This post is part of the City Sampler Sew Along. For more information or to see blocks completed so far, click here!
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Hey City Sampler Quilters! We bid farewell to the Squares chapter this week with Block #85. Two tiny 9 patch blocks set almost in an Irish Chain layout. I could not resist fussy cutting the Meteor Shower print Tula uses in the book, but as for the light violet print I had zero in my stash and improvised with a light pink Parisville print. I think as long as you keep the value/contrast it is ok to slip on the color a little bit.
Do not get discouraged on the blocks with lots of tiny little pieces! Just lay out all of your pieces before you start sewing and take it one section at a time.
Block # 86 welcomes in the Haiku chapter, which Tula explains is more about final block composition than the shapes that compose them. There are not a lot of repetitive pieces here so a little extra attention when cutting your pieces will be needed. Lay out all of your cut pieces before you start sewing your block together to get your sewing game plan in order. There are not a lot of chain piecing opportunities in these blocks, but if you look closely Tula tries to make it as quick as possible in her piecing diagrams by showing you which pieces will stack together first; for example all 3 pieces with the lady bugs can be sewn to their green strip before building the center of the block.
Block #87 was so easy after the first two! I feel like there may be a lot of these Ladybugs in my finished quilts because I think I have used every color of them, but I couldn’t resist adding even more. I used the same orange shot cotton in the corner that I used in my Block #11 that will sit directly above this block in the Gridlock layout. I hope these little pieces will kind of link the blocks together.
So, if you are sewing along at home, be sure to link up ONLY blocks 85, 86, and 87 in this post (you will have time to link up your other blocks in future posts). Please link up separately for each block. As a reminder, you can link to your blog post, Flickr, or wherever else you are hosting your pictures.
I'm so happy that we are now able to offer more and more videos to compliment my patterns. This is the Filigree Double-Zip Pouches sewing pattern, which is a great zipper pouch in 3 different sizes. This project also has 2 separate lining compartments, which makes it great for holding cosmetics, sewing supplies, school supplies, and so much more!
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I'm back with another video! This time it's for a fantastic holiday quilt called 'Hanging Out with the Homies'. The quilt uses fabrics from Tula Pink's fabric line, 'Holiday Homies'. It's a beautiful red-and-green wonderland of prints and my favorite are the animals wearing holiday sweaters! The quilt pattern was designed...
I love foundation paper-piecing, and so when I saw that Carl Hentsch of 3 Dog Design was coming out with a new book called 'New York Beauties and Flying Geese', I knew I'd be making a quilt from the book.
I had a hard time choosing which quilt that I wanted to make, they all looked fabulous, but I finally...
This is the Woodson Bag, perhaps one of my favorites from my new book Windy City Bags, out December 1, 2015. It is available on Amazon and in my pattern shop (books purchased from my shop will be signed by me, ship for free in the U.S. and with discounted international shipping, and you’ll receive a FREE paper pattern from...
Today, it's a closer look at another of the bag sewing patterns from Windy City Bags. This is the second bag in my new book Windy City Bags, out December 1, 2015. It is available on Amazon and in my pattern shop (books purchased from my shop will be signed by me, ship for free in the U.S. and with discounted...
It's pattern release day! I still get excited about putting out a new sewing pattern, and I think this is a really special one. This is the Filigree Double-Zip Pouches sewing pattern, available in my pattern shop as either a pdf or paper pattern, and coming soon to your favorite retailer or quilt shop!
Filigree is a 3-dimensional pouch with...
I love Tula Pink. I love everything that she designs and comes out with, and I buy it all because it's gorgeous and I have to have it. Fabric, books, a crossword puzzle book that I found on Amazon with a Tula-designed cover, ribbons, hooded sweatshirts, my cell phone cover, those wide quilt backings from I Heart Tula Pink, thread, playing...
Hello and welcome to my blog if you are visiting from Selfish Sewing Week! Check out all of the fun over on Imagine Gnats this week and whip up your own selfish project! This project is also part of my study on garment sewing, in which you can read about past garments here!
Today I'm happy to share my pattern...
Today, I'm presenting the Tudor Bag, a 'choose-your-own-sewing-adventure' bag sewing pattern, available now in my pattern shop as a pdf pattern! I think the the absence of sewing curves makes this more pleasing for a beginner (plus it's a really modern shape for a bag!).
So here is what makes this bag a choose-your-own-adventure:
Options:
Front Handles (choose Front Handles, Shoulder...
Before I tell you more about the dress that I made, I have to tell you a very sweet story. It sort of makes my eyes well up thinking about it. Last month, I had a booth at Quilt Market. I had a small amount of my new fabric to work with; I still wanted to make and display...
I hope you enjoyed the past 3 weeks of seeing finished projects from the book A Quilter's Mixology by Angela Pingel of Cut to Pieces. If you'd like to see any of the finished quilts, you can click here!
And now, it's your turn to create! YOU HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH to finish a project from the book and enter...
This post is part of the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along. For details and schedule, click here!
Today's post is from Kate. I met Kate when she used to live in Chicago and signed up to take one of my classes; she showed up with her Aeroplane Bag carrying all of her supplies, and I knew she was a keeper. ;-)
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Hi sorry can you delete the first 2 I inputed for erin…I’m so sorry I choose the wrong ones? thanks
Me too on my first one. thanks
Oh.. I fell behind again. I have fabric forthe last 6 picked out and now I need to get moving. I really want to get the blocks done.
Please omit Linda R block 86. The Linky thing is not working properly for me.
Hi Sara – can you please delete my first Block 86 — It is actually block 88. Boy I am really mixing things up this week. Thanks so much.
Hi Sara, I’ve done it again!! Could you please remove no 34 (block 86) and no 35 (block 85) Thanks 🙂