tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87642573815637401852024-03-28T09:24:08.326-07:00BRIAR HILL DESIGNSBriar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-62394316749208355882023-11-03T10:42:00.001-07:002023-11-03T10:42:17.108-07:00Simple Embroidery <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDWSkkNW4-aGNNA9UIuXbMeTWpd3nhgYtGNqQjWpbpdGe8YEqnhg1qYCcoDsKldng-k0v5wNMISumJ5IltvdYAG73xgJjOPJhf70pJQvruConvd1_B-V87N7vefvUtivkNiDpTG9pHNlLfG7JCCfCltrjhGUHaWf6Oae1XdWHcUOeX7q-ZAsnGjgxpPg6/s2446/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.32.54%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="1698" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDWSkkNW4-aGNNA9UIuXbMeTWpd3nhgYtGNqQjWpbpdGe8YEqnhg1qYCcoDsKldng-k0v5wNMISumJ5IltvdYAG73xgJjOPJhf70pJQvruConvd1_B-V87N7vefvUtivkNiDpTG9pHNlLfG7JCCfCltrjhGUHaWf6Oae1XdWHcUOeX7q-ZAsnGjgxpPg6/w444-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.32.54%20AM.png" width="444" /></a><br /><br />As soon as our fabric arrives to us there's so much to do to get ready for launch. I have a very short amount of time to make everything that will go into <a href="https://robertkaufmanfabrics.uberflip.com/robert-kaufman-lookbooks/strawberry-season-lookbook-summer-2023-1" target="_blank">the Lookbook</a>.<br /><br />It's busy, but also enjoyable to binge listen to an audiobook or lecture and hide in the sewing room for a long day of sewing.<br /><br />But ironically, the first thing I want to do every time our new collection arrives is to put a little piece of the prints into a hoop and hand stitch a little.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8poD5rhfihsfH5LHFO0hbqj_Rf1ew6tScUuWNj03SekkeyxvETVoXxvKvXRJud3ws4mr78XDogiM72f-Qz-gb3uNug_datsTRhUwyofXvKyVAWDhzytGM-bp2oKQnjUUtqnK2RIeC3879mLL1hS3yieBk8_7deMEHiCQ2Z8BZAc-Kk6dH7h3dmHcKL-Sp/s3686/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.33.05%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2446" data-original-width="3686" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8poD5rhfihsfH5LHFO0hbqj_Rf1ew6tScUuWNj03SekkeyxvETVoXxvKvXRJud3ws4mr78XDogiM72f-Qz-gb3uNug_datsTRhUwyofXvKyVAWDhzytGM-bp2oKQnjUUtqnK2RIeC3879mLL1hS3yieBk8_7deMEHiCQ2Z8BZAc-Kk6dH7h3dmHcKL-Sp/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.33.05%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> So, I thought I'd share my fun with you, and tell you a little about my playful first projects with our new collection.<br /><br />First off, I use SF101 on the back of every piece of fabric. I find sometimes I get indents on the surface of the fabric from the knots on the back, and using that light touch of woven fusible interfacing keeps the front of the work looking great.<br /><br />These hoops are a very cute 4" and if you're a Shop Owner, they can be purchased through <a href="https://www.brewersewing.com/p-1064596-round-edge-embroidery-hoop-4-in.aspx" target="_blank">Brewer</a> or if you're shopping for yourself, here's <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Pieces-Embroidery-Adjustable-Bamboo-Circle/dp/B07NNR246C/ref=sr_1_5?crid=E32KKEOG433F&keywords=4%2Bembroidery%2Bhoop&qid=1698987771&sprefix=4%22%2Bhoop%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-5&th=1" target="_blank">Amazon.ca</a>.<br /><br />You'll see all these embroidery stitches are very basic, and it's not fine and detailed work. Most times I'm using all 6 strands of floss, and adding simplistic little embellishments to the artwork. <br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XxYTiermKUNwV3HrwRdy0VGo7N7x72lnKt9dOev8OS-RjSbKjpiys9AZKWOETjR_MQ_2NRZKQ3bSHKmpGnoEwfEDLdU1Dx-wIkXKQ3EYi9CSt5qeOV_oeKESOCfvO3fex9DNtG881FB3l98qBEmDJnZ0Ou7a-EppYMcyTStrfz2ZIqYpfz5Zjwtbf1gh/s1810/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.42.11%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XxYTiermKUNwV3HrwRdy0VGo7N7x72lnKt9dOev8OS-RjSbKjpiys9AZKWOETjR_MQ_2NRZKQ3bSHKmpGnoEwfEDLdU1Dx-wIkXKQ3EYi9CSt5qeOV_oeKESOCfvO3fex9DNtG881FB3l98qBEmDJnZ0Ou7a-EppYMcyTStrfz2ZIqYpfz5Zjwtbf1gh/w602-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.42.11%20AM.png" width="602" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />This is a simple running stitch, and singular chain stitches for the leaves. I'm using 6 strands of DMC in a soft pink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzybdu7Y_JSDCdxmFXbMWH8l7bHTmiqsRYCZdZa3_7JtCb1n69RkHy45M8B4Z8xPSqtE1N5Cszr_EgfRTTbftlAjhhdgu5HMRPZtPbsT26ijRTMZYCGDWuqzG11cnFLj3Gdkq2u8jV_sBeJ5kkwYybh5tr-WWbz4Z9dHhiacXmK5Xfq7OaTfPRb64XjNtE/s1882/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.59%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="1796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzybdu7Y_JSDCdxmFXbMWH8l7bHTmiqsRYCZdZa3_7JtCb1n69RkHy45M8B4Z8xPSqtE1N5Cszr_EgfRTTbftlAjhhdgu5HMRPZtPbsT26ijRTMZYCGDWuqzG11cnFLj3Gdkq2u8jV_sBeJ5kkwYybh5tr-WWbz4Z9dHhiacXmK5Xfq7OaTfPRb64XjNtE/w610-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.59%20AM.png" width="610" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are french knots, with 6 strands of Aurifil Cotton Floss in a light peach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeCYznWTS1ArnfF7D0ZB771AnT7_nF6roZVBL1Lcw4BfEr_VasoCl9z3xuCOtNjsQPJ5WhSkosSf6TA5BsFIMMdQNtZGDt6P9rWcBDigEAv-V9YIPp_kLg3XZt20OmezYg2Zxtl6pOTI49ctVE6dyd3JAz5sQ8Ad2KtXIVL6FYblQOGnxIs9FZo1nzGsE/s1784/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeCYznWTS1ArnfF7D0ZB771AnT7_nF6roZVBL1Lcw4BfEr_VasoCl9z3xuCOtNjsQPJ5WhSkosSf6TA5BsFIMMdQNtZGDt6P9rWcBDigEAv-V9YIPp_kLg3XZt20OmezYg2Zxtl6pOTI49ctVE6dyd3JAz5sQ8Ad2KtXIVL6FYblQOGnxIs9FZo1nzGsE/w596-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.49%20AM.png" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are very basic satin stitches using silk ribbon embroidery ribbon. The white is 3/8" wide, and the yellow is 3/16" wide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPmLaMp1GJ-BWau-jneWdXUaCox2R8DMf9C46csCTwUKn_t_x_qjZN_BjkmKQwGzgDfKok-7FvETwJ4DTBgmpxUJa8h5qTNVrOVqYoUMm-OnlJRS3EtzWlf_ejfg861CprXWAIMC7rlPFEqNCRDBDrE1bspb7OLx_IAcBUYFxU4CsFhWmgi9_IIYospMP/s1726/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.38%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="1578" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPmLaMp1GJ-BWau-jneWdXUaCox2R8DMf9C46csCTwUKn_t_x_qjZN_BjkmKQwGzgDfKok-7FvETwJ4DTBgmpxUJa8h5qTNVrOVqYoUMm-OnlJRS3EtzWlf_ejfg861CprXWAIMC7rlPFEqNCRDBDrE1bspb7OLx_IAcBUYFxU4CsFhWmgi9_IIYospMP/w586-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.38%20AM.png" width="586" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are very basic satin stitches using silk ribbon embroidery ribbon. The silk ribbon is 1/4" wide. Then I did some very basic satin stitch with 3 colours of 6 ply DMC floss. I used a red, bubble gum pink and soft pink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKK4zU58nuha-3XutKoZL_E_PNAwf2sKHwdNiOqBSFMAdKnnr0vua3jGnDSaT_ewLbJ-t92ix581uP8SGC9HFM3DCJT3NJoAMtMfqtTuGhBEEpN0H4NQYdhN5Uz7smAAtqGYawIN_bl3BVdZbxGq4siQx21b0odFvi12TP-G22P8IbbIEgWq_Wg_lWHue8/s1632/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1410" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKK4zU58nuha-3XutKoZL_E_PNAwf2sKHwdNiOqBSFMAdKnnr0vua3jGnDSaT_ewLbJ-t92ix581uP8SGC9HFM3DCJT3NJoAMtMfqtTuGhBEEpN0H4NQYdhN5Uz7smAAtqGYawIN_bl3BVdZbxGq4siQx21b0odFvi12TP-G22P8IbbIEgWq_Wg_lWHue8/w552-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.26%20AM.png" width="552" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is usually called a seed stitch and is meant to be random, but instead I did a swarm effect and made the seed stitches look a little directional. That's usually a seed stitch faux-pas, but it was fun to explore nonetheless. I went around in circles, spiralling out and around as I filled the hoop. I used perle cotton thread in a pale blue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3XP6K18yM0h2EloXn9QVqD0-arhze7V-J4h8TfkWAeCkTJ2j_Dp6gslTO5WpLHEs8iAjpyGgGC2oY0CI4RMWCNVXZm0BAySy9WkuimI7dve1CYH3g2aCqxEPasW7y2FRc6MbS-yEhRGWY35JYCxkcX3vQ-R2aYqBMvgOLBDxiGvLtra2_Xd2p-ADjSDQ/s1556/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.10%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1494" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3XP6K18yM0h2EloXn9QVqD0-arhze7V-J4h8TfkWAeCkTJ2j_Dp6gslTO5WpLHEs8iAjpyGgGC2oY0CI4RMWCNVXZm0BAySy9WkuimI7dve1CYH3g2aCqxEPasW7y2FRc6MbS-yEhRGWY35JYCxkcX3vQ-R2aYqBMvgOLBDxiGvLtra2_Xd2p-ADjSDQ/w614-h640/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%201.41.10%20AM.png" width="614" /></a><br /><br />I stitched little X's in 6 strands of Aurifil Floss in a pale robin's egg blue.<br />...<br /><br />I'd love to know hoe you would embellish your favourite print!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-916078038620363152023-11-02T21:12:00.000-07:002024-03-28T09:09:25.602-07:00Strawberries - A free pattern<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UtCnWNg4djPCvXB3O7ak7OISED0Ik63k-K8NomzzZDMlco9Du4TEJZ5ZphCecrlkkkS2d3pR4Q36DeFVNAwM9hvdQE6O2K_I_7NQgxMyRvrT4kWpRNR4MRkWdKVlhgtbB6iUbkgjWyF4NqYz23rHxIQTZ-lU6FsjSORzgOKEpU1xrDrBgwqyHIXXPekC/s3674/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.59.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2452" data-original-width="3674" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UtCnWNg4djPCvXB3O7ak7OISED0Ik63k-K8NomzzZDMlco9Du4TEJZ5ZphCecrlkkkS2d3pR4Q36DeFVNAwM9hvdQE6O2K_I_7NQgxMyRvrT4kWpRNR4MRkWdKVlhgtbB6iUbkgjWyF4NqYz23rHxIQTZ-lU6FsjSORzgOKEpU1xrDrBgwqyHIXXPekC/w640-h428/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.59.18%20AM.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Making these little strawberries was so enjoyable. I made them in with my daughters' help in May while anticipating strawberry season in my region.<br /><br />Really, I was anticipating TWO strawberry seasons, since this is our new fabric line with Robert Kaufman, and we've named this beauty of a collection Strawberry Season. Here's <a href="https://robertkaufmanfabrics.uberflip.com/robert-kaufman-lookbooks/strawberry-season-lookbook-summer-2023-1" target="_blank">the Lookbook</a> which you can enjoy until the fabric is available in stores in January 2024.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevGjQFDXyNEmTKsCS-XV1MHsiu2j-9mtvOI5j9OIU4Dt0vvRoSztQjCKF1Td1JM1a9TKs9kkU4A-jg0uYpuUEzIQb0X0A6wARTwAUecUNdNMwSzz26s8s-nL7OiN7JIWgiy72IynG_H556QUGQ_jnefw_J16Pm1gSUUNgfRZuoeDWK1DQCXbRsWkbgFk_/s3706/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.59.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2456" data-original-width="3706" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevGjQFDXyNEmTKsCS-XV1MHsiu2j-9mtvOI5j9OIU4Dt0vvRoSztQjCKF1Td1JM1a9TKs9kkU4A-jg0uYpuUEzIQb0X0A6wARTwAUecUNdNMwSzz26s8s-nL7OiN7JIWgiy72IynG_H556QUGQ_jnefw_J16Pm1gSUUNgfRZuoeDWK1DQCXbRsWkbgFk_/w640-h424/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.59.29%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so pleased to be able to provide you with a free tutorial to make your own! <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jlriI0aSc0qF2SgKbDtyvLEo7gxo-WK9XLAboMZnvLo/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">(Link to download here)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zkt1_ycZKjgCpcrzXTFWFMjgbzxMtZZtj0TEU6ThVxaqSTXKedzRrDSnL0IbCTNhB2_8HUzK_bYzHghLAK5S1wAVbJxsDxnmIa3uEOl8HZGT4Q6i_cKHdupWBnZ7OcPCtF6z1e-_7CyvN5ETRmElA5o8-PRoq8IyK9HGDfTGLaNbKSuetpCa51dz2MVE/s2298/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.33.04%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2298" data-original-width="1480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zkt1_ycZKjgCpcrzXTFWFMjgbzxMtZZtj0TEU6ThVxaqSTXKedzRrDSnL0IbCTNhB2_8HUzK_bYzHghLAK5S1wAVbJxsDxnmIa3uEOl8HZGT4Q6i_cKHdupWBnZ7OcPCtF6z1e-_7CyvN5ETRmElA5o8-PRoq8IyK9HGDfTGLaNbKSuetpCa51dz2MVE/s16000/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2012.33.04%20AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Designing our new collection has been a lot of fun. Strawberry Season will be in stores early 2024. Here's the <a href="https://robertkaufmanfabrics.uberflip.com/robert-kaufman-lookbooks/strawberry-season-lookbook-summer-2023-1" target="_blank">Strawberry Season Lookbook</a> full of good reasons to look forward to spring!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1bvknLYaHuOGSYz_cQzNYYb6fYvBshXReF-bhv8AVCnRqrQGZRSqNcB5Cw0PSp2-AlX3MY4BNo7qaqBPIg6AC9G65bR1o433syxKsvCivRXCuyqGZ4J1PRg3-9QBFDBtegdjQ9iFgUQwMFGtiLeSfiZzgsQ9ZPrCik3J_oV1WNjTcKS9BK-UeX4cwHpd/s3195/Jam%20Jar%20block.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3195" data-original-width="2868" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1bvknLYaHuOGSYz_cQzNYYb6fYvBshXReF-bhv8AVCnRqrQGZRSqNcB5Cw0PSp2-AlX3MY4BNo7qaqBPIg6AC9G65bR1o433syxKsvCivRXCuyqGZ4J1PRg3-9QBFDBtegdjQ9iFgUQwMFGtiLeSfiZzgsQ9ZPrCik3J_oV1WNjTcKS9BK-UeX4cwHpd/w574-h640/Jam%20Jar%20block.jpg" width="574" /></a><br /><br />I'm so pleased to get to share a free pattern with you! It's the Jam Jar block! And as another bonus, in the instructions, I've given you some guidelines to calculate larger projects.<br /><br />Happy Sewing!<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvHS6AT5fCBEFa_KSBKwh-eODZpL-prTlIZjUFhsWqNaMcqPLsvyUSDMH9XpOHsj10LJVj7sxF2KRnABWIftw8srvuRTgz35aXi-RzqbCeS_IgYEpQHYj3Ivs3PMukBC83XfEx7lKvBLwxNqpF2FJuZw-dY51rk0p5pWkY4zz5inqMFGaDBNLNgW1J-aI/s2294/Screenshot%202023-11-02%20at%2011.28.16%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvHS6AT5fCBEFa_KSBKwh-eODZpL-prTlIZjUFhsWqNaMcqPLsvyUSDMH9XpOHsj10LJVj7sxF2KRnABWIftw8srvuRTgz35aXi-RzqbCeS_IgYEpQHYj3Ivs3PMukBC83XfEx7lKvBLwxNqpF2FJuZw-dY51rk0p5pWkY4zz5inqMFGaDBNLNgW1J-aI/s2294/Screenshot%202023-11-02%20at%2011.28.16%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our other collections have been silk screened. Though we've loved that process too, silk screening limits us to 16-18 colours per print; but colour is unlimited in digitally printed lines, so unlimited is really quite exciting!<br /><br /><br />Also, three prints in this collection will be printed in minky and will launch this fall.<br /><br /><br />Here's a link to our <a href="https://www.robertkaufman.com/release/summer22/bunny_lane/?utm_source=collection%20page&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Summer%2022%20Release">Bunny Lane Lookbook</a>. It includes two new quilt patterns from us, a free pincushion tutorial from us, and a few other patterns from other creatives. We hope you'll check it out.<br /><br />And, here's the collection!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJDdDOc_r3RN9VRt1SOXdznr_5oslkRZcg6pP7c7goPo4RhD8wpoI2VTSb67ewkM870aThXInR_58Klx37aV2hbYmKiM0xKJOqokHPWmVS3iKT5O-NyzrJCWBdnDMfOKKFLZR_7RORYv8NJXVCxwCHKo6CiOdMjIUZCgwnffFizlMEV2mLXpBxmxD0Q/s1728/ABYD-21653-192%20Spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJDdDOc_r3RN9VRt1SOXdznr_5oslkRZcg6pP7c7goPo4RhD8wpoI2VTSb67ewkM870aThXInR_58Klx37aV2hbYmKiM0xKJOqokHPWmVS3iKT5O-NyzrJCWBdnDMfOKKFLZR_7RORYv8NJXVCxwCHKo6CiOdMjIUZCgwnffFizlMEV2mLXpBxmxD0Q/w426-h640/ABYD-21653-192%20Spring.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Biscornu pincushion is an eight pointed pincushion made with 2 squares.