Hello, my fellow Mojo Quilters! This post is specifically for you – cause I love you and you're special and crazy talented and that color looks great on you and today is going to be a GREAT DAY! Woot! (I may have slipped into some self-affirmations because it's really cold and cloudy here in Chicago and sometimes I just gotta pat myself on the back, you know?
The next stop in our Quilty Adventure is a good one: Double Gauze. (Check out Part I: Denim, if you missed it!)
Double Gauze is the destination you see on a billboard while you’re driving down the highway and you’re like “STOP EVERYTHING WE’RE GOING.”
With more modern textile shows in circulation than ever, there is one thing that's hard to avoid sewing – quilt sleeves. If you have ever wanted your quilt in a magazine, quilt show or even if you’ve made so many quilts you’ve now decided to cover your walls with them, sewing a basic hanging sleeve on the back of a quilt is a good skill to know.
How to sew with denim! This next series of posts is very exciting because I'm going to take you on the adventure of a lifetime (and y’all know me. I never exaggerate.) Prepare yourselves to boldly go where few quilters have ever gone before: on an exploration of seldom-used, underrated, crazy-difficult or just plain strange fabric options that you may have never even thought of before.
I know we already wrapped up the holiday gift guides, but there’s one little item that I don’t think got enough attention. I get a lot of people asking, "What is the best sewing machine for kids?" I love getting these questions.
I read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll when I was very young – much too young to know at all what was going on. But Through The Looking Glass, Alice’s second adventure, only crossed my path in early adulthood.
Love it? Hate it? Never heard of it? (To those who fall in that third category...really??)
Whether you are a die hard fan, a 4-season shoulder-shrugger…“meh, take it or leave it,” or a confused person who is currently Googling “Gilmore Girls,” (again….really???)
The Ohio Star quilt block is another claaaasic pattern with an awesome history, amazing modern variations, and a few key tips from yours truly.
If you have an interest in quilt history, check out Barbra Brackman's books, namely Civil War Sampler: 50 Blocks with Stories from History.
