30 Apr

Jaybird Pattern Review – Candy Dish

April 30, 2014
Posted by Sara Lawson
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This post is part of the Jaybird Quilts Sew Along. For schedule of guest post pattern reviews, prizes, and contest rules, click here. Today’s guest post is from Michelle of City House Studio. Michelle has some amazing modern style, and showcases it on her blog with her quilts and patchwork projects!

Thanks so much, Sara, for asking me to join in on the Jaybird Quilts Sew Along!

I used the pattern “Candy Dish,” along with the Hex N More ruler. I don’t own many “specialty” rulers, so it was really a treat to be able to try this one out. I loved it! The pattern also offers the option to make your own templates, but “wow!” did this ruler make it easy. Now I’m having fun looking at all of the other Jaybird Quilts patterns that use this ruler — lots of fun options!

The pattern uses 4 1/2″ hexagons and 2 1/2″ triangles — and the cutting is so easy with this cool ruler. This is a fantastic pattern for using up little scraps of fabric. I have been saving even my tiniest scraps of AMH Good Folks, and was able to use quite a few in this project!

Each pillow top came together in a few hours. For whatever reason, I found matching up the triangle points easier on the pillow with the solid triangles rather than the solid hexagons. I ended up pinning along my seam line for the trickier pillow top, and then slowly removed the pin as I sewed along this line.

For the quilting I copied the pattern pillows — the straight line quilting gives it such texture! I drew lines with my water soluble marker down the middle of each hexagon, so that I’d have a mark to know where to switch direction for the zig zags.

These pillows finish at 16 inches square. I finished mine with invisible zippers, and put them in the corner of my living room where I can see them every day!

Michelle

http://cityhousestudio.blogspot.com

28 Sep

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Quilter’s Mixology Sew Along – PRIZES!

September 28, 2014
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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...

18 Sep

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Quilter’s Mixology – Arabian Nights

September 18, 2014
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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. ;-) Hi...

18 Sep

Quilts

Quilter’s Mixology – Paint Drips

September 18, 2014
angela pingel, drunkard's path, paint drips, quilters mixology, sew along
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This post is part of the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along. For details and schedule, click here! Today's post is from Becca at Bryan House Quilts. Becca has a new book out this spring called Modern Rainbow, and it's available for pre-order now on Amazon! I can already tell that this book will be right up my alley! Hi there! I'm Becca...

16 Sep

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Quilter’s Mixology – Flower Power

September 16, 2014
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This post is part of the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along. For details and schedule, click here! Today's post is from Lee of Freshly Pieced. Besides having the wildly successful W.I.P. Wednesday, in which you can link up your work-in-progress every week, Lee is also the designer of many beautiful quilt patterns and the author of Vintage Quilt Revival! Hi, I'm Lee...

15 Sep

Quilts

Quilter’s Mixology – Tennis Court

September 15, 2014
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This post is part of the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along. For more details and schedule, click here! Today's post is from Jacey of Jacey Craft. Jacey is an avid crafter, and lately she's been posting a lot of gorgeous paper-pieced projects to her blog. Hop over and check it out! Hi, I'm Jacey, of Jaceycraft. I've dabbled in curves. There was...

09 Sep

Quilts

Quilter’s Mixology – Butterflies

September 9, 2014
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This post is part of the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along. For schedule and full details, click here. Today's post is from Kaye from Miss Print. Kaye has written lots of quilting and cross stitch tutorials, and has been featured in a slew of magazines. Check out her blog for all the fun! Hey y'all! I'm super-excited to be participating in this...

08 Sep

Quilts

Quilter’s Mixology Sew Along

September 26, 2014
a quilter's mixology, angela pingel, quilting book, sew along
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I just love a good sew along, because I like to think it helps get people excited about starting a new project. And so, even though the Tessellation Sew Along is drawing to a close, I'm happy to announce the Quilter's Mixology Sew Along! This book, written by Angela Pingel of Cut to Pieces, is all about using the...

28 Jul

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Tessellation Sew Along – Week 3

July 12, 2014
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Welcome to week 3, as we sew up the Tessellation quilt pattern by Alison Glass and Nydia Kehnle. Happy to have you join in at any time! Every Monday, I will post a quick photo tutorial for each week's block for those of you that are new to foundation paper-piecing (however, you will still need to purchase the pattern in order to complete the quilt - I will not be...

14 Jul

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Tessellation Sew Along – Week 1

July 13, 2014
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Welcome to my idea of a leisurely summertime sew! Since the Tessellation quilt pattern by Alison Glass and Nydia Kehnle attracted so much attention at Spring Quilt Market, I thought it would be the perfect project to work on! I hope you will join in as we spend 6 weeks working through the pattern. And there will be some...

10 May

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Jaybird Pattern Review – Night Sky

This post is part of the Jaybird Quilts Sew Along. For schedule of guest post pattern reviews, prizes, and contest rules, click here. Today's guest post is from Jane of Quilt Jane. Jane has the brilliant Desperate Housewife's Quilt on her blog, 50 free block templates, which I thought were fantastic, and you can also visit her pattern shop!...

07 May

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