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Aurifil Designer of the Month Block: January

January 25, 2012 in Stitchery by emily | 3 comments

My January block. (Post and pattern here.)

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I kept the color scheme basically the same but used ones that will match my setting pieces and theme. I can’t wait until next month…

Pixel Scraps + C4 = This Quilt

January 24, 2012 in Home, Quilts - Completed by emily | 9 comments

All done (previously mentioned here). And, yup, that is actually what I named the quilt. I think it came to me during a Mythbusters episode.

A perfect compliment to the ever-present grey out the window.

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A close up of the quilting. A water ripple like pattern, but circular and follows the various color rings.

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Announcing: Permasale

January 21, 2012 in Misc, Patterns by emily | No comments

The Perma(nent)Sale has begun. I’ve been toying with the idea for a while and decided to go ahead with it.

Included: All paper patterns, including those on sale, and books.

Excluded: Bundles and PDF patterns.

Discount: Buy 2 or more qualifying items and get 10% off your total purchase. Enter code: permasale.

End Date: Whenever I get bored of the concept.

US Airmail at its best.

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Random picture from National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center taken during our post-Christmas cross-country jaunt.

Have You Seen It? Aurifil’s 2012 Designer of the Month

January 21, 2012 in Stitchery by emily | No comments

You’ve might have already seen this around the interwebs, but I’m happy to be one of Aurifil’s 2012 Designers of the Month.

Each embroidery project uses the 12wt thread and is themed around the month it comes out. You have to wait until November for my project, but for now you can check out Roseann Kermes’s January block.

Check out the flickr group to see what everyone is working on! (And Aurifil is giving away thread! Post your blocks to be entered!)

2012 aurifil designer button

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(my November colors)

When Your Pixel Palette Explodes

January 16, 2012 in Home, Quilts - In progress by emily | 6 comments

You end up with this.

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First mentioned here. I took all the leftover pixels from these quilts (and a couple more that aren’t in the stacks) and sewed them together following a rough sketch. It measures 72″ square and is all Robert Kaufman Kona. Large majority of the pieces are 1″ x 1″. Largest pieces are 1″ x 6″ and 2″ x 2″.

This is for our house and won’t be turned into a pattern. It’s very similar to the original Mrs. Roy G. Biv pattern if you want to make one and need some guidance. And someone asked about a pattern for The Technicolor Yawn Bedroom. No pattern for that one but Volume in Scrap Republic is very, very similar.

I’ll take some closeups once the quilting is done…

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