The guild has two pet bed/ cat bed tutorials. One is regular and one is simplified. These were written by Amanda.
Because of various technical challenges with Blogger, these are stored on Jaye's blog and not here.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
The "Yes, And" Improv Round Robin (IRR) - Ready, Set....
The "Yes, And" Improv Round Robin (IRR) was mentioned at the last meeting and will start at the September meeting, which is Saturday! You can find a thread on the Ning. We are providing some information here.
Supplies:
-Fabric (see page 43)
-a piece of your 'signature' fabric
-Bag or bin labeled with your name
- BSK
-Sewing machine in good working order
-etc
Sherri Lynn Wood has written a book on improvisational quiltmaking. We will be using her information to work on a guild-wide round robin. In this exercise, each person will be taking the piece you have been given by someone else, and adding on- conversation style. We are modifying this to fit into a once-a-month exchange round robin for the guild rather than the one day workshop as described in the book.
Note: that anyone participating in this round robin must have a copy of Sherri Lynn Wood’s The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters as we will be referring to this book (and out of respect for the author’s original, hard work).
You can certainly work on this at home, but we are a social group so we would like to encourage people to stay after the meeting and do their rounds together. This means that we can time each round, do the centering together, etc. Remember, it’s only 20 minutes!
So, get your fabrics selected and let’s do some improv!
The Score:
1. Select a group of fabrics: see page 43 in the book for suggested amounts/types. These will be the building blocks of your quilt that everyone will use to build with. Place in a bag or bin with your name and email address on it to keep everything together.
2. Choose your “signature” fabric that you will add to everyone’s quilt. You will keep this fabric. Don't stress too much about this because it's impossible to choose a fabric that will "go" with everyone else's fabric choices. Don't worry, it'll work out, just choose something you like!
3. Read page 43 for the rules, techniques and mind-clearing methods. Remember that this is a ruler and template-free process! Center yourself right before beginning each round.
4. Round 1: using your own set of curated fabrics from #1, begin the quilt “conversation.” Suggested time limit: 20 minutes. Place your starter and your curated fabrics into your bag or bin and bring to the next guild meeting for exchange with other members of the round robin! Keep your signature fabric.
5. Round 2 and beyond: after receiving someone else’s piece, add to the conversation using their fabrics, adding your own signature fabric, and using the same rules, techniques, and mind-clearing methods as before. As pieces get larger, the time limit can increase (30 minutes suggested) but don’t spend hours agonizing! In fact, it's encouraged to NOT look at the piece at all until right before you start your 30 minutes. Remember, this is improv and is a "yes, and conversation"! The number of final rounds will depend on the number of participants.
6. When you get your final piece back after the rounds, do any final additions to the piece that you feel it needs.
(Draft) Timeline (subject to change):
August 2015: Introduce IRR. Sign-ups at meeting and on ning
Sept 2015: Starters due, exchange of first bins amongst members
Nov 2015: Round 2 due, exchange
Feb 2016: Round 3 due, exchange
April 2016: Round 4, or final exchange, or take your final piece home to finish up
…Continue as needed…
NOTE: this is meant to be FUN and FREEING. While we would like to keep the rounds going at a reasonable pace, if you must miss a month don’t worry too much. We do not want people to be afraid to participate.
Find Sherri Lynn's website at: http://daintytime.net/
Supplies:
-Fabric (see page 43)
-a piece of your 'signature' fabric
-Bag or bin labeled with your name
- BSK
-Sewing machine in good working order
-etc
Sherri Lynn Wood has written a book on improvisational quiltmaking. We will be using her information to work on a guild-wide round robin. In this exercise, each person will be taking the piece you have been given by someone else, and adding on- conversation style. We are modifying this to fit into a once-a-month exchange round robin for the guild rather than the one day workshop as described in the book.
Note: that anyone participating in this round robin must have a copy of Sherri Lynn Wood’s The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters as we will be referring to this book (and out of respect for the author’s original, hard work).
You can certainly work on this at home, but we are a social group so we would like to encourage people to stay after the meeting and do their rounds together. This means that we can time each round, do the centering together, etc. Remember, it’s only 20 minutes!
So, get your fabrics selected and let’s do some improv!
The Score:
1. Select a group of fabrics: see page 43 in the book for suggested amounts/types. These will be the building blocks of your quilt that everyone will use to build with. Place in a bag or bin with your name and email address on it to keep everything together.
2. Choose your “signature” fabric that you will add to everyone’s quilt. You will keep this fabric. Don't stress too much about this because it's impossible to choose a fabric that will "go" with everyone else's fabric choices. Don't worry, it'll work out, just choose something you like!