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But how is that possible?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s possible because of the “twist".</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_bM5lyd3NNA-QwfvBqM0Bwu6o2c5oC-To5u3epHdRJFUQT1WL6BeIfGGwWh3k1RMHCU3df2tzyUYfxCu_fJ1QtVX3MXZonmvB7dUn2MLJwTnL5F5dKqm-OfUZnFV8ThK__DVJwwCxI4PBseRz7oO7zZaymf5am-tYnuEFOrmydaF-9xYSqJ48KyuAw/s6000/Basket%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_bM5lyd3NNA-QwfvBqM0Bwu6o2c5oC-To5u3epHdRJFUQT1WL6BeIfGGwWh3k1RMHCU3df2tzyUYfxCu_fJ1QtVX3MXZonmvB7dUn2MLJwTnL5F5dKqm-OfUZnFV8ThK__DVJwwCxI4PBseRz7oO7zZaymf5am-tYnuEFOrmydaF-9xYSqJ48KyuAw/w426-h640/Basket%2002.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm so happy to share a quick tutorial on how to make this great pincushion. This pincushion is big, about the size of your open hand, and so I like its weight and have found this style fits well in my sewing room. Also, the pinch in the center turns the shape into a shallow bowl. I find that helpful for holding clips. <br /><br /><br />If this is your first time here, WELCOME! We hope you'll subscribe while you're here. We'd love to share upcoming project ideas with you! </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />We made this free tutorial to celebrate the launch of fabric collection #4, Bunny Lane. I'm in love with Caverly's storybook illustrative artwork for this collection. Sweet Toiles, Wildflowers, Hide and Seek Bunny Calicos, Bunny Dots and Garden Tosses. It's been a treat to sew with these fabrics, and I'm so thrilled the collection launches today, and now we will get to see what YOU make with the collection! That's always the best part.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEF-3HPxvUdzpYFaeoSBHe8Ed7QNUP0gkpqOrqEeOkwGwthzucaAqNDXrAku8_lik2Z--GHjIl4y4vfM0HO8kof9z2YP0KLc7fZ4suZqd9cDBnpE8VhiPGAll0ADlNWCatsgNbWjCmljeR-_AQDvwn67D8tmvXDd9wOKeZjl1ZNwmOtmGzqIs1vgCig/s5560/Collection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="5560" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEF-3HPxvUdzpYFaeoSBHe8Ed7QNUP0gkpqOrqEeOkwGwthzucaAqNDXrAku8_lik2Z--GHjIl4y4vfM0HO8kof9z2YP0KLc7fZ4suZqd9cDBnpE8VhiPGAll0ADlNWCatsgNbWjCmljeR-_AQDvwn67D8tmvXDd9wOKeZjl1ZNwmOtmGzqIs1vgCig/w640-h461/Collection.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">(You can make five pincushions with a charm pack, but these instructions are for making one.)</span></p><p></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUmbMJtoYdXB17X7_JbBndDcILROBtpui3rPHLI27D5IZngrCD6JZi6zrogfG_YRAy3WXCc6YMjC4QXpRdupygg4WqFF0h8A2G1PgXDq1jqpwBQnLbWXuMLQAjLfqq-HH5RpPIuBuqpozJZgJlv6g5T0EnQ0YWkEqUPni3yzpO4eewts6CrKk78MPGQ/s6000/Pincushions%203%20edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUmbMJtoYdXB17X7_JbBndDcILROBtpui3rPHLI27D5IZngrCD6JZi6zrogfG_YRAy3WXCc6YMjC4QXpRdupygg4WqFF0h8A2G1PgXDq1jqpwBQnLbWXuMLQAjLfqq-HH5RpPIuBuqpozJZgJlv6g5T0EnQ0YWkEqUPni3yzpO4eewts6CrKk78MPGQ/w640-h426/Pincushions%203%20edited.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>For this pincushion you will need:</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thirty-two 2” squares </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two 6.5” squares of fusible fleece or fusible interfacing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fiber fill</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Embroidery floss</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Darning needle</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><b>Instructions:</b><br /><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make two patchwork squares with 16 squares each (4x4).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Press seams however you like.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These will finish at 6.5”.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Topstitch 1/8” around both squares to keep seams from opening.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Press fusible interfacing to wrong side of both squares.</span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now it’s time for the twist. See in this picture how the sew line (shown in pink) is jaggedy? This happens because we're sewing only the length of two patches, then pivoting. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx0G0-dsX7EvUGb-HNBGUsEjUYhOgyr_2rS82T5BE9NiZYlZ-0xKJ7egoLq_t-MC3s09HJ06fZqSEdxw-KuQjGtSMViD5BiMkEInh6SDnm5TFRctLaUHuSaekKavJEB2sKhMMGQp2HoFPnS22nn6V572lMgG5-neIN07RK2OUFjO9p7ZcHJbiDZFpXw/s2186/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%207.16.18%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2186" data-original-width="1916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx0G0-dsX7EvUGb-HNBGUsEjUYhOgyr_2rS82T5BE9NiZYlZ-0xKJ7egoLq_t-MC3s09HJ06fZqSEdxw-KuQjGtSMViD5BiMkEInh6SDnm5TFRctLaUHuSaekKavJEB2sKhMMGQp2HoFPnS22nn6V572lMgG5-neIN07RK2OUFjO9p7ZcHJbiDZFpXw/w560-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%207.16.18%20AM.png" width="560" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Imagine the square's 1/4" seam lines, and the corners and mid point marks as indicated by the dots</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxy1sFmsY_bN6mr766S55zpSn8y8Ouf6r0nMQv5Ksam9D8Sa8oVe_3BPKOmu00xDWtDrDkSsSvE1_c3etCtqJYu5YVdIh6tMX2kXu1wQHZH4L_MXmuyBZEISXjulZv3SKSRi-gFxIZawmiRU1y-ZDTivUmYWj6yKa8omMXj9rWeGmj3mbg8foO5PR4g/s2162/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.08.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxy1sFmsY_bN6mr766S55zpSn8y8Ouf6r0nMQv5Ksam9D8Sa8oVe_3BPKOmu00xDWtDrDkSsSvE1_c3etCtqJYu5YVdIh6tMX2kXu1wQHZH4L_MXmuyBZEISXjulZv3SKSRi-gFxIZawmiRU1y-ZDTivUmYWj6yKa8omMXj9rWeGmj3mbg8foO5PR4g/w640-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.08.41%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The way these two squares are sewn together together is twisted. You will actually sew a corner of one square to a midpoint of the other square. As shown in this image... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB5GwtUJdkzW7CncTHIMzrp751kaeEmvxpeMEVUnRZdnryeCROmNgrKmm5TAjxYOj4eN15XHV752PmtTbZc2juizT2rASfyjEqVAHfPCLM4R9ThA9FxYs-QW4_r7JXs0j9JJMdVGGpgIcNhhzSCSKDhZ-MS9ym8Tk8ullfTQWpsChdgPzqsa2zMz97Q/s2156/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.09.08%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2156" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUB5GwtUJdkzW7CncTHIMzrp751kaeEmvxpeMEVUnRZdnryeCROmNgrKmm5TAjxYOj4eN15XHV752PmtTbZc2juizT2rASfyjEqVAHfPCLM4R9ThA9FxYs-QW4_r7JXs0j9JJMdVGGpgIcNhhzSCSKDhZ-MS9ym8Tk8ullfTQWpsChdgPzqsa2zMz97Q/w640-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.09.08%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...But the above image is only to help you see the process. The image below is how you will line things up at the sewing machine for your first segment. See the pink sew line. Line up your squares so that a corner is on a midpoint, and a midpoint is on a corner. Start with a backstitch, and sew. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyFxYHEBbZNn2u6rP0clymP3y1OhvBQIOfUgsA0op65VAlel2SPbbSHXCJFEegPzPc6Vwr3lZN6bWhABE2a4WVg34VsU9K9zn2zvrHwLKXCKO6Izu_TWzCH56vaUZTzK-P4q0o5Z3a3fCOHTFiy1p-bedUaEwDF17_VIUCK7kdN9MIjyI6FkDZWpZPQ/s2158/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.09.23%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="2158" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyFxYHEBbZNn2u6rP0clymP3y1OhvBQIOfUgsA0op65VAlel2SPbbSHXCJFEegPzPc6Vwr3lZN6bWhABE2a4WVg34VsU9K9zn2zvrHwLKXCKO6Izu_TWzCH56vaUZTzK-P4q0o5Z3a3fCOHTFiy1p-bedUaEwDF17_VIUCK7kdN9MIjyI6FkDZWpZPQ/w640-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-08%20at%208.09.23%20AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once you have come to the end of the pink line, with the needle in the down position, lift your presser foot and bring together the next corner and midpoint, shown by the arrow. This will be sewn a total of seven times around the block, leaving one opening. Finish with a backstitch.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Turn inside out, poking out all eight corners.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stuff until semi-firm. </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Use a ladder stitch or your preferred stitch to sew closed the final seam.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cut three 16” pieces of embroidery floss.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thread embroidery floss through your darning needle so you have 6 strands.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sew through the middle of your pincushion from the top, then back.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Take the two ends of the floss, tighten to create a simple knot in the center of the pincushion, and tie a double knot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Trim floss ends 1”.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH9oABc49bsgamRZRuxMAp80paDhjRkYBVq5LlYEucdho4dqY3DSYHB1irGZmMkE1qrTQQmS398tWFgbHv3xIeICWtQUZETibztiASPXvN_ZmbKbHu_LxuS7n1tdozZLcqTw1N3hzyFxovaqctnDmIVvBzEjvBYK0gCXh8GfPz_p0U8X6VY0YK6uWwA/s5635/Pincushion%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="5635" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH9oABc49bsgamRZRuxMAp80paDhjRkYBVq5LlYEucdho4dqY3DSYHB1irGZmMkE1qrTQQmS398tWFgbHv3xIeICWtQUZETibztiASPXvN_ZmbKbHu_LxuS7n1tdozZLcqTw1N3hzyFxovaqctnDmIVvBzEjvBYK0gCXh8GfPz_p0U8X6VY0YK6uWwA/w640-h454/Pincushion%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Sewing! </span><p></p>Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-22785464270947957852022-06-16T08:35:00.000-07:002022-06-16T08:35:10.731-07:00Our TeamIt takes a village of amazing people to make Briar Hill what it has become, and we are so thankful for all the collaborators and helpers who were part of our creative process, by testing our patterns, sewing samples or quilting.<br />
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Here's our list of projects and the friends who helped us brig them to life. Also, below I've listed the business names of those who have collaborated with us, Caverly and Julia.<br />
<br />Bunny Lane Lookbook Projects<br />big thanks to creators Karen Chase, Kim Galley, Sarah Blades, Gillian McDougall, Mary Guildford, and pattern testers Beatrice Matheson, Paula Hampton and Jane Barnhill<br /><br />Canada 150<br />
Chantelle Abarca<br />
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Starbright<br />
Kathleen Scully, Sheri Lund<br />
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Afternoon Sun<br />
(just Julia)<br />
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Crystal and Gem<br />
Samantha Whitaker, Sheri Lund, Chantelle Abarca, Kim Galley<br />
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Garden Lattice<br />
Sheri Lund, Kim Galley<br />
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Train Station<br />
Dorie Hruska, Kim Galley, Joanne Harris<br />
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Barn Doors<br />
Sheri Lund, Madge Phillips<br />
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New Spring<br />
Sheri Lund, Gabrielle Robles, Annegret Pohl, Anita Skellanger, Chantele Abarca<br />
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Glimmering<br />
Sheri Lund, Chantelle Abarca, Kim Galley, Sharon Hartling<br />
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Best Dressed<br />
Kim Galley<br />
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Dapper<br />
Sheri Lund, Kim Galley<br />
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Potter's Wheel<br />
Sheri Lund, Kim Galley, Chantelle Abarca, Madge Phillips<br />
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Petticoat<br />
Dara Tomasson, Kim Galley, Cate Callard, Karen Chase<br />
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Botanica<br />
Sheri Lund, Jan Kaye, Jennifer Wiltrout, Janie Sims<br />
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Sweet Bloom<br />
Dara Tomasson, Gillian Noonan, Kim Galley, Jennifer Wiltrout<br />
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Thorn and Thistle<br />
Dara Tomasson, Joanne Harris<br />
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Shawl<br />
Sheri Lund, Judy McKay, Kim Galley<br />
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Prim Pillow<br />
Gillian Noonan, Kim Galley<br />
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Mulberry<br />
Anja Clyke, Helen Kirk, Sheri Lund, Julie Ott, Sue Vinyard, Debbie Thompson<br />
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Cameo<br />
Dara Tomasson, Janie Sims, Cami Russell<br />
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Starstrung<br />
Sheri Lund, Kim Galley, Janie Sims, Jan Kaye<br />
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Yonder<br />
Chantelle Abarca, Eleanor Thili, Debbie Thompson<br />
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June's Cottage Lookbook<br />
Hobbs has happily supplied batting for the June's Cottage Lookbook and I continue to use it.<br />
Karen Chase sewed the dress on page<br />
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Bequest Lookbook<br />
Fiona Kelly of Tangled Blossoms has made the 'Companion Carpet Bag'<br />
Quilts were quilted using Aurifil thread<br />
The 'Jane Dress' by Violette Field Threads was made by Sophie Bizier of 'Sooo Fun Design'<br />
'Harmony Skirt' is by Rachel Rossi Design<br />
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Sheri Lund is the heart and soul of Violet Quilts. She's located in Fall River Nova Scotia, and does custom computerized and E2E work on her Gammil Statler. Any FMQ I have done has been on her second Gammil, Bella.<br />
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Dara Tomasson of Stitched Quilting Co has been our collaborator with our Coast to Coast Quilt Along, a monthly mini including lessons on piecing, and free motion quilting. Dara has also free motion quilted many quilts as listed above.<br />
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Karen Chase is a modern quilt designer located in Nova Scotia, Canada<br />
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Fiona Kelly of Tangled Blossoms is a handbag maker, and online quilt fabric shop located in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia<br />
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<br />Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-50637048081299138302019-06-03T07:56:00.000-07:002019-06-03T08:12:02.012-07:00Yonder Quilt Along Week 6, June 3rd<b>Final week!</b><br />
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Get 'er done week!<br />
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You WANT to get this quilt top this week because the final giveaway prize is that good!<br />
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SO good!<br />
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Maybe you've already done the math and figured out that Cotton + Steel must be part of the final giveaway, and you'd be right!<br />
