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…
Yes, that are two blocks. I was so busy sewing to reach the halfway point and planning a celebratory blogpost about it, that I did not realise I had already passed the point! I use an excel spreadsheet to jot down all the blocks I finish to have an overview of finished blocks, techniques used…
Something fun and small this week. I’ve been too busy moving and preparing my fieldwork to sew much this week. Therefore I’m going to use the opportunity to show you some of my older projects. I will continue doing this when I am in Kenya because I will have limited supplies to sew there as…
This week one of my best friends married! CONGRATULATIONS!!! The quilt above is my wedding present. I wanted to give them something special, to show how happy I am for them that they’ve found each other. So naturally, I referred back to quilting. This quilt symbolizes how their love for music binds them together. Although…
Earlier I wrote a post about how I made the quilt above: Spiralling near madness with the spiral lone star quilt Well, I made it into a bag now! This piece had been lying around forever because I was not sure what to do with it. Finally, in some kind of finishing frenzy, I decided…
