{"id":47844,"date":"2019-11-17T07:08:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=47844"},"modified":"2019-11-17T19:46:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:46:51","slug":"guild-leaders-enders-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/guild-leaders-enders-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Leaders &#038; Enders Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did a demo at the guild meeting with sewing machine and everything. I created a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Leaders-and-Enders-Demo-Resources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handout<\/a>, which might be useful to some of you. I didn&#8217;t do a video, but there are some on the web already.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Hunter is the leaders and enders queen. She has a number of books on the subject and also writes about the subject frequently on her blog. She also writes a column for Quiltmaker magazine on scraps. Her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltville.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog and shop<\/a> can be found at http:\/\/www.quiltville.com<\/p>\n<p>The basic concept is: instead of just stitching over a scrap at the end of a seam, you insert piecing from another project. So each time you start or end a seam and you are ready to snip the thread and press, you sew some component of another project. (Color Girl Quilts blog)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keys for me<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designate, at least in your mind, a primary and secondary project. I like to have them completely different. Different shapes or different colors or something so I don\u2019t get confused.<\/li>\n<li>Work small. Once the project gets too large, it is difficult to keep it in the subordinate position.<\/li>\n<li>Keep patches\/units ready to go near your sewing machine.<\/li>\n<li>I find it easier to work on two completely different projects. Anything with a \u00bc\u201d seam allowance will work.<\/li>\n<li>Having shorter bits of thread between pieces keeps the thread trash to a minimum on the finished quilt. While this might be picky and odd, I sincerely dislike a lot of thread ends handing around a finished quilt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The point of leaders and enders has little to do with using thread bunnies regularly, but to get more done. Using the leaders and enders method, I get a lot more community quilts finished.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltville.com\/leadersenders.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaders and Enders<\/a> by Bonnie Hunter &#8211; full explanation with photos<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltville.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/leaders-enders-whys-and-hows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaders and Enders: the Whys and Hows<\/a> by Bonnie Hunter:&nbsp; &#8211; more updated info with images<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/gift-bags-as-leaders-and-enders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gift Bags as Leaders and Enders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happyquiltingmelissa.com\/2015\/02\/leaders-and-enders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaders and Enders by Melissa Cory<\/a> &#8211; good images to help you understand the process<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colorgirlquilts.com\/2016\/01\/leaders-and-enders-quilts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaders and Enders<\/a>, Color Girl Quilts blog:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltsbyjen.ca\/what-are-leaders-and-enders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What are Leaders and Enders<\/a>?, Quilts by Jen &#8211;&nbsp; &#8211; excellent images to help you visualize the process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2pnwNFW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adventures with Leaders and Enders<\/a> by Bonnie Hunter &#8211; also available from her shop<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XjJJt0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More Adventures with Leaders and Enders<\/a> by Bonnie Hunter &#8211; also available from her shop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did a demo at the guild meeting with sewing machine and everything. I created a handout, which might be useful to some of you. I didn&#8217;t do a video, but there are some on the web already. Bonnie Hunter is the leaders and enders queen. She has a number of books on the subject &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/guild-leaders-enders-demo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guild Leaders &#038; Enders Demo&#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":[477],"tags":[137,343],"class_list":["post-47844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-bamqg","tag-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47844","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=47844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}