tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16526833055821933882024-03-17T20:03:57.193-07:00Krista Withers QuiltingModern Longarm Quilting ServicesKrista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-57506170185464389722017-03-14T18:31:00.000-07:002019-06-19T12:27:08.914-07:00Quilts for Sale <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me start with a quick hello and answer a few questions. I am still quilting, for myself and currently loving hand quilting. I am selling these quilts because they are many, and I don't need them all. I am working toward raising money for new ventures in my life and it is my hope that these quilts will travel, be loved, used and appreciated. If you are interested in buying any of the quilts posted please email me directly at: Lolabluemar@gmail.com</div>
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All prices are listed in US dollars and include shipping/tracking within the US. I am happy to send additional photos upon request. Please, serious inquiries only. Quilts will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. I will respond to all emails as soon as I receive them and update status here. As always, thank you for your interest and time.</div>
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<b>#1 Diamond Mine </b></div>
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This quilt was originally made as a class sample for piece as you quilt on the Longarm. It was made entirely on the longarm. The quilting designs, sample Compositional Quilting, Broken Wreath, Ghost Shapes and Modern Moon. The piecing is all raw edge appliqué. The back of the quilt is solid white, the batting is Quilters Dream wool, there is a hanging sleeve and the binding is colorful scrappy, machine sewn to the front and hand stitched to the back. This quilt has been washed and blocked. The quilt measures 55"long and 47" wide.<br />
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Read more about this quilt as a work in progress <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2015/11/workshops-yay.html">here</a></div>
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<b>#3 Crazy Triangles</b> </div>
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Soft Opposing Triangle quilt, inspired and encouraged by Katie Pedersen and Jacquie Gering. Measures 67" long and 62" wide, all hand guided custom machine straight line quilting, with ghost opposing triangles. This is a great bed quilt, it is soft and has a wonderful drape. This quilt has been washed. Quilters Dream Wool batting and backed with Anna Maria Horner feathers. Binding matches background fabric with a plum flange. <b>SOLD</b></div>
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<b>#4 Define Circle for me</b></div>
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This quilt was a bee quilt from the amazingly talented flickr group <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/freshmodernbee2/">Fresh Modern Bee 2</a> This quilt measures 60"wide by 80" long. Batting is Quilters Dream Cotton, backing is Anna Maria Horner velveteen. The background fabric in this quilt is a natural linen, lots of out of print Heather Ross. The first photo collage and the second photo showing the mustard velveteen back were taken today, the remainder of the photos were taken before the quilt was washed and while the quilt was being quilted. Because this quilt has been washed the actual quilting stitches, cotton and linen fabrics, and cotton batting have all shrunk, the quilt has a wonderful soft drape and definitely has started to take on the appearance of an heirloom/antiqued quilt. <b>SOLD</b></div>
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Pattern is Maple Leaf Rag from Sarah Fielke's book, Material Obsession 2. The webs spilling out into the border were my original idea designed with the ghost web/wreath quilting in mind. This quilt is a fabric diary and has many rare and out of print fabrics. The name of this quilt is inspired by the Alice in Wonderland fabric from Heather Ross's Munki Munki collection, Alice can be found tumbling through the webs. In addition to out of print Munki Munki fabric this quilt has a great deal of Kaffe, Echino, HR, Alexander Henry, Silk, Suzuko Koseki, Japanese and vintage Kimono fabrics. All of the quilting is custom hand guided, some of the feather motifs are quilted using contrasting pale green and aqua softly variegated thread. The grey border is charcoal grey vintage linen. The quilt measures 70" square, it hangs very straight. Quilt has never been washed, backing is a made from leftover scraps of Kaffe Shot cottons and Anna Maria Horner Flannel, Batting is Hobbs Polydown, has a hanging sleeve and is very cleanly bound with Denise Schmidt teal and black fabric. </div>
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Pattern from Alexia Abegg's book "Liberty Love". This quilt was a labor of love that took over three years to complete piecing/ quilting and binding. It is made with a navy/denim/plum and mustard palette, lots of out of print fabrics. The quilting is mostly a 1" grid with some ghost geese featured in some of the border rounds. Batting is Quilters Dream wool the back is light grey very lush flannel with a hanging sleeve and navy striped binding. This quilt has never been washed, has a lovely drape and hangs very square. This quilt measures 52" square. <b>SOLD</b></div>
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This is another quilt that was originally made as a class sample exploring Piece as you Quilt on the Longarm. Quilt measures 43" square has Hobbs Poly down batting, is bound with scrappy solids and prints, with a solid white backing. There are lots of grey flannels in the background and a lot of the pieced bits are raw edge. <b>SOLD</b></div>
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This glorious pattern is the Octagon Shimmer Quilt by <a href="http://www.jennifersampou.com/my-blog">Jennifer Sampou</a>. I can not say enough good things about this quilt or its instructions. Click for the pattern <a href="http://www.jennifersampou.com/store/p49/Octagon_Shimmer_Quilt_Pattern.html">here</a></div>
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Have you dreamed of starting your own machine quilting business?<br />
This is an amazing opportunity to purchase a fabulous machine and IntelliQuilter in addition to tools books and thread that I have collected and used for the last ten years to run a very successful machine quilting business.<br />
You can contact me via email: lolabluemar@gmail.com<br />
Serious Inquiries ONLY<br />
$21,000.00<br />
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I will spend two 5 hour days with you (after you have the machine completely set up)<br />
Teaching you any combination of things that you would like to learn from me. I will set up two workshops catered to you and your skill level.<br />
This workshop option is only offered for LOCAL buyer (Greater Seattle area)<br />
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Gammill Classic Plus with 12 foot table<br />
Purchased in December 2006 from <a href="http://boersmas.com/">Boersmas</a><br />
IntelliQuilter added in 2010<br />
Stitch Length Regulator<br />
Needle Up/Down<br />
Batting Bar<br />
Vertical/Horizontal channel locks<br />
Zipper Leaders<br />
Boersma's Hydraulic lift<br />
Boersma's Light bar<br />
Easy Glide wheels (new in 2015)<br />
Extra tall rolling chair<br />
Towa bobbin tension gauge<br />
Removable Extended Base<br />
3 Extra bobbin cases<br />
Many extra bobbins<br />
The sale of this machine includes ALL of the Longarm rulers listed, many books and thousands of dollars worth of Superior "So Fine" thread (see photos).<br />
<b>Rulers:</b><br />
3 sizes -Linda Mae's Rolling Feathers templates and instructions<br />
Deloa's Boomerang<br />
Quilters Groove pro pebbles template<br />
Quilters Rule Micro Maneuver tool<br />
Amazing Ray and Arc template set from Renae Haddadin with DVD<br />
Longarm University:<br />
12" Feather guide, template and instructions<br />
8" Feather guide, template and instructions<br />
6" Feather guide, template and instructions<br />
1.5" Circles and Waves Template<br />
3" Sashiko Stars Template<br />
1.5" Diagonal Grid Template<br />
Circle Set 6 Gadget Girls 12" Circle<br />
Come Quilt with me 1", 2", 3", 4", 5" and 6"<br />
Three 1/8" oval rulers for marking<br />
Five 1/4" thick ovals<br />
The Little Girl Ruler from Gadget Girls<br />
Applique Helper Linda's Electric Quilters<br />
Over 60 unused plastic stencils<br />
<b>Books:</b><br />
Quilting Inside the Lines with Pam Clarke comes with a full set of stencils and Pounce Pad and extra chalk.<br />
In The Studio with Angela Walters<br />
Infinite Feathers with Anita Shackelfield comes with template<br />
Ultimate Guide to Longarm Quilting by Linda Taylor<br />
Beyond the Extreme by Mary Nording<br />
Blooming Background Designs by Irena Bluhm<br />
Pocket Guide series to Freehanding:<br />
textures and fillers<br />
meanderings<br />
borders/sashing<br />
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Purchaser is responsible for pick up and transportation, reassembly and all associated cost.<br />
