2012

Sew Intertwined QAL Planning

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Sew Intertwined QAL

We already have 34 members in our Sew Intertwined Flickr Group! I am so excited to have all of you joining us in making this quilt and I know Jenna is too! A few people are already well on their way to picking out fabrics and planning their layouts.

Jenna has put up some great templates and images over on SewHappyGeek today to help you in the planning process.

Sew Intertwined Quilt - Stockholm Fabrics by Robin Singone

Here is an image of my quilt – I did 2 different fabrics for my HSTs, so my one yard print is the Daisy Janie – Shades of Gray, Rag Tag.  I have used it in every single one of my blocks – I like the continuity it gives my quilt.  So head over to SewHappyGeek and download the templates!

AND!!! If you are quilting along with us, grab a button from my sidebar, Jenna has one too!

Sew Intertwined QAL

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Sew Intertwined Quilt

I am so excited to announce that I will be co-hosting my first every QAL with none other than Jen from Sew Happy Geek! We have teamed up to create this newly designed quilt just for you!

The quilt is fairly straightforward, however, the woven blocks can present a bit of a challenge. This quilt will definitely stretch your skill set. We will be presenting you 2 different methods for assembling the woven blocks, regular piecing and paper piecing, try out both methods and decide which one works best for you. The finished quilt without borders is 60×60, with borders is 65×65.

How to Join: All you have to do is head over to Flickr and join the Sew Intertwined QAL Group. We are going to take our time with this QAL, you will have until September 6th to get your quilt top into the Flickr group to be eligible for prizes.

Fabric Requirements AND Prizes:

For my version of the quilt I am using Stockholm by Robin Singone for Robert Kauffman. My fabrics were provided by the lovely Sondra of Contemporary Cloth and she is providing all of your with 20% off your fabric for the QAL with code: SewIntertwined!

Sew Intertwined Quilt - Stockholm Fabrics by Robin Singone
You will need five 2/3 yard cuts (these are my orange, pink, green, leaf, and multi-color), 1 yard cut (Daisy Janie gray print) and 1.75 yards of background fabric.

We have arranged discounts AND prizes from you at some of our favorite fabric shops!


Intrepid Thread – 20% off your fabric – Julie has a custom listing set up for this QAL. She is also offering a $50.00 prize!

Contemporary Cloth – 20% off your fabrics with coupon code SewIntertwined. She is also offering a FQ Bundle prize to one of the winners!


QuiltingLodgeQuilting Lodge – 20% off your fabrics with code SIQAL20. They are also offering a Layer Cake as a prize!

Stitches ‘N Giggles – 10% off fabrics your fabric with code qal2012 good through July 31st. She is also offering a Fat Quarter Bundle of Riley Blake’s Chevrons as a prize!

Eclectic Maker (UK)- 10% Discount Code available for one use – QALGEEK,


Pink Castle Fabrics: 15% off Discount Code – SEWINT15

Superior Threads Quilting and Sewing Thread
Superior Threads - $30.00 gift certificate

Winners will be selected randomly from those who have completed their top and uploaded their photo into the Flickr Group by September 6th!

Schedule:

16 July: Quilt Design and Requirements - on SewHappyGeek and SewBitterSweet Designs

26 July: Dresden Fan Tutorial by Jen Excell of SewHappyGeek

6 August: Outside blocks tutorial by Melissa of SewBitterSweet Designs

16 August: Woven blocks tutorial. Paper piecing technique by Melissa of SewBitterSweet Designs and traditional piecing technique by Jen of SewHappyGeek

27 August: Joining the blocks by Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs and border by Jen of SewHappyGeek

6 September: Last day to enter completed quilt top into the Flickr group

7 September: Prizes awarded! Yay!

Make sure you head over to SewHappyGeek to read more and join the Flickr Group (introduce yourself while you are there!)!

 

 

Another Foray into Clothes

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This week I took another step into clothes sewing and made 2 pairs of shorts for boys!  I was inspired by Kristy from Hopeful Threads who is gathering Little Boys Shorts to send to Cambodia.

Here are the shorts I made:

Size 18 Month Shorts

Size 12 Month Shorts

I used this fabulous tutorial AND pattern from Caila-Made. I am really happy with how they turned out. There are a couple of itty bitty puckers but overall, for my first 2 pairs, I’m pleased with them. Now I just have to explain to Anne why her Cars fabric is gone…

Today we are off to ride Thomas the Train with Anne’s Auntie Lisa and her cousins. We have been planning this since March and we are all very excited! Pictures next week!

Winners & Broken Time

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First I have to start out with the fact that I am in absolute shock and awe that my last giveaway for my first ever custom bundle over at Contemporary Cloth had 926 entries! WOW! That is just so AMAZING!

Now for the winners, each will receive their own BitterSweet Bundle Fly Away, and for those who didn’t win, you can buy your own!

Sandy B and Barbara. I will be sending both of you emails later today.

Now on to my next bundle for Contemporary Cloth. First I will tell you how I started. I was going through the Yuwa Japanese fabrics on the Contemporary Cloth site, these are Japanese fabrics that I haven’t seen anywhere else. They are all very interesting, Modern, and like nothing I have seen before. I picked one print (upper left) and built the bundle around it.

The Yuwa Print, Kei, for some reason makes me think of a broken or disassembled old fashioned clock, you know, the kind with gears.  After that the rest of the fabrics just fell into place and the Broken Time Bundle was born.  This bundle is available exclusively at Contemporary Cloth for purchase and would add some great basics to your stash as well as a fantastic focal print.

What do you think? Do you see the inspiration? Broken Time?

 

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