mell meyer

Dressing Up - a modern tile qal from Sew Sunshine

"Dressing Up"

Modern Tile Pattern by Mell Meyer

27"x 27"

made from upcycled textiles

hand appliqued shapes on all the blocks

hand quilted with big stitch in med gray

I used all black or black gray textiles. I have always wanted to do dark on dark and thought by making this pattern smaller I could accomplish it and keep my sanity. Sewing with dark thread on blacks requires lots of natural light for me.

As you can imagine with the different textiles - denim, shirting, slippery shirting, skirt weight and stretch denim it was a challenge. Some areas have really ...

added by Kris 3 years, 1 month ago. under black on black , hand applique , hand quilting , mell meyer , modern tiles , qal , textiles , upcycled

A Finish & A Giveaway from Sew Preeti Quilts

One lucky reader (commenter) will get a free pattern - All the Diagonals, from Mell Meyer.
Just leave a comment, completing this sentence. After the Covid induced coma is over, I will...

And now, let the eye candy begin. You heard about Quarantina earlier and saw her glimpses on Instagram. Here she is - my Covid Child (thus named by Rebecca of Cheeky Cognoscenti).

Paul is promoted to Model

You know when you cannot decide between cake and pie?
When you want both chocolate and strawberry.
When you don't want to choose between the ocean and the mountains...hold that thought ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 7 months ago. under all the diagonals , covid child , foundation paper piecing , freezer paper piecing , lap quilt , mell meyer , modern quilt block , modern quilting , paper piecing , quarantina , ruby star society , speckled , throw quilt

Our daughter Quarantina!!! from Sew Preeti Quilts

Paul: What is the matter babe?
Me: Cramps
Paul: Oh no!!!
Me: What?
Paul: I was going to name our daughter Quarantina.

New Pattern by Mell Meyer

Ten minutes later, when I stopped laughing, I had to ask...

Me: What if it were a boy?
Paul: I hadn't thought about it.
Me: How does Quarantino sound?
Paul: Nah, doesn't have the same ring to it.

Still laughing...

I was one of the pattern testers for Mell Meyer's new pattern - All the Diagonals.
The pattern is released today. Her blogpost shows all the pattern testers' finished tops plus ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 8 months ago. under all the diagonals , face covering , face mask , freezer paper piecing , homemade mask , mell meyer , modern quilting , paper piecing , pattern testing , quarantina , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc2020

Teal, Aqua & Turquoise from Sew Preeti Quilts

Honestly, I find these Teal, Aqua and Turquoise names confusing. Different websites will label fabrics differently. Kona and Bella have additional names like Lake, Bermuda, Lagoon, Pool and Seafoam etc.

For simplicity and clarity I have divided my stash into Greenish Blue and Bluish Green.

Greenish Blue

Bluish Greens

Picture this - Leaving the Blue station, the train will stop first at Greenish-Blue and then at Bluish-Green before coming to a halt at Green station. For all the colors that lie between Blue and Green (but are neither Blue nor Green), March is the month in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2020 ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 9 months ago. under aqua , connecting threads , mell meyer , modern quilting , pattern testing , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc2020 , ruby star society , sale , scrappy , scraps , speckled , teal , turquoise

My First Quiltcon from Sew Preeti Quilts

I was going to write a short description with a few pictures from Quiltcon. Or so I thought.
But Quiltcon exceeded all my expectations and it therefore deserves a full post of its own.

Sunday at Quiltcon

I dropped off the completed flimsies at the collection point next to registration. The blocks were overflowing from the table, when I handed her my contribution.
Woman 1 - How are they going to take everything back?
Woman 2 - It is a good problem to have.

I silently wished there wasn't a need for these blocks/quilts.

Let the eye candy begin. I ...

added by Preeti 4 years, 10 months ago. under alison glass , austin , bushfireblocks , improvisation , mell meyer , minimalism , modern quilting , modern traditionalism , negative space , quiltcon , retro radial by audrey esarey , victoria findlay wolfe

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