Machine has been maintained by <a href="http://boersmas.com/">Boersma's</a>. If you choose to contact them they can help with moving and reassembly of the machine for a cost to be determined when you contact them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Boersma's Hydraulic Lift, with the push of a button go from standing to sit down or just adjust it slightly every hour or so of a long day to reduce fatigue. Worth its weight in gold.</td></tr>
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The last few weeks have been full with maximizing my time in the studio getting ready for show season. I received some constructive feedback from <a href="http://quiltconwest.com/">Quiltcon</a> and am looking forward to implementing some of the suggestions I received from my students. I really value my students opinions and am extremely appreciative for the feedback I receive. I know it takes a little extra time to fill out those worksheets, but it really helps teachers/educators to see what is working and what can use some improvement. One of the things that was mentioned to me in class and appeared on my evaluation was a suggestion to include in my handouts, a visual of where the class was headed. The student suggested that this would make sense of all of the "parts" from the get go. I took this to heart and have drawn out a full page handout of the "end product" for all of my classes. This has turned out to be a great tool for me in structuring my classes and creating a timeline and class outline to follow. Just this simple page has helped me to make sure I can fit everything I need into the time slot without missing any important parts. This was a wonderful suggestion and very constructive, thank you, anonymous one!!</div>
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I'm teaching my Broken Wreath class as a 2 hour lecture/demo in a week. (What?! How is <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Home/index.cfm">MQX</a> already almost here??) I've taught this previously as a hands on class, so the format will be quite different for me. This drawing (pictured below) has been a great tool for me and I hope my students will find it inspiring and useful as well. Find all of my <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Home/index.cfm">MQX</a> classes <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Classes/2016Faculty/KristaWithers/index.cfm?SAVersion=401&designmode=false">here</a>.</div>
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You can see my class sample adheres quite closely to the handout. In addition, I have started using contrast thread (gasp!) to show the stitching on my samples. I will be using a high contrast for my demo/lectures as well, (also a bit of feedback I am honoring :) so I figured it would be good to get comfortable with. And, who doesn't love lime green? </div>
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That is about all I have time to share for today. Really looking forward to meeting some of you in class at <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Classes/2016Faculty/KristaWithers/index.cfm?SAVersion=401&designmode=false">MQX</a>, New Hampshire next week. If I miss you there, maybe you'll be in Springfield, <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/Midwest/Home/index.cfm">MQX Midwest</a>, OR maybe at <a href="http://www.mqsshow.org/">Machine Quilters Showcase</a> in Cedar Rapids?? If none of the above follow me here, once I return from the East Coast I'll share what I anticipate to be an amazing show. </div>
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On the tail end of my New Hampshire trip, I am visiting my brother in PA, who lives close to Lancaster, if you are a quilter you know what that means.... Amish country here I come!! </div>
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Re-entry back in to reality from a vacation, retreat, or conference never comes without that bittersweet flavor that only the real world delivers. I recently had the privilege to teach at <a href="http://quiltconwest.com/">QuiltCon</a> in Pasadena, California. As a California native, I was delighted at the chance to visit a place I called home for the first 20 years of my life. My family and I drove from our home in Seattle down to the beautiful Central Coast of California where I grew up. Morro Bay never disappoints with beautiful beaches full of sand dollars, sand dunes, and clear skies at night with stars that make you never want to leave. This photo was my first glimpse of the ocean hiding behind the hills heading West from Paso Robles.</div>
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It was a short but sweet visit for me, after only a couple days, I left my dog, husband and kids with my folks and got on a plane to LAX heading to teach in Pasadena.</div>
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Always sad to say goodbye to my mom. I admire her for many reasons but especially her ability to stay in the present, with grace and calm. She also has mad skills at hiding and hoarding large quantities of chocolate, definitely note worthy accomplishments.</div>
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Watching her with my children is always a pleasure but for some reason this time the reality of her being so <i>present </i>really hit home, more about that later.</div>
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Quilt Con was a whirlwind of teaching, my schedule was very full and it wasn't until Sunday that I actually had some time to walk the floor and see the amazing quilts in the show. There was a special exhibit that I am extremely glad I didn't miss. <a href="http://quiltconwest.com/quilt-show/special-exhibits/">The Quilts of Molly Upton</a> left me speechless. I'd recommend looking her work up and if you ever get the chance to see the exhibit I wouldn't miss it. Pictured below are two detail shots from two quilts that hit me in a way I can't explain:</div>
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Student work from hands on Compositional Quilting:</div>
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Just like that I was headed back to the Pacific Northwest. On my flight home I noticed that the Earth had been doing its own Compositional Drawing. It's amazing what you see when you take the time to look a little closer.</div>
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I ended up with one souvenir, that I picked up at the San Francisco airport. I do love you, California, with every part of my heart.</div>
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Getting home involved unpacking a weeks worth of swag from my visit to the Central Coast as well as a few great finds at Quilt Con: </div>
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Pictured below are my samples from my Piece as you Quilt class, I see some pouches, totes and pot holders in my future.</div>
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So, back to what I touched on earlier about my mom being <i>present.</i> As some of you know, I recently deleted my Instagram account. <i>Deleted</i>, not just erased the app from my phone to reload a half hour later, but deleted from existence. All of my photos, all of my followers, all of my comments, all of my likes, all of my tags, basically my entire social media presence with the screen name, Lolablueocean, gone. My first emotions following my deletion were filled with, dread, regret, sadness, and a loneliness and empty place that hung like a dead weight on my back. Lucky for me most of those initial emotions faded quickly and were washed away with an overwhelming feeling of relief.</div>
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Why did I do it? Simply, because IG became a place that I spent too much time. More complicated, because the time that I spent there was no longer time spent being inspired or energized, it was time spent judging myself, but not even my <i>self</i>, my<i> edited self,</i> against every one else's edited selves. I worried about offending people, I was aware when I lost a follower and I watched the number of people following me more than I am proud to admit. All in all these feelings never made me feel good, the wanting to be accepted, the wanting to be liked. I had moments of feeling super left out and lonely at quilt con because while I was eating hamburgers in my hotel room everyone else was having a super fab time taking Quiltcon selfies without me. Right? Yeah, well, truth be told I like watching trash TV eating hamburgers alone in my hotel room and I'm old enough to know that <i>not everything is always as it seems. </i> And so it is, the social media debate goes on and on. I am not judging IG or anyone who loves it, I just realized that it is no good for me, and I am no good to myself within the context of this kind of social media. I have a great big handful of people that I <i>know</i> in real life that are right in front of me that really really love me, I need to be present in the moments with them. These are the moments I want to be in, these are the moments I don't want to miss, these moments are true and real and unedited. If I had better self control I would be happy to have stayed on IG, but I'll give you the unedited truth, </div>
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I was totally addicted to it and I had to let it go.</div>
