I’m looking for a few experienced quilters to help test my shiny new “Hall of Mirrors” quilt pattern. If you’re interested, read on! My plan is to send the pattern to testers on or before August 12 (Monday). What I’m hoping to get from you is: 1) Feedback on an initial read-through of the written…
Making dice bags, a quick walkthru
So in the very near future (target is Friday) I’ll be embarking on Phase 1 of my #250DiceBagsChallenge, wherein I am going to make and attempt to sell 250 dice bags with the proceeds going towards upgrading my sewing machine. Aw Yiss. I finished the first batch of 50 bags today, so I took the…
Cyanotypes & dye-painting fabric
For the past few days I’ve been reading a lot about 1) cyanotypes, and 2) hand dyeing and dye-painting fabric. Cyanotypes are a super old-school method for making photographic prints, of a sort. The basic idea is that you coat paper with a UV-sensitive chemical, place a photo negative or whatever objects you like on…
Clarendon Quilt Pattern, now available!
After lots of testing (and several false starts), I’ve finally released the Clarendon quilt pattern! It’s available in my Etsy shop as an instant digital download, and all of my patterns are 20% off for the weekend! The pattern includes: A full tutorial that shows you how to quickly and easily make absolutely perfect Half…
Let’s try to do more of this blogging thing…
Once upon a time, I worked in the tech industry as a writer. I wrote technical documentation, I wrote newsletters, I wrote scads and scads of blog posts, and later I wrote product specs and other less-interesting whatnots. My job was more or less a 50/50 combo of sitting in meetings and writing stuff. And…
Rainbow Variation Mini Quilt!
I’ve just finished the miniature version of my Rainbow Variation quilt pattern, and it is so cute and wee! The original quilt is 70 x 70″ and lives out on the West Coast now, and the mini version finished at 35 x 35″ — only a quarter the size! Both were super fun to make,…