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Summer’s Empire Is Falling Down from The Snarky Quilter

Sometimes revisiting my scrap hoard sparks an idea for a new quilt. While shuffling through fabric I had Spoonflower print from a photo I came across large leaves that I hadn’t used in an earlier quilt. Here’s that quilt.

For my new quilt I pulled all sorts of autumnal colored scraps – cottons, silks, synthetics – and grouped them around the leaf panels I had left. I spent some time moving parts around and began construction in chunks.

I had another reason for making this quilt, a regional SAQA exhibit (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio) that’s to feature a bit ...

added by snarkyquilter 1 year, 4 months ago. under art quilts , in process , inspiration , regional saqa show , scheel's green , spoonflower , summer's empire is falling down , sycamore (Comments)

So Many Choices from The Snarky Quilter

It’s so easy to get tangled up in choices when I design a piece. Since my starting point is usually rough, at best, many shape and color decisions still need to be made. And it’s easy to slip into not … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 2 years, 9 months ago. under art quilts , hand dyed fabric , in process , painted fabric , spoonflower , stan hywet , trees , wall (Comments)

Neotraditional from The Snarky Quilter

I’m wrapping up 2021 with a throwback to tradition. What makes it neotraditional is the leaves, developed from a photo I edited and had printed by Spoonflower. Each leaf is framed with solids from my stash, and hand dyed linen … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 2 years, 11 months ago. under completed projects , marcia derse , spoonflower , sycamore leaf , traditional quilts (Comments)

Oh No, the “S” Word from The Snarky Quilter

Like many quilters who have been at it a while, I have plenty of fabric. Years of trips to quilt shops and gifts from former quilters have fleshed out my stash. And the internet has made it so easy to … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 1 month ago. under collage , fabric printing , fabric sales , photoshop elements , spoonflower (Comments)

Steps To Nowhere from The Snarky Quilter

Maybe it’s the season and all the plastic bones scattered about my neighbors’ lawns, but I went a bit dark for my latest work. It’s loosely based on a photo by Penny. I thought it had an unsettling, scary look. … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 1 month ago. under art quilts , in process , modern quilting , photo , spoonflower , staircase (Comments)

Shorts Part 2 – The Spoonflower Version from Needle and Foot

Hoping you read yesterday’s post as it will help make sense of this one. If you haven’t seen it yet, click here and take a minute to read it.

The tale continues….. It was sometime just after the cute cow fabric debacle I decided I wanted to try printing a special fabric on Spoonflower.

I need to back up just a bit. In March I wrote a post about a very special t-shirt my son made for me for my 60th birthday. He replicated a t-shirt I had back in my college days that I dearly loved.

added by Bernie 3 years, 2 months ago. under cal poly shorts , cow poly graphic , garment sewing , sewing clothing , sewing projects , spoonflower (Comments)

Slow Motion Finish from The Snarky Quilter

Finally it’s done, I thought as I sewed the hanging sleeve on “Shattered” yesterday. Unlike most of my work, this piece has been a multi-year effort. I wrote about its genesis from a photo of a broken mirror earlier (here … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 5 months ago. under art quilts , completed projects , fabric printing , shattered , spoonflower (Comments)

Red Rock Sunrise - SAQA Benefit Auction from From Edge 2 Edge

I had a lot of fun this year creating my 12 x 12 inch SAQA Benefit Auction piece. These little pieces always take more time than I think they will. The main reason is that I still go through a full design and critique process like I would when creating a larger piece.

For this piece I went back into my stash of fabrics that were either digital or inkjet prints. I was happy to realized that the mountain fabric I had purchased was in the same color scheme as my own design I had printed at Spoonflower several years ...

added 3 years, 7 months ago. under art quilt , auction , derwent , inktense , machine quilting , saqa , spoonflower (Comments)

My Spoonflower Addiction from The Snarky Quilter

As digital fabric printing becomes more prevalent, fabric users have even more choices for printing their own without resorting to the vagaries of their home printers. The latest SAQA Journal has a good comparison by the Pixeladies of fabric printing … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 7 months ago. under corrugated , everything else , fabric printing , in process , jill kerttula , spoonflower (Comments)

Mail Call from The Snarky Quilter

The pandemic has heightened my anticipation of mail. No more store browsing for me. I dash in, list in hand, and grab what I need. It reminds me of the name of a South Dakota convenience store I once passed, … Continue reading →

added by snarkyquilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under commentary , fabric printing , fiberdesignsbyann , photographs , spoonflower (Comments)

2021 Tea Towel Calendar from One Designer Pursuing her Dreams

Hello everyone! I just need a quick blog post to share my 2021 Tea Towel Calendar. It is available at Spoonflower.com and ON PAPER here. Click the image below to download the 11″ x 17″ paper Birdie Tea Towel. I had mine printed at the UPS store.

I think we can all agree, we are ready to get 2020 behind us.

