by Emmely | Aug 6, 2023 | Finished project, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
If you have been following my quilting journey for a while, it will come as no surprise that I love to use triangles. I also love solid fabrics and asymmetry. The Triangle Love quilt combines it all! The solids are all Moda Bella Solids, except for one of the oranges...
by Emmely | Mar 13, 2023 | Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting
Each year the Modern Quilt Guild organizes the MQG swap in which 2 participants are matched up to make a mini quilt for each other. Some people meet up at Quiltcon to exchange their quilts and others swap via regular mail. Since I didn’t go to Quiltcon, I opted for...
by Emmely | Dec 28, 2022 | DutchMQG, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting
This year I participated in the dutch MQG Christmas swap. We made an advent calendar with 7 gifts, of which at least 3 had to be handmade. I had to make something for Monika, someone I have known for a very long time through rowing. She still coaches, so I thought it...
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 | Sep 19, 2022 | Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
I made the “Rotate, rotate” mini quilt for one of Curated Quilts’ quilt challenges. For each issue of this modern quilting journal, they set a challenge from which they select mini quilts to show in the magazine. The quilts all share a certain theme and colour palette...
by Emmely | Aug 20, 2022 | DutchMQG, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
I have written another pattern! Perhaps you remember the cat in basket FPP block pattern that I showed earlier this year. I designed that block because we were making a cat quilt with my guild. It was a thank you for one of the board members when she quit after being...