3. Read page 43 for the rules, techniques and mind-clearing methods. Remember that this is a ruler and template-free process! Center yourself right before beginning each round.
4. Round 1: using your own set of curated fabrics from #1, begin the quilt “conversation.” Suggested time limit: 20 minutes. Place your starter and your curated fabrics into your bag or bin and bring to the next guild meeting for exchange with other members of the round robin! Keep your signature fabric.
5. Round 2 and beyond: after receiving someone else’s piece, add to the conversation using their fabrics, adding your own signature fabric, and using the same rules, techniques, and mind-clearing methods as before. As pieces get larger, the time limit can increase (30 minutes suggested) but don’t spend hours agonizing! In fact, it's encouraged to NOT look at the piece at all until right before you start your 30 minutes. Remember, this is improv and is a "yes, and conversation"! The number of final rounds will depend on the number of participants.
6. When you get your final piece back after the rounds, do any final additions to the piece that you feel it needs.
(Draft) Timeline (subject to change):
August 2015: Introduce IRR. Sign-ups at meeting and on ning
Sept 2015: Starters due, exchange of first bins amongst members
Nov 2015: Round 2 due, exchange
Feb 2016: Round 3 due, exchange
April 2016: Round 4, or final exchange, or take your final piece home to finish up
…Continue as needed…
NOTE: this is meant to be FUN and FREEING. While we would like to keep the rounds going at a reasonable pace, if you must miss a month don’t worry too much. We do not want people to be afraid to participate.
Find Sherri Lynn's website at: http://daintytime.net/
Friday, August 21, 2015
The "Yes, And" Improv Round Robin (IRR)
The "Yes, And" Improv Round Robin (IRR) was mentioned at the last meeting. You can find a thread on the Ning. We are providing some information here.
Supplies:
-Fabric (see page 43)
-a piece of your 'signature' fabric
-Bag or bin labeled with your name
- BSK
-Sewing machine in good working order
-etc
Sherri Lynn Wood has written a book on improvisational quiltmaking. We will be using her information to work on a guild-wide round robin. In this exercise, each person will be taking the piece you have been given by someone else, and adding on- conversation style. We are modifying this to fit into a once-a-month exchange round robin for the guild rather than the one day workshop as described in the book.
Note: that anyone participating in this round robin must have a copy of Sherri Lynn Wood’s The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters as we will be referring to this book (and out of respect for the author’s original, hard work).
You can certainly work on this at home, but we are a social group so we would like to encourage people to stay after the meeting and do their rounds together. This means that we can time each round, do the centering together, etc. Remember, it’s only 20 minutes!
So, get your fabrics selected and let’s do some improv!
The Score:
1. Select a group of fabrics: see page 43 in the book for suggested amounts/types. These will be the building blocks of your quilt that everyone will use to build with. Place in a bag or bin with your name and email address on it to keep everything together.
2. Choose your “signature” fabric that you will add to everyone’s quilt. You will keep this fabric. Don't stress too much about this because it's impossible to choose a fabric that will "go" with everyone else's fabric choices. Don't worry, it'll work out, just choose something you like!
3. Read page 43 for the rules, techniques and mind-clearing methods. Remember that this is a ruler and template-free process! Center yourself right before beginning each round.
4. Round 1: using your own set of curated fabrics from #1, begin the quilt “conversation.” Suggested time limit: 20 minutes. Place your starter and your curated fabrics into your bag or bin and bring to the next guild meeting for exchange with other members of the round robin! Keep your signature fabric.
5. Round 2 and beyond: after receiving someone else’s piece, add to the conversation using their fabrics, adding your own signature fabric, and using the same rules, techniques, and mind-clearing methods as before. As pieces get larger, the time limit can increase (30 minutes suggested) but don’t spend hours agonizing! In fact, it's encouraged to NOT look at the piece at all until right before you start your 30 minutes. Remember, this is improv and is a "yes, and conversation"! The number of final rounds will depend on the number of participants.
6. When you get your final piece back after the rounds, do any final additions to the piece that you feel it needs.
(Draft) Timeline (subject to change):
August 2015: Introduce IRR. Sign-ups at meeting and on ning
Sept 2015: Starters due, exchange of first bins amongst members
Nov 2015: Round 2 due, exchange
Feb 2016: Round 3 due, exchange
April 2016: Round 4, or final exchange, or take your final piece home to finish up
…Continue as needed…
NOTE: this is meant to be FUN and FREEING. While we would like to keep the rounds going at a reasonable pace, if you must miss a month don’t worry too much. We do not want people to be afraid to participate.