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That is the personal side of deleting IG, the equally important side for me lies in being creative within the IG context. I found myself working on a project and posting a picture and suddenly the creative process became an edited process that relied on positive feedback, comments and likes to press forward. I started to feel like my work became less and less authentic as I began editing my work based on what more people would "like". </div>
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<i> What the F*ck?</i></div>
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That has never been me, and yet suddenly there I was, worried about what 3500 people (most of whom, I don't even know) think. And that's where it ended. This is also where I will stop discussing IG, I hope if you were curious about why I did it, you now get it. Below, is my last IG selfie that was supposed to be my #helloquiltcon hash tagged photo, ironically, I never posted it, because, </div>
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you know, someone might not like it................</div>
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Getting back into my studio after a teaching gig is always very rewarding, I am amazed by what I learn from my students, I love processing the experience by creating with the experience in mind.</div>
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I was sad to have missed the opportunity to take a class or see a lecture from <a href="http://www.gwenmarston.com/">Gwen Marston</a> while I was at Quilt Con, but was very happy to find a pod cast with Gwen <a href="http://craftyplanner.com/2015/12/07/gwen-marston/">here</a>. I know a little bit about her work, but have been particularly intrigued by her small studies or "sketches". </div>
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Hearing her talk made me think about working on a smaller scale using only the longarm to create my own studies or sketches.</div>
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Pictured below are the studies I have been working on since I got home, I started by working with a 10x11" and went smaller to a 6x6" size. I am not sure where these are going but the process has been a breath of fresh air for me and good to get out of my <i>edited</i> box.</div>
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I have a few exciting teaching announcements and a ton of planning, prepping, stitching, retreating, drawing, and scheming ahead of me.<br />
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I have been invited to teach at some very exciting shows in 2016 and I couldn't be more excited!<br />
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<b>QUILTCON FEB 2016</b><br />
To start the year I will be at <a href="http://quiltconwest.com/">Quiltcon</a> in Pasadena teaching, all hands on classes. I had an amazing time in Austin and am really looking forward to February.<br />
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<b>MQX APRIL 2016</b><br />
In April I will be teaching at <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Home/index.cfm">MQX</a> in New Hampshire. New England will be gorgeous in April and I am looking forward to returning as a teacher instead of a student. I am teaching two hands on classes as well as some lecture/demo classes. To sign up for my classes click <a href="http://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/East/Classes/2016Faculty/KristaWithers/index.cfm">here</a>.<br />
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<b>MQS MAY 2016</b></div>
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In May I will be off to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to teach at <a href="http://www.mqsshow.org/coming-soon/">MQS</a>, registration is not open yet, but should be in the upcoming weeks!<br />
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But hey! 2015 isn't over yet and I am thrilled to be hosted by the <a href="http://seattlemodernquiltguild.com/2015/10/03/workshop-time/">Seattle Modern Quilt Guild</a><br />
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Click <a href="http://seattlemodernquiltguild.com/2015/10/03/workshop-time/">here</a> to register, there are 5 spots left and registration is open to the general public now.<br />
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Shown below are a few examples of what my Compositional Drawing/Whole cloth design class will look like. I am teaching this class at Quiltcon, MQX and at Tukwila sew and vac with SMQG.</div>
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The photos below are samples that I have been making for my Broken Wreath and Ghost Shapes lecture/demo classes at MQX and MQS.</div>
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Here, I used contrasting blue thread, definitely out of my comfort zone but it's a great exercise and the designs can really pop out.</div>
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Shown below is quilting on one of the samples that I marked out in my whole cloth design class, this technique quilts out pretty fast and has been a very liberating way for me to look at quilting.</div>
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I've said it before but making class samples always opens up new doors for me. This style of quilting has inspired me to start working on a whole cloth (type) design, that's really not a whole cloth at all. Here are a few photos of my latest project which I will go into more detail as I figure out what I'm actually doing.<br />
The design is inspired by the stitch and flip triangle which is sprinkled through a lot of<br />
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As the transition from Summer to Fall gets completely underway in our household I look forward to new adventures both with my kids growing up and new work ventures. With my kids back at school I have more time to be in the studio working on plans for teaching. Every time I start a class sample I find a few new classes lurking within the process. Staying focused is the big challenge for me but I really love the possibilities that exist within this exploration. I started working on a sample for my upcoming <a href="http://quiltconwest.com/">QuiltCon</a> class, Piece as you Quilt. In this class students will learn how to use their longarm for the very popular QAYG (Quilt as you go) method of piecing and quilting simultaneously. This is a great technique for creating quilted panels which can be used for a million different projects. I have made tote bags, throw pillows, placemats and pot holders...the list goes on and the possibilities are endless.</div>
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Pictured below are a few boxy totes made from QAYG panels that were quilted on a domestic machine but I have found the Longarm to be a much quicker way to get these panels made.<br />
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The technique I use is log cabin based and has a very improvisational feel. Below is the first panel that I experimented with.</div>
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I have been finding ways to incorporate gentle curves, as well as the "illusion" of curves with the quilting, this process is very relaxing. Be warned, if you experiment with this you may never want to do anything else on your longarm again.</div>
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After feeling like I was gaining proficiency I decided to try my hand at a larger project...dare I say a quilt....pieced entirely on the longarm. Definitely easier said than done and I'm pretty sure I learned more about what one should NOT do than what you should do. Regardless, I have come to really love this process, and I hope I am able to organize it enough to comfortably teach it in the future. For me it has been very freeing and a complete escape from many of the quilting rules(both real and imagined) that I have tried to abide by over the last ten years. </div>
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Technically, the quilt I have created is somewhat of a disaster....so eloquently displayed on the solid white fabric I brilliantly chose for the back. There is a lot of raw edge piecing and very messy quilting throughout. I have to admit, if you are a perfectionist this may not be the technique for you, but if you are willing to take a leap of faith you may want to join me once I figure out how to teach this.</div>
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So far so good, all piece as you go on the longarm. Unfortunately though, as the quilt grew, my throat space did not. While the horizontal seams were still manageable the long vertical ones were not. </div>
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Uh Oh. This was not going as planned and although there may be tutorials out there that make this work I am not one to consult the internet for help. </div>
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(unless, of course it involves diagnosing a fictitious and uncommon disease that either myself, one of my friends, pets, children, loved ones or all of the above must obviously have).</div>
