I can talk hours and hours about my love of nature. I always try to share this love through my work with fabrics and threads. Musing over this issue’s theme, I remembered Stanley Horowitz’s saying, “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all”. Download pattern. […]
In 2016 I had the pleasure of attending a quilting retreat about improvising and composition hosted by one of my mentors, Ricky Tims. Ricky smiled when he saw me there being that our styles and process for making quilts are totally opposite of each other. When I start a quilting project, I have a rather […]
Can you see the forest for the trees? Initially, I was going to make a replica of a tree in some fantastic technique. After paying close attention to the trees on my daily walks, I saw some beautiful patterns on the tree trunks. More walking and daydreaming, and the concept of using the bark pattern […]
There is nothing more beautiful than the stark contrast of the Red Cardinal against a bright winter sky. The inspiration behind this piece are the pair of cardinals that nest in Clodagh’s trees every year. Instructions complete with templates. Download pattern. Read more in our Issue 55. Designed by Clodagh Coker The Quilt Store 17817 […]
Are you working to improve your quilting skills but just aren’t seeing results? Have you started new quilts and hit snags or difficulties and then given up only to add it to your pile of unfinished projects? Do you have a quilting goal for yourself, but it just seems out of reach? Read more in […]
It’s not surprising that faces, just like in other forms of art, pop up in shows in the pictorial art or abstract categories year after year. Faces are what we see in people most when we talk to them or remember them in a heartwarming thought. We can see how people are feeling when we […]
I love incorporating technology into my sewing. While embroidery software has been around for years, many people shy away because they think the software is complicated and it can be. However, some features make creating your designs so easy, anything is possible. I used the mySewnetTM Embroidery software (Platinum) to create the samples in this […]
For the longest time I was more comfortable using squares and triangle shapes as part of my quilts. With time and the help of great teachers I discovered some techniques were not as difficult and mind blowing as I thought they would be. After each new workshop, I ventured out of my comfort zone to […]
My friend had a baby during the time I was running my 365 Days Quilt Scraps Challenge. I was inspired to commemorate the happy event and include this baby quilt block in the challenge, therefore making it the 326th quilt block.When adding details to the baby’s face it’s easier to draw the eyes and stitch […]
I have not one, but two confessions to make today. First, I love colour. Well, not just love, but LOVE. Actually, even that might be an understatement Read more in our Issue 54. Heather McArthur [email protected] shutupandquilt.wordpress.com