My Sunset Dreamin’ quilt has been featured as a tutorial in the Stripes issue of Curated Quilts!
I’m always honored when I’m selected to be in an issue of Curated Quilts! The company of quilters that I get to share the pages of the magazine with all very talented and inspiring artists!
If you haven’t already purchased this issue of Curated Quilts, feel free to use this link for a discount code of 10%!
Here’s a min quilt you may recognize. I actually finished it in 2019, but again, never blogged about it. Catching up! Late is better than never! ha!
This mini quilt was a Curated Quilts challenge for the Well Said Issue. The challenge was to incorporate a word into the quilt, literally or figuratively. I have always told my son to never say, ‘I can’t,’ without at least trying first. During Christmas time we read a book by Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas, and in it the word ‘Impossible’ is considered an elf swearword. The book was great, but that sentiment has stuck with me. That sentiment, combined with our family not saying ‘I can’t’, inspired this quilt.
I absolutely loved the color pallet for this challenge! Pink, orange, teal and bright green. I could use this color scheme over and over.
I started by piecing the letters. No plan, pretty improv. The strips of pink were all the same size and I tried to make the letters the same size. But pretty much just winged it!
Then I sewed them together. It had to be a square, so I had to rotate the letters in a ‘circle’. And I added the border.
Then I do that crazy thing that quilters do. I cut it into pieces and sewed it back together. I wanted the word to look shattered!
I wanted the quilting to further enforce the idea of the word being shattered.
I took these pictures at Jackson Lake Island near Montgomery, AL. It’s a little island where they filmed the movie Big Fish. The only inhabitants are the goats. I just loved this series of pictures and watching the goat look and me, then see the quilt and then head over to maybe take a taste of the quilt. We moved fast, so maybe he just wanted a closer look, but I wasn’t taking my chances…
Quilts in the Wild! ha!
Have you made a word quilt? This was my first. And even though I made it in 2019, I still love everything about it. I’ve since made another word quilt last year. Before I made this one, I didn’t think I’d ever really make a word quilt. But now I wouldn’t be surprised if I make more!
I’m so excited to be featured in Curated Quilts!
I’ve been lucky enough to have had a couple mini quilts featured in Curated Quilts, but this issue I have a pattern in the magazine! I made a mini for this one too, but it didn’t get a trip to the photo lab! ha!
A quilt I started with the my do. Good Stitches group, and finished up way too late, was featured in the magazine!
I love this magazine and the talent it features, so you can only imagine how excited I was to see my quilt and name featured amongst some amazing quilters!
Each quarter the magazine puts a call for articles and patterns around a selected theme. When I saw the call for curved quilts, I was super excited to submit my Falling Stars quilt.
The magazine took some really great shots of the quilt, you should really check it out. And of course, there’s the tutorial to make your own! I don’t want to give it all away, so be sure to get the magazine to see more!
I actually had two quilts in this issue! My Raindrops on Wildflowers quilt was featured in the main gallery!
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