Find Sherri Lynn's website at: http://daintytime.net/
Supplies:
-Fabric (see page 43)
-a piece of your 'signature' fabric
-Bag or bin labeled with your name
- BSK
-Sewing machine in good working order
-etc
Sherri Lynn Wood has written a book on improvisational quiltmaking. We will be using her information to work on a guild-wide round robin. In this exercise, each person will be taking the piece you have been given by someone else, and adding on- conversation style. We are modifying this to fit into a once-a-month exchange round robin for the guild rather than the one day workshop as described in the book.
Note: that anyone participating in this round robin must have a copy of Sherri Lynn Wood’s The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters as we will be referring to this book (and out of respect for the author’s original, hard work).
You can certainly work on this at home, but we are a social group so we would like to encourage people to stay after the meeting and do their rounds together. This means that we can time each round, do the centering together, etc. Remember, it’s only 20 minutes!
So, get your fabrics selected and let’s do some improv!
The Score:
1. Select a group of fabrics: see page 43 in the book for suggested amounts/types. These will be the building blocks of your quilt that everyone will use to build with. Place in a bag or bin with your name and email address on it to keep everything together.
2. Choose your “signature” fabric that you will add to everyone’s quilt. You will keep this fabric. Don't stress too much about this because it's impossible to choose a fabric that will "go" with everyone else's fabric choices. Don't worry, it'll work out, just choose something you like!
3. Read page 43 for the rules, techniques and mind-clearing methods. Remember that this is a ruler and template-free process! Center yourself right before beginning each round.
4. Round 1: using your own set of curated fabrics from #1, begin the quilt “conversation.” Suggested time limit: 20 minutes. Place your starter and your curated fabrics into your bag or bin and bring to the next guild meeting for exchange with other members of the round robin! Keep your signature fabric.
5. Round 2 and beyond: after receiving someone else’s piece, add to the conversation using their fabrics, adding your own signature fabric, and using the same rules, techniques, and mind-clearing methods as before. As pieces get larger, the time limit can increase (30 minutes suggested) but don’t spend hours agonizing! In fact, it's encouraged to NOT look at the piece at all until right before you start your 30 minutes. Remember, this is improv and is a "yes, and conversation"! The number of final rounds will depend on the number of participants.
6. When you get your final piece back after the rounds, do any final additions to the piece that you feel it needs.
(Draft) Timeline (subject to change):
August 2015: Introduce IRR. Sign-ups at meeting and on ning
Sept 2015: Starters due, exchange of first bins amongst members
Nov 2015: Round 2 due, exchange
Feb 2016: Round 3 due, exchange
April 2016: Round 4, or final exchange, or take your final piece home to finish up
…Continue as needed…
NOTE: this is meant to be FUN and FREEING. While we would like to keep the rounds going at a reasonable pace, if you must miss a month don’t worry too much. We do not want people to be afraid to participate.
Find Sherri Lynn's website at: http://daintytime.net/
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Patti's Playhouse
missprettypretty
on Etsy. Patti worked really long and hard on this project.
Patti used some of the applique' dies from Accuquilt to embellish the flower pots and windowboxes.
If she had any questions she was able to email the seller. I like to think this
is about 60% missprettypretty's design and certainly missprettypretty's concept. Butterflies, ladybugs,
bunnies, interior, back wall, little flowers…all Patti's.
Patti reports that this
project was not hard but took a long, long time.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Nametags & Lanyards
Do you want to show off your personality before you even speak to anyone?
A lanyard can be a simple ribbon around your neck or you can sew scraps together to make something that holds your name tag and is uniquely your own. Name tags can be made with any variety of techniques including:- hand embroidery
- machine embroidery
- stitched out letters (some machines have letters as stitches)
- free motion quilting
- pieced letters
- Pen & ink
- Lesley Riley's Tap Transfer Artist Paper
Here a few tutorials and inspirational photos to get your creative juices flowing.
- Quilted Lanyard Name tag: this post has some great modern examples
- Quilt Name Tag Ideas: this blog has some great examples of nametags. You will need to substitute your modern fabric.
- Shipping tag name tag: Whether or not you make art quilts, Linda and Laura Kemshall are really inspirational. I love the shape and letters on this name tag.
- Favorite block: use your favorite block or a signature block to make a name tag.
- Embellish: add a flower, heart or leaf to spice up your name tag.
- You are a Winner!: use the shape of winning quilt ribbon as the base of your name tag. Perhaps you will be inspired to enter a show and win a ribbon!
We would love to see what you make to identify yourself. Please put a link in the comments below to your blog or Flickr stream to share.