{"id":48490,"date":"2020-02-28T07:09:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=48490"},"modified":"2020-02-25T22:06:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:06:37","slug":"various-sundry-2020-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/various-sundry-2020-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2020 #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Barbara Brackman has a wonderful quilt<\/a> she has been puzzling over with a friend. She is calling it Friendship Knot, but I get the impression they don’t know where the quilt design\/pattern came from. Check out the block! It is so interesting the way this pattern is put together. I might want to make this quilt. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

This is not a political blog and I am not for or against any candidate right now, please no political diatribes. However, when I see a quilt on the wall of a politician’s office<\/a>, I have to take notice. I really want to know the story behind the quilt on the wall. Is it his? Is it part of the office decor? Who made it? This is a NY Times article, so you may have to access it through your public library.<\/p>\n

I saw a series of books on color by Michael Pastoreau. To date he has written volumes on blue<\/a>, yellow<\/a>, red<\/a>, green<\/a>, and black<\/a>. I haven’t read any of these books, but I think I will need to see if the library has them.<\/p>\n

According to a website<\/a>, drawing is the fastest and most effective way to learn.<\/p>\n

Doing Good<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have seen the Color Strip\/Chunk quilt tops<\/a> and the Color Improv quilt tops<\/a> I have been making. I talk about them all the time. I recently saw Quilt Diva Julie’s blog and was inspired by some pieces<\/a> she is making.<\/p>\n

Classes, Lectures & Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weeks Ringle has a really great post<\/a> on preparing for workshops.<\/p>\n

I found a video workshop talking about box corners<\/a> for bags. The presenter talks about creating box corners of different sizes with the theory behind the process. Sara Lawson, Sew Sweetness, also has a tutorial about boxing corners<\/a>. It is focused on using her boxing corners ruler tool<\/a>. The two methods are slightly different. In Sara’s tutorial, the choice of how large to box a corner seems a little arbitrary.<\/p>\n

Sara also has a tutorial on tapering corners<\/a>. For pillows and similar projects, tapering the corners actually makes the corners look more square. Not tapering the corners can (for some mathematical reason, I am sure) make them look very long and thin. In the tutorial, she shows a paper template, but she also, now, sells a rotary ruler version<\/a>. I don’t see a link to the paper template, but you can make your own by looking at the example in the video.<\/p>\n

Fabric, Supplies & Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since I read Sarah’s blog post<\/a> about the Janome M7 Continental, I am in love. I think I become enamored with each new machine that Janome releases!<\/p>\n

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Janome M7 Continental<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Janome claims that “one of the favorite features is that the M7 has the industry\u2019s largest sewing space available on any household use machine. With 13 \u00bd\u201d of work space, a total work area of 17.81\u201d, more than 3\u201d in the needle\/needle plate section, your sewing capacity will improve all around. With an added extension table of 26.77\u201d X 15.75\u201d, you\u2019ll have even more work space to utilize! Check out the M7.<\/a>“<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Heidi Proffety has a 3 part series of videos where she gives an in depth look at the M7 and its features, all three parts of her tutorial can be found on their Facebook<\/a> page or on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have a KAMsnaps installation kit. Crafty Gemini<\/a> recommended it and I used it for my 4-Zip Organizer<\/a>. I had a hard time with it, so I was pleased to see a video about using it<\/a>. I am not sure if the video helps, but I will try again to get the KAMsnaps to work on my project.<\/p>\n

Lauren Mormino has a selection of bag hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

I really like the interesting circles in this quilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Patterns, Projects, Tutorials & Designs<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to use Illustrator to design quilts, check out a page on the Adobe site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barbara Brackman has a block on her blog<\/a> called Dog Star. She shows a quilt that is really cool looking.<\/p>\n

Pouches have been on my mind. Perhaps because of the fabulous gift<\/a> pouches I received recently. A long time ago, I visited Kelley and she gave me the zippers for a Triple Zip Pouch<\/a>. I hunted down the directions<\/a> and think it might be time to make it. I might have to make two and send one to Kelly. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

I have not made a Bionic Bag; I have made several Sew Together Bags<\/a>. However, I found a video<\/a> (I know! Why I am watching videos is a whole different issue) that I thought compared the Sew Together Bag with the Bionic Gear Bag. I was wrong. The video compares three versions of the Bionic Gear Bag: The Mother Lode, the Bonza and the Original. I don’t know the sizes, but the Mother Lode kind of looks like it might be comparable to my All Rolled Up Tote<\/a>. The presenter also mentions a baby version. You can find the pattern for the Baby version on the downloadable products<\/a> page. If you want to make the Bonza version, check out the page of workshops and video tutorials<\/a>. That page has a good close-up of the features of the bag as well.<\/p>\n

Recently, I mentioned the Knot & Thread Hello Pouch pattern<\/a>. While checking out other videos, I saw a free tutorial for a similar pouch tutorial<\/a> from Olfa. I haven’t made either bag and I can see some slight changes, but essentially they look the same. This presenter, Lauren Mormino<\/a>, does everything on camera. The sewing was great, but I sped through the opening of her new rotary kit and all the cutting. She doesn’t have any step-outs prepared in advance. This is a really quick project. I would definitely bind the raw edges on the inside. She deals with the vinyl in a different way than I do. Check out my tips and tricks for using vinyl<\/a> if you don’t have a similar machine to hers.<\/p>\n

I also found a slightly different vinyl bag from So Sew Easy<\/a>. These make great project bags or ways to organize your fabric closet or supply check. This video has a very interesting method for enclosing the zipper. I want to think about how I could use it for other projects.<\/p>\n

There are a whole bunch of zipper pouch tutorials<\/a> in one place at Threading My Way.<\/p>\n

A long time ago, I participated in a Sew Sweetness Purse-a-Palooza. I was looking through her older blog posts and I came across my post on her site<\/a>. It was fun to see my work out there in the blogosphere.<\/p>\n

My eye doctor asked me to put a heated compress on my eyes each night, which I thought might be easier if I had an eye mask. I went looking for a tutorial since I have fabric and rice here at home. I found one<\/a> which starts out talking the author’s optometrist as well. Chloe of Nurturing Creativity has tutorial called “How to Create  a Heated Eye Mask<\/a>.” How perfect is that?<\/p>\n

If you like Zen Chic, I stumbled onto her free pattern page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I wandering around the web, I also came across the Moda Blockheads 3 project<\/a>. I am sure most of you know about this, but I wasn’t in the loop. Lots of interesting blocks. The Zen Chick LOVE block<\/a> would make great pincushions.<\/p>\n

I saw this super cute coffee cozy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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