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…
Have you ever looked at a pattern and be stumped of how to make it into fabric? Well, I’ve had that feeling multiple times during the Dear Jane quilt. But fear not! I have discovered a trick to work around it I’ll share with you all. You can make a lot of the tricky blocks…
So, I participated in a contest on Deviantart which was called the 10 years from now contest. Click on the link if you want to read what it is about. Sadly I did not win, but I am so proud of the finished piece and the whole process behind it that I wanted to share…
At the moment this post airs I am at the airport waiting for my plane ride to Kenya where I will be staying for about four months. Yes, you read that correctly. The great adventure I’ve been talking about IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. I am about 78% excited and 35 % terrified which should…
This month was so busy with non-sewing related stuff! For one thing, I moved back in with my parents (very cool, I know). Also, there were more Kenya preparations to be done. Still, I managed to work on quite some projects. Quilting, sewing and embroidery is the thing that calms me down and keeps me sane…
