Tag: sewing

I actually have no idea all that I want to do in the new year, but I do know that I want to finish writing a Pac Man quilt pattern.

 

Hand Piecing: I want to finish this Tula Sunrise quilt; however, I’m not going to do the triangle border. I also did it in batiks because I hoard my Tula Pink fabric. 

After that I’m not sure.

For machine quilting: I do have an Elizabeth Hartman: Awesome Ocean, to finish. I haven’t finished it yet because I ran out of gray and had to wait until last summer so I could buy more while in the US.  I think I’d also like to do this Kinship Pattern and this Elizabeth Hartman: Rapid City.

For hand piecing I would like to begin working on Tula Nova. I have two small pieces done, but took a break to work on the Tula Sunrise with a friend. I want to hang this in my quilting room, so I am using my favorite Tula Pink fabrics. 

For knitting and crochet: I must finish at least 5 scarves and one blanket. I bought this yarn when in Leh, Ladakh. It is from Ganga.

 

Why window frames?

I saw a quilt once that looked a bit like this but couldn’t find the pattern to purchase, so I tried to replicate it. I really like the thin white sashing and how it makes it look like frames.

I also love Tula Pink’s fabrics and used fabric from at least five different lines. I enjoy how colorful her fabrics are and her use of animals. 

Where can you get it?

If you like this pattern, visit my Etsy shop: Window Frame Quilt Pattern. 

 

Christmas

This year I made one quilt specifically as a Christmas gift and I also gifted four previously made quilts.  

Gift 1

I made this quilt for my son’s girlfriend. I used a variety of blue fabrics that I already owned and some white from my local Chennai quilt shop “The Square Inch“. I chose the “By the Sea” quilt pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co. It was made for 10″ squares and was quite simple to use.  

Gift 3

I made this cassette mini quilt for my husband using a portion of Lysa Flowers “Cassette” pattern. I had originally planned to do the whole thing, but I ran out of time and the pieces were very small. 

Gift 2

I made this quilt top last Christmas but it didn’t get quilted until after the holiday. I created a sampler using patterns from the pattern book Block Genius.  I titled this quilt, “Raven’s Surprise” because my daughter played with the blocks and when put them back in order I mixed up a few. After sewing it all together I noticed two of the same blocks  next to each other. Instead of taking it all out, I just decided to embrace the mistake. Can you see it?

 

 

Gifts for my sister

A couple years ago I started making blocks from 100 Modern Quilt Blocks from Tula Pink. I chose to make three different quilts.  I started making blocks using batik, some with Tula Pink fabric, and ones using regular quilting fabric. I laid out the blocks differently in all three quilts. For this one, I made a very thin sashing because I didn’t like how it looked without it but I didn’t have much of the sashing fabric and living in India, I was unable to order more. 

 

 

This quilt pattern: “Pretty Birds”, is from Elizabeth Hartman. I loved making it. Elizabeth Hartman makes such fun patterns. I also like how colorful her examples are. 

In between my other quilt projects I was working on “Year of Scrappy Triangles” by Leila Gardunia. This foundation paper piecing was vey fun. I learned a lot.

I made this space invader quilt pattern early in my career and used fabric that I would never use if I tried it today. I didn’t realize you should only use cotton and couldn’t find bright neon cotton in Chennai, India, so I bought what I could find. It turned out to be a polyester type fabric that was difficult to sew with and sometimes looks wrinkled.

Even though I don’t like the fabric I used, I love the pattern.  If you are looking to make a quilt for someone who is nostalgic, simply loves the 80’s, or is difficult to shop for, this quilt pattern could be the ticket.

This pattern consists of four different blocks: the Squid, the Crab, the Octopus, and an Explosion block. Each block is made from 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ squares in order to make the more pixelated design in keeping with the original game.

Finished product- Throw Quilt 57 1/2″ x 48″

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