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February 21, 2023

Project QUILTING 14.4 – A Novel Project from Quilting & Learning

Yes, I'm back - I can't believe it either, but how could I resist a challenge about books and novels? It just had to happen

added by Andree G. Faubert 1 year, 10 months ago. under english paper piecing , epp , fmq , free motion quilting , novelty fabric , project quilting , summer book club qal

July 19, 2022

Books everywhere on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

My favourite summer pastime is reading. In this post, we are celebrating all kinds of books - the free motion quilted (FMQ) and the paper pieced kind

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 5 months ago. under fmq , foundation paper piecing , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , linking party , summer book club qal , tall tales book block

July 15, 2022

Coneflowers and books on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to Week 388 of Free Motion Mavericks! I hope that this pre-holiday weekend finds you well

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 5 months ago. under fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , linking party , summer book club qal , table scraps challenge

June 15, 2022

June's OMG and Summer Book Club QAL from Quilting & Learning

A quick post to announce that I'm going to be playing with fun fabrics as part of Kate Basti's The Summer Book Club QAL.

Making more book blocks

I'm thrilled to have found out about The Summer Book Club QAL on Instagram. It uses one of my favourite foundation paper piecing blocks - the Tall Tales Quilt Block. Kate Basti has designed the block and it can be purchased on her Etsy shop (links in Related links below). The pattern is only $1, and she's donating all of her sales of the pattern to the Ronald McDonald ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 2 years, 6 months ago. under foundation paper piecing , instagram , kate basti , quilt along , summer book club qal , tall tales book block

March 7, 2020

Finished Book Blocks from Quilting & Learning

The Summer Book Club QAL may have finished a while back, but I just finished my last two book block minis. Better late than never - and I'm really happy with them. I think that they will look good in my colleagues' cubicles

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 9 months ago. under cubicle minis , fmq , free motion quilting , kimono silk thread , summer book club qal

October 28, 2019

Nifty Novelties Blog Hop at Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome to week 252 of Free Motion Mavericks and the opening day of Nifty Novelties Blog Hop, hosted by Marian of Seams to be Sewn. Marian has obtained some great giveaways, so please read below.

Paddington Bear visits Nifty Novelties Blog Hop

Last fall on Throwback Thursday for October, my daughter reminded me of my promise to make her a Paddington Bear quilt. I promptly bought the fabrics, and then all kinds of art quilting deadlines happened! I've got a good idea of the quilt's design but I have a couple more quilts to do before I can ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 5 years, 1 month ago. under crafted appliqué technique , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , kimono silk thread , linking party , minis , nifty novelties blog hop , novelty fabric , seams to be sewn , summer book club qal

October 15, 2019

Fantastical book block on Free Motion Mavericks from Quilting & Learning

Welcome back to Free Motion Mavericks. This is Week 250! Isn't that amazing? Most of those weeks were hosted by Muv of Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing. Congrats!

Creating a fantastical book block

Since the last Free Motion Mavericks that I hosted, I worked on the appliqué book block. It started off as this, and had morphed into this (so far) →

The original foundation
paper pieced block

Adding some appliqué

Here's a look at the process.

I went through my stash of fun fabrics and came up with this layout.

Laying out the pieces

The next part was to ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 5 years, 2 months ago. under applique , fmq , free motion mavericks , free motion quilting , linking party , summer book club qal

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