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This is Snow Flowers, by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oka_emi/?hl=en">Oka Emi</a>. I'm captured by her artwork!<br />
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Before the fabric was in print, C+S asked me to make some digital renderings of my quilt patterns in this line.<br />
Here it is in Starbright,<br />
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Starstrung, (some C+S basics are included in this rendering, but are not part of the bundle)<br />
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...and Petticoat.<br />
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So the Final Giveaway winner will receive the Snow Flowers bundle AND a 6-month subscription to the Make Modern Magazine!</div>
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<b>Week 5 Winner:</b></div>
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Congrats to Jen <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hilljj25/">@hilljj25</a>! You've won the Yard Quilt from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/quiltdesignsintheyard/?hl=en">Quilt Designs in the Yard</a>! (Give them a follow if you haven't already.) I'm so excited for ya, Jen! Email me with your mailing address and phone number and Brenda will mail your prize to you.</div>
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Sewing the blocks together goes so fast. That's part of the magic of big blocks! When you sew blocks together, the seams within the block will not nest, these will have to be matched up with out nesting. <i> I thought long and hard about how to make the entire quilt nest, and it could have. But it would have required you to know where you were putting every block in the quilt almost from the beginning, and that added a level of confusion to the pattern I didn't think was worth the fuss. </i> The seams from sewing blocks together will nest if you press the seams as suggested in the pattern.</div>
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As soon as my quilt is assembled, I am in the habit of running a line of stitching around the entire quilt top 1/8" in from the edge. This keeps seams from opening, or seam allowances turning the wrong way. It's referred to as stay-stitching, and can be done in a larger stitch length, 2.5 - 2.8.</div>
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I thought I'd share this for down-the-line when you're ready to finish your Yonder and make your backing. This week's goal is to have an assembled quilt top/flimsy, so batting, backing, quilting and binding can come at a later date.</div>
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Have you ever tried matching the print on a piece of fabric? One of my favourite parts of the quilt-making process is choosing a backing with a printed design, and matching the print so that the design looks continuous across the entire backing. It's my Superpower! It can be yours, too! Check out my blog post, <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2017/02/tutorial-invisible-pieced-backing.html">Invisible Pieced Backing</a>.</div>
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<b>My finished quilt top:</b></div>
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Last week, I assembled my QAL Yonder blocks into a quilt top! This quilt is a mashup of following the pattern's cutting instructions, and the two bonus tutorials: <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/search?q=using+fat+Quarters">Using fat quarters for the Yonder Quilt</a>, and <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/04/using-directional-prints-with-yonder.html">Using directional prints with Yonder</a>. My husband and I are shopping for a small chair for our room that we can use to meditate in. This matches the room well and will be the perfect lap quilt. I'm tempted to make a matching roll pillow with my leftover bits! </div>
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Well, 7 days left! <b>This week's work is pretty light, so if you're behind, you might still be able to have a quilt top by Sunday night and qualify for the giveaway</b>. Either way, tag me in your Yonder posts so I can watch your quilts come together!</div>
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Finish-up-those-remaining-blocks-week!<br />
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It's also a great week to start trimming your blocks. Here's how I've been trimming mine:<br />
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Since an 18 1/2" square ruler is hard to find (and since I'm trying to practice minimalism, and can do without one) I use 2 rulers that equal 18 1/2", and treat them as one. I lay a block on my cutting mat, and use my 12 1/2" ruler and 6" ruler (which magically equals 18 1/2") to trim the block. I can trim the block in two steps/parts this way, one half at a time. Usually I'm just trimming threads, and a little length off of E.<br />
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Congrats to Heidi Harrison of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justkeepcruisin/?hl=en">@justkeepcruisin</a>! You've won this original watercolour from Caverly. Please email your address and phone number, and Caverly will mail your prize to you!</div>
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This week's giveaway is from a new quilty business that you may not have been introduced to yet, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/quiltdesignsintheyard/?hl=en">Quilt Designs in the Yard</a>. Brenda makes weather-safe Barn Quilts, or Yard Quilts in beautiful colours and styles. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">These <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">60cm sq. quilts are</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> printed using UV resistant ink on a 1/4" thick sheet </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">made of aluminum composite, then industrially laminated. This is how signs are made for their local potash mines, so the yard Quilts are built to be durable, hardy, and made to last extreme seasonal conditions.</span><br />
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<i>Remember, any Yonder related post will enter you in this week's giveaway, but for the Final Giveaway announced next week and drawn on June 10th, I will be drawing a winner from the completed quilt top/flimsy posts that are shared.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">WEEK 5, May 27th</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Sew remaining blocks</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Bassinet: 2</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Throw: 6</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Twin: 9</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">King: 12</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">WEEK 6, June 3rd</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Lay out and assemble quilt top. Post your finished quilt top/flimsy by midnight June 9th to be entered in the final giveaway, announced on June 10th.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">I'm loving your quilts! We're nearing the finish! I'm excited to announce the Final Giveaway, I'll tell you all about it in a week!</span></span><br />
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Congrats to Crystal <a href="https://www.instagram.com/crystal_quilts/">@crystal_quilts</a>! You've won the <span style="text-align: start;"> $20 gift card to </span><a href="https://stackedfabriccompany.com/pages/local-pick-up" style="text-align: start;">Stacked Fabrics</a><span style="text-align: start;">! Stacked fabrics can also be found </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stackedfabriccompany/" style="text-align: start;">on Instagram</a><span style="text-align: start;">, give them a follow!</span> Send me an email with your preferred email address!</div>
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<b>This week's giveaway</b> is an original painting by Caverly. I love Caverly's art! I have a lot of her pieces in my house; mostly oils and a couple watercolours. Everything she paints or sketches is just so happy. She has kindly offered an original watercolour painting to this week's winner. She chose colours for this painting from the Wildwood collection by Rifle Paper Co used in the first Yonder quilt.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This week's task:</span></b><br />
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Easy week is a great opportunity to get ahead, or catch up, or do nothing at all! How will you spend your week?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thinking of how to quilt your Yonder?</span></b></div>
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It won’t be long before these quilt tops are done, and we will be thinking about how to quilt them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I thought I would share some thoughts on quilting inspiration.</div>
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My experience with free motion quilting is very limited. It's not a talent of mine on a domestic machine. My quilts either get long arm service, or I free motion quilt a design on a long arm by using the rental service at Violet Quilts. Strangely, I'm happy with my FMQ work on a longarm, where I don't have the ability on my domestic. I find it so much easier to be successful quilting on the open space of a long arm frame. Haven't tried it yet? Maybe there's a local quilter that offers rental. It's only a little cheaper than having it quilted, but I really enjoy the process and find it energizing to free motion quilt on a longarm.<br />
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I've added <a href="https://mailchi.mp/76b59d89d424/yonderbonusfiles">two files to the bonus files page</a>. There's a small Yonder block file for testing out a FMQ design, and a full scale Yonder block file to use for practicing FMQ full scale. Practicing FMQ before you start can start to build muscle memory and get you into a groove before you start on the real quilt.<br />
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I'm dividing my go-to quilting favourites into 3 categories:<br />
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<li>Easy ideas for quilting on your domestic (designs I've felt confident doing on my machine, and I bet another beginner would too).</li>
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<b>Easy ideas for quilting on your domestic machine:</b><br />
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<i>The following are techniques I've felt confident doing on my home machine, and though they're basic, I'm really happy with how they turn out</i>. <i> A walking foot can be very useful for these styles.</i><br />
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<b>Organic wavy lines: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Use your walking foot! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Consider the height from crest to valley, and how close you want lines to get to each other. Pay attention that these wavy lines end parallel to where they began so that these lines don't start to tilt.</span><br />
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<b>Advanced ways to quilt on your domestic or longarm:</b><br />
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<i>These would be quilted out using any sort of free motion foot on your domestic machine or using a longarm.</i> <br />
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For the pattern's cover quilt I wanted a wood grain design, and after looking at the options, I wanted a greater variety in the design than the repeatable pattern of a pantograph was offering. So I chose to rent time on Sheri's longarm and quilted it out myself. I practiced on paper to get an idea of how I wanted it to look, then taped it up so could refer to it as I got started. I was pretty happy with how it turned out, for my first time.<br />
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<b>Elongated Meander:</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><b> </b> Although a basic stipple seems like it must be a very easy design to quilt out, it actually takes a lot of practice. I feel this is a good first step (I like the look better than stippling, so I may just stay here). It looks like water to me! I love quilting it out. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> If you're using your domestic, c</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">onsider pushing and pulling the quilt through to make the long lines, so you would be working from the side of the quilt if you want these lines to be horizontal when the quilt is upright. If you are doing it on a longarm, let your body sway left to right as quilt it horizontally. The lines can be wavy. Remember to add hooks and on their sides Cs, Ns, Es. You can work your way from one side to the other side or pick up and end off on only one side of the quilt at times.</span><br />
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I've already mentioned how I quilted Yonder #1 for the pattern cover. #2 and #3 were dropped off for longarm service over a week ago so that I could have them quilted and show you pics during the QAL. Here are the pantos I used, and a few others I'm crushing on.<br />
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Yonder #2<br />
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I've chosen this <a href="https://threesistersfabric.com/baptist-fan-e2e-plus-5-bonus-patterns-2875.html">Baptist Fan</a> for my Yonder in Garden Club. I wanted something curvy since the block is linear. I felt it would help to meld the soft florals in the fabric and the bold block. I chose a pistachio thread colour. The blue floral in the corner is the backing.<br />
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Yonder #3<br />
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For the Yonder in Mazy, I've chosen a <a href="https://www.digitizedquiltingpatterns.com/shop/product/chicken-wire-e2e/">Chicken Wire</a> Edge to Edge, which isn't really a suggestion. I chose it because of the fabric I used. I first fell for Mazy's Garden because I grew up on a little farm, and the colours and artwork reminded me so much of squash blossoms, fresh tomatoes and string beans from the garden. We used Chicken wire to hold up our sweet peas and house the chickens, so to me, it was a perfect fit to the fabric, not necessarily the design of the pattern.<br />
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Here are some other pantos I think would be a great fit for Yonder:<br />
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This is <a href="https://www.urbanelementz.com/quilting-designs/boardwalk.html">Boardwalk</a>. I've used it on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BvueauRncFX/">Starstrung</a> quilt and it gave the quilt an amazing texture, especially since I used Hobbs' new Tuscany Supreme Cotton - a double thick cotton batting. I love how this panto gives texture without drawing attention to itself. It really shows off a quilt well!<br />
