Category Archives: patterns

Snowflake-ish

Posted on January 18, 2013 by ginabean • 3 Comments

Kinda snowflake-like, huh. It snowed here last night, so it made for a nice, quiet morning to get this quilt top completed. I made it using the pattern, Designer Star, designed by my quilty friend, Lee. Check out her blog! 
I got her pattern and the new Joel Dewberry fabric at The Little General. This quilt goes together so quickly. If you are looking for a get r’ done project, this is perfect. 
If all goes right with the world today, I would like to get it quilted this evening. I got some new pantographs and I want to try one out on this quilt. 
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Stacks Quilt

Posted on January 4, 2013 by ginabean • 0 Comments

 This is Amy Jo’s quilt. It is the Stacks Quilt from the book, Quilts From The House of Tula Pink. I quilted it for her just before Christmas. She wanted it quilted like it was quilted in the book so I tried to replicate it. These aren’t the greatest pictures, but it has x’s and lines and swirls. 
I hated to have to give it back to her. I also adore her fabric choices. Especially the Anna Maria feathers she used as her background fabric. Beautiful. 
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Weekender Weekend

Posted on December 30, 2012 by ginabean • 4 Comments

I started an Amy Butler Weekender Bag this weekend. I had forgotten what a pain this bag is to make. Actually, it really is not that bad…until you go to sew it together. There is just no easy way to do it. I wish I could figure out a way to do it without having to wrestle with it, but I don’t see a way. It came out okay, but I think if you really look at the bag closely you will see where the corners are a struggle. I have to put the lining in. That will have to wait for another day. 
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Dreamweaver

Posted on August 23, 2012 by ginabean • 2 Comments
 Gina, from The Little General fabric shop, put together this beautiful Dreamweaver Quilt, a pattern from the book, “Quilts From the House of Tula Pink”
She used fabric from Tula’s new line, “the birds and the bees”. She has put together some kits in her shop with all you need to make this beautiful quilt. She said it went together so quickly. I loved quilting it for her and I love her bright pink thread choice. 
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Sewing Sunday

Posted on August 19, 2012 by ginabean • 4 Comments
As soon as I saw this quilt, I wanted to make it.

It looks like my featherweight just threw up a rainbow doesn’t it! 

I got half pieced together today, but I think I am going to save the rest for next Sunday. It is made using this free pattern. 
Filed Under: fabric, jelly roll, patterns, quilts, Sewing Sunday

Doing Cartwheels

Posted on August 17, 2012 by ginabean • 2 Comments
 I put together the first block of the Cartwheel Quilt.
The templates I had made really did make the whole process so much easier. I went to my local glass shop and they cut them out of some plexi-glass. I highly recommend it. There are a few other quilts that I would like to make that require templates and I will definitely be getting them made. I went to Pfaff’s, if you are local and interested in have some made for yourself. 
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Sunday Sewing

Posted on August 12, 2012 by ginabean • 8 Comments
 I finished putting this Patchwork Chevron Quilt together today. I made it following this tutorial from Moda Bake Shop. I added a few blocks to it so that it would fit on a king-size bed.
I am getting some acrylic templates cut for the Cartwheel Quilt (see previous post) and they will not be ready until Monday. I thought maybe I should try to get this quilt completed while I waited for the templates. This quilt uses fabric from Denyse Schmidt’s Hope Valley and Flea Market Fancy. It is going to go on my bed. I think I am just going to add one more row to the side to make it a tad bit wider. If I get really ambitious, I think I should make some matching pillow shams.
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Do You Smell That?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment
Yup, another quilt is in the air. Chicopee + Tula. If this is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right. 
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Sunday Sewing

Posted on August 5, 2012 by ginabean • 1 Comment
 I have been working on this Urban Candy pattern for the last couple of Sundays and sneaking in a few stitches here and there while watching the Olympics this past week.
I was hoping to wrap up making the top today, but no such luck. I have 4 more columns to go. Hopefully it will be completed by next Sunday. I am really getting the hang of these curves. The Quick Curve Ruler is so much fun once you get the hang of it. Believe it or not, this sews up pretty quickly.
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Because I Don’t have Enough To Do

Posted on August 1, 2012 by ginabean • 3 Comments
 I’ve decide to make something to wear. I keep running into people that have made some of the cutest clothes for themselves and I thought I needed to get in on some of that action, you know, in my free time.
 The fabric has been purchased, the pattern cut out and I’m one my way. If I had planned a little better, I might have thought to maybe get some fabric that would transition into Fall. (That thought occurred to me after everything was cut out.)
I’ve made this dress once before. It turned out great, only it ended up being a couple of sizes too big. Don’t ask me where I went wrong. I went by the measurements on the back, but it looked kind of “tent-like”, if ya know what I mean. I am going to try it again (smaller size this time), because I just love this pattern and I think the dress is really cute. 
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