BOO! Happy Halloween! For those of you not celebrating, here is an action packed V&S for your reading pleasure.<\/p>\n
Media<\/strong> Scientific American has an article<\/a> on innovative and ancient uses of silk.<\/p>\n Charlotte over at the Slightly Mad Quilt Lady blog writes an interesting article about the Auckland Symposium<\/a>. The silver quilts are really amazing.<\/p>\n Charlotte also brings up some good points about talking about your work fluently in a slightly older blog post<\/a>. One thing I didn’t see in the post was never to apologize for your quilt -not the design, not any flaws or errors, not the fabrics. Don’t apologize. If someone compliments you, say thank you.<\/p>\n Projects, Patterns & Tutorials<\/strong><\/p>\n Sewing Illustration<\/a> has some interesting patterns, especially one, called the Clearly Carry All Pouch<\/a>, that has a vinyl top, which would be great for carrying stuff you need to see. I also like the Triangle Pencil Case<\/a>. What a great shape!<\/p>\n Bonnie Hunter put out the introduction to her annual mystery quilt today. Look for her post<\/a> on Frolic! A Winter Mystery Quilt.<\/p>\n Have you been thinking about some fan type blocks? Spiky fans? Check out Barbara Brackman’s post<\/a> on the subject, then take a look at my tutorial<\/a> to learn to make the blocks. She shows a number of quilts and provides some information on Karen Stone’s quilts.<\/p>\n Mary gave me a link to Mrs. H’s bags and patterns<\/a>. The site has patterns to purchase, a few free patterns, and some tutorials. She recommends 2Minutes2Stitch<\/a> for bag hardware in the US. I am always on the hunt for good bag hardware. I’ll let you know if I buy something from them.<\/p>\n The holidays are coming. I saw this small, but pretty needle book project<\/a> that might be just the thing for a friend. Choose fresh, cheerful fabrics to banish the dark, winter days.<\/p>\n Need an idea for a gift or swap project? What about the stationery pouch<\/a> by Minki Kim? It could be used for pens and pencils or a small purse to put in your work or guild tote.<\/p>\n Barbara Brackman is still going strong with her Daredevil’s Block of the Week project. Elsa’s Star<\/a> is a good one and some of the examples Barbara posts are fun. The latest is Evelyn’s Star<\/a>. This is the last block in the QAL, so get busy putting those tops together. In a separate post, Barbara talks about borders<\/a> for this quilt.<\/p>\n Bonnie Hunter’s post Thanksgiving mystery quilt project is coming. She often does the introductory post around Hallowe’en, so go to the Quiltville website<\/a> to look for it.<\/p>\n The ByAnnie company has a number of free patterns on their website<\/a>. I received a catalog with a recent order and thought there were a few things that would be handy for gifts. Petit Four Baskets<\/a> would be great for organizing items on your dresser, cutting table or sewing table. Piecekeeper<\/a> has a handle and a zipper, so if you have not done either of those, this would be a good project for you. I am kind of partial to the Flower Wrist Pincushion<\/a>. It would make a great gift. All of these projects are small and will give you practice in making bags.<\/p>\n Exhibits & Events<\/strong> Fabric, Supplies, Tools & Notions<\/strong><\/p>\n I have been buying a lot of zippers lately as I go through my bagmaking binge. I found a zipper vendor<\/a> that says they manufacture zippers in LA and ship zippers internationally. I haven’t checked their site out thoroughly yet, but I am in the market for a handbag zipper so I will soon. This may be a wholesaler, which would be sad.<\/p>\n I saw the Smith General Store<\/a> in Love of Patchwork & Quilting. They have a small, but interesting selection of fabric. They also carry finished quilts.<\/p>\n One of the topics in the FB Kaffe Fassett Collective group is where to buy Kaffe fabrics. This isn’t really a problem for me, but recently I checked out a few shops (very dangerous) and found that Island Quilter<\/a> has a great selection of my man Phil’s fabrics.<\/p>\n Other Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n I love these paper dresses<\/a> – yes, paper!<\/p>\n Quilt Diva Julie has made major progress on her bird quilt<\/a> and her zap of lightning idea looks fabulous.<\/p>\n Tips & Tricks<\/strong><\/p>\n Crafty Gemini has some bag making tips<\/a> in preparation for her new bagmaking club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BOO! Happy Halloween! For those of you not celebrating, here is an action packed V&S for your reading pleasure. Media The Canva Color Wheel describes itself as making color combinations easy. I haven’t checked it out in detail. Let me know what you find out. 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\nThe Canva Color Wheel<\/a> describes itself as making color combinations easy. I haven’t checked it out in detail. Let me know what you find out.<\/p>\n
\nMarianne Fons and Liz Porter have an exhibit of their best quilt at the quilt museum in Winterset. Marianne writes<\/a> about it on her blog.<\/p>\n