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<a href="https://www.karleeporter.com/shop/digital-designs/fancy-schmancy/">Fancy Schmancy</a>. Karlee Porter has some amazing retro-tile-inspired pantos. This has been a favourite.<br />
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Here's a<a href="https://annebrightdesigns.com/product/wood-grain-3/"> Woodgrain</a> that was a contender for Yonder #1, in case you're hoping for woodgrain too!<br />
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<a href="http://www.piecenquilt.com/shop/c/p/Cheerios-Pantograph-Pattern-Digital-x16813925.htm">Cheerio</a>! By Natalia Bonner. This is on my list to try out sometime. It looks so good quilted out on other quilts, I bet it would look great on Yonder.<br />
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Two amazing Longarm quilters are welcoming your quilts for longarm service, and offering special discounts to you.<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/violetquilts/" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Sheri of Violet Quilts</a> is located in Fall River NS, and is my local longarmer. She has quilted over half my quilts!<br />
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<a href="https://stitchedquiltingco.com/">Dara Tomasson</a> is in Nanaimo BC, and is well known for her custom longarm quilting. She's my go-to for custom quilting.<br />
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<span style="font-family: times;">Both quilters are offering</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">25% off of batting and</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 10% off of longarm quilting services on all Yonder quilts. It would be a great idea to be in touch and book with them in advance if you're interested.</span></div>
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<b>WEEK 5, May 27th</b><br />
Sew remaining blocks<br />
Bassinet: 2<br />
Throw: 6<br />
Twin: 9<br />
King: 12<br />
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<b>This week's giveaway</b> is a $20 gift card to <a href="https://stackedfabriccompany.com/pages/local-pick-up">Stacked Fabrics</a>, a favourite Canadian fabric shop with amazing curated bundles, and a stash-worthy selection of fabric! Thanks Nikki! I just jumped over to their website to get the link, and now I have something in my cart, how did that happen?! Stacked fabrics can also be found <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stackedfabriccompany/">on Instagram</a>, give them a follow!<br />
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Bassinet: 1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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So by the end of the week our "intention" is to have a total of Bassinet: 2, Throw: 10, Twin: 16, King: 24 blocks sewn. But remember, <b>next week is Easy Week and there's no task assigned that week</b>, so you can catch up! <br />
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I find with these blocks once I sit and sew, I get excited to see them come together, and I keep on having to suppress the inner voice that's chanting, "Just one more block!" So needless to say, I'm ahead on my block sewing! <br />
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If you're also a child of the 80's, perhaps you remember the Pringles slogan, "Once you pop, you can't stop!" I remember feeling that way about Pringles, and I definitely feel that way about the Yonder block!<br />
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We have two amazing Longarm quilters that are welcoming your quilts for longarm service, and offering special discounts to you.<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/violetquilts/" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Sheri of Violet Quilts</a> is located in Fall River NS, and is my local longarmer. She has quilted over half my quilts!<br />
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<a href="https://stitchedquiltingco.com/">Dara Tomasson</a> is in Nanaimo BC, and is well known for her custom longarm quilting. She's my go-to for custom quilting.<br />
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Both of these lovely quilters are offering<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">25% off of batting and</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 10% off of longarm quilting services on all Yonder quilts. It would be a great idea to be in touch and book with them in advance if you're interested.</span><br />
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<b>WEEK 4, May 20th</b><br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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<b>WEEK 5, May 27th</b><br />
Sew remaining blocks<br />
Bassinet: 2<br />
Throw: 6<br />
Twin: 9<br />
King: 12<br />
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Congrats to Jessica <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cuzchica123/">@cuzchica</a>! You've won the Aurifil bundle of 3 threads of your choice plus a pattern from my shop! Send me an email with your three thread preferences!<br />
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This week's giveaway is a 6 month membership to Make Modern Magazine! I love Make Modern. Imagine the creative inspiration that would come in issues with this epic magazine!<br />
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I was once a Covergirl on a Magazine!<br />
It was actually Make Modern, and it was actually my <a href="https://www.makemodern.com.au/issue19">Potter's Wheel quilt</a>, but that's all beside the point.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">An announcement:</span></b><br />
We have two amazing Longarm quilters that are welcoming your quilts for longarm service, and offering special discounts to you.<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/violetquilts/" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Sheri of Violet Quilts</a> is located in Fall River NS, and is my local longarmer. She has quilted over half my quilts!<br />
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<a href="https://stitchedquiltingco.com/">Dara Tomasson</a> is in Nanaimo BC, and is well known for her custom longarm quilting. She's my go-to for custom quilting.<br />
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Both of these lovely quilters are offering<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">25% off of batting and</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 10% off of longarm quilting services on all Yonder quilts. It would be a great idea to be in touch and book with them in advance if you're interested!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This week's task:</span></b><br />
This is the week we get to start sewing blocks. Our goal is to sew a third of our blocks:<br />
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Bassinet: 1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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If you're not finished last week's goal, no probbie! I bet you could be all caught up in no time. Week 1 is the only heavy work week, so you can adjust your goals for Week 2 by getting Week 1's work accomplished and letting some of this week's task overflow into next week..<br />
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I find the Yonder blocks such a satisfying block to sew, and since efficiency is my favourite thing, I've got a sewing-yonder-blocks method I'd like to share.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">My tips for efficient sewing:</span></b><br />
<i>Please note: I am still following the instructions as they are in the pattern, so</i><i> keep the pattern's instructions nearby as you sew your blocks.</i><i> I'm showing how I sandwich the steps to do multiple steps in one bite. </i><br />
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1. <b> Assembly line piecing / Chain piecing</b>: I love these methods so I don't have to trim threads while I'm assembling. I zoom multiple pieces through the machine at one time, and I find it saves me time and effort.<br />
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Though I don't show it in the video,<b> I often start piecing an additional block</b> during the second or third video, (and these wouldn't get mixed up with the original block because they're in different stages of completion.)<br />
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3. <b>I'm not pinning</b> (but you can). If you follow pressing directions suggested in the pattern, all intersecting seams in the block will nest, so I nest the seams and hold the pieces together until they go under the presser foot.<br />
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4. When assembling both types of "house units", I <b>finger press seams</b> so I can add additional pieces without having to get up and press the pieces open at my iron.<br />
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This first video shows how far I can take the blocks at one sitting at the machine. I sew D to C3, both types of "house units", and B pcs to A.</div>
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Then I take these to the iron, and trim the parts indicated in the pattern.<br />
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<i>A note for trimming D,C3: Since this is a bias seam, sometimes sewing these two pieces together will cinch the fabric a bit, and D will appear a little smaller than its cut measurements. Once I've set the seam, and pressed, I give both ends of the seam a gentle tug, and this brings D to its full size again, and the D,C3 pc will now be ready to be trimmed. </i><br />
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Here's what the block looks like before I head back to the machine.</div>
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Here, I'm sewing the parts of the block into three sections.</div>
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Then I take these to the iron, and trim the centre strip as indicated in the pattern. Here's what the block looks like before I head back to the machine for the final go.</div>
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Done! These blocks come together so fast once you've made a couple. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Next week were sewing another third of the blocks, then we have Easy Week where you can catch-up, get-ahead, or take-it-easy. There will be a prize every week, so share your progress every week!</i></span><br />
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<b>WEEK 3, May 13th</b><br />
Sew a third of the blocks<br />
Bassinet: 1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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<b>WEEK 4, May 20th</b><br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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<b>WEEK 5, May 27th</b><br />
Sew remaining blocks<br />
Bassinet: 2<br />
Throw: 6<br />
Twin: 9<br />
King: 12<br />
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Layout and assemble quilt top. Post by midnight June 9th to be entered in the final giveaway, announced on June 10th.<br />
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Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-32671626636843155002019-05-06T04:14:00.002-07:002019-05-06T05:00:31.219-07:00Shawl Quilt Along, WEEK 7, May 6thFinal week!<br />
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It's finish 'er up week. We're so close to the finish! We're starting to see the plaid as these parts come together!<br />
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Congrats to Anna from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joyfullychosen/?hl=en">@joyfullychosen</a>. You've won the surprise bundle from Aurifil! I'll need your mailing address to get this out to you!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Final giveaway is a bundle from Cotton and Steel's newest release, Neko and Tori! I got to play with this line back in August, so it's a thrill to see it's arriving in stores. I envisioned Neko and Tori in a few of my patterns, here's a peek at some of the projects I proposed.</span><br />
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All my patterns will be on sale from the 8th to the 16th, use the code BIRTHDAYWEEK to get 20% your pattern order from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BriarHillDesigns?ref=seller-platform-mcnav">our shop</a>. Caverly's birthday is on the 8th and mine is on the 15th, so we always like to celebrate what we call our Briar Hill Birthday Week. :)</div>
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As mentioned last week, t<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">he instructions for assembling this quilt up look more complicated than they really are...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once you've got your entire quilt together, if you didn't stay stitch the edge pieces already it's a good idea to sew around the edge with 1/8 seam allowance. These edges will be tugged during the quilting process, so this is a good way to keep the seams from opening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Have you got your backing? I have a favourite method for pattern matching the print on a backing and it's explained in this <a href="https://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2017/02/tutorial-invisible-pieced-backing.html">blog post</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=violet%20quilts&epa=SEARCH_BOX">Sheri</a> will be taking my quilt this week to be quilted. I've chosen a medium blue thread to have it quilted in, and I'm still deciding between those two pantos I shared two weeks ago. I guess it'll be a game time decision!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Shawl's left corner is together, and my little guy and I are pretty happy about it! He is on a twin bed, and so I've been making the quilt according to queen instructions, it will just be a little narrower. Today is his birthday, and he's asked for a day off of school and Glow in the dark MiniGolf, so we're off to do that today! Tomorrow my goal is to get the rest of the quilt top together! Yay for finishing week!</span><br />
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Congrats to Aurelei Callaghan, you've won the Week 5 prize! I'll be in touch with your winnings! Eek!<br />
