The Nearly insane quilt is a sampler quilt based on a quilt made by Salinda Rupp in 1870. When Liz Lois saw the quilt in an out-of-print book she got inspired and created patterns and a book for everyone to use. The title is chosen because many of the blocks in this quilt have an…
This was a very big month: I turned 26, climbed a mountain, renewed my visa and had a pretty bad cold for a long time. But I am well again and ready to do even more amazing things in December. Also, I discovered that I’ve been having at least one daily visitor for more than 2…
This post is to motivate everyone who just started out quilting or is unsure about their capabilities. Quilting is hard and some blocks and patterns will go badly. Usually, we as humans have a tendency to hide our mistakes and imperfections. However, when I started this blog I vowed not to do that. I do…
I have the solid conviction that the world would be a better place if more people picked up needle and thread to make a quilt. This would solve two things: Quilting is very calming and gives such a sense of accomplishment that nobody will feel the urge to fight each other anymore. You can use…
As promised in last week’s post, here an update of the overall design ideas for my Kenyan quilt. First, I wanted to put both stories about the blocks and the overall quilt design in one post but it became way too long, so now you have two times the fun. I am designing quilt patterns:…
As I said: it’s my birthday! In honour of that here is a post reflecting on my year, and especially on how far I’ve come as an artist. if a woman can’t brag about her achievements on her birthday, when can she right? And this was quite a year. I’ve fallen in love, got my…
Hello, you lovely people! I thought it time to give you all an update on my Kenyan quilt. Especially because a lot has been going on with it lately. This is turning into a much bigger project than I anticipated, but then again that seems to be what happens when I start designing a quilt.…
Another month has passed, time is going so quickly! Here is an update of all the creative things I’ve done. Not a lot this time, because I’ve been very busy with my research. First of: I won a thing! It is true! I participated in a contest on Deviantart run by the project educate group…
Many quilters are afraid of the Y-seam. I am not one of those quilters. Actually ever since I made the star of the Orient block by Judy Martin I fell in love with them. The technique feels like a magic trick where you insert pieces of fabric were they should not be able to go…
This post is very unusual in a way because it talks about all the projects I am currently working on. Normally I make a selection of the most relevant ones because I have more than ten projects running at any given moment in time. However, now I am living in Kenya I have limited access…