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I took it off the frame and decided to hang it on the design wall to see if I could work myself out of this dead end. Hmmm. Look at all of those lovely half square triangles I had floating around on my design wall. </div>
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Yes, as it turns out I talk to myself, and through the years all of this talking to myself has led me to believe a lot of things about quilting that may or may not be true or even real. </div>
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Quilting lines can not cross. </div>
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Points need to match. </div>
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Seams need to match.</div>
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Straight lines should be straight. </div>
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Iron to the left, iron to the right, iron seams open.</div>
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Don't iron.</div>
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Quarter inch seams are correct. </div>
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Hammers should not be used in quilting. </div>
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As you can see being in my head is exhausting and I am done with these rules.</div>
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So, shut up Krista and do what you want and above all else stay OFF the Internet and so I did.</div>
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Continuing in this haphazard manner I have almost completed a 45" square quilt. It is not pieced entirely on the longarm, as those half square triangles were pieced and then raw edge appliquéd onto the quilt, but for all intensive purposes it is "mostly" pieced on the longarm. But really, who's keeping track?</div>
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I consider myself to be a pretty tidy person, unless you're including the pile of clothes on the floor in front of my closet. Which doesn't really count, because I don't want to talk about that, much less blog about it. So, back to me being tidy, I realized it had probably been over ten years since I "really"cleaned out my studio.</div>
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What is a Chotski and why on earth do I have SO MANY of said items??</div>
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Generally useless crap of little or no value. UH OH.</div>
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So it began, a good two weeks of literally taking down everything off of my walls, out of my drawers, shelves and under surfaces. I have a full garage full of bags of priced garage sale Chotski and a bag full of E-bay Chotskies. </div>
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I have a great studio space, it is 300 square feet and I have no reason to complain....BUT with a </div>
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12' long-arm table I have to admit the space is tight and the way it was previously set up was very dysfunctional. The first thing I did once I got all of the useless crap off the walls was add two new design walls. There are many great design wall tutorials on the web, I used Katies tutorial found <a href="https://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/design-wall-awesomeness/">here</a>.</div>
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I also moved the collapsible cutting table from its previous location and replaced it with my sewing table seen below in its new location. The sewing table has a removeable back piece that I hope to be able to add if and when I am able to move my Gammill back a few feet and/or get a </div>
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This area still needs some work, that tiered shelf was a very stupid purchase on my part and a terrible waste of space. Shelves to match my thread storage are on someones honey do list. That will open up a lot more storage for....fabric, of which I obviously need more of.</div>
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The cutting table opens quite easily and I can store the cutting mats on the back of my long-arm when I need to close the table.</div>
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From the view below you can see my thread wall and the top shelves where I store extra batting and rolled quilts. My WIP's are in the white cardboard Ikea storage bins and below is a hanging rod where I previously stored customer quilts. I hope to push the Gammill back into that space and open up the area for my domestic sewing machine a bit, we'll see. The fabric you see in this picture is my entire stash, for me less is more, I get overwhelmed by too much. Weird I know.</div>
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On my design wall is the Bride of Frankenquilt, meet Frank <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-show.html">here</a> and <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2012/10/opening-tonight.html">here</a>. He needs a bride and I hope that what you see here will become just that.</div>
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Not bad for two weeks worth? I still haven't had the garage sale but everything is priced and I still haven't listed everything on Ebay, but soon. If you are interested in checking out my studio before the changes you can look at my Studio Spotlight post <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2013/08/Studiospotlight.html">here</a>. Honestly, it's not a whole lot different just a LOT LESS CHOTSKIE and new design walls.</div>
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Welcome to my stop on the <a href="http://www.shopmartingale.com/make-it-take-it.html">Make it Take it</a> blog hop for <a href="http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/">Krista Hennebury</a>'s fabulous retreat <a href="http://www.shopmartingale.com/make-it-take-it.html">book</a>.<br />
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I collaborated with <a href="http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/">Krista</a> on a small table runner that could be made in a weekend, we decided to build the top from simple pieced designs that could be mimicked as ghost shapes in the quilting. Krista made the top and I did the quilting. I quilted a ghost flock of geese and added some circles and straight lines to pull it all together and keep it flat. This was a really fun project, one that could easily be completed on a retreat.<br />
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I had the pleasure of working on two projects for this book, the other was the quilting on Krista's beautiful Orange Grove Quilt, which is a modern take on the classic Pine Tree block.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">While the quilting may be a bit more than one person would complete on a retreat the pine tree blocks would be a fun retreat block exchange. There are some amazing projects in this book, including Krista's fabulous thread catcher. She gifted me one years ago (at the first retreat of hers that I attended) and I use that thing every. single. day. </span></div>
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See below, thread catcher happily perched next to machine and notice the double scissor keeper hanging on my wall, also in the book, designed by the very talented Amy Friend. This book is a treasure trove of beautiful and useful projects and I am so happy to be among the contributors, most of whom I am lucky enough to call friends.</div>
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Don't forget to stop by all of the other amazing contributors blogs to get a sneak peak of their projects from the book and have a great end of the week! It's almost Friday!!!</div>
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<u>Blog Tour Schedule </u><br />
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Friday, April 3 Blog hop kick-off: Krista at <a href="http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/">Poppyprintcreates</a><br />
Monday, April 6: Berene at <a href="https://happysewlucky.wordpress.com/">Happy Sew Lucky </a>and Amy at <a href="http://www.duringquiettime.com/">During Quiet Time</a><br />
Tuesday, April 7: Leanne at <a href="http://www.shecanquilt.ca/">She Can Quilt </a>and Felicity at <a href="http://www.felicityquilts.com/">Felicity Quilts</a><br />
Wednesday, April 8: Martingale Inc. at <a href="http://blog.shopmartingale.com/">Stitch this!</a> (check out their Rainbow Round the Cabin staff party!)<br />
Thursday, April 9: Krista at <a href="http://spottedstone.blogspot.ca/">Spotted Stones</a> and Krista at <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.ca/">Krista Withers Quilting</a><br />
Friday, April 10: Lynne at <a href="http://lilysquilts.blogspot.ca/">Lilys Quilts</a> and Cindy at <a href="http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/">Live a Colorful Life</a><br />
Saturday, April 11: Ayumi at <a href="http://ayumills.blogspot.pt/">Pink Penguin</a> and Krista at <a href="http://www.poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/">Poppyprint</a><br />