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Next week's prize is a surprise from Aurifil! I love their thread! 40wt is my fave! I've had the privilege to work with Aurifil on a few different projects. We have a thread box that has many favourite colours. We designed <a href="https://auribuzz.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/junes-cottage-by-briar-hill-designs/">our thread box</a> to match our fabric collection June's Cottage, but also to have some pale neutrals that would blend in with piecing with a lot of different colours. They've also supplied thread for our <a href="https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/62186457/briar-hill-designs-lookbook-fall-2018">Bequest Lookbook</a> for piecing and quilting! We've blogged about these <a href="https://auribuzz.wordpress.com/?s=junes+cottage">here</a>.<br />
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<b>This week we're doing Step 3 and part of Step 4 in the pattern</b>. We're cutting some blocks and cornerstones in half (step 3), and sewing some sashing together with blocks and cornerstones to make units (part of step 4). Just do the first two paragraphs of Step 4. If you have the printed pattern that's to the end of page 13. If you have the download, stop before the 4th paragraph on page 9. Assembling diagonal rows, and assemblong these rows into a quilt top are next week's prompts.<br />
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<b>Cutting through finished blocks:</b><br />
It's not often a comfortable feeling to take a block you've carefully made and cut it in half, but you can do it!<br />
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My first experience cutting a block in half was on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVcPty_FBPH/">Glimmering quilt.</a> The blocks are made with 108 little paper pieced triangles, and I must have checked my directions nearly ten times before I cut them. It was my baptism of fire of cutting through finished blocks, and now, everything else is easy!<br />
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You can do this! Keep the diagrams in the pattern close, and you'll be just fine!<br />
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Just to make the process a little easier, I've made a file with some labeled tags to help you keep these new pieces organized, you can download it <a href="https://mailchi.mp/8f3ed82d4058/shawbonusfiles">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Sewing blocks, sashing and cornerstones into Units:</b><br />
Sewing these units makes next week's quilt assembly all the easier! Make sure that you're sewing sashing pieces to the correct side of the block. Press all seam allowances towards the sashing!<br />
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Psst! Next time you make a quilt with cornerstones and sashing, this trick works to make these seams nest. Either press all seams toward the sashing, (or all seams away from the sashing) and you'll have seam nesting magic!<br />
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Isn't this so exciting, seeing these parts start to come together? Eek!<br />
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<b>A heads up for next week's work:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Two weeks from today we'll have finished quilt tops! Can you believe it?!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Here's where mine's at! My little guy is pretty happy with it! I need to shop for a flannel backing that's a good match </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(I'm hoping for a wideback)</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, so far it's been tough finding the right blue. I think I'll use the AD (the palest red) for the binding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I didn't get ahead like I'd hoped, but I did completely catch up, so yay me! And yay you! I love to see your quilts come together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">WEEK 6, Apr 29th</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Step 3 and part of 4 in the pattern; cutting pieces for outer edges and assembling units. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br /><br /><b>Next week is:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">WEEK 7, May 6th (final week of the QAL)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Assemble quilt top and post your progress by midnight, Sunday May 12th to be entered in the last giveaway.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">On May 13th, the f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">inal giveaway winner will be announced in a final newsletter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Keep up your inspiring work! We're getting so close to the finish!</span></span>Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-37196708495752876822019-04-29T08:54:00.002-07:002019-04-29T10:31:09.491-07:00Yonder Quilt Along, WEEK 1, April 29th<div class="p1">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Although our first giveaway was open to everyone who signed up and purchased the pattern, <b>future giveaways will be selected from posts on Instagram sharing your progress, using </b></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#yonderquilt, and tagging me @briarhilldesigns. This week I'd love to see your palettes and/or progress!</b></span><br />
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Here's the palette for my first Yonder! This is Garden Club by Brenda Ratliff of <a href="https://www.pinkcastlefabrics.com/">Pink Castle Fabrics</a>, a fellow textile designer with RJR. I needed a few extra fabrics to make the Twin size of the quilt, so I added a handful of RJR solids into the mix.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Don't feel pressure to gather the perfect assortment of colours and print for every single block. Remember. They're all going into the same quilt. I've learned that if I only allow the best matches to become a block instead of allowing for some unexpected fabric mashups, an assembled quilt top can look segmented and less cohesive. So, reminding myself, "They're all going into the same quilt." when matching up fabrics helps me make a quilt I love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">First, here's a quick tutorial on how I stack my prints, and trim them to make as little waste as possible. I use fat quarters to demonstrate this, but the same can apply to your full width yardage.</span><br />
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<b>As promised, here are links to the (optional) bonus blog posts:</b> These are meant to be a support if you would like to: 1. Use fat quarters instead of yardage to make your Yonder Quilt, or 2. Make a directional print upright in every part of the block. That's not necessary (I enjoy my directional prints to be any-which-way) but if it's your style, the blog post will be a help. If you're following the pattern as it stands, there's no need for you to read this content.<br />
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I've made printable files of these tutorials. You can download and print them from <a href="https://mailchi.mp/76b59d89d424/yonderbonusfiles">here</a>.<br />
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ALSO, I've made you some labels to help keep your project organized. They're also available through the link above.<br />
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Just in case using templates in the way described in the pattern is new to you, here's some info on how they're used.<br />
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1. Cut out the template.<br />
2. Select one of your acrylic rulers that is just a little bigger than the size of the template.<br />
3. Determine which edges of the paper template will need to be cut (arrows on paper templates point to these edges). These edges will be lined up to an edge on your ruler.<br />
4. Tape these templates (right-side-up) to the underside of your ruler using a clear tape (I use <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Scotch-Magic-Dispenser-12-7mm-810-12PP/dp/B00A4NB0A2/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=magic+tape&qid=1556544146&s=gateway&sr=8-5">Scotch Magic Tape</a>). We'll call these Ruler Templates.<br />
5. Align ruler template D or E to the stack of D or E pcs cut. There are four D or E pcs per block, so you can cut all four at the same time. Cut fabric to shape of template. The triangles cut away won't be used for this pattern.<br />
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<b>Next week I'll be sharing my Yonder block assembly tips!</b><br />
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<b>I recommend using a 6 1/2" ruler for trimming parts of the block next week. If you'd like to order one fast, <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000YZAPLU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=briarhilldesi-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B000YZAPLU&linkId=432f191df82e27ab126668d7837a663e">here's a link!</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b>Long story short:</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Please use <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/yonderquilt/?hl=en">#yonderquilt</a> in all your social media posts! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">You can follow this hashtag on Instagram to keep an eye on what other QAL-ers are up to! I hugely encourage </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">c</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">heering on other quilt along-ers, and </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">making a few new quilty friends! </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b>Long story long:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Last summer when I designed this pattern it was top-secret until Quilt Market weekend.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s not easy to name a quilt, and I finally found a name that was unused, and a good fit, Yonder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">A few days previous to Market, a quilter I hugely admire, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGMzKUHUMt/">@eyecandyquilts</a> announced her cute new pattern, Yonder.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What are the chances?!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I sent her a message and our unlikely and funny conversation went like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Me: Hi!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Have you just named a pattern Yonder? I did too! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Eye Candy Quilts: Yep!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Me: Yikes! Mine is debuting in the C+S booth. I would change it, but I don't think I'm able to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Eye Candy Quilts: Mine is in Moda's sales materials. Oh well! It happens all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Me: Yup! Well you know what they say about great minds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I’m telling you this, because guess what!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The story gets even more ironic!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We’re both hosting quilt alongs with our individual Yonder patterns. Hers starts in 2 days, so the Yonder quilt along Google search, and hashtags will show results for two Yonder Quilt Alongs. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">So to keep things tidy, we will use hashtags #yonderquilt primarily, and please tag me @briarhilldesigns in your posts so I don't miss a thing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Annaliese will be using other Yonder quilt along related hashtags for her quilt along like #yonderqal and #yonderquiltalong. It doesn't mean we can't use "her" hashtags, or her participants can't use "ours", because we can, and they can. I'm just promoting #yonderquilt as the one I'd primarily like you to use, and<b> I'll be drawing winners from the #yonderquilt hashtag shared through Instagram.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b>If there is any content that needs to be added later in a week, it will be added to the bottom of that week's blog post, and a newsletter will go out to link you to the additional content.</b></span><br />
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Any questions, please feel welcome to email me at briarhilldesigns@gmail.com.<br />
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<b>WEEK 1, April 29th </b><br />
Steps 1 and 2: Cut all fabric for your blocks, match up fabrics you would like in the same block.<br />
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Sew a third of the blocks<br />
Bassinet:1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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<b>WEEK 3, May 13th</b><br />
Sew a third of the blocks<br />
Bassinet:1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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<b>WEEK 4, May 20th</b><br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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<b>WEEK 5, May 27th</b><br />
Sew remaining blocks<br />
Bassinet: 2<br />
Throw: 6<br />
Twin: 9<br />
King: 12<br />
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<b>WEEK 6, June 3rd</b><br />
Layout and assemble quilt top. Post by midnight June 9th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-75779765689211298042019-04-27T18:16:00.000-07:002019-04-29T11:55:58.398-07:00Using Fat Quarters for the Yonder QuiltAnticipating the question, "Can I use fat quarters for the Yonder pattern?" I decided to prepare a blog post instructing how to do it.<br />
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In answering the question, I'd say, "Yyyyyessss, bbbbbut, it's tight!"<br />
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Quilt pattern designers often add 15% more to the yardage requirements to accommodate fabric cut crooked in the store, shrinkage if you prewash, a ruler that slipped, a rotary cutter that went rogue or a mis-cut. So, yes it can all fit, but I recommend having a couple extra FQs on hand to allow for any additional fabric that might be needed. This post and the diagrams assume that you will be able to get 17" x 20" of useable fabric from every fat quarter. So, I was able to make Yonder using fat quarters, and you'll be able to, as well.<br />
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Get a printable file of this tutorial <a href="https://mailchi.mp/76b59d89d424/yonderbonusfiles">here</a>, along with other Yonder bonus files.<br />
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This blog post is meant to be used hand in hand with the Yonder pattern, and I recommend you familiarize yourself with the foundational instructions in the pattern before proceeding with this tutorial, so that these instructions make sense.<br />
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The Yonder pattern requires 5/8 yard per block, so if you're making the Throw (16 blocks) according to the pattern, you need 16 x 5/8 yd.<br />
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Since YOU are using fat quarters, you will need 2 FQs per block. So if you're making the Throw, (16 blocks), you need 16 blocks x 2 FQs each, totalling 32 fat quarters.<br />
