Been Away a While

Hi all,
I have been away for a while. I haven't been quilting much. My pottery business has taken off quite a bit, and that has taken a lot of my time. But my mother is calling me back to my sewing machine. She wants me to make her a table runner for Christmas, so I have to get sewing again!

I am thinking of a couple of designs. She wants red, white and blue, so I picked out the fabrics today. I may do the Ribbon Design, from fresh lemon quilts found here:

http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/?p=1550

Or the shoo fly, found here: http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpatternsprojects/ig/Free-Quilt-Block-Patterns/Shoo-Fly-Quilt-Block.--A3.htm

Hi there!

I haven't been here for a while! I have been busy with other forms of art, art that is less structured than quilting. Quilting scares me. It also takes a long term commitment. Fear is the enemy of creativity, which is why I just signed up for a art coaching program called "Creatively Fit," taught by Whitney Ferre. It is going to teach me how to teach others to let go, and be creative. Something we all can use, right?!?

I am looking forward to sharing some of my Creatively Fit adventures with you!
Nancy

Some Art Journals from Modern fabrics

I am making some art journals for sale and for presents, using some of my favorite stash and some new Michael Miller fabrics. Do you think I like brights? I love them! Am working on making some more, will update when I am finished. 

Kate Spain Quilt for Sale!

Small lap,size or large crib, made with Terrain fabrics and backed with a vintage sheet. For sale on etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NorthernWoodsStudio

My First Ever Independent Paper Piecing!

Did this without my bossy teacher Emilie looking over my shoulder! And I only had to rip out 2 times! I now feel like a real quilter! I love the precision of this.

WARNING: Philosophical ramblingn anead!

I know that modern quilting is not generally about precision, but I think that it can be. I do love to take the oldies and "modern them up" with modern fabric choices and colors. I don't think we need to throw the baby out with the bath water. Wonkiness is not my thing, but I still consider myself a modern quilter because of my fabric choices and colors I am drawn to. I know my style is very different than that of many ladies who consider themselves traditional quilters. I like the term that Faith from Fresh Lemons Quilts uses: Modern Tradirionalism. I think that is me!

Fabulous Fabric from Daisy Janie!
I just found this fabulous new fabric line from Daisy Janie. It is a organic fabric and this line is called New Leaf. You can see the complete line here:

http://www.daisyjanie.com/wholesale_newleaf.html

There is a blog hop of blocks made with this gorgeous fabric here:


http://daisyjanie.typepad.com/daisyjanie/2013/01/bee-block-blog-hop-with-new-leaf-fabrics.html

Go take a look! The blocks are truly astounding!
Nancy

Some blocks for our quilts for Cancer group

I started a Flickr group, Quilts for Cancer, and I am a very bad moderator. I am late with my blocks every month! I finally caught up last night - I had to make 3 small Bowtie partials and 2 large. One lady wanted bright prints, the other wanted 30s prints. (the pic with the 30s prints came out really faded, sorry)

I am really in love with these blocks! They go together easily and are fun to make. Of course, mine never come out perfectly. And I am starting to be OK with that, especially after reading this post by Weinerdog Tricks:

http://www.gingerhendrix.com/wiener_dog_tricks/2013/01/the-mediocre-quilter.html#comments

She is very funny and embraces her inner mediocrity!

Have a snowy day!