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New stuff in the shop!

10/21/2016

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As promised, here are a few pictures of some new items, made by Leanna Shields. There are cute pincushions and coasters, earrings made with fabric yo-yo's, gift tags with yo-yo's, and, my personal favorite, ice dyed fabric! It's so fun, come and check it out! These fabrics would be great for a special book cover.

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Ooo, another idea :-)

10/20/2016

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I was asked to make a contribution to the UAF English department fundraiser auction, Dead Writers Reading and Raffle, (on Friday, Oct. 28, at the Blue Loon for locals). I thought a journal cover would be appropriate, and I even had some fabric with words on it to use. But that ended up on the inside, since I realized one of my new panels would work for a journal cover as well, as long as it's big enough. I only added one other fabric for the outside, then lots of stitching. I used a variegated purple, orange and green thread for the ravens, which was a little scary, but I think it worked!

Class Saturday!
There is still room in the journal cover class for Saturday if you want to make your own! I have some more panels available, see previous post.

Click here to sign up for classes, there are a couple more coming soon too!

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New class, new idea, new stuff!

10/17/2016

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I am very excited about several new things happening! First is a new class: I recently bought some Robert Kaufman panels, which are really fun to embellish with free motion quilting. If you use matching thread, it just adds texture, but doesn't show a lot, so it is a stress free way to practice your free motion skills on a quick project. Or, you can use contrasting thread and really add some details to the panel! In the sample, I used metallic, but it doesn't show up very well in the photo, stop in to see it!

Click the photo to register for the class. There are 16 different images to choose from, (pictured below) and you may want to pick yours up early to get coordinating fabrics for the borders and binding and backing.

When: Saturday, Nov. 12, 1-4 pm
Cost: $25, includes panel (about 10 x 10". finished project is 15-16" square depending on how big you make your borders.)



Or, have a party!

It occurred to me that this would be a great project for a quilting party. So if you gather up 4-6 people, I will work with you to find a time to do your party, your own private class! We'll even have snacks :-)
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and....fun new things in the shop!

Nope, I lied. We do have new stuff, but I just realized I don't have pictures of everything yet, so you will have to wait until the next post! :-) But here's a sneak preview...one of them is ice dyed fabrics!

Here are the panel options for the class or party, I have lots of favorites, which one is yours?
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Two more classes before this one still have room, one is this coming Saturday, so sign up quick!

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Journal cover class, Saturday, Oct. 22, 1-4 pm, $25. I will send materials list when you sign up, click the photo to register. These are really fun to make!
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Beginning free motion quilting, Saturday, Oct 29, 1-4 pm, $25. Click the photo to register, I will send materials list when you sign up.
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New technique

10/7/2016

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I recently saw this photo of an amazing quilt. If I am reading the paper correctly, it says it was made by Karen Lambdin, border quilting inspired by a quilt called "Tree of Life" by Jan Hutchinson. A quick Google search found me photos of that quilt as well. (second and third photos) Someone correct me if any of that is inaccurate. I love it when it takes me a minute to figure out how someone did something, and these borders definitely did that! It is done entirely with quilting/trapunto, but it looks like an applique on top of pieced fabric. I have been wanting to try this technique ever since, and I found the perfect project to try it on, on a much simpler scale for now! (Keep scrolling :-) )
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Close up of the border, pretty amazing!
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This chickadee fabric was made to go with a particular quilt pattern, so there is lots of blank space around the birds. Usually there isn't enough space for me to get a whole greeting card in one piece of fabric, so I wanted to do something interesting with it. I decided to try that same technique, but much simpler. I drew a diamond grid, stitched the lines, then quilted densely in the spaces. All three of the last photos would work just how they are, although if I was just quilting the lines, I might use a straight stitch foot instead of free motion to make them a little straighter, ha! :-) It's hard to tell in the photo, but the one with the most quilting really makes the bird pop up. So fun!
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    Beret Nelson

    I am a homeschooling mom of three fun kids, who are now old enough that I have a little time to pursue my passion for sewing! After several years of making quilted cards and art quilts, I'm now designing kits and patterns.  Some of them have even been in Keepsake Quilting! I  teach classes at local quilt shops, and am starting to do more traveling and teaching. I also have many tutorials, including some on YouTube. I am blessed to live in Alaska where I am surrounded by the inspiration provided by the beauty of God's creation!
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