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October 30, 2023

Fall Fling Market on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 453 of Free Motion Mavericks. I have been busy getting ready for the Out of the Box (OOTB) Fibre Artists' Fall Fling Marketplace. This will be the first one held in the Fall.

Fall Fling 2023

Fall Fling 2023 - a marketplace

The organisers had a major challenge when they found out a few weeks ago that the location that they thought they had rented, was not available. A new, even better venue was found but the posters and advertising with the old location are out there! We've all been doing our best to spread the word ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 1 month ago. under fall fling 2023 , gelli printing , hand-made journal , journal cover , linking party , meditation

October 23, 2023

FMQ Journal Covers at Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 452 of Free Motion Mavericks. I have finally done some Free Motion Quilting (FMQ), but not on my niece's quilt yet. These were fun squirrels that I pursued for the upcoming Fall Fling marketplace with Out Of The Box (OOTB) Fibre Artists.

Making Journal Covers

The Fall Fling is like our Spring Fibre Fling except that everything on exhibit is for sale. I've been slowly getting ready for this event and am finally ready. Here are my first two finished journal covers.

Blue and Green Journal Covers

The fabric for these first two covers is ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 2 months ago. under fall fling 2023 , fmq , fmq journal , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , gunnel hag , journal cover , linking party , quilted gifts

January 8, 2023

An Agenda Cover and Update on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 414 of Free Motion Mavericks. Are you busier than you expected after the holidays? I was anticipating a quiet week in the studio but it's been busy for all kinds of reasons. I hope that you got some quality playing time this week

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 11 months ago. under bed quilt , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , journal cover , linking party , omg , one monthly goal , version 2.0

June 7, 2022

Conversations Guest Book on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 384 of Free Motion Mavericks. I'm sorry that I'm a couple of days early, but I will run it until next Tuesday night. The last couple of weeks have mostly been about the Conversations exhibition and today is not an exception. I'm not getting ahead on my son's Version 2.0 quilt - but he's been very understanding

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 6 months ago. under christina cameli , craftsy , fibre 15 , fibre art quilt show , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , journal cover , linking party

May 17, 2022

Conversations - Fibre 15 Exhibition from Quilting & Learning

It's time to announce the upcoming exhibition of the Fibre 15 group. As some of you know, especially if you follow me on Instagram, I've been finishing up pieces for the show.

Conversations

"What is a conversation? Employing a diversity of fibre media, Fibre15 members explore this theme, challenging assumptions about how and what we exchange."

Conversations poster

It's going to be an amazing show. I know that most of you reading this post won't be able to make it, but if you are in the Ottawa area, I think that it'll be worth the ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 7 months ago. under art quilt , artpontiac , fibre 15 , fibre art quilt show , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover

February 14, 2021

Catching up on posting projects from Quilting & Learning

Hi, I hope that February finds you well. I thought that I would take the time to write about projects that were completed recently but not posted.

Finishing a Journal Cover

In the last few months I finished a special journal cover for a dear friend.

Finished Japanese Journal Cover - Front

Here is a view of the back.

Finished Japanese Journal Cover - Back

You may remember the original fabric that I free motion quilted (FMQ) last March (see Related links below).

The piece was meant for a larger journal but when I came to make it, I did measure three ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 3 years, 10 months ago. under fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , sashiko , stitcher's journal

March 15, 2020

Mid-March Updates from Quilting & Learning

So far March has been chaotic to say the least. I haven't felt like doing anything serious or difficult, so here is an update of some ongoing projects.

Exit Strategy - more hand stitching

I added some interesting bits by hand to my Exit Strategy 1 piece.

I chose some variegated yarn but wanted to do more with it than just couching. What to do - I don't knit or crochet but I remembered that once upon a time, I could braid.

I quickly found a hair braiding video on YouTube and amazingly enough, once my fingers started, they knew ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 9 months ago. under braid , couching , exit strategy , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , kimono silk thread , silk sari yarn

February 15, 2020

I heart Project Quilting from Quilting & Learning

This week on Project Quilting, Challenge 11-3 was "Put a

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 10 months ago. under fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , project quilting , quilted gifts , superior threads , variegated thread

February 11, 2020

Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Hi! Welcome to week 266 of the Free Motion Mavericks linking party!

A production of quilted journal covers

A lovely neutral cover

If birds can have their own special words for groups, then I choose a "production" for a group of quilted journal covers.

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 10 months ago. under christina cameli , dot-to-dot quilting , fmq , fmq journal , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , journal cover , large print wholecloth quilt , linking party , panel , quilted gifts

February 8, 2020

Finishing up One Monthly Goal - OMG from Quilting & Learning

I can't believe that it's the end of January. It was pretty intense quilting wise. I finished my two Project Quilting and the Winter Blues project with very little time to spare. That's how I live dangerously.

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 10 months ago. under bluprint , christina cameli , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , king tut thread , konfetti thread , quilted gifts , superior threads

January 11, 2020

Slow Stitching and Free Motion Quilting from Quilting & Learning

I love being able to create something using techniques that aren't usually put together - such as slow stitching and free motion quilting (FMQ). It's not that they don't go together, but rather that it's not usually done.

Slow Stitching and FMQ in Exit Strategy 1

In September I introduced my Exit Strategy...and got caught up with all kinds of projects and distractions. Then, while writing my 2020 Planning post, I realised that creating art quilts had become daunting and that my expectations were too high and too serious. So enough of that! It's time ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 11 months ago. under art quilt , couching , embellishment , embroidery , exit strategy , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover

December 17, 2019

Making a journal cover with practice piece from Quilting & Learning

Don't you love practicing on something and then being able to use that practice piece to make a finished, usable project? That's what happened to my practice piece from last week's Free Motion Mavericks.

FMQ my practice piece

My piece went from this very bright poinsettia fabric to these "cat's eye" shapes with different types of feathers within and outside of the shapes.

FMQ using the leaves as templates

The pink bobbin thread produced this flower.

Finally, adding FMQ filler between the flowers, in white thread, resulted in this!

Adding swirls, paisleys and
echoes between the ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 5 years ago. under bluprint , christina cameli , feathers , fmq , free motion quilting , journal cover , large print wholecloth quilt

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