{"id":60686,"date":"2023-12-01T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T15:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=60686"},"modified":"2023-12-01T09:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:24:03","slug":"various-sundry-2023-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/various-sundry-2023-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2023 #13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Admin<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you care about pouches, I updated the Minikins page<\/a> again.<\/p>\n

I am tempted to put all of my donation quilts on one page and all of my other quilts on a different page.<\/p>\n

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

Janome came out with the Continental M17<\/a>. I was sort of interested when Sarah talked about it. She also wrote a post about the embroidery<\/a> function, specifically. I saw that the price is almost $20,000. I am not going to do enough machine embroidery to justify that price. The M7<\/a>, I thought was the same, but the non-embroidery version. It isn’t the same, but is ‘only’ $8000. The M8<\/a> is $9000 and also not what I was thinking about. Hhhmm. Maybe they don’t sell the one I was imagining. Or maybe I imagined it! Or I don’t need a new machine.<\/p>\n

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Ironing board as desk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I do not recommend using your ironing board as a desk. How would you be able to iron your quilt projects? The good thing is that you can raise and lower the height to suit your body’s needs.<\/p>\n

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

Natalie from Sew Hungry Hippie has a tutorial<\/a> on using the printed vinyl she sells, like the glitter vinyl I swooned over.<\/p>\n

Check out Sarah’s tutorial<\/a> for Lapped and Felled seams.<\/p>\n

Sweetseamz has a great version<\/a> of the Retreat Bag from Emmaline<\/a>. Her modifications make it much more useful! The Retreat Bag is a free pattern<\/a>, though you do need to buy the frame, if you don’t make your own. I have made a few of these, like the Sugar Skull version<\/a>, and like the open wide design.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn rotary cutting, a video<\/a> that Carrie shared with me is pretty good. Jennie at Clover and Violet talks about using Creative Grids<\/a>** rulers and the same kind of Olfa rotary cutter<\/a>** I like. Her point about not using the cutting mat lines to measure is excellent. Please note that pressing your fabric before you cut improves accuracy<\/p>\n

Bonnie Hunter has started her annual mystery quilt again. Check out the tab on her blog or go to Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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