{"id":50725,"date":"2020-10-11T07:13:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=50725"},"modified":"2020-10-11T21:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T04:54:29","slug":"various-sundry-2020-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/various-sundry-2020-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2020 #14"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, Happy Birthday to my fabulous Mom who is 29 again today. I don’t know how old that makes me (theoretically 9, but the math doesn’t work with a 23YO YM, so you can decide how old I am). Check out her blog, Mary’s Art Musings<\/a>. She has started writing about drawing and painting again.<\/p>\n

On to your regularly scheduled programming.<\/p>\n

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

I received the Mrs. H newsletter. Apparently, the UK has Recycle Week and Mrs. H took the opportunity to provide upcycling tips for bags, including checking bags at thrift stores for good hardware. Sign up for the newsletter on their main page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have purchased from ZipIt<\/a> before, but I have to say that they have super excellent, excellent customer service. I went back and forth with them because I made a mistake in ordering the colors (and I did try to be organized!) and Jennie, who helped me, was so nice and patient about it all. THEN I got the zippers the next day. I was talking to her one day and the zippers were in my hand the next day. No kidding, no exaggeration. It was all great.<\/p>\n

Scruffy Quilts has a new website<\/a>. It has a fresher look and links to a variety of supplies and services.<\/p>\n

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

I was looking around for a quick zipper pouch pattern. I found several. This one from CloudSplitter Bags<\/a> has nice details.<\/p>\n

I was looking up swap themes and came across a tutorial for a banner<\/a>. I have been wanting to make (or be gifted) a banner for Thanksgiving and this tutorial might get me in gear!<\/p>\n

You’ve already missed 10 days of the Stitch Pink Quilt-a-Long, but it is not too late to join and to catch up. This is a free QAL to support Breast Cancer Awareness. It is co-hosted by The Fat Quarter Shop and Moda. The quilt along began on October 1<\/strong> on Moda\u2019s blog<\/a> where they are releasing a new block pattern each day until October 31<\/strong>! The FQS is sewing along with Moda using the Stitch Pink October 2020 Quilt Kit<\/a> that includes more than 10 yards of Grunge Basics for the piecing and the background. They also have a matching Backing Set<\/a> for a perfectly pink quilt that really pops with color! I am sure, however, you have enough pink in your stash to make this without buying anything new. I don’t know that I will sew along, but I’ll go look at the blocks and see what I think. Use the hashtag #StitchPink2020.<\/p>\n

I found a pincushion pattern that is adorable! It is called the Little Birdie Pincushion<\/a> and can be found on the Quiltscapes site. The tutorial and the pattern are free. Makes great gifts.<\/p>\n

Jeni from In Color Order has a new Vote mini quilt tutorial on her site. I would love one to hang in my front window.<\/p>\n

SuzyQuilts is leading the Shine Sew-a-Long<\/a>. You need to buy the pattern.<\/p>\n

The Sewing Loft is having a Zipper Bag Swap<\/a>. Cost is $5.<\/p>\n

Quilting Jet Girl has a tutorial<\/a> on setting blocks in a circle. I did this sort of setting for my Carpenter’s Wheel<\/a>. It isn’t really rocket science. You just need to fill in the gaps with blocks. I made up my blocks from 2.5″ squares, but you can do it with one piece of fabric.<\/p>\n

Sophie at CraftBuds told me about their flat zipper pouch tutorial<\/a>. I haven’t tried it, but I did take a quick glance at the site and there is a lot of information that might be useful.<\/p>\n

I saw a great bag<\/a> on the Sew4Home Etsy store. It is listed as a diaper bag, but it could also be used for general around town use. It has a great shape.<\/p>\n

You still have time to start the Rockstar Bag Sew-along<\/a>, which is starting in the Sew Sweetness Facebook group tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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

The guild had a presentation from Cheryl Brickey at last month’s meeting. I wasn’t familiar with her work, but really liked her presentation. She has a blog<\/a>, sells patterns, has a book, Modern Plus Sign Quilts<\/a>, and another one, Just One Charm Pack<\/a>, coming out. She also hosts mystery quilts and quilt-a-longs<\/a> and teaches Electric Quilt class for the company. She has some of those classes coming up a QuiltCon Together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bonnie Hunter talks a little about reorganizing her fabric stash<\/a> in her new space. She has some good tips. I especially like “put your fabric where you will use it”.<\/p>\n

Media, Exhibitions and Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

I mentioned my pal, Jeff Rutherford’s, new podcast, Quilting Stories. A few weeks ago he and co-host, Elaine Poplin (IG:@messygoat) interviewed me. If you are interested in hearing my story, check out the latest episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The popular Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show<\/a>, located in Oregon, went virtual this summer, so you can still enjoy the beauty of this show.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Kristy of Bonjour Quilts, I go this tidbit and the links: “The Houston International Quilt Festival will be held online in December this year – bookmark this page<\/a> for details. Similarly, Quilt Market will be held virtually in January 2021. Details will be released here<\/a>.” Barbara Brackman has a post<\/a> on the Houston Quilt Festival as well. She reports that there will be a Virtual Quilt Market January 26-28, 2021.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has a series of murals depicting quiltmakers and quilts, which was recently reported<\/a> on the Quilting Digest Blog.<\/p>\n

My longarmer, Colleen Granger, now has  YouTube Channel<\/a>. Get in on the ground floor by subscribing now.<\/p>\n

If you are making a quilt for someone who is colorblind, you might want to use Coblis<\/a> to see how your selected palette will look to them. Upload a picture of your fabric to see how it looks with various types of colorblindness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, Happy Birthday to my fabulous Mom who is 29 again today. I don’t know how old that makes me (theoretically 9, but the math doesn’t work with a 23YO YM, so you can decide how old I am). Check out her blog, Mary’s Art Musings. She has started writing about drawing and painting again. … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2020 #14”<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[486],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-50725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","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\/50725","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=50725"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50948,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50725\/revisions\/50948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}