by Emmely | Oct 29, 2022 | English paper piecing, Finished project, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
Each year Quiltcon organizes a fabric challenge. Members of the Modern Quilt Guild are challenged to create a quilt using a strict fabric palette. This year the fabrics were 6 colours from the Windham Ruby + Bee solids collection and you had to use at least 4 of them...
by Emmely | Jun 25, 2020 | English paper piecing, Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
This year the dutchMQG has set a theme for each quarter and there is usually also an activity organized around this theme. With this quarter’s theme “colour” we had the option to participate in a swap to make a miniquilt for another member. We had to make...
by Emmely | Dec 13, 2014 | English paper piecing, Sewing
Ever since first trying English paper piecing I’ve been having new ideas of what to use this technique for besides quilts. One of those was 3D shapes. Small 3D shapes can be challenging to sew with a sewing machine because they often contain Y-seams. Sewing these...
by Emmely | Oct 4, 2014 | English paper piecing, Quilting, Sewing, Work in progress
I think I have a new love. Last weekend we went away and I decided somewhat last minute that I wanted to take something with me to craft. I’ve seen many bloggers take English paper piecing projects with them when they travel because it’s portable and doesn’t require a...
