This new book from Sherri Noel has some really terrific projects for words on quilts and quilted pillows. TWO weeks of projects on this hop, and each blogger is giving away a copy of the book and two large spools of Aurifil thread!
I’ll reveal my Freedom Quilt (pictured lower-left below) on Thursday the 7th. See you back here then!
Here we are on the second installment of the Border Quilt Quilt Along hosted by Jen Shaffer of Patterns by Jen: the checkered borders and first few background borders.
I like to prove you can screw something up and make something beautiful out of it anyway. Let’s be honest: that’s half the battle of winning at life in general.
I made my applique center too large, so my 1st border on my Border Quilt is really a half border (top and bottom only). And I am totally fine with it. In fact, I love it.
I can already tell I’m going to be madly in love with this quilt when it’s finished. I have visions of hand quilting it… making it my slow project for next year while all the rest of the crazy spins around me. Some winter movie watching and a needle. Oh, can I go there now, please?
Be sure to pop over to visit the other bloggers sewing along with us. It’s really fun to see how different this quilt can look!
xoxo,
~ Tara
I’ve been interviewed! What? That’s crazy talk.
I had such a great time chatting with Elizabeth Townsend Gard of Just Wanna Quilt recently, and the podcast episode is live today! You can listen directly at justwannaquilt.com, or head over to your favorite podcast platform (iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker). You’ll want to make this channel one of your favorites… she interviews some big names and interesting quilty people.
I’ll be chatting with her again in another week or so, because we ran out of time and had loads to talk about!
Come join the Just Wanna Quilt Quilting Army on Facebook!
Are you headed to QuiltCon in Nashville next February? Catch one of Elizabeth’s lectures and check out her workshop!
Friday, Feb 22 @ 10:15 am – All About Trademarks (LEC09)
Friday, Feb 22 @ 2:30 pm – Quilting & IP: It’s Not What You Think (LEC12)
Saturday, Feb 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Making a Copyright Quilt (MSC012)
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I’ve been visiting a few quilty things across the pond in England while visiting friends the last couple of weeks, and can’t wait to tell you all about it and show you some photos! Stay tuned for some blog posts on that soon.
To catch me on the go, follow me over on Instagram or Quilt District on the book face. Most of my goings on are there.
xoxo,
~ Tara
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
~ Cesare Pavese
Yesterday’s Gee’s Bend workshop at Heritage Hall in Talladega, Alabama was filled with beautiful moments.
China caught me picking apart some fabric strips (which I thought was going rather well), took them from me and just started pulling them apart. Just grab and pull. I would have thought that would warp the fabric or something, but nope. They came apart as if she’d already pulled the stitches out. My table mate and I got a huge laugh at me over that. I really wish I had it on video because it was hilarious.
Of course, China and Mary Ann sang as we worked.
What I admire most about the women of Gee’s Bend is their spirit. These women and their families have known true hardships, and yet they arrive with joy in their hearts and love to share.
They give more than they take.
A lesson for all of us. I have running water, insulated walls, and food in my belly. I’ll bet you do, too.
The Ladies Pettway brought in a bin of fabric odds and ends and we tossed in a few bits of our own. In the bin I found a hand-painted panel depicting pastoral birds, which sent me off in one direction because I had some silly notion that it was meant to be that I work with this thing. Well, I guess it was meant to be in that it taught me that I shouldn’t always listen to silly notions.
Have mercy, y’all… this thing is ug-ly. (Except for the birds. The birds are really pretty.)
But it was terrific fun and felt liberating to sew on something that had no plan, no destination, no pattern, no rules, no deadline. It was freeing. I think I’ll use improv in the future as a way to clear my mind between (or during) more structured projects.
xoxo,
~~ Tara