african fabric

Ugandan Holiday from Wedding Dress Blue

A co-worker has close connections with Uganda. She does charitable work there and is now helping a second generation get basic and advanced education. She returned from a recent trip with fabric: Twenty assorted fat quarters.

Could I make her a Ugandan holiday set for her home?

What a fun challenge! (At least it felt fun after she told me she had been considering this for 10 years and certainly didn’t need it THIS Christmas.)

I have two parts to the stage of finished tops:

Tree Skirt

Table Runner

A throw quilt (supplemented with solids from my stash) is ...

added by weddingdressblue 1 day, 13 hours ago. under african fabric , quilt , quilts , table runner , tree skirt (Comments)

The Eggs Came First: Rubber Stamping a Quilted Chicken "Thank You" from Gefilte Quilt

A weird thing I've discovered living just ten miles from downtown LA is that loads of people keep backyard chickens! If you drive through some neighborhoods early in the morning, you can hear the cock-a-doodle doo's!

The urban farmers include one of my DH's colleagues; he and his wife regularly gift us with a dozen beautiful eggs, in assorted sizes and colors. I truly never knew a plain old unseasoned egg could taste so good.

This is my thank you gift to them. The message is one they included in a note that came with one of ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 1 year, 5 months ago. under african fabric , gifts , rubber stamp quilt

Pandemic Porch Quilt Show Day 34 - 35: My Two Weirdest Quilts in Two Days from Gefilte Quilt

Day #34: Blooming Cactus
Choosing an eye-pleasing color palette did not come naturally to me, and here's the evidence. Let's breathe slowly as we approach this bed-size quilt, so as not to trigger sea-sickness.

It's slightly less terrible when you get very close, thanks to the blue oasis.

Longtime quilters will recognize this pattern immediately, as a Blooming Nine Patch, from the bestselling 1996 quilt book 'Traditions with a Twist' by Blanche Young and Dalene Young Stone, still widely available (used) online - and sooooo worth it, just for this one pattern.

Sure, I knew that the orange ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 1 month ago. under african fabric , applique , batik , buttons , clothing , labels: applique , neckties , recycling , scrap project , scrap quilt , upcycling

Road to California, 2020, Part 2: Shopping! from Gefilte Quilt

Last week, I showed off some of my favorite quilts from Road to California 2020 show. Now let's get to the fun stuff: Shopping! Disclaimer: If you click on these links, I don't make any money. But you might lose money, because this merchandise is (often) thrilling!

If there's one attribute that unites Road to California quilts - whether the top is pieced, appliqued, embroidered, fused, stapled, and/or mutilated - it's this: dazzling, immaculate, professional-grade quilting - the stuff that holds the three layers together.

That's why, every year, I walk out of juried show. and into ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 10 months ago. under african fabric , applique , art quilt , english paper piecing , featherweight , japanese fabric , kaffe fassett , machine quilting , modern quilt , modern quilting , purse , quilt show , road to california

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