Fabric Tuesday

Welcome!  Last Tuesday before the New Year.  I don't think I'll finish any projects this year but I've certainly started my list for next year! Scary and fun! :)

Here are some link-ups from before Christmas.  I think this week we will have a lot of gifts linked up!

Baby Quilt from one of our favorites...Nero's Post and Patch

Trimmed Towels from another favorite, made by ChrissieD

Americana Flags Tutorial from Tish's Adventures in Wonderland

Baby Quilt from KatyQuilts

Keep Calm Binding Kit from gemini stitches

Fabric Tuesday #260
link-up your fabric projects!

Finished Locket quilt blog tour with Fat Quarter Shop and Art Gallery Fabrics!

I was lucky enough to be asked by Fat Quarter Shop and Art Gallery Fabrics to make this Locket quilt. 

At the bottom of my post is the list of all the other bloggers participating. I can't wait to see all the different versions!

 I love Fat Quarter Shop patterns and videos, so easy to follow, great pattern writing, the kind you don't have to read, just look at the graphics. This is a cute simple patterns that makes a stunning quilt!!

I started with a bunch of chain piecing and trimming. I mixed several different Art Gallery Fabrics lines. Lots of designers in this bunch!

Here is a link to the video tutorial. Such a good video. You will whip this quilt up!

Here is the basic block structure.  I thought I would only have a couple blocks done in time for this blog tour, but pushed through the last few days, and managed to finish the top!

Fat Quarter Shop has a Locket quilt kit, ready to purchase and get going! And here is the backing set. 

Its no secret that I LOVE Art Gallery Fabrics, I love their designers, and the fabric is super soft!

I think the quilt will end up in my 2nd daughters room. It goes perfectly in here, and adds a little more "teenager" fabrics to her room. 

I love the secondary star pattern the teal print adds. Such a neat quilt!

Check out all these other Locket quilts in this blog tour here:

Angie of GnomeAngel

Cara of That Crafty Cara

Caroline of Sew Caroline

Christina of Sometimes Crafter

Erica of Kitchen Table Quilting

Jane of Quilt Jane

Jemima of Tied with a Ribbon

Natalia of Piece N Quilt

Sinta of Pink Pincushion

Melissa of Happy Quilting

Quilt Story- A feature on Pamela Wiley

We got an email about this amazing quilter, Pamela Wiley, a friend wrote up this post and submitted these photos. I am quite inspired and in awe at the detail! Such unique modern piecing and quilting. What am impressive quilter!!

Wiley utilizes grids, borders, and enclosing angles in flat maze-like spaces. Patterns in each piece build, divide and dissolve with positive and negative space creating optical illusions. There is a gentle playfulness between shapes, a geometric game in which some pieces fit together and others refract. They bespeak ritual and custom, comfort and stability, while introducing new connections and planes of comprehension. Like traditional quilts of old, Wiley’s interpret the culture and worldviews from which

they came.

An American artist living and working in coastal Georgia, Wiley enriches her practice with a broad knowledge of traditional French textile-making and deep interest in natural dye processes and the preservation of heirloom techniques. Her work exemplifies the decorative stitching of traditional whole cloth quilts and the breadth of geometry. Wiley’s work embodies the Feminist artist’s call to elevate the dialog of domesticity and experiential ritual in art and invoke more inclusion into that which is both personal and social.

In Story Lines, we see a female artist powerfully creating space for women’s roles to be projected and interpreted via a blended language of art, design and craft. With stitched text and lines delineating pathways throughout her work, Wiley invites viewers to to unlock their personal narrative, internal dialogue, and memories. She advises her audience to “be true” adding, “the story is open to 

interpretation, the lines are merely guides to get you there.”

Above photo taken by Gabrielle Hutchison more can be found here.

Fabric Tuesday friends!

Megan and I are not getting a lot of sewing time in. Busy with kids and Christmas and my watercolor side business. Busy time of year. I just picked a few from last week, because it is past midnight, and I need some sleep!



Neros Post and Patch and this faublous Christmas/fair isle quilt.  Im loving this!


THis amazing Heather Ross bag. I this this is fabulous! From Sewn By Leila


Joys Jots, shots adn whatnots. A memory quilt of Dad's shirts. I am still working on my Dads shirt memory quilt. Hard to sew.


Confessions of a Fabric Addict , this quilt is great!


Gemini Stitches. Love this pillow!

What do you have to share this week?