Quilted projects

Quilts for Pulse Heart Quilt

Sep 7, 2016CarmitFinish it up Friday, Longarm, MQG, Quilted projects, Rainbowheart, heart quilt, Ikea Britten Nummer, quilts for pulse, Rainbow, rainbow quilt

It’s sad that we’re in September now and I had to think back to when the Pulse night club shooting in Orlando took place. It’s a short news-cycle world we live in. At any rate, I asked the members of the Munich Modern Quilt Guild (oh, yeah, did I mention I started an MQG in…

Bookshelf Mini Quilt

Jul 11, 2016Carmit2 CommentsLongarm, Quilted projects, Quilty giftsbookshelf, bookshelf quilt, finished quilt, Longarm, mini quilt, quilt, quilting, Rainbow, selvage

My friend Cathy, mother of Rachel and Louise, turned fifty recently and I had to commemorate the occasion. Cathy is an incredible writer, so I decided to make her a bookshelf mini, which hopefully she can hang in her writing shed. I loosely followed the tutorial by Don’t Call Me Betsy and was fortunate to…

Louise’s Quilt

Jun 11, 2016Carmit3 CommentsQuilted projects, Thomas Knauergrid, quilt, Thomas Knauer

Remember the Loulouthi Tiles quilt that I made for Rachel’s 18th birthday? You’ll recall that my idea for the quilt and my friend’s idea were… not quite the same. But she promised me that I could make the happy rainbow quilt I had envisioned for her second daughter, who was a wee lass of 14 back then, and…

Tula Pink Saltwater Quilt

Jan 24, 2016Carmit1 CommentQuilted projects, Tula Pinkfinished quilt, HST, Saltwater, Tula Pink

Back in 2012, in the early days of my (decidedly one-sided) love affair with Tula Pink, I bought a fat-quarter set of the Saltwater fabric collection, which I promptly left to marinate for three years because it was too stressful to cut into. But when I got a half-square triangle die for my Accuquilt a few months…

All the things

Mar 7, 2015CarmitMaking plans, Quilted projects, Tula Pink, Tula Pink City Sampler Sew-Along

Yeah, yeah. Sew your stash, finish-along, quilt-along, WIP Wednesday, Finish it up Fridays, quilting resolutions. Whatever. I’ve committed to none of these for 2015, but what I am trying to do is sew more regularly, and not just on the weekend. Or if not to sew, then to do something sewing related at least every day.…

MQG Michael Miller Fabric Challenge

Aug 23, 2014Carmit2 CommentsQuilted projectschallenge, Craftsy, Michael Miller Fabrics, MQG, Pinwheel Petals, quilt, table runner

Back in.. April? May? I received an envelope with six Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fat eighths courtesy of the Modern Quilt Guild. I had loads of time to think of something to do with them, so I mulled it over as I watched challenge projects pop up in my blog reader and on Instagram. The…

Blogger’s Quilt Festival: Dreamweaver Quilt

Oct 27, 2013Carmit14 CommentsQuilted projectsBlogger's Quilt Festival, Rainbow, Roy G. Biv, Tula Pink, Tula Pink Dreamweaver

I’ve shown a couple of glimpses of the Dreamweaver quilt, but haven’t said much more about it. The summer before last, in my very early quilting days, I went to Liverpool for the day with a friend. My intention was to spend most of the time in the Tate Modern there, but my friend had…

Futzing

Oct 25, 2013Carmit12 CommentsBaby Quilts, Finish it up Friday, Quilted projects

In the past month I’ve felt like I’ve mostly just been futzing around. Nothing was getting done–though lots of things were on the go–and I just felt like I was getting nowhere with my sewing. I had figured that once I quit my job and was home all day I’d be sewing non-stop, but in…

A bit of this and a bit of that

Sep 24, 2013Carmit4 CommentsQuilted projects#MSBHQAL, herringbone, quilt-along, quilt-as-you-go, Update

I’ve been quiet lately, not because I haven’t been sewing, but because I haven’t had much finished to talk about. Here’s a bit of an update. Tula Pink City Sampler? Yeah. About that. I’ve got about 25 blocks finished but I’ve found the quarter-inch foot on my machine to be just off so I’ve had…

Loulouthi Tiles – Finished!

Sep 11, 2013Carmit3 CommentsPattern review, Quilted projects, Quilty giftsLoulouthi, Loulouthi Tiles

It’s official–I handed over the Loulouthi Tiles quilt. It wasn’t without its hurdles, but I absolutely love how this quilt turned out! This quilt is based on a free pattern from Stitched in Color, and after a bit of thinking, came together very quickly. I was able to piece the top in one day. The…