Sunday, April 12: Kristie at <a href="http://ocd-obsessivecraftingdisorder.blogspot.ca/">OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder </a>and Christina at <a href="http://sometimescrafter.com/blog/">Sometimes Crafter</a><br />
<br />Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-41529392885962084592015-04-06T11:11:00.001-07:002015-04-06T11:11:31.610-07:00The lure of the Medallion <div style="text-align: center;">
There is something about the Medallion quilt that is irresistible. I am so very close to finishing my Marcelle Medallion from <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/">Alexia's</a> book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Love-Projects-Featuring-Fabrics/dp/1607056267">Liberty Love</a>. If you are on Instagram the hashtag #marcellemedallion brings up a zillion different amazing versions of this quilt. To make it mine I reversed some of the traditional values, as you can see in the geese. The geese are the light value and the background is dark, I am continuing with this theme in the last plus border. It needs to be finished and I am SO close. I also found the perfect backing fabric by Alexander Henry at <a href="http://www.islandquilter.com/">Island Quilter</a>, so at this point I really have no excuse for not finishing. </div>
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I used some of my favorite fabrics in this quilt and sadly the last of my plum mendocino mermaids.</div>
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I must say the quilting part of this project makes me shudder a little bit. I think I will keep it very simple with parallel lines spaced about a half inch apart. </div>
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I had the pleasure of quilting Cindy Wien's Marcelle medallion quilt, she has a wonderful blog post <a href="http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/2013/10/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2013.html">here</a> with full shot pictures and all the details about her fabrics, etc. She used primarily solids and as you'll see her quilt is stunning. You may have already seen this quilt floating around the internet and Pinterest, Cindy has a wonderful aesthetic and is not afraid of bold color or pattern.</div>
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This quilt struck me as very playful and I tried to capture that feeling with the quilting. Her workmanship is superb and this quilt managed to stay very square which is no small feat considering she used mostly Oakshot and Kaffe wovens. If my memory serves me that is shot cotton on the back too...yikes!!! How I managed to keep good tension on this quilt is a mystery.</div>
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I had a few inquiries about the 1" grid that I quilted on my X-Plus quilt that I blogged about last week. I DID have to turn the quilt. Meaning; I loaded the quilt onto my long-arm, quilted 1" horizontal lines all the way down, then unloaded the quilt, reloaded the opposite direction and completed the crosshatch. </div>
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I use a very handy little tool you can find online from <a href="http://www.lequilters.com/">Linda's Electric Quilters</a>, called a crosshatch circle, you can find it <a href="http://www.longarmsupplies.net/crosshatchcircles.aspx">here</a>. </div>
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The circle is used by placing the template around the hopping foot.</div>
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Just as your hopping foot can be used as a guide for 1/4" these circle templates offer that same guide in increments of 1/4" and go up to 1-1/2".</div>
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As you can see in this next picture I line up the outside of the guide to the last line stitched and my next line of stitching is exactly an inch from the previous line. (I lined it up with the vertical lines so it would be easier to see, I quilted all of the lines horizontally though) </div>
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I'm basically using it as a ruler, once it is lined up with the previous line of stitching I turn on my channel lock and start stitching. </div>
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I use it as a guide but you can also use it with a ruler. If you follow the link above there is a video on how to use this tool. </div>
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I hope that helps you if you are considering a crosshatch quilting project, turning is not my favorite thing to do but I have found it to be the only way to do an allover grid on a long arm. It is a simple quilting treatment that really compliments most quilt tops and the quilt stays very soft.</div>
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Have a wonderful week, I will be finishing cleaning and getting ready for a big garage sale this weekend! Hopefully next week I will have some good shots of my finished and clean studio!!</div>
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-17345884033063459332015-03-30T21:21:00.001-07:002015-03-31T10:10:36.810-07:00Bound and Determined <div style="text-align: center;">
I'm by no means a prolific quilt maker, a prolific quilter of other peoples quilts yes, but maker of my own...no. I am hoping that will change and I have taken some pretty good steps in that direction this year so far. I took three quilts to my very good friend Irene who does the majority of my binding for me. While I actually love doing binding, so does Irene and it gives me a good excuse to see her and sew pillowcases which apparently one household can never have enough of. I also can think of few things that I enjoy more than sewing and staring out onto this beautiful city I am lucky enough to call home.</div>
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In an incredibly short time frame my quilts are returned to me perfectly bound. And her only request is that I bring her more and soon.</div>
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I finally finished my value quilt! This was an exciting finish for me because it is the first quilt that I have made that actually fits the bed. What a novel idea, a quilt that fits a bed, who knew such a thing could be so useful? Every quilt I have made up to this point just barely covers the mattress....duh.</div>
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It is gigantic though and weighs roughly eighty thousand pounds. I had to enlist three friends to hold it up for me after we almost lost it over board the Vashon ferry.</div>
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This quilt is full of so many of my most treasured fabrics and backed with a very snuggly flannel and an even softer mini corduroy. I have been on a healing health journey and have been realizing the importance of sleep. </div>
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I can't help but wonder if I may have taken this concept too far?</div>
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Will I ever leave my bed again? </div>
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When is cozy bad?</div>
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Is too much sleep dangerous?</div>
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Can I cook from my bed? </div>
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Should I move the kitchen to the bedroom?</div>
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I will get back to you with the answer to these pressing enquiries.</div>
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Another finish was my x-plus quilt that I started a very long time ago and finished piecing at my annual Loon Lake retreat. It was smaller than I had originally intended but it needed to be finished. Now it will fit in nicely with every other undersized quilt (besides giganto up there) I have ever made that serves very little practical purpose and barely covers a human.</div>
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I quilted an inch grid allover design on it, not the easiest quilting job but I am in love with the overall effect.</div>
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The final quilt that was bound for me was my newest sample quilt that I am in love with. It is my wholecloth sampler that I blogged about <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2015/03/class-to-quilt-compositional-drawing.html">here</a>. </div>
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Speaking of whole cloth quilts, I took a whole cloth design class many years ago from Karen McTavish with my dear friend Barbara Magill. We took the class in Kansas at the Machine quilting show MQS. It was one of the first big shows I had ever attended and was so much fun in so many ways. Barbara and I took our hotel room apart moving tables and rearranging our beds and every thing else that weighed more than the two of us combined to accommodate our need to finish designing our work. We also collectively purchased more stencils than we could haul back to Seattle with us and I had weird bruises on my thighs from scaling a fence for Barbara's supply list that went flying out of her grasp in what seemed to me like a small tornado. In our beds that night we noticed that the blankets were heavy like lead X-Ray blankets and I almost wet my bed laughing when Barbara shouted out that the blanket just grabbed her ass. </div>
