{"id":40510,"date":"2018-05-30T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=40510"},"modified":"2018-05-28T13:14:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:14:26","slug":"various-sundry-n-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/various-sundry-n-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Various &#038; Sundry 2018 n.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Administravia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/about\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy policy<\/a>. WordPress wanted me to write one because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugdpr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fabric, Products &amp; Supplies<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cotton &amp; Steel is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bim6J3NlFNU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">losing all<\/a> of its founding designers! No details as to why, but Craft Industry Alliance has <a href=\"https:\/\/craftindustryalliance.org\/cottonsteel-designers-to-move-on-from-the-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some news<\/a> and RJR will be continuing with the brand. I have to say that I haven&#8217;t been buying the designs from Cotton &amp; Steel lately. They just weren&#8217;t me. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>Tula Pink&#8217;s new Zuma line (with seahorses!) is available at some sites for pre-order.<\/p>\n<p>I never heard of Wefty before, but got to know more about the company when I read her <a href=\"http:\/\/weftyneedle.com\/blog\/2018\/5\/22\/wefty-goes-to-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> about Quilt Market in Portland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mqumag.com\/newmodern\/meander-publishing-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meander Publishing is closing<\/a> both <em>Machine Quilting Unlimited<\/em> and <em>Modern Quilts Unlimited<\/em> magazines effective immediately. &#8220;The final issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited (July\/August 2018) will be distributed in digital format only, not print. There will be no more Modern Quilts Unlimited issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Projects &amp; Tutorials<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Goer turned me on to <a href=\"https:\/\/needleandfoot.com\/2018\/01\/17\/fabric-fiction-round-six\/?utm_source=Sarah+Goer+Quilts+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=1387d9adb0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_16&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b717c6079e-1387d9adb0-61877997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabric and Fiction<\/a>. I read to much via audiobook to participate, but I love the idea. I don&#8217;t know where they are in the cycle, so take a look and see when you can jump in.<\/p>\n<p>In Color Order has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incolororder.com\/2014\/02\/how-to-make-patchwork-drawstring-bag.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial<\/a> for a patchwork drawstring bag.<\/p>\n<p>Holly of String &amp; Story created a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6GweJc7vUy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> that will start you off on FMQing feathers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quiltmaking is a wonderful thing. I love the way different people can take a block and make it look completely different. As you know, I am using EPP papers for my half hexie star quilt. I found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bg6ScUZF6ER\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on Instagram<\/a> using the same papers, but with a different and clever look!<\/p>\n<p>I was pleased to see Peg, a librarian friend who now quilts, is making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiS61nsllOt\/?taken-by=knitlibrarina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fabric of the year quilt<\/a> with her 2017 fabrics.<\/p>\n<p>Remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/design-class-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my post about Symmetry<\/a>? Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2018\/may\/02\/an-open-book-a-photographers-love-letter-to-city-libraries-in-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">library<\/a> that has gorgeous symmetry! I am sure the angle of the photo had something to do with it, but it is still a great photo. Yes, I now follow the photographer on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftnectar.com\/2018\/05\/25\/19-years-and-here-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Birthday, Modern Quilt Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administravia Check out the new privacy policy. WordPress wanted me to write one because of GDPR. Fabric, Products &amp; Supplies Cotton &amp; Steel is losing all of its founding designers! No details as to why, but Craft Industry Alliance has some news and RJR will be continuing with the brand. I have to say that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/various-sundry-n-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Various &#038; Sundry 2018 n.5&#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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-40510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-453","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\/40510","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=40510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}