifano Thomas

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Sewing Triangle Squares


Here I am, sewing my triangle squares on my modern Elna, instead of my "new" vintage Elna.  Sigh!  As I was cleaning and maintaining the Elna Super 62, I discovered that it takes a special bobbin, which I didn't have.  I ordered some, and now I'm waiting...waiting....waiting...I detest waiting! 


While I'm waiting, I'm sewing the setting for my quilt.  Here's my little pile of triangle squares. 


And here's a lot of them up on the design wall.  They're all in yellows, blues, and greens, although the green looks like black in this photo.  The colors coordinate with my Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 4 test blocks that I showed a few days ago.


The triangle squares are then joined into pairs to make these cool diagonal stripes.  Half of them will go this way, and half of them will go the opposite way.


These are fun and easy to sew.  Nothing to really match up either - low stress sewing.


When I look at all of these together, I see the beginnings of another quilt.  There is something interesting going on here.  I will have to play with it and see what I can create.  I often discover the start of a new quilt idea by playing with block elements on my design wall. 

Do you enjoy making your own quilt designs, or do you prefer to use a purchased pattern?  Leave a comment below.

Have a lovely day,

Jennifer Schifano Thomas 

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

New in the Curlicue Creations Shop This Week

It's been a busy, busy week!  I only had time to list one quilting magazine this week, but it's a beautiful issue.  Just look at the cover quilt - you could dive right into that glorious bed.

Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, the January/February 2008 issue. This magazine features Baby Quilt Contest Winners, Triangle Techniques, Blue Bayou, and more.

This fabulous issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine is in used, but very good condition. 118 pages of great ideas for quilting.
Find this issue for sale in my Etsy Shop.

What quilting and sewing supplies are you searching for?

Have a wonderful day.