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In the pattern there's an exception for making the bassinet, and using 5/8 yds per block. This is actually resolved because you are using FQs. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The bassinet has four blocks, but since there's 5 parts to the block you would need five 5/8 yards so you didn't have two sections of the block in the same fabric. Since you're using fqs, and you need 2 fqs per block (and since you're adding variety to the palette by using 2 FQs per block), there's no exception and you need only 8 fat quarters.</span></span><br />
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Throw: 32 FQs<br />
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In the pattern the 5/8 yard allows you to cut all you need for one block out of every single fabric. Then, that one fabric will part of five different blocks, it will be A - centre square in one block, B - star in another block, C - star echo in another block, etc.<br />
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Since YOU are using two fat quarters instead, one fat quarter will be used in sections A, B, D, and the other fat quarter will be used in sections C and E.<br />
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Divide your fat quarters into two piles (one that will become sections A, B, D, and the other will become sections C, E. <b>Follow Step 1 directions in the pattern, refer to the cutting chart in the pattern, and refer to these diagrams.</b><br />
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Note that ALL pieces with the same letter are cut from the same fabric. This is essential because the Star needs to be made with one fabric to appear as a star, and same goes for other letters with multiple pieces.<br />
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Beside the fact that you're cutting these pieces from two different fabrics instead of one, the only exception is how you cut B2. This piece will be cut from the discarded triangle from D. Stack these four triangles and follow the directions in the diagram. This will give you the four triangles you need for B2.<br />
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Then proceed with Step 2 in the pattern.Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-59847992151624501332019-04-27T18:09:00.000-07:002019-05-01T13:27:13.460-07:00Using directional prints with Yonder Quilt<style type="text/css">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I have used directional prints in the Yonder blocks I've made, but stuck to the pattern’s cutting chart, and let the direction of the print in the individual parts be any-which-way. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> I like it to have that scrappy, laid-back look, so don't feel like your stripe or directional fabric needs to be cut according to these additional instructions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I recommend upping your yardage for any directional print to 3/4 yards to compensate for some diagonal cuts. In the pattern every piece is cut on the straight of grain to start, then some are sub cut or cut to the size of the template. To make these sections have all the same orientation, you will need to cut a 45° angle, then cut the dimensions of the piece from that diagonal cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please consider that these different cuts will mean that the straight-of-grain and the bias will now be in different places in the pieces. It could be a good idea to starch these prints before cutting so they don't stretch where they wouldn't have otherwise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I saw a quote this week that cracked me up, "Whoever wrote the Phrase 'Easy like Sunday Morning', obviously never had to get kids ready for church." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">So Easy Week can mean different things to us, too! I was on a getaway with my hubby for five days last week, which probably chewed up 7+ days. So I'm having a catching-up-then-getting-ahead type of week that will go much like my Sunday mornings;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">"Let's go, let's go!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">"That's not done yet? Yikes!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">"Oh man, we're gonna be late!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">But YOU might have a Lionel Richie type of Easy Week, and not do a thing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Last week I chat with <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/magazines-more/quilting-podcast">Pat Sloan on her APQ podcast</a>. Have you listened? What did you think of the conversation? Any thoughts? I'd love hear what you would have liked to add to the chat had we all been at a table together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">First off are you quilting it yourself, or are you going to jump on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VioletQuilts/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARBsVsKP0byA-obzoTRY8NXkIl6zQW86P_bTpmiYxoe8uUgwWi0isTLU-rQewQD2lnykQm-kMd7IHWYt">Violet Quilts'</a> discounted batting and longarm quilting, exclusive to this Quilt Along? Any way you do it, I can't wait to see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">When I made Shawl in solids for the What Shade Are Y</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">ou, I wanted an asymmetric crosshatch, but that proved to be very difficult for a handful of reasons. Sheri did an amazing job, (really, she's amazing!) but it was hard to sew long diagonal lines on the quilt and make stitch lines match up and not have fabric puckered at crossing stitch lines. She managed to do an amazing job, but it was not an easy job for her (or for me earlier when I tried it on my domestic machine) so I can't recommend it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">When I made Shawl in our Bequest line, I chose <a href="https://www.karleeporter.com/shop/digital-designs/shapes/borders/fancy-schmancy/">Fancy Schmancy, an Edge to Edge by Karlee Porter</a>. I love how it turned out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">If you're thinking of quilting it yourself, here are some great free motion quilting you could consider. I think this quilt design lends itself to an all over quilting look, so most of these are meander-like quilting that won't draw attention to themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Elongated Meander: </span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Use your free motion quilting foot! </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Consider pushing and pulling the quilt through to make the long lines, so you would be working from the side of the quilt if you want these lines to be horizontal. The lines can be wavy. Remember to add hooks, Cs, Ns, Es. You can work your way across the quilt meandering, or pick up and end off on only one side of the quilt at times.</span></div>
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Step 3 and 4 in the pattern; cutting pieces for outer edges and assembling units.<br />
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Assemble quilt top and post by midnight May 12th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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Final giveaway winner announced!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Congrats to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harbourcolour/?hl=en">Laurie Macdonald</a>! She has won the Week 4 prize, t</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">his bundle of Bonnie Christine goodness,</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"> donated by </span><a href="https://beautifully-mended.com/" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Beautifully Mended</a><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">!</span><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"> (Yay!) Please reach out to me with your preferred email address, and I'll get this out to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, I'm chatting with <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/magazines-more/quilting-podcast">Pat Sloan on her APQ podcast</a>. I'm vacationing in Utah while we have our chat, so I'll be at a friend's house using their land line. I'm excited about our talking points, and I'd love to have you listen in, and hear what you would have liked to add to the chat had we all been at a table together!</span><br />
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Step 3 and 4 in the pattern; cutting pieces for outer edges and assembling units.<br />
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Assemble quilt top and post by midnight May 12th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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Final giveaway winner announced!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Congrats to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shmarley71/?hl=en">Sharon Marley</a>! She has won the Week 3 prize, donated by Caverly, my sister-in-law, and co-creator of Briar Hill. Please reach out to me with your preferred email address, and I'll get this out to you once I'm back at my home computer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Since there are nine identically sized squares in the cornerstone, it’s possible to think you’re sewing fabrics together right,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>but be mistaken.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Check that your fabrics are in order </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">(1.) in the strip set, and also (2.) when you’re sewing the three strip sets together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">And just in case you have some unfortunate unpicking to do, here’s my trick:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I pick every 7th-9th stitch on one side of the seam.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Then I loosen a thread on the opposite of the seam and pull it away from the seam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">There is often a huge contrast within this small cornerstone. Sometimes when I have made Shawl, I've changed my thread colour at different times to make sure the thread is a good match, and remains unseen. (Also I find it spices up the process to use a different thread colour. It's a simple pleasure!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This week is a light work week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The cornerstones are small, and we’re making all you need for your quilt top this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Congrats to Laurie MacDonald <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harbourcolour/">@harbourcolour</a>! She has won the Week 2 prize, donated by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/soakwash/">Soak Was Inc.</a>. Please reach out to me with your mailing address, and I'll get that mailed out to you Laurie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This week’s sponsor is my cohort in creativity, Caverly!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She’ll be sending this bundle of digital artwork/ . Print them and frame for your home, have one printed on fabric, or use one digitally as wallpaper for your phone and computer to brighten up your every day. My house has several pieces by Cav, and I also have her artwork on my iphone screen. I am in love with her style!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">In most quilts it is important to have an exact quarter inch seam allowance to make all the pieces fit. In case you're still working on excelling at your quarter inch seam allowance, you can breathe easy in this quilt. As long as your seam allowance is consistent, your blocks, sashing and cornerstones will all end up that little bit bigger or smaller. It works out this way because all three sections of the quilt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> (b</span>lock, sashing, and cornerstone) have the same number of horizontal and vertical seams. They will all turn out being a little big if you have a scant quarter inch and being a little small if you have a generous quarter-inch. Either way doesn’t matter. You don’t have to worry about the finished size of the blocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This weekend my guild is going on retreat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’ll be there for a day and a half, and I’m looking forward to just sewing. I'll finish up my blocks, cut out my cornerstones for Week 3, and work on a few other projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Congrats to Melanie from @abitofscrapstuff. She's won a big bundle of Missouri Star rulers and templates! Thanks <a href="https://www.instagram.com/missouriquiltco/">Missouri Star</a>! Also, thanks to you for following along. This Quilt Along is full of amazing prizes, so keep those pictures coming of your progress, and perhaps you'll win this week's prize...</span></span><br />
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As mentioned previously, we're starting the quilt along with a great giveaway.<br />
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Congrats to Melanie from @abitofscrapstuff. She's won a big bundle of Missouri Star rulers and templates! Thanks <a href="https://www.instagram.com/missouriquiltco/">Missouri Star</a>! Also, thanks to you for following along. This QAL is full of amazing prizes, so keep those pictures coming of your progress, and perhaps you'll win next week's prize.<br />
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If you have signed up for the QAL, you are entered in the giveaway. I'll require proof of purchase if you are drawn, just to ensure that the prize goes to one of us who intends to participate in the Quilt Along.)<br />
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This week has a few fun things to look forward to:<br />
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<b>1.</b> First off, it's <b>Let us see your palette! Show us your fabrics on IG, using #shawlquilt and tagging me @briarhilldesigns.</b><br />
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<b>If your palette is still a work in progress, share it!</b> Lay out the fabrics you have as they would be placed in the chart, and <b>appeal to the hive mind to work through it! Together we can figure it out!</b> For this week and next we are only sewing with A, B, and AB, so if you still have some figuring out to do, you have time!<br />
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Here's mine!<br />
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<b>2.</b> I've been able to gather some <b>fantastic prizes from amazing sponsors</b>! For the rest of the QAL, to be entered for prizes, use #shawlquilt on Instagram or Facebook to share your week's work by midnight on Sunday, and Monday morning, I'll announce the winner.<br />
