{"id":35181,"date":"2017-01-11T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=35181"},"modified":"2017-01-11T13:42:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T20:42:27","slug":"various-sundry-2017-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/various-sundry-2017-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2017 #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shopping<\/strong><\/p>\n

The City Quilter Online Store<\/a> is now working.<\/p>\n

Have you looked at Stash Fabrics? I really like the fabrics they have – motifs and colors.<\/p>\n

I finally took a look at The Precut Shop<\/a> by the fabulous Christa Watson. I am remorseful that it wasn’t sooner, but very glad I did now. First, the shop is Amazon based, so easy payment and, presumably, easy shipping options. The stock, however is amazing. There was page after page of every precut imaginable. I couldn’t even look at all the offerings! Take a look.<\/p>\n

Fabric and Tools
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Pam has a blank copy of her fabric usage spreadsheet available on a post<\/a> from a few years back. It is a good time to start tracking your usage. I did it all last year and it helped me to understand what fabrics I was using and how much. I made much better choices about fabric purchases. Cheryl, a BAMer, wrote a great post<\/a> about her spreadsheet for the BAM blog. She talks about her theories around it, why she does it and how she does it.<\/p>\n

Accuquilt is having a die sale<\/a> through January 31. They have some great dies, even basic options. The site also has an option to register your dies, which creates a list of all of your dies in one place. I have been using my Accuquilt and the dies on and off for various projects as well as for clearing out my scrap bin. It really helps with cutting.<\/p>\n

Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friend Julie turned me on to Makelight<\/a>, which has some interesting visual reports. They appear to be in the business of improving followers on Instagram, so they are selling something. I am just in the process of trying out the tools.<\/p>\n

Frances of The Off Kilter Quilt<\/a> podcast fame has a new website called Quilt Fiction<\/a>. You might be able to read her newsletter on the site, but you can definitely subscribe. If you subscribe to the newsletter, you get a lovely short story. I read the short story and definitely wanted to know more about the characters. If you can’t read the newsletter on the site, there is plenty of other quilty-goodness to read. She has frequent blog posts about books related to quilts. One of my favorite posts is one called Everyday Uses<\/a>. While it is brief, it makes me think about the everyday use of quilts. I agree with the mother in the story in that you make a quilt and if it gets used up, you make another one. I don’t want to say that quilts aren’t precious to me, but there is always more fabric.<\/p>\n

I follow Schmetz Needles on Twitter and was pleased and intrigued to see that they have an online magazine called Inspired to Sew. Check out their site<\/a> for the current and archived issues.<\/p>\n

Copyright<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might have seen the whole unpleasant drama<\/a> about someone stealing\u00a0 an image of FOTY 2015. Someone sent me a link to another site that was discussing the same issue<\/a>. Please note that I am not a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Other<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want a lovely downloadable calendar, check out the Grove website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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