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Blog Revisit 5 - Odd Block Basket - Success Saturday!

 

Success Saturday is all about showcasing those quicker quilting projects. We love the idea of making something beautiful, that doesn't have to be big, especially as the summer months fill up schedules. 

 

Check out how easy it is to pull together these Cute Odd Block Baskets.  

All you'll need to get started is:
- a finished block
- backing fabric
- some old cardboard.

Please find the complete tutorial HERE

How cheerful is this revised Aunty & Annie version in the 

Patrick Lose "Dapple" Fabric ?

Blog Revisit 4 - The 3 & 8 Quilt Block

Named the "3 & 8 Quilt" for the sizes of the cut squares which make up this block, it is fun to make and has so many variations of how to arrange the blocks for a cheerful quilt top! 

 

Please find the complete 

"3 & 8 Block" Tutorial here.

 These samples are made with the gorgeous 

"Dapple" fabrics by Patrick Lose Studios, 

a division of Northcott Fabrics. 

 

Blog Revisit 3 - Warm and Cool Colours for Quilters

 

Working with the simple concept of Warm and Cool Colours is a wonderful colour theory for quilters to use. The concept is simple and the results are spectacular!   

 

Warm and Cool Colours

Warm Colours 

Cool Colours

 

Please see the full explanation and tutorial here:   

Warm and Cool Colour Theory for Quilters

 

The gorgeous Dapple Fabrics 

provided by Patrick Lose Studio, 

a division of Northcott.  

Blog Revisit 2 - The Wavy Border

 

This is such a great border and it looks so vibrant in these amazing "Dapple" fabrics by Patrick Lose Studios, a division of Northcott.  

 

The method of cutting and sewing together long strips, then splitting them is very efficient and simple for even a beginner quilter.

Here is a link to the free tutorial  including the math that you will need to produce this. 

Triple Fun Block - Blog Re-Visit with Aunty and Annie

The first Aunty and Annie Blog Re-Visit is here!  

Here is Annie catching the last of the gorgeous sun beams for the day to get these shots in. 

Aunty has chosen this block because of its beginner-friendly construction.   Annie made 4 blocks.  Aunty made 6.   These will become part of an Improv Quilt, together with future Blog Re-Visit Blocks.

Please find the tutorial here:  Triple Fun Block with Endless Options

 

 

BLOG RE-VISIT with Aunty & Annie

Are you a Mentor or a Rookie (or anyone else who is interested in following along!)?  Aunty (that's me) and Annie are so excited to begin the Blog Revisit! 

In Annie's words about quilting, "I don't want the stories of great aunts and great grandmas to get lost...there's nothing quite like having an actual mentor to teach you!" 

Annie wants to learn to quilt.  Aunty has a blog full of content. 

We will revisit the content here which is very suitable for teaching and learning, updating photos and adding short videos.   

That about sums it up! We are so pleased that you are joining us.  

Please hashtag #auntyandannie #quiltersenjoycolor #quiltersenjoycolour on your socials.

Welcome! 

Here is the amazing fabric reveal that we unboxed yesterday! The fabric is called "Dapple" and is supplied to us by Patrick Lose Studios, a division of Northcott Fabric.  A big thank you to them both!

Dapple by Patrick Lose Studios

a division of Northcott Fabrics

Aunty and Annie!

Hello friends!    

I would like to introduce and invite you to a new adventure 

of Inspiration and Mentorship 

that my niece and are beginning called: 

 

 

In Annie's words:

"Last year I started learning quilting. Realizing that there weren't a lot of us in the next generation who knew how to quilt, I didn't want the stories of great aunts and great grandmas to get lost. I took to YouTube but quickly realized there's nothing quite like having an actual mentor to teach you! My aunt and I want to scale that mentorship. If you're looking to learn something about quilting, maybe want to finally turn all those t shirts and jerseys into a quilt, give us a follow as we put ourselves out there and share my Aunty's mentorship and my rookie learning moments with the world."
 

 

Aunty & Annie
Mentor & Rookie
Inspiring You

 @auntyandannie

Please follow along on Instagram and TikTok 

and here on this blog

 

 (on the sidebar)

 

Building our 2023 QuiltCon Community Quilt - written by Karin King for the Calgary Modern Quilt Guild

Thank you so kindly to Karin for permission to repost this lovely article of Quilt Guild friendship and togetherness.

Building our 2023 QuiltCon Community Quilt

What does it take to make an quilt for submission into the MQG QuiltCon Community Quilt Challenge? A lot of work and co-ordination across all members of the guild! This year's Challenge featured the theme of "Colour shift", and two colour schemes, one in pink and purples, and the one that the Calgary MQG selected - lime green to teal. Linda and Donna agreed to co-ordinate the efforts to take a block and a sketch to a fully rendered quilt.

First, guild member Melanie suggested her Improv Triangle Block, and a mock-up of how the final quilt could look was rendered by Karin. Several options for design and layout were considered at our August meeting, and this ended up being the selected design. Next up, how to interpret the shifting colours in fabric - there are over 16 million colours available in a computer, but only a few hundred in fabric.

Fabric was ordered, and Donna and Linda got together to cut and kit the fabric. We distributed them at the September meeting, and boy, did they ever disappear! Many thanks to everyone who sewed one or more of the blocks. Fortunately, they were an easy sew to return for our October meeting and retreat.

Look at all of the blocks! Fortunately, an end of October guild retreat was the perfect venue to continue working on the quilt. Blocks were sorted and trimmed.

The guild retreat was the also timely to get a few opinions on how the blocks should be laid out in the final version. Blocks were added to a design wall, moved, breaks taken, and block re-positioned until the perfect layout was achieved. Because many hands make light work, and there were 22 of us at the retreat, we took rows of blocks to sew until the entire top was constructed.