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These are all businesses I have warm feelings for and I'm really happy I get to brag them up during our Quilt Along. Below, I'll link their IG accounts so you can see their creative contributions to crafting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Caverly, the painterly half of Briar Hill, and also myself are sponsoring prizes for the QAL, that's why our brand is up there, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aurifilthread/">Aurifil thread</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/missouriquiltco/"> Misssouri Star Quilt Co.</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/soakwash/">Soakwash</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautifullymendedfabric/">Beautifully Mended</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cottonandsteel/">Cotton + Steel Fabrics</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/violetquilts/">Sheri of Violet Quilts</a> is once again offerring </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">25% off of batting and</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 10% off of longarm quilting services for all QAL Shawl quilts. She has quilted more than half of my quilts, so she comes highly recommended. If you would like to let her know you'll be bringing her your quilt, you can message her at any time during the QAL, and she'll put you on her list!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In an upcoming week, I'll share some Longarm quilting pantos that I think are a good fit for Shawl, and also some ideas for those of you who would like to free-motion quilt on your domestic machine.</span></span></div>
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<b>3.</b> <b>We're cutting and sewing half of our blocks this week!</b><br />
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<b>Crib 9</b><br />
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This week, we're cutting out fabric for our blocks, and sewing the strip sets (make sure you read the section on working with strip sets because there are lots of great tips there!) and we will also be sewing the first half of the blocks! Share pics at the end of the week for a chance at the end of the week giveaway!<br />
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Keep in mind, April 22nd starts Easy Week, so as much as I'd love to motivate you to qualify for the PRIZES, no pressure! Enjoy the ride! Thanks to the magic of strip sets, these blocks come together so fast.<br />
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I highly recommend cutting and sewing all blocks before cutting and sewing sashing or cornerstones, so that's how I've laid out the weekly plan for the QAL. (Below)<br />
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To keep us full of plaidspiration, here are some plaids (that are making me dream of my next Shawl quilt, when I haven't even started cutting my present Shawl quilt).<br />
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<b>WEEK 1, March 25th</b><br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble half of your blocks<br />
Crib 9<br />
Throw 25<br />
Queen 36<br />
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<b>WEEK 2, April 1st</b><br />
Assemble second half of blocks<br />
Crib 9<br />
Throw 25<br />
Queen 36<br />
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<b>WEEK 3, Apr 8th</b><br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble cornerstones<br />
Crib 18<br />
Throw 50<br />
Queen 72<br />
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<b>WEEK 4, Apr 15th</b><br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble sashing<br />
Crib 36<br />
Throw 100<br />
Queen 144<br />
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<b>WEEK 5, Apr 22nd</b><br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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<b>WEEK 6, Apr 29th</b><br />
Step 3 and 4 in the pattern; cutting pieces for outer edges and assembling units.<br />
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<b>WEEK 7, May 6th</b><br />
Assemble quilt top week! Post by midnight May 12th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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<b>May 13th</b><br />
Final giveaway winner announced!<br />
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To all of you, I'm so glad you're joining us! One of the best parts of a QAL is making new quilty associates and friends, so I hugely recommend following the #shawlquilt hashtag and commenting on other participants' posts.<br />
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See you there!<br />
<br />Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-5866409271164211942019-03-18T20:31:00.001-07:002019-03-18T20:41:36.073-07:00Shawl Quilt - Fabric selectionToday I'm sharing some additional tips on choosing fabrics for the Shawl quilt pattern!<br />
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In the Shawl pattern I give some tips on fabric selection, and also in the <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/01/color-hexa-and-how-it-can-help-you-find.html">Color Hexa</a> blog post there are tips on how to choose colour selection. This extra blog post is not meant to overcomplicate the process, so if you're into a groove with the other resources available, then by all means, stay with what's working for you! But, since colour selection matters to achieve the woven plaid look of the quilt, and since there are so many ways to choose colours successfully, I thought I'd mention some simple tips for any of you who would find this additional info helpful!<br />
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The Shawl quilt is a visual effect, where fabric can achieve the look of a woven plaid. There's a formula in the pattern that can help you choose the right colours, whether you're using prints or solids.</div>
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So far I've made this quilt three times, all in very different colour palettes; twice in prints, and once in solids. So for the upcoming QAL, I thought I'd play with solids once again. This quilt will be going on my youngest son's bed. My goal is to re-do all my kids's bedding this year, and so I'm looking forward to knowing this first one will be checked off the list in a matter of weeks!<br />
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Here's my in-progress fabric palette. I'll share my thoughts as I narrow it down to the final palette.<br />
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Unlike other times I've chosen a Shawl palette, I started with a plaid that I liked the colours of. These two Robert Kaufman plaids were my inspiration. I didn't have the actual Robert Kaufman Mammoth Flannels on hand though, so my aim was to find a similar:<br />
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This time I didn't use <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/01/color-hexa-and-how-it-can-help-you-find.html">Color Hexa</a>, or any other digital colour blending tool, just my imagination as I auditioned different bolts of fabric in the fabric store.<br />
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At the quilt shop I wrote the letters on a scraps of paper to mark the bolts as I chose, and one by one selected my colours. In what felt like 45 minutes later walked out with all the fabrics I needed. I am the slowest decision maker I've ever met, so if I can do it, so can you!</div>
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Also, AB should be lighter than AC, since B is lighter than C, so I popped into a store today and found the right blue for AC. (Also I could have switched AB and AC and that could have done the trick, too!</div>
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1. Search for a plaid that you already like the colours of, and refer to that when selecting your fabric.</div>
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2. Usually we find it pretty easy to imagine what any given colour would look like mixed with black or white, so consider using white or black (or nearly white or black) as one or two of your first four colours. For this quilt I chose a "nearly-white" pale grey blue for A, and a "nearly black" charcoal for C. This made choosing blended colours easy!</div>
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4. Don't overcomplicate the process! Somehow this perception of a woven plaid still works in prints, even. Our brains are amazing at perceiving pattern and organization. For example, don't blue and red make purple? Yes, but I opted for burgundy/maroon in my palette for the red/blue blended colours. Though my boys both really like purple, I didn't want to introduce yet another colour into their bedroom, so I was happy to find some burgundies that still fit.</div>
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For this blog post, I plunked some similar colours into Electric Quilt, and came up with this image to get an idea of how the colours I chose would look. If I didn't have EQ, I would have used the colouring page from the pattern. I like it, and I think my little guy will, too!</div>
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We start our QAL on the 25th, kicking it off with a giveaway! As has been mentioned before, if you have signed up for the QALI'm looking forward to telling you more about the giveaways, and getting acquainted with you and seeing your fabric palettes! A QAL is a great opportunity to find and make quilty friends, so I'll be encouraging you to share pics of your process and use the hashtag #shawlquilt, and tagging me @briarhilldesigns so that I don't miss a post!</div>
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All the important info regarding the QAL is posted in <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/03/shawl-quilt-along-starting-march-25th.html">this linked blog post</a>, and signing up for the QAL is there as well! </div>
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Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-13368280864028108292019-03-14T09:56:00.002-07:002019-03-14T09:56:26.671-07:00Mulberry Quilt (and a giveaway with Aurifil thread and RJR fabrics!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hello fellow lovers of needle and thread!</div>
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We're Caverly and Julia of Briar Hill Designs. We're textile designers with RJR Fabrics; Caverly the artist paints all the artwork for our fabric collections; and I'm Julia the pattern maker, designing quilts and sewing my heart out!<br />
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<b>Giveaway info is hidden somewhere in this post. :)</b><br />
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I feel very honoured to get to share on the Aurifil blog. We have a thread box with Aurifil which I love to sew with. I love their beautifully-made thread, and I'm pleased to share one of the many projects I've made with Aurifil thread.</div>
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(But let me just show you these first!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Made with Aurifloss and 3mm silk ribbon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is my Cameo quilt, which was appliquéd, pieced and quilted in Aurifil thread. Quilting by <a href="https://stitchedquiltingco.com/">Dara Tomasson of Stitched Quilting Co</a>.</span></div>
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This is Mulberry, one of our newest patterns, made with fabrics from <a href="https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/62186457/briar-hill-designs-lookbook-fall-2018">our second collection, Bequest. </a> </div>
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I'd love to tell you about the creative process of designing and making this quilt.</div>
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The Mulberry design is a take on the Lone Star, continuing the diamonds out to the far corners of the block.</div>
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I love the secondary design that appears when you sew the four blocks together.</div>
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I like how different four blocks can look when you have light and dark in different places.</div>
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Let's be honest. Sewing with bias could be intimidating for some of us. It's so important to me that I give my customers all the tools they need to proceed with confidence. The pattern includes a comprehensive section full of good sewing techniques that will help you produce a great quilt top. Fabric prep, cutting, pressing, sewing, and cutting strip sets and working with bias are all topics to help you make the most stunning quilt top.</div>
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I love the saturation of colour in these big blocks, and how in this Twin size, you can play out a different colour story in every block.</div>
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I designed this quilt last Spring and couldn't wait to make it in our fabric once it arrived!</div>
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My to-do list turned into a traffic jam this past fall, due to some quilty setbacks. I realized pretty quickly that I couldn't release the four patterns I made for the Bequest fabric release in time without some help. So I called out to my friends at the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_maritimemqg/?hl=en">Maritime Modern Quilt Guild</a> for help and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anjaquilts/?hl=en">Anja Clyke</a> offered to help by piecing the quilt. I starched all the fabrics, and dropped them off at her door with a spool of Aurifil 40wt, and she pieced the blocks beautifully. Thanks friend!</div>
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I then trimmed the blocks, sewed the four blocks together, and chose 2770 Very Light Delft 40wt thread from our Briar Hill thread box.</div>
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Mulberry got the best quilt treatment using <a href="http://www.hobbsbatting.com/products/hobbs-tuscany-batting/hobbs-tuscany-100-wool-batting/">Hobbs Tuscany wool batting</a>, and Aurifil 40wt thread. Sheri from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VioletQuilts/">Violet Quilts</a> quilted Mulberry in this <a href="https://threesistersfabric.com/baptist-fan-e2e-plus-5-bonus-patterns-2875.html">Baptist Fan edge to edge</a> panto on her Gammil Statler.</div>
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The texture on this quilt is just incredible. I wish you could pet it!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for reading along! I love to share my quilt process. So much of our craft is us alone in our sewing room, which is nice, but it’s also energizing to connect with others who love sewing as much as we do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Sewing!<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">– Julia</em></span></div>