The post 2021 Tea Towel Calendar appeared first on ReannaLily Designs by Jen Eskridge.

added by Jen Eskridge 4 years, 2 months ago. under 2021 , bird , birdie , blog , calendar , featured , free paper calendar , printable , spoonflower , tutorial

Sunshine Crossbody Pouch from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend mentioned the Sunshine Crossbody Pouch pattern from Bagstock Designs and I decided to give it a go. This is a free pattern with detailed instructions with color photos. You can also find a handful of step-by-step video tutorials on YouTube if you search for "sunshine crossbody pouch". I looked through my collection of vinyl, fat quarters from Spoonflower, and zips to come up with the perfect combination. This fabric Cephalopods world is still available on Spoonflower.

On Friday I cut out all the pieces. Fabric, interfacing, vinyl, all ready to go. I buy my zippers from Zipit Zippers ...

added by Becca 4 years, 4 months ago. under 2020 , bag , crazy , machine , maryland , md , pouch , project , projects , sew , sew my stash , spoonflower , vinyl , zipper

Call Me Badge Holder from Becca's Crazy Projects

Last week I shared my first Call Me badge holder. Saturday I grabbed some fabrics to make a couple more. This time, I used this fun tentacle print from Spoonflower.

Darling Husband wanted something bright and difficult to miss. I think this hit the mark.

This one is a little wider than the first one I made and I'm super pleased with how it turned out.

Now he will be ready the next time we get to attend a convention.

I made myself a slightly larger one, too. I love the happy crab and jellyfish!

Tools and supplies (af ...

added by Becca 4 years, 9 months ago. under 2020 , bag , crazy , machine , maryland , md , project , projects , quilt , quilting , sew , sew my stash , spoonflower , zipper

Strange Thrills: Put Your Quilts on Mugs, Notecards, Pillows, and/or Other Quilts! from Gefilte Quilt

Here are the two latest fat-quarters to enter my fabric stash. I'm certain that no one else on earth owns these fabrics. The first:

What the heck is it? A photograph of my recent Chicago quilt, downsized from its original 72 inches wide, to only 9 inches across. Six copies fit on a fat-quarter of fabric (FQs are 18" x 22").

They were printed onto a lovely organic cotton sateen by the custom printer Spoonflower.com. Spoonflower's usual price is about $13.00 per FQ - I took advantage of a two-for-one sale to pay that price for the ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 11 months ago. under building , city quilts , cityscape quilts , gifts , improvisation , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , mugs , novelty fabric , redbubble , solid fabric , spoonflower , vistaprint

Turn Your Maxi Quilts into Adorable Mini Quilts (and Maybe a Mug) from Gefilte Quilt

In our last installment, I put photos of quilts that are about 70" wide onto fat-quarters of organic cotton sateen, with the help of Spoonflower.com. I downsized each image to about 6" across. Here's the fat-quarter with images of my Los Angeles quilt. Before cutting it up, it fit 8 photos, plus four partial images along the top.

I decided to make the reprints into individual wallhangings, and this time I not only added borders, but also quilted around each building with "invisible" monofilament thread. Here's a finished Chicago wallhanging, 10" wide including borders:

The original quilt ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 11 months ago. under building , city quilts , cityscape quilts , gifts , improvisation , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , mugs , novelty fabric , redbubble , solid fabric , spoonflower

Los Angeles II: A Modern City Quilt from Gefilte Quilt

I'm on a roll with city quilts! I've made two New York quilts, a Chicago quilt, and now, a second Los Angeles quilt. (Photos of earlier quilts and an instructional booklet are here.) Below is the second Los Angeles quilt:

It's a wedding present (a scant year-and-a-half late!) for my dear friend Elizabeth and her groom Rick, who whisked her away to the East Coast, leaving her family and friends happy for them, but sorry for ourselves.

In my first LA quilt, I recreated significant buildings that would be fun to translate into fabric. For this quilt ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 4 years, 12 months ago. under building , city quilts , cityscape quilts , gifts , improvisation , modern , modern quilt , modern quilting , novelty fabric , redbubble , solid fabric , spoonflower

Cut and Paste from Quilting Solutions

My sewing machine had been gone for almost 4 weeks. I finally called on a Friday and they apparently scrambled because they had it ready to pick up on Monday. Now tell me, why couldn't they have done that 3 weeks ago? The intermittently functioning Start button performed to perfection for them so nothing was done to solve that problem. The foot pedal works great...even though it is sluggish and jumpy so nothing was done on that. I am linked to this outfit for the one-year warranty, but after that I will find someone else to work on ...

added by Mardi 5 years ago. under painting a gradation , spoonflower

Withdrawal from Quilting Solutions

My sewing machine is in the shop for annual service and hopefully a fix for the cranky start button.

I finished the Mayan mask although I will wait until I attach it to the fabric before adding the feather headdress. Can't proceed until I have my machine back.

Mayan mask without feather headdress.

I started working again on the Christmas bow for my collie Lady.

Photo that I am copying into a quilt (dog herself is done).

I have tried piecing. I have tried painting with acrylic and Paintstiks. I have tried different fabrics. I just can't get ...

added by Mardi 5 years, 1 month ago. under bow , dog , gaillardia , mayan mask , spoonflower

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