Showing posts with label hand quilting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand quilting. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2015

Flower Fields Giveaway(s)

f l o w e r   f i e l d s

f l o w e r   f i e l d s
Me + You
Indah solids

meet

f l o w e r   f i e l d s

 some of you will like this version of this quilt

but others of you will like this
version
you know the fabric
it's woven
it's soft
it's hand quilt-able
and it has that woven shimmer that is just plain magic
and we were ready to talk about this next version of the new pattern
I asked her if she could leave
one
block unquilted
you know.
blank.
and that is when
this version of the quilt
became my favorite
now, don't get me wrong
the Indah Solids are lovely saturated deep crisp colors
but.
it's good to connect with our projects
to slow it down just a little bit
even if it is
#quiltmarketprep
#quiltmarket
and everything that comes with all of that

it's good to stitch our hopes and dreams and core values and beliefs
into our projects
one stitch at a time

to tie it all together,
the binding for this quilt
was attached to the back, and folded over to the front
and stitched down using
"natalie's quilted binding"
technique
(look for detail photo on the instragram feed)

as this is our last new pattern post, we're going all out.
we will be giving two select bundles of
Alchemy
and
two select bundles of
Indah Solids
we'll also be giving away
two bundles of select
Heavy Metal and Artisan Cottons
from 
 
and it's all thanks to these wonderful fabric companies!

leave me a comment below
telling me whether you are a
"solid" or "artisan"
AND
how you connect with your projects
are you hand quilting?
doing more applique?
are you embroidering your quilt labels?

be.do.create
natalie.


ps - we'll be at Quiltin' Cousins this coming weekend
for the 
SHOP HOP
we'll be signing books
with Buddy-Dog
come say hello!!!


(I read a great disclaimer the other day on a giveaway.
It said, "I don't get paid, I'm not sponsored, or licensed or any of the likes"
It said, "the opinions expressed are my own"
and
it said, "other than the fabrics so generously provided by the fabric companies,
the rest is just me"
well, it sortof said that.
kindof like that...)


Sunday, August 18, 2013

...enjoy the journey!

short story.

I recently had some quilt tops returned to me
just the tops
(the machine quilter got too busy with their own work to continue working for others)

well, and the backs
and the batting, too

I recently spent a weekend hand quilting a little 'secret' project
and it got me thinking
 I realized
something had been missing from my process

connecting with my projects

bear with me while I run this past you
yes, there is a time and a place for everything - every type of project
and there are only so many hours in a day
only so many hours in our quilting lives
and there are so many many many projects that we all want to make
machine quilting has made completing quilts so much more achievable
and machine quilting is beautiful

and yes, I still have to cut and sometimes fold, all of the fabric bundles that beyond the reef sells
I still have to package and send the retail and wholesale orders that I am ever so thankful for
and I still have to design and then test and then illustrate and then write all of the beyond the reef patterns
but
I still have to connect with what it is that I do

I am ever so thankful for the machine quilter that didn't have time to quilt my quilts
today I pieced a flannel back
put down a layer of very heavy batting
and basted the Robert Kaufman Dill Blossom Camille Roskelly pattern quilt top
that I made years ago

I got out some pearl cotton
and started stitching
yes, it is slow
and yes, there are 
a million other things 
I
really 
should
be doing
bot for now, I am sitting in my craft
I am getting up close and personal with it all
it's nice to be inspired by the lovely continuous running stitches
in the "Kantha" hand quilted pieces made from reclaimed cotton saris

today
I am connecting with what it is that I do

"It's not a successful climb unless you enjoy the journey."

be.do.create
natalie.


leave us a comment telling us how often you hand quilt
when and where you hand quilt
and what type of quilting thread you like to use
four people
will be sent an AURIFIL sample package
of five spools of threads
(random number generator)