Next up, guild member Donna took the top home to longarm. She used rulers and a lot of thread changes to build up texture on our quilt. The longarmed top made an appearance at our November meeting.

Another one of our members, Heather, took the quilt home to square up, trim and bind.

and lastly, proper photos were submitted to the MQG for submission to QuiltCon. Phillipa took the photos and she had a little feline help while the quilt was hanging. Stay tuned for pictures from QuiltCon 2023 in Atlanta, where it will hang with the following description:

Calgary is far enough north that on rare nights we get to see aurora borealis - the northern lights. Eerie, ghostly lights in greens and teals shimmy across the sky - perhaps, as science would have it, the result of electromagnetic activity, or as the original peoples in our area would explain, the spirits of our ancestors dancing above. This phenomenon was the inspiration for the 2023 Calgary MQG Community Challenge Quilt. The Calgary MQG lives, works and quilts on traditional Treaty 7 territory.

We Like Sewing - May 2022

The newest issue of We Like Sewing is filled with fun projects packed with color and creativity! Design a set of matching summer accessories that is perfect for elevating your favorite sundress and sandals from casual to chic. If you’re already planning your first outdoor gathering of the season, whip up a new set of gorgeous outdoor cushions for your patio. For our quilters, we’ve got three brand new projects to share, from a baby quilt block to a lunch bag for spring picnics to a large quilt in a rainbow of colors. Find all this and more in the latest issue of WeLikeSewing!

Included in this issue I have written an article:

"How to Add Ruffles to a Skirt – or Anything Else!"

Please enjoy! 

May 2022 issue of We Like Sewing

Canadian Quilter Autumn 2021 - Aviation Block

 

Please enjoy the release of the 
Aviation Block 
in the Autumn 2021 Issue of the Canadian Quilter Magazine!

As a member, please find all of the details in your copy of the 

Canadian Quilter Magazine 

in your mailbox or online in the new digital format.  

 

Thank you CQA

Melanie's Temperature Quilt - Organizing & Tips

Happy New Year to you all!   

I am looking forward to an amazing 2021.   Cheers! 

 

Full Tutorial here:

Melanie's Temperature Quilt

Melanie's Temperature Quilt - Step by Step Easy Improv

 

#melaniestemperaturequilt

#quiltersenjoycolor

 

We Canadians talk about the weather.  Everyday.  Every conversation.  A lot of what we do is affected by it.  How we dress.  Where we go.  When we go. 

It is consistent that the weather changes.  It's gentle and extreme.  It's beautiful and harsh.   It shows up in the colours of warm and cold.   In the Alberta foothills we enjoy the Chinooks and the mark they make on the sky as they appear as a gorgeous arch.

When I saw my first temperature quilt, I thought how interesting it would be to make one.  I love the opposing colours of the climate in fabric and the way they appear in visual pattern.  

I am doing a simple improv method for this quilt that I share with you in this post.   For each day it represents the high and low temperatures against the sky.  I chose to add the sky component for added weather documentation.  

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Materials: 

1.5m of each colour of fabric for your temperature blocks and sky. 

Step 1:  

Select your fabric.  Each fabric in my quilt represents 10 degrees in Celsius.  The colours for the sky represent sunny, cloudy, and mixed sky days.   For more on the colour palette please see this post:  Temperature Quilt / September 2020 - August 2021

 

Step 2:  

Remove selvage edges for future reference.  

 

Step 3:  

Cut WOF (width of fabric) strips 3" wide.  To begin you will only need 1 strip of each colour.  You can cut these throughout the year as required.  

Step 4:  CUTTING:

Cut a 5" x 3" strip of your High Temperature colour for the day.  

Cut a 4" x 3" strip of your Low Temperature colour for the day.  

Cut a 5 1/2" x 3" strip of your Sky Colour for the day.  

 

Step 5:

Using a 1/4" seam allowance, sew the High and Low temperature strips together, keeping the High Temperature strip on the left side.  This layout is important so that your angle is consistent for all of your blocks.

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Printer-friendly PDF of this pattern available here:

PDF Download on Etsy

Step 6:

Place the sky fabric above the Temperature Strips. 

 Please note: at the time that I did this photography 

I had cut the sky fabric wider than the 3" that is required.  

Step 7:

Overlap the temperature fabric strips onto the sky strip as in the photo above.  Be sure to leave enough of the sky fabric under the temperature fabrics to accommodate the angle that you will cut next. 

Step 8:  

Cut the Improv Angle for your block.  Any angle is fine and this can change from block to block.   Watch that your angle goes thru the 2 layers of fabric from edge to edge.  Remove the excess bits of fabric that you have cut off of the 2 layers. 

Please see more options for cutting the sky fabrics on this post:

Melanie's Temperature Quilt - Organizing & Tips

Step 9:

Right sides together, sew the Sky fabric to the Temp fabrics using a 1/4" seam allowance. 

 

Step 10:

Press the seam in the way that you prefer.  I like to press towards the sky fabric.  

Step 11:

Trim your block to 5" square.   

Using painters tape on your ruler to mark the 5" square is quite helpful. 

 

Printer-friendly PDF of this pattern available here:

PDF Download on Etsy

 

Step 12: A beautiful temperature block. 

This particular block represents:

Day 1: September 1, 2020 

High:  26 C 

Low:  5 C 

Sky:  A mix of Cloud and Sun 

#melaniestemperaturequilt

#quiltersenjoycolor

In the photo above, machine embroidery has been used 

to document some personal dates on these blocks.

 Fabrics provided by

 Hi! I'm Lily

More to come...please stayed tuned and thank you for reading, Melanie

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