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When C+S asked me if I'd be interested in designing patterns for their new collections I had to keep my composure, so I didn't scream "YES!" and make them think I was a weirdo. Because I'm not.</div>
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I was so happy to have the opportunity because:</div>
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1. I'm a huge Rifle Paper fan, and would get a sneak peek at their newest collection. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> (I know, we're Textile Designers too, but I feel that has even expanded my appreciation of other designer's creations, and it's fun to spend some time admiring other artist's work!)</span></div>
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2. I was intrigued by the challenge of acting as a proxy Quilt Designer for another Textile Designer. I imagine most textile designers have a feel for how they wanted their fabric line to be seen. Being that for another means I hope to design a quilt that they would love, and that shows off their collection as they wish to portray it. I've enjoyed it!</div>
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3. Though I wasn't attending Fall Quilt Market, I was excited that some of my projects would be there.</div>
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I was sent digital artwork of the collection in August and submitted designs within a week. I submitted a few ideas for the Wildwood collection, and here is one I loved, but I'm glad Yonder was the winner.</div>
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In 2018, Anna Bond had her artwork placed on a stamp. She had mentioned at the time that it was a huge achievement for her because she had loved stamps as a child, (but don't ask me how I know that because I can't find the source, but here's the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BeJP596FfKT/">stamp</a>, so I didn't completely make it up). So I thought this would make a fun quilt, and C+S basics had a great manilla envelope colour for the background. I guess this designs will just have to go into the vault for another time.</div>
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1. No background fabric. I imagined a high saturation of print and colour.</div>
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2. I wanted to see five different fabrics in a large 18" block.</div>
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3. I was hoping for a pretty secondary design.</div>
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4. I wanted to build from a simple star design I'd fallen for a few months previous. Andrea of @3rdstoryworkshop had asked me to contribute star blocks to a quilt she was making. I could make any design I wanted that was a star, and made this simple block. When I handed the blocks over to her at one of our MMQG meetings, I mentioned, "I think I'm going to play with this star!" </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">My quilty to-do list turned into a traffic jam in the Fall due to a truckload of unforseens, so I called out to my amazing quilty friends and they came to the rescue. Eleanor Thili sewed up this quilt beautifully.</span></div>
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She also fussy-cut the bunny for the centre square (shown in the pic below). I love her for that!</div>
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I knew for a long time I wanted to have it quilted in a woodgrain, but I couldn't find a pantograph that was organic and un-repetitive for my vision, so I rented Bella, the longarm at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VioletQuilts/">Violet Quilts</a>, chose a pistachio coloured thread, and quilted it myself over about 5 hours. </div>
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This pattern has been such an agreeable project. Writing, proofing, testing, sewing, and editing were all easy breezy; so for the present, Yonder is my favourite child.</div>
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<strike><b>I always have a giveaway for a new pattern release</b>, so on Friday please see my Giveaway post on Facebook or Instagram to enter. Contest closes Monday, March 11th at 9am EST. A winner will be chosen from FB and Instagram, and will win a great big coupon and a digital copy of the pattern for themselves and their tagged friend.</strike><br />
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<b>This quilt needs a Quilt Along. It just does. So, I'm starting a QAL on April 29th.</b><br />
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<a href="https://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/04/yonder-quilt-along-week-1-april-29th.html">WEEK 1</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/05/yonder-qal-week-3-may-13th.html">WEEK 3</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/05/yonder-quilt-along-week-4-may-20th.html">WEEK 4</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/05/yonder-qal-week-5-may-27th_27.html">WEEK 5</a><br />
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<a href="https://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/06/yonder-quilt-along-week-6-june-3rd.html">WEEK 6</a><br />
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Bonus Files:<br />
<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/04/using-fat-quarters-for-yonder-quilt.html">Using Fat Quarters with Yonder</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/04/using-directional-prints-with-yonder.html">Using Directional Prints with Yonder</a><br />
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Here's the plan for the QAL:<br />
hashtag to use: #yonderquilt<br />
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You can expect an email every Monday of the QAL. It will link you to the week's Blog post.<br />
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In anticipating the "Can I use Fat Quarters?" question, the answer is yes. You'll need two for every block, but it's tight, and I'd recommend having a few extra FQs on hand in case you need to bring them into the fold. I'm sewing up a Yonder made with FQs, and there will be a Blog post all about it before the QAL.<br />
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I find it best to cut the entire quilt, match up which prints you want together in a block, then make blocks one by one, so that's how I've organized the QAL.<br />
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Opening giveaway will be on April 29th. If you have signed up for the QAL you are automatically entered. Once I draw a name, I'll request to see proof of purchase of the pattern, then the giveaway will be mailed to you!<br />
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WEEK 1, April 29th<br />
Steps 1 and 2: Cut all fabric for your blocks, match up fabrics you would like in the same block.<br />
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Sew a third of the blocks<br />
Bassinet:1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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WEEK 3, May 13th<br />
Sew a third of the blocks<br />
Bassinet:1<br />
Throw: 5<br />
Twin: 8<br />
King: 12<br />
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WEEK 4, May 20th<br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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WEEK 5, May 27th<br />
Sew remaining blocks<br />
Bassinet: 2<br />
Throw: 6<br />
Twin: 9<br />
King: 12<br />
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WEEK 6, June 3rd<br />
Layout and assemble quilt top. Post by midnight June 9th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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Final giveaway winner announced!<br />
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It's going to be a fun QAL, I just know it! I hop you'll join us. Follow this link to Subscribe!<br />
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<br />Briar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16600756463023905077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764257381563740185.post-17990953314122991002019-03-05T06:31:00.001-08:002019-07-13T01:09:25.125-07:00Shawl Quilt Along starting March 25thI hosted my first QAL in the Fall, using my Potter's Wheel pattern, and I loved the sense of community that comes form working on the same project together, and watching all these creative and different quilts grow. During the QAL, I highly recommended commenting on other participants' posts on instagram which resulted in some new quilty friendships for many of us, and that's the best part!<br />
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So I'm especially to start another Quilt Along, this time with my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BriarHillDesigns?search_query=Shawl+Quilt">Shawl quilt pattern</a>. Our Shawl Quilt Along is less than 3 weeks away, and I'm already seeing participants colour planning their quilts.<br />
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(Since the QAL is now over, here's a quick link to all QAL content, if you would like to follow along.)<br />
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<a href="https://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/04/shawl-quilt-along-week-6-april-29th.html">WEEK 6</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/05/shawl-quilt-along-week-7-may-6th.html">WEEK 7</a><br />
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Bonus Files:<br />
<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/01/color-hexa-and-how-it-can-help-you-find.html">Color Hexa, and how it can help you find the colours you're looking for</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/03/shawl-quilt-fabric-selection.html">Fabric Selection</a><br />
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<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/02/what-share-are-you-coral-shawl-quilt.html">Blog post on the Coral Shawl Quilt</a><br />
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I first designed Shawl over a year ago, wanting to explore transparency in a quilt. I tried a few plaid designs before I fell for this one, and then used all my brain power to figure out how to plan colours for the quilt, so that the design would appear as a woven shawl.<br />
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There's a process fully described in the pattern to pick colours for the quilt. Colour planning is divided into two steps:<br />
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Please see my <a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/02/what-share-are-you-coral-shawl-quilt.html">What Shade Are You post</a> for more on this coral Shawl.</div>
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I've also added a blog post on<a href="http://briarhilldesigns.blogspot.com/2019/01/color-hexa-and-how-it-can-help-you-find.html"> using a colour blender to help you select colours</a> as a support for the second part of the fabric choice process. This process can even work with prints and solids. Both June's Cottage and Bequest fabrics have been made into Shawl quilts.<br />
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My plan is to sew in solids during the QAL. I'm making a quilt for my youngest, he's 7 and had fun choosing colours with me. This is the year of new quilts for my kids. There are loads of my quilts around, but they belong in our common areas. I think my little guy is excited to have one that's all his own!<br />
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Here's the plan for the QAL:<br />
hashtag to use: #shawlquilt<br />
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You can expect an email every Monday of the QAL. It will link you to the week's Blog post.<br />
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I find it best to cut and make Blocks, Sashing and Cornerstones separately, so that's how I've organized the QAL. There are lots of blocks per week, but thanks to strip piecing, and production-line sewing, these parts go together so fast.<br />
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Opening giveaway will be on March 25th. If you have signed up for the QAL you are automatically entered. Once I draw a name, I'll request to see proof of purchase of the pattern, then the giveaway will be mailed to you!<br />
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I'll be making a post before the QAL all about colour planning, talking about how I choose colour, and any tips that could be helpful. It's our goal to be ready to cut fabric the first week of the QAL so please use the resources such as the first few pages of the pattern, the Color Hexa post and future blog post to choose your fabrics, email me any questions through the blog contact link above, and I'll be sure to answer them in the blog post I'm preparing on colour selection.<br />
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Also keep in mind! If you'd like someone to do all the fabric choosing for you, Missouri Star has kitted out <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/100001/rjr-fabrics/briar-hill-designs/shawl-kit">Shawl quilt in the Throw size</a>.<br />
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WEEK 1, March 25th<br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble half of your blocks<br />
Crib 9<br />
Throw 25<br />
Queen 36<br />
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WEEK 2, April 1st<br />
Assemble second half of blocks<br />
Crib 9<br />
Throw 25<br />
Queen 36<br />
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WEEK 3, Apr 8th<br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble cornerstones<br />
Crib 18<br />
Throw 50<br />
Queen 72<br />
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WEEK 4, Apr 15th<br />
Cut, strip piece and assemble sashing<br />
Crib 36<br />
Throw 100<br />
Queen 144<br />
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WEEK 5, Apr 22nd<br />
Catch-up, get-ahead or take-it-easy week<br />
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WEEK 6, Apr 29th<br />
Step 3 and 4 in the pattern; cutting pieces for outer edges and assembling units.<br />
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WEEK 7, May 6th<br />
Assemble quilt top and post by midnight May 12th to be entered in the final giveaway.<br />
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May 13th<br />
Final giveaway winner announced!<br />
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Sheri of Violet Quilts is once again offerring discounted batting and quilting services, so stay tuned for more on that, and info on our sponsored giveaways!<br />
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