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Rainbows. Flower Edition.

April 15, 2012 in Kids, Life, Quilts - In progress, Seattle and Beyond by emily | 3 comments

Real life rainbows today.

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No, it’s not over-saturated in Photoshop. That’s actually how red they are.

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And a never-ending blue sky.

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My little photogs-in-training.

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And a couple rainbows in the works at home too.

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More on that project later…

Rainbows

April 6, 2012 in Misc by emily | No comments

Rainbows…

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make…

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everything…

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better.

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(Fabric: Kona. Maker: Me. Reason: Will share later. Are those pieces as small as they look?: Yes.)

PDFs and Paper

April 1, 2012 in Patterns by emily | 5 comments

PDFs: Up. Here.

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Paper: Packed. Poor Mailman.

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a closer look at: No. 064 — Quilt-O-Matic

March 30, 2012 in Embroidery, Patterns, Quilts - Completed by emily | No comments

We wrap up the new pattern roundup today with something completely different.

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I’ve never done a mini-quilt pattern before nor have I done an embroidery pattern before. But now, I’ve done both.

I was a certified, dorkified cross-stitcher a looong time ago. Then (what turned out to be) inflammatory arthritis took over my life. It was hard to machine piece a quilt, hold a pencil long enough to fill out a simple form and even typing was painful. With all of that (thankfully) resolved, I’m happy to say that I have my hands back!

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I’ve been working on the Aurifil Designer Block of the Month blocks (I’m November… keep stitching!) and drew this up while I was at it. It’s heavily inspired by home — in a similar way Pomaceous was.

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The original cover idea was to have it hanging on the fireplace. It was there for about 2 weeks and I constantly took pictures of it in different light, different times of day, etc. I just didn’t work. This was the best I got — not horrible but just didn’t have the umph needed for a cover.

In the meantime, Liam grew accustomed to having a quilt hanging there. I eventually gave up on getting the right light and took it down so I photograph it elsewhere. This annoyed him to no end. He is now planning on us designing and sewing a new quilt to hang on the fireplace. He’s very adamant about this. Thankfully, I have an idea brewing. Now to find the time…

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The quilt portion is made from Kona Charms and was again quilted by wonderfully sweet Angela.

The jump from dorkified cross-stitcher to embroider-er was quite easy. It’s somewhat freeing not to have to work within a little grid, but that’s probably humorous coming from me if you think of all the quilts I make <<<blush>>>.

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The pattern includes a list of the Aurifil 12wt colors needed. I can’t say enough good things about the thread. It’s dreamy.

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And that’s it for Spring! All pre-orders will go out Monday. Many thanks for all the kind words about the new stuff!

I’m already in the thick of it for the next release. It’s a biggie. And flippin’ awesome.

a closer look at: No. 063 — Groove

March 28, 2012 in Patterns, Quilts - Completed by emily | 8 comments

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I’m going to go out on a limb – and based on pre-orders – and say you guys are somewhat fond of this pattern. :)

One of the challenges of making the quilts and photographing them is keeping them from getting wrinkled between the last stitch of binding and picture day. In the old house there were a lot more rooms to just lay a quilt on the floor where no one would touch it. Here though it’s tough. So when I finished this one, I took it upstairs and laid it over our bed. Mostly so it could just lay flat, but I also wanted to see it on a bed.

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The good:

a) it looked really awesome with the dark wood furniture
b) it just looked really awesome

The bad:

c) we eventually had to go to bed and another quilt = too hot
d) it really (really) clashed with the walls in our bedroom
oh, and e) I just made a new quilt for us

So The Husband found a flat space for it to live and luckily it was somewhat sunny the next day for pictures.

This one was interesting to draw. It had curves. Not much of what I do has curves. But, damn, I like them.

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When I send the quilts to Angela for her magical touch, I try to send her some thoughts if I have something particular in mind though I’m sure I’ve said to her before, “I have no idea. Make it pretty.”

For this one? The words “groovy, trippy and acid” where mentioned too many times. You can read Angela’s post on the quilting here.

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The almost-white color in this quilt isn’t white — it’s Pale Mint (Robert Kaufman’s Kona). When I looked at just the swatch, I honestly questioned my sanity. While not a bad color, it just wasn’t a color I would normally touch. But with the rest of the colors I just loved it. It gave the almost-white sections just a little something that it needed.

This project also come with everything you need to make it in five sizes. You can have your own little Brady Bunch of quilts! Yay!

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The thing behind the photo is Gas Works Park in Seattle on the north side of Lake Union. It is just a freakily neat place to look at – and I knew from the second I finished the drawings of this quilt that it *needed* to be photographed there. It was a bit of a challenge as it’s (sadly) a popular place for taggers, but with the right angles and a big enough quilt it ended up working.

I’m happy that the blue skies decided to visit. This is looking the other direction.

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Not so blue over there.

We leave the 60s and head to the 50s tomorrow: No. 064 — Quilt-O-Matic!

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