by andrea | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog, Our Song, Tutorials
The traditional lone star quilt is the base for Our Song, Your Reflection. This beautiful classic design uses strip sets cut on the diagonal to create a large-scale pattern. Here are some tips to make this a successful endeavour! First things...
by andrea | Jan 11, 2018 | Art, Blog, Quilts
American Patchwork and Quilting’s Challenge for QuiltCon 2018 was Flying Geese. The prompt asked participants to modernize a traditional flying geese block with any variation, and make it into a modern quilt using modern quilting elements. Finished quilts could...
by andrea | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Tutorials
I hate wasting fabric. It’s probably a function of my upbringing. The traditional way of making flying geese is pretty wasteful. And there is a better way. It’s well-known, but I wanted to provide my own tutorial anyway. Time-saving techniques such as...
by andrea | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Tutorials
As quilters, we love intricate patterns, tiny pieces and impressive finishes. Even more so, we love the shortcuts that get us there. Sometimes, a paper piecing pattern has multiple templates such as the Teardrop Cut from the Cut Collection, which has 16 templates....
by andrea | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Colour, Quilts
This quilt is inspired by Andy Gilmore’s digital artwork “08-25-10.” The intention was to translate a digital process of generating art into an extreme analog version. The result was 2,160 triangles in 25 different shades. As my second quilt, this marked...
