{"id":36643,"date":"2017-05-15T06:42:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36643"},"modified":"2017-05-12T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T23:04:44","slug":"various-sundry-2017-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/various-sundry-2017-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Various &#038; Sundry 2017 #8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/for-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For Sale<\/a> page. I know you want a new design wall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patterns &amp;Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fabric Mutt has a project called the Gingham Girls Stationery Kit. I am not sure why it is called &#8216;stationery&#8217; unless that is part of the name of the fabric line? This is a small sewing kit project, similar to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/gift-needle-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">needle case<\/a> that I make sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools &amp; Techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applegreen Cottage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.applegreencottage.com\/2017\/04\/how-to-start-sewing-without-knot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted a tutorial<\/a> about starting off sewing without a knot. This is useful in theory, but genius. It is easy and I was amazed by the effectiveness. Apparently, the blog owner has a lot of tutorials on the site, which I have not yet reviewed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pam has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makemodern.com.au\/issue16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pattern in an Australian Modern Quilting magazine<\/a>. Take a look at her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiptobeasquarepodcast.com\/2017\/05\/htbas-episode-303\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a> and listen to her podcast for a discount code. It is downloadable so you won&#8217;t have to wait for it to arrive AND you won&#8217;t have to devote shelf space to the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.120blocks.com\/books-on-monday-design-inspirations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pointed me<\/a> to Margaret Soloman Gunn&#8217;s work and <a href=\"http:\/\/quiltsoflove.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her blog<\/a>. The description of herself and her blog made me smile and I love the style of her writing.<\/p>\n<p>Sad news that a majority share of Craftsy is being purchased by NBCUniversal. I am sure we will get more spam, more PITA and less content. I am sure the owners are happy. I got an email with this news and don&#8217;t see it on the Craftsy blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jackie has upgraded her workroom. She wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewexcitedquilts.com\/2017\/05\/05\/ikea-hack-cutting-board-storage-studio-makeover-part-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a> about what she did and what she used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please check out my For Sale page. I know you want a new design wall. Patterns &amp;Projects Fabric Mutt has a project called the Gingham Girls Stationery Kit. I am not sure why it is called &#8216;stationery&#8217; unless that is part of the name of the fabric line? This is a small sewing kit project, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/various-sundry-2017-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Various &#038; Sundry 2017 #8&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[434],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-36643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-various-sundry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}