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Barbara died last Thursday, she has fought cancer for as long as I have known her. We always joked,"what happens in Kansas stays in Kansas" it was one of the last things we said to each other. I am sharing a little bit of what happened in Kansas because it makes me too sad not to. Barbara never quilted her whole cloth, in the next few weeks I will be going through her things and I will find it and finish it, for her, for me, for us.</div>
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I am really going to miss her. Hug your quilting friends, cherish them, love them, laugh with them, remember them. </div>
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Here is where I left off last week, with a few pretty good ideas about the direction I would go on this quilt. I did a few more sketches on the plexiglas before I felt ready to start quilting. If you are here for the first time, I use plexiglas to audition different designs on a quilt top without having to commit to anything. See <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-miracle-is-this.html">this</a> post and <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2015/03/process.html">this</a> one for my process with the plexiglas. This is not a marking tool, it is a drawing tool I use to develop a pleasing composition and it sure beats the sit and stare that I am also quite proficient at.</div>
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I ended up quilting a combination of straight lines, swirls, mazes and in the sashing a traditional orange peel treatment and some circles. I used the fabric to dictate a lot of the quilting within the panel. Straight lines work to add texture and movement without distorting the images.</div>
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I followed the bamboo leaves with my stitching to accentuate the designs in the fabric.</div>
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I used a series of mazes to fill in the borders and I did change thread to ivory to quilt the small sashing and the other light areas.</div>
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I love mimicking the Japanese motifs and adding straight line work to offset the designs.</div>
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Here is a close up of the different sashing and border treatments, this was quilted entirely freehand.</div>
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I think the finished quilt came out well and the quilting enhanced the quilt adding interest but not distracting from everything that is going on.</div>
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Balance is golden.</div>
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In other exciting news, I managed to steal away some time for myself and took a class from one of my good friends and local teachers, Katie, who blogs at <a href="https://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Sewkatiedid</a>.</div>
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Her color, aesthetic and overall sense of design always inspire me and after my husband seemed to like her pillows better than mine when we were at their house for dinner I decided I needed to up my game in the pillow department.</div>
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These were some of her examples and step outs for the gradual curves class that I took.</div>
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Here is what I completed in the 3 hour class, which went by way too fast!</div>
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As an educator, I am finding that one of the best ways to be a better teacher is to continue taking classes as an open minded student. I have a lot of thoughts on this but can't seem to put them into words. It kind of goes back to the miracle of sharing, it really does all come full circle. </div>
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My studio was clean for a total of 23 seconds before I decided it needed a total overhaul. I am adding two design walls and getting rid of a LOT of stuff. Right now it just looks like it threw up all over itself and no one wants to see that. Hopefully I will make some progress this week and come up with some brilliant functional work space ideas in my very cramped space.</div>
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Clearly, I have my work cut out for me. It is good to be looking forward towards a renewed studio space that flows better. I'm excited for the prospect of having more time to focus on my own work as I wind down quilting for others. Finding the balance really is a beautiful thing. </div>
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I hope you have a superb week ahead and find some balance in your life too.</div>
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Cleaning was inevitable. It had to happen....</div>
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I rarely custom quilt for customers anymore but I have a few ladies who have been with me from my beginning who I will always quilt for. This particular lady loves the asian panels and I have really enjoyed quilting these tops. There are a wealth of quilting designs to be found in the fabric and I have always felt comfortable playing with the lush traditional Japanese motifs.</div>
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The Plexiglas had a boxy maze drawn on it already, instead of erasing it I laid it down and used it as a starting point. I liked the way it looked over the circle, so I left it and started adding straight line work mixed with a tracing of the Japanese water and flower motifs.</div>
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Moving the Plexiglas from the quilt top to a white table, gives a different perspective, enabling you to see the quilting design independent of the quilt top. It's a great opportunity to start evaluating how the quilting works or doesn't work compositionally on its own.</div>
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I like where it's going but the circles need more definition, at this point I decide to get rid of the boxy maze outside of the circle and define the circles with a quarter inch (ish) echo.</div>
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hmm... it's ok but something isn't quite right. I feel like the density of the quilting in the circles is too heavy. Densely quilted areas are going to recede while the areas that are less densely quilted are going to pop. In this case I would prefer that the background recede not the circles... back to the drawing board so to speak.</div>
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I leave the boxy maze but change the scale, I do like a quilting design that maintains a similar density throughout. All the straight line work is still too much of the same for me, there is not a strong delineation between background and foreground. I am going to lose the boxy maze and add swirls to the background area to define and simplify the space.</div>
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I like the feel of where this is going, I think it is starting to work more fluidly with the quilt top.</div>
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I will leave you with a couple finished Asian panel quilt details, the first quilt is the back of an owl panel, the second and third are Kimono quilts, all pieced by Carlene Embry.</div>
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As it turns out I am not very motivated to clean my studio. I headed out there this weekend with all good intentions of getting my space clean and I honestly cleaned (or more accurately, contemplated cleaning) for a total of five minutes before I found myself distracted by a drawing I had started at <a href="http://www.quiltcon.com/">Quiltcon</a> in my Compositional Quilting/DRAWING class.</div>
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I began looking through some of the pictures I had taken while teaching (admittedly way too few) and that beautiful quote by Leonard Nimoy came back to me again.</div>
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<i>"The Miracle is this, the more we share, the more we have."</i></div>
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I put away any thoughts about cleaning (which wasn't hard) and started drawing and then quilting something I am pretty sure will be a sample for another class.</div>
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As a rule I don't generally mark on quilts. A whole cloth type quilt is obviously an exception to this rule. In my Compositional Quilting/DRAWING class we spend the class marking on mylar and then marking on a whole cloth. Many years ago I took a whole cloth design class from <a href="http://www.designerquilts.com/">Karen McTavish</a>. It was a full day spent designing a whole cloth quilt that we took home to quilt. If you ever find yourself with an opportunity to take a class with her or see her lecture,</div>
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Whole cloth quilts are traditional by nature and are generally designed using beautiful floral or feathered motifs, stencils and if you have the patience the quilting usually involves some trapunto.</div>
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In my Compositional Drawing-(expanded version) class it is my hope to merge the traditional with a more modern aesthetic. I don't know that a whole cloth will ever be considered "modern" but I do believe in my heart of hearts that there is a place for this type of quilting and design somewhere.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to get rid of my free motion drawn swirls, I found I could not follow my own drawings.</td></tr>
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As you can see, cleaning is overrated and I am not out of ideas yet. I am hoping to be teaching this class and many others in the near future. I will keep you posted on the details here.<br />
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For those of you who feel inspired by this post, awesome. For those of you who enjoyed this post but feel less inspired and more discouraged by this post this last picture is for you.<br />
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While I openly admit I have skills, I know that those skills didn't come without a lot of failures, practice and flat out shitty quilting. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt, be ok with shit quilting, move on, take classes, learn as much as you can from yourself and others. You will never quilt exactly like me, just as I will never quilt exactly like Karen McTavish. And thank goodness for that, lord knows theres only room for one of her, and me and you. Be ok with that.<br />
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-56754173885686568132015-03-03T18:06:00.000-08:002015-03-09T14:40:11.012-07:00The Miracle is this:<div style="text-align: center;">
I LOVE Austin TX.</div>
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I just returned from teaching at <a href="http://www.quiltcon.com/">Quiltcon</a> 2015 and I really don't think I can do a blog post without at least mentioning how much I LOVE the food in Austin. I'm not here to wax poetic about my diet or health but I will say I follow a pretty restrictive AIP Paleo diet and I found more delicious farm to table food than any celiac could shake a stick at. Just sayin'. Apart from eating at Max's Wine Dive a total of 5 times (in 4 short days), I also enjoyed seeing some of my favorite people in the world and meeting some of my new favorite people in the world. I am a very visual person and I am guessing if you're reading this blog, you are too.</div>
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This quilt; Diving Geese, pieced by <a href="https://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Katie Pedersen</a>, won best machine quilting at the show!!</div>
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Leonard Nimoy passed away four days ago and I started researching his life and his quotes. This one hit me hard and has resonated with me since.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"The miracle is this, the more we share the more we have."</span></div>
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I was able to share some of the things I have learned over the past ten years with my students at <a href="http://www.quiltcon.com/">Quiltcon</a> and I am so grateful to have had this opportunity. My students filled me with their energy and spirit. I made this as a sample for my zig zag sampler class, one of my students took it home as a door prize!</div>
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I use a 20"x30" piece of plexiglass that you can source from your local home improvement store. TAPE the edges with painters tape......trust me, even though you think you won't, you WILL draw off the edge. Mark on the tape "drawing side" so you only use one side.</div>
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Now that I got all my design work sorted out I can start quilting without stressing about what I am going to quilt. If you're wondering about this awesome quilt it is a pattern called Modern Mountains designed by my namesake bestie <a href="http://spottedstone.blogspot.com/">Krista</a>. You can find the free pattern <a href="http://www.quiltingdaily.com/free-modern-quilt-patterns/">here</a>. This version was made by one of my awesome customers, Amanda.</div>
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Use your sketchbook too. Use it every day, bring it with you on the bus, train, airplane.</div>
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Here is a sneak peak of a quilt my sweet friend <a href="http://www.bettycrockerass.com/">Jen Carlton Bailly</a> made for Cheryl Arkison's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Inspire-Me-Quilt-Designers/dp/1617450359/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425411750&sr=1-4&keywords=cheryl+arkison">You Inspire Me to Quilt</a>, coming out soon. Of course I consulted my plexiglass first:</div>
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Plexiglass is a great way to visually communicate with your piecer, or yourself, if you're lucky enough to have the time to quilt your own work!</div>
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<a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/">Elizabeth Hartman</a> for her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patchwork-City-Innovative-Quilter-Sampler/dp/1607059517">Patchwork City</a>. I was so happy to see her sweet face in Austin and teach two doors down from her. I am always in awe of Elizabeth's work. This quilt is badass and completely blew my mind. There are some of the coolest blocks in this quilt that I have ever seen. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saying goodbye to summer is always hard for this California girl. With fall in the air, kids back in school and a new long arm machine in one of my favorite <a href="http://www.islandquilter.com/">Quilt shops</a> I may be able to happily face the fact that I no longer live in a coastal climate that stays 70 degrees year round. Sigh. I miss you SLO town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been focusing my business away from quilting for customers and in the direction of teaching and lecturing. This is a huge but exciting change for me and I am looking forward to sharing everything I have learned over the last ten years with students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before I go into a lot of detail about my teaching ventures I am going to fill you with some eye candy. These are some of the gorgeous quilts I have had the privilege of quilting for friends and customers over the last few months....err...year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This quilt was made by my good friend Noelle, it is an improv beauty, I love her bright pops of color, compositionally it flows so flawlessly and has so much depth and visual texture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This next quilt was made by <a href="http://alamodefabric.blogspot.com/">Heather</a> Bostic with Melody Miller's amazing Bee fabric, it is her Hotel California quilt and I was able to squeeze some lyrics in there for her.</span></div>
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The Quilting on both of those Quilts may look complicated but in reality the designs I chose stem from a rather simple formula I have developed which creates a path working you across the quilt with as few starts and stops as possible.</div>
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I affectionately refer to this method of quilting as "Compositional Quilting". In addition to teaching this at <a href="http://www.quiltcon.com/">Quiltcon2015</a> I will be teaching locally at <a href="http://www.islandquilter.com/">Island Quilter</a> on beautiful Vashon Island. Workshops will be hands on working on an HQ18 Avante.</div>
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The next few quilts I am going to share with you I quilted for <a href="http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/">Angela Pingel's</a> book,</div>
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One of the brightest spots in my career so far was being asked by <a href="http://www.designerquilts.com/">Karen McTavish</a> to contribute to her most recent book, <a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/Books/Mastering_the_Art_of_McTavishing_2nd_Edition__D46045.HTML">Mastering the Art of McTavishing 2nd Edition</a>. I collaborated with my bestie namesake, <a href="http://spottedstone.blogspot.com/">Krista</a> who worked with me to piece the quilt that we submitted for the book.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to seeing some of you this fall in class as I reluctantly pull on my boots, fold away my summer tank tops and resign myself to the truth that fall, is in fact real. I will continue my slow.... slow knitting on a scarf I hope to finish this life time and fill my soul with lots of fabric sunshine at Island Quilter! Hope to see you there!!xo</span></div>
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So glad you stopped by to visit!<br />
It is always fun to see where someone else creates, dreams, designs, sews and.....stores their fabric.
I hope you enjoy my little studio tour, welcome to the Pacific Northwest! </div>
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I had all good intentions of having the gardening done before you all arrived, but it started getting dark out and that bag of soil was way too heavy to get out of the picture. So here you have it. My studio is in a space detached from the house with a door leading in from the backyard. I have 300 square feet to house my Gammill longarm quilting machine, my Bernina domestic machine, a Singer featherweight, my modest but growing fabric stash, my thread wall, my design wall, and a lot of batting.<br />
Yes, I have a palm tree, yes it is out of place in Seattle. Yes, I love California with every part of my heart, what else can I say?<br />
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This is my view from the door. The space sits behind our garage. When we
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For those of you who have never seen a longarm it is quite an impressive
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This is the area behind where I stand while quilting, I seem to have a thing for a good pair of scissors..or two.. or eight. The plexiglass you see on the floor is a tool I use for planning quilting designs.<br />
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Pictured below is a gorgeous quilt made by <a href="http://chickenjulie.blogspot.com/">Jules</a>, I quilted spirals on it with the help of my IQ and quickly became once again obsessed by the elusive selvage spiderweb. I store my batting on rolls above the area where I hang customer quilts I have two additional rolls stored under my gammill. Storage in a 300 Sq Ft space with such a large machine is a continual work in progress.</div>
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This is my design wall, it is a nice large wall that I constructed using insulation board and covered with batting. My thread storage is quickly being infringed upon by fabric overflow in need of a place to stay. I love color order and am smitten with my Value quilt WIP. I have completely crushed on value quilts thanks to <a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Katie</a> after taking her value quilt class at <a href="http://www.drygoodsdesignonline.com/">Drygoods</a>.</div>
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My cutting table is in a constant state of being a disaster area. All of those trimmings and thread will make their way out to birds nests in the yard. There are a ridiculous number of birds living in our backyard. With all the thread and fabric scraps available for nesting material I get the feeling that my backyard is like the Hamptons of the bird world.</div>
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Here is my sewing table and some of the fun stuff that inspires me hanging on the walls. I love mini quilts and I love to paint and draw. I am in the process of cutting and trading many MANY 6" squares for value quilts. I have amassed enough squares to make value quilts to roughly cover the entire city of Seattle.<br />
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I searched and searched AND searched for this IKEA table on Craigslist and finally just caved and bought one new. It was worth every cent. I covered it with a layer of batting and fabric, it is a fantastic ironing/work surface.<br />
I am inspired by so many things and love to surround myself and fill my space with treasures. </div>
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Its been my pleasure to have you visit my studio on this virtual tour.</div>
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Enjoy all of the other studio and crafting spaces featured, I would love to see where you create too!</div>
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Where ever you create big or small, living room, dining room, extra room...err...garage.... studio, our sewing/crafting spaces are such special, important places where we can escape to, express ourselves and create beautiful things. I have enjoyed sharing mine with you. As always thank you for visiting and have a wonderful week. xoxo</div>
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-23327102628029537092013-07-17T10:12:00.000-07:002013-07-17T14:46:26.421-07:00Quilting Happiness~Finding my quilting style<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have always loved collage and am very excited and inspired to be included in <a href="http://sometimescrafter.blogspot.com/">Christina Lane</a> and<a href="http://www.craftypod.com/2013/07/15/discover-your-quilting-style-an-exercise-from-quilting-happiness-and-a-blog-hop/"> Diane Gilleland's</a> blog hop for the upcoming release of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0770434096/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0770434096&linkCode=as2&tag=thesomecraf-20">Quilting Happiness</a><br />
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It has been years since I have done a collage and until now had not realized how similar it actually is to quilting. Selecting pictures from magazines is much like choosing fabrics for a new quilt. We are all drawn to certain colors, shapes and moods. One of the exercises in this book helps you to explore your style by creating a collage and answering questions based on the collage you create.<br />
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I found that my selections are very color driven. Many of the images I selected feature colors that have been popping up in my fabric pulls and drawings for new quilt projects.<br />
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As I was ripping out pictures from magazines I had no idea how closely they would relate to my recent fabric choices and quilting projects, but when I uploaded the pictures it was pretty undeniable.<br />
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This exercise was both relaxing and informative, I am looking forward the collection of quilt projects and other exercises, tools and quizzes that will be found in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0770434096/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0770434096&linkCode=as2&tag=thesomecraf-20">Quilting Happiness.</a><br />
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I also found that I have an over abundance of food magazines. As it turns out I like to EAT, QUILT, and BUY FABRIC. Maybe next time I go to eat something I shouldn't I will rationalize it by saying I am eating it for quilt inspiration. This quilting happiness may lead me to something creative and tasty....homemade ice cream perhaps?<br />
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I am also seeing a trailer vacation with rainbows and a Tilamook bus in my future, hopefully filled with beautiful pillows, quilts and lots of cheddar.<br />
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Please hop over to the other fabulous bloggers who also took part in this fun exercise.<br />
15.Jul : Diane Gilleland @ <a href="http://www.craftypod.com/" target="_blank">CraftyPod</a><br