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The Minikins page is updated again. So many patterns! So little time.
The Niece-phews page has also been updated. The more nieces and nephews I get the more quilts get added to that page!
The Quilts in Print page is one I haven’t looked at in a long time. I took the time to update it this month when a quilt was mentioned in a book I was reading.
The Color Strip and Chunk page has also been updated to include the new green top as well as some new formatting.
Projects, Classes, Patterns, Techniques & Tutorials
Friend Julie found a Backpack Organizer tutorial and posted it in her July Cornucopia post. She has a lot of other interesting links on a variety of topics as well.
At PIQF I was startled by a designer who was glad I had returned to her booth and was ready to demo something like the 1 hour circle technique for me. I was startled because I had never visited Snapdragon Quilting before. Once we got that straightened out, I was able to look around the booth. I like the patterns she has designed. They are fresh and fun. It is also great to see a new and enthusiastic designer. She has a blog. One of her posts has good information about pre-washing fabric.
Check out the new subscription box options from Alison Glass. Kudos to her and her team for thinking up something new: 2.5 inch squares. There are a lot of good quilts to make from 2.5 inch squares!
Create Whimsy has an EPP resource page. It includes tools, supplies, books and a lot of information to help you start learning English Paper Piecing.
Need some binding refreshers? Ali from Arabesque Scissors has three different binding options on a recent blog post.
MaryC did a trunk show at the guild meeting this month. I loved the show and learned so much about her quiltmaking life! One thing I didn’t know is how much she loves Jelly Rolls. One quilt she made is called Simplify from Cluck Cluck Sew. This is a great quilt and I might want to make it. I don’t really want to buy another pattern, however.
Tools, Books, Fabric, Notions & Supplies
Have you seen all the new kits, fabric, patterns and books on Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s website?
Check out the new fabrics on Sewing Party’s website.
Media, Books and Articles
Desiree Habicht designed the steampunk aquatic print I bought at Feather Your Nest in Gresham. I went looking for more information and found an interview with her on Create Whimsy. I love reading about how artists get to where they are and how they find inspiration. Find more about her work at her website, Desiree Designs.
The DAR is hosting a symposium on November 1 about the role of sewing and textiles in American history, and it features a lecture on “Quilts as Messengers” Lynne Zacek Bassett! In this lecture, Bassett will explore the historical roots of today’s popular use of quilts to convey powerful messages. If you’re interested in learning more about how quilts have been used to express love, sorrow, protest, piety, community, patriotism, and memory, this is the event for you! You can learn more about the symposium on Eventbrite.
Other Artists
OMG! What is happening? Quiltmakers are passing away at an alarming rate! We lost Faith Ringold in April. Recently, I talked about my sadness at Ruth McDowell’s passing. In the last week or so I heard that Carol Lyles Shaw, Freddy Moran and Sarah Bond also passed away. I am really sad. The guild had a very successful workshop last year with Carol Lyles Shaw. I didn’t take it, but I have been enjoying the results and the confidence people got from her.
As far as I can tell, Freddy Moran does not have her own website, though search results point to a number of artists and journalists talking to her or about her. There are a number of videos. I was a fan of Gwen Marston and became more of a fan of Freddy when the two of them started to collaborate. Their book, Collaborative Quilting**, is wonderful. I worked with red and pink as backgrounds and was thrilled when Freddy started to tout red as a neutral.
Finally, I am really sad about Sarah Bond. She had been fighting breast cancer for years. She couldn’t quit her engineering job to teach full time, because of the health insurance. She needed it for her illness. Her work is shown on her IG feed. I am sad because she was young, but also because I loved her designs and never got the chance to take a class from her. I really like her Flying Geese quilt and the plates quilt(s). I don’t see any patterns or a website for her, but will continue looking.
I guess this is a lesson to take the classes I want to take when I can, don’t wait.
NQR
Cups for Pups: Join my Lil Sissy in helping to fund the Recovery Ranch Sanctuary via GoFundMe. She is working on creating a place where the dogs of those needing recovery will be taken care of while their people are getting help.
Tim showed me a bag he bought recently on his travels. It is from Coba and made of some kind of thick felt. It is a really interesting bag.
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