Rebecca Fox
Rebecca Fox is an interdisciplinary artist living on the west coast of northern Michigan.Lisa Yarost
Lisa Yarost is an interdisciplinary artist and longarm quilter living in Fort Worth, Texas.Blogroll
- Awkward Eldon
- Biocouture Garments
- Chestnut Cabin
Everything About Wool Felting- Hello Kitty Hell
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/blog-tour/quick-column-quilts-book-and-blog-tour/- Josh Is Lost
- Ju-Pong Lin (inter)disciplinary Artist
- Natural Building
- Printmakers on Etsy
- Spare Time (For Sewing)
- Susan Shie, Mixed media and quilt artist
- What Not to Crochet
- Where I bought my Healthy Uterus
- Woman Wielding Words
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Stay out of the ditch!
Stitch in the ditch, or the seamline, seems to be the default method of quilting for modern piecers who are afraid of ruining their quilts. I am not sure when this started, as most vintage utility quilts are either tied … Continue reading
Bo-Nash rocks my world
I bought a new ironing board cover and iron shoe from Bo-Nash at the Wisconsin Quilt Festival. Just so you know, this is not a paid advertisement. I am in no way affiliated with the company. I just want to … Continue reading
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Tagged bo-nash, Clothing, Crafts, Home and Garden, Iron, ironing board cover, Laundry, review, Shopping, studio, Textile, tools
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If you have an idea in the forest…
There is a clever little quilt technique and pattern that I’m seeing everywhere right now. It’s becoming a little bit of a fad, and it may actually be something new. And you know what? Every time I see it, it … Continue reading
Groovy accents
The box at the end of my bed is a toybox. We store sheets in it, but its main purpose is to allow my fifteen-pound, non-jumping dog access to the bed. I’ve looked into getting an actual blanket trunk, but … Continue reading
Opposites Attract
I finished the rest of the blocks for my bed runner last night. There are 56 eight-inch blocks total, using fourteen different prints, plus the solid, which JoAnn sells as a “tea dyed muslin”. I’m interested to see how the … Continue reading
Blocks!
I finished sewing half the blocks for my new project, and I hope to finish the other half tonight. I’ve been collecting and scheming with this fabric for a while. It’s so exciting!
PITA
I am so glad I was able to finish this block today. My head must have been in the wrong place for working on it, because I ended up doing a fair amount of “un-sewing” while completing it. I think … Continue reading
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Tagged Craft, Crafts, fabric, Farmers wife, Fiber Arts, paper, Paper piecing, quilt, Quilting, Sew, sewing, Textile
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Strawberry basket
Hey, look! It’s another quilt block from the Farmers Wife Quilt! This one is also paper pieced. I really like the more modern fabrics.
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Tagged Arts, Craft, Farmers wife, Fiber Arts, Paper piecing, quilt, Quilting, sewing
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Pretty, pretty points!
One of the women at the last club meeting said that it takes as long to choose the fabric as it does to make the block. To her I say, “REALLY?”
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Tagged fabric, Farmers wife, Fiber Arts, graph paper, Paper piecing, quilt, Quilting, sewing
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Another block
Graph paper, my friends, is one of the greatest inventions of all time. It allowed me to design my entire studio while recovering from surgery, it helped me to pass multiple math classes, and it allows me to participate in … Continue reading
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Tagged Crafts, Farmers wife, graph paper, Paper piecing, quilt, Quilting, Sew, sewing
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A Woman A Day 