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...
by Emmely | Feb 21, 2022 | Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Work in progress
The 100 day project started on February 13 and I am participating! The idea is that you choose something creative to do every day for 100 days. I decided to do 100 days of block and quilt design. So, every day I now spend a bit of time drawing designs on paper, or...
by Emmely | Oct 16, 2021 | Free pattern, Paper piecing, Pattern drafting, Pattern testing, Quilting, Sewing
From my work as a scientist, I know that papers improve a lot when you receive feedback on the text and figures from colleagues or peer reviewers. After reading a text again and again and again you simply no longer spot missing words or typos. When you are completely...
by Emmely | Oct 4, 2021 | Finished project, Free pattern, Newsletter, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
For quite a long time now I’ve had a dream to create sewing patterns. This past year I’ve taken some big steps to make this dream come true! The most important step was spending a lot of time playing with Adobe Illustrator, to learn how to use more of this software’s...
