This is a very sad announcement, but I feel I have to do it: I will stop writing weekly blog posts for a while. I am nearing the end of my Kenyan adventure and fieldwork and I notice I have too many different things to do to do them all well. It is best that…
First off: a happy new year! My cross stitch friend Galdra, or magical525 on Deviants runs a blog with many beautiful sew alongs (SALs), check them out here: Magical quilts and more. Galdra is an amazing pattern designer and I look forward to the day I can participate in another one of her SAL’s from…
I am not sad though, blue is just one of the background colours of the square quilt blocks of my Dear Jane quilt. I thought it would be fun to dedicate four Dear Jane posts to the four background colours I am using. This will give me the opportunity to write about the importance of…
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This article is not about make-up, but about quilting, because that is what I know. In this post, I’ll tell you more about the foundation piecing technique with the help of blocks I finished from my Dear Jane sampler quilt you see on top. To read more about that project check this link: The Dear Jane…
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:…
