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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) Hand Quilting from Wendy's Quilts and More

And now to Part D of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

D. Hand Quilting

I always knew that I would hand quilt my Kokomo. I wanted to say that it was entirely made by me.

However, with so many tiny pieces in this quilt there are a lot of seam allowances to quilt through.

I used Aurifil 24wt because it's fine and strong and perfect for hand quilting. I didn't want the quilting to stand out, so I used colours that blended into the fabrics.

You can read more about how I hand quilt on this ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Star) Assembly from Wendy's Quilts and More

And now to Part C of my posts on Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars)

C. Assembly

I chose to hand piece my quilt because I knew it would give the me level of accuracy and finishing that I was after. And I won an award for "Best Piecing" in our guild's exhibition so it worked!

I English Paper Pieced my La Passacaglia quilt, but now I much prefer hand piecing with no papers because it's easier on my hands.

I was fortunate to stumble across a rubber stamp set for hand piecing Stars Upon Stars made by Jeanneke. The ...

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Island Batik Dresden Challenge and Bloghop from Sew Preeti Quilts

Island Batik November Challenge requires us to make a Dresden Quilt using our assigned Summer 2024 collection.

Here is my response. I have named it "Like It Or Not" (LION). LION finished at 45" by 46".

Vintage Fans, 45" by 46"

I received Peach Blossom, an original collection by Claudia Pfeil.

Fabrics

There are so many options for Dresden Plate designs. I could use a skinny Dresden Ruler (12 degrees) to make 30 blades per circle or a double Dresden (36 degrees) to make 10 wide blades per circle. I chose the 18 degree ruler.

I wanted to make a ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Satrs) Planning the colours from Wendy's Quilts and More

This is Part B of a series of posts explaining how I make my version of Stars Upon Stars.

B. Planning the colours

1. External stars in the blocks.

A key design feature of the original Stars Upon Stars quilt is that each block is unique. I decided replicate that idea by using different fabrics and colours for the external stars of each block. I opted for tone on tone fabrics in most cases, and tried to use every colour within my limited colour range - blue, aqua, green, pink, orange and yellow. If I repeated a colour I used a ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) Fabric Selection from Wendy's Quilts and More

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Kokomo quilt. As promised I'm going to explain more about how I made it - both for anyone thinking about making one themselves, and for my personal record, because after all, that's what blogs are for.

A. Fabric selection

I loved Tula Pink's Zuma range as soon as I saw it and I knew I wanted to use it for something special so I decided to use it for my version of Stars Upon Stars - Kokomo. As soon as the block started coming together I knew I had made ...

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Kokomo (Stars Upon Stars) from Wendy's Quilts and More

Where do I even begin to describe my happiness with how this quilt has turned out?

I'm thrilled with it and I'm not going to let it out of my sight. I've even considered sewing an Apple AirTag into it so if it goes missing I can track it down! I've spent so many hours making this quilt but I've enjoyed them all.

I started this quilt back in January 2020. I've spent four years working on it in the background. I haven't once put it on social media or even shown my ...

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Aurifil Advent Calendar L'Alpi from Sew Karen-ly Created...

An advent calendar for thread lovers - how fun! Better than chocolate, each of these 24 compartments holds a small spool of Aurifil thread . The palette of 24 hues includes five brand-new, limited-edition 50wt colors exclusive to this advent calendar as well as the introduction of five new shades of 8wt and a medley of Aurifil’s cotton thread weights.

We are taking pre-orders for Canadian customers now until June 28. That's only 8 days away! These calendars are limited production and need to be pre-ordered. We are happy to ship across Canada for a very reasonable rate. Please email ...

added by Karen 6 months ago. under aurifil , aurifil advent calendar , aurifil canada , l'alpi

Celebrate Diwali from Sew Preeti Quilts

As the daylight hours decrease and the darkness envelops the northern hemisphere, Hindus all over the world celebrate Diwali - the festival of lights. You may have seen the newish British Prime Minister and his family celebrate Diwali at 10 Downing Street.

I have talked about my Diwali Memories and I made my first Diwali Quilt last year.

This year when Island Batik gave us the choice to make a quilt project "celebrating" our favorite holiday, I knew instantly that I will be making a Diwali Quilt, using a fabric collection called Celebrate!!! Could there be a more appropriate fabric line ...

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The Great Thread Giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

We’ve stitched up a surprise for you all here at Fat Quarter Shop. We’re doing some redecorating and we have some spools that are looking to go out into the Threadiverse and find some new homes! Find out all the details of The Great Thread Giveaway in today’s blog post.

Fat Quarter Shop is excited to give 60 lucky winners some of our favorite 50wt Aurifil threads from the thread wall in our studio! You may have seen it in the background of videos on Fat Quarter Shop’s Youtube Channel!

Aurifil 50wt thread is the most ...

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Spooky Darlings from Wendy's Quilts and More

It may be Thanksgiving where you live, but I've just finished my Halloween quilt! I've called it "Spooky Darlings" after the fabric range that I used.

The design is very simple 60 degree triangles, but what makes it special is all the hand quilted spider webs and the quirky fabrics. I used a stencil to mark the spider webs and hand quilted in three different shades of grey Aurifil 12wt.

I only had a fat eighth bundle to play with so I made the biggest triangles that I could and combined them in alternating dark and light rows ...

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Autumn Jubilee Wool Stitch Along Finish from From My Carolina Home

Time to finish our wool stitch along project. I hope you had time to get your bases done with the apple appliques and buttons. Today we finish it off with a bit of embroidery and some seed beads. When we left off, we were here.

Get out your floss and beads, finding some green to match your leaves, along with red and gold seed beads. If you don’t have seed beads, you can do french knots with the appropriate color floss for a similar look.

Place the piece on a countertop. Center a Mason jar ring on the wool ...

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Licorice Allsorts update from Wendy's Quilts and More

This week I started hand quilting my Licorice Allsorts quilt.

I get my quilts basted on a long arm machine and when this one came back I was a bit concerned because it was more bunched up that usual, but I'm releasing the basting stitches as I quilt it and it's smoothing out nicely.

I'm using Aurifil 28wt and quilting in the ditch to start with. I'll see what else it needs as it progresses.

The guild I belong to, Capital Quilters in Wellington, New Zealand will be holding an exhibition in May 2024 and I ...

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Shuttles from Wendy's Quilts and More

I'm on my way back to New Zealand today but here's one more blog post prepared in advance. this is my Shuttles quilt that I made to showcase some of my beautiful Kaffe Fassett fabrics. You can read all about it here.

The pattern is the one on the cover of this book. My version looks so different because I chose to us a consistent background fabric - Aboriginal Dot in brown.

And I hand quilted it with bright yellow Aurifil 12 wt.

Now it’s time for the Peacock Party. Feel free to link up a recent blog ...

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Bountiful Charity Quilt – Finished from Want It, Need It, Quilt It!

Have you caught up with your Bountiful quilt? I have been a bit behind in posting my blocks so here is Release 4. It is the beautiful butterfly pattern, which I have to say was my favourite block. Release 5 has a video and instructions on how to finish the quilt top. You can find all the FREE instructions here and to make it easy for you FQS is offering the full kit for the quilt top and the backing. My quilt has been made using Beyond Bella by Annie Brady for Moda. The FQS has pre-cuts, yardage and patterns ...

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Its Wednesday! from Sew Preeti Quilts

Marrying someone from halfway across the globe has its perks. There is always something new to learn. Recently Paul introduced me to the Addams Family. I fell in love with Wednesday and she is the inspiration for my May project!

Wednesday Mock-Up in EQ8

But let's start at the beginning. The May Challenge requires that we use the Studio 180 Design Tool and the Winter 2022 Collection to make a project of any size. The guidelines included the following:

1. Work with two or more different size units.

2. Must use at least 30 units total, made with the ...

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Bountiful Charity Quilt – Release 3 Sunflowers from Want It, Need It, Quilt It!

Download your FREE block pattern for May and join us for a worthy cause. These 24″ blocks are the second instalment of the Bountiful Charity quilt. Read about the wildfire and centre blocks at the Jolly Jabber blog. You can learn about the sew-a-long and where to download all the blocks as they are released on the Fatquarter Jolly Jabber blog and don’t forget to tag your beautiful blocks when posting to social media #BountifulQAL Donations to the Make a Wish foundation can be made here

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Norfolk Tiles – NEW quilt pattern from Want It, Need It, Quilt It!

When Janet in my Modern quilting group showed me a photo of her daughter’s house tiles and asked me to draft a pattern, I immediately said, “Yes”. This straightforward pattern uses a simple method to make the star points. The pattern contains templates and a no-waste solution for the leftover pieces. The pattern can be purchased here For my sample, I made a 9-block version using Bella Solids and Grunge and pieced and quilted the project with Aurifil 50wt cotton.

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Bountiful Charity QAL – Release 2 Wildflowers and centre from Want It, Need It, Quilt It!

Download your FREE block pattern for April and join us for a worthy cause. These 24″ blocks are the second instalment of the Bountiful Charity quilt. Read about the wildfire and centre blocks at the Jolly Jabber blog. You can learn about the sew-a-long and where to download all the blocks as they are released on the Fatquarter Jolly Jabber blog and don’t forget to tag your beautiful blocks when posting to social media #BountifulQAL

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Island Batik Ambassador 2023 Unboxing ~ Shipment One from Curlicue Creations

Did you hear the good news? I'm so excited to be continuing as an Island Batik Ambassador for 2023. We received our first shipment of the year and I hope you will enjoy watching my unboxing video as much as I enjoyed making it.

Thanks for watching. I hope you will continue to follow me throughout 2023. I will be making many beautiful projects to inspire you.

Disclosure: The items shown in this post were given to me by Island Batik and Industry Partners.

Here's a photo recap of the products I received in my Ambassador boxes:

Hobbs ...

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Good intentions and Good morning! from Charm About You

Cross stitch has been taking over as my favourite pastime recently. To be fair it's probably half and half with quilting, though I find I'm drawn to the meditative following of charts and making cross stitches after a day of work.

I purchased a few patterns this year and I'm working my way through them. The first one I completed is Good Intentions by Kathy Barrick. Its a lovely design and the sentiment is just so true of me.

Good Intentions by Kathy Barrick cross stitch, words read I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions, a lady holding an embroidery hoop and needle. There are scissor and star motifs and stacks of thread spools.

I made a few adjustments to the pattern and changed the colours slightly. The colours are a similar ...

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What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

B. Planning the colours

A. Fabric selection