Corey Yoder, @corianderquilts.com, is hosting a patchwork photo of the day challenge for the month of April on instagram. There’s a photo prompt each day. It’s fun to look back at my pictures or look for the objects in my sewing room. Here are some of my photos so far…
1. Patchwork Pillow
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| VW Beetle Pillow |
VW Beetle Pillow
For my pillow photo, it’s got to be my VW beetle Pillow!! It was my first ever design. I draw the car from looking at online pictures, trace and cut out different parts of the car on paper-backed fusible, iron on fabrics, more cutting and than fuse on the background. Top stitch around the shapes, straight-line quilting and assemble the pillow! TA-DA!! For the pattern or a custom-made pillow, visit my etsy shop!
2. Fave Completed Quilt
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| Star Wars Quilt - For E. Christmas 2012 |
My favorite quilt has to be my first ever quilt that I made from start to finish! Yeah, I did a baby panel quilt before, but that was just assembly. I saw the Star War pattern on craftsy and dived right in without knowing that paper-piecing was an “advance” technique. That’s the blessing of ignorance!! Ha ha. (I guess you can say the same about our house remodel 3 years ago, but it turned out great! ) There were some re-dos because I didn’t use big enough of fabric scrap or the angle wasn’t right after flipping, but it wasn’t so bad after I learned from it. Mistakes are your best teacher!! I did as many characters as my patience allowed, then I added some strip blocks and star war print blocks. Quilting on my domestic was a bit challenging, but I managed. I tried different free-motion patterns on the print and strip blocks and just outlined the characters. It’s definitely not perfect and I would do somethings differently now, but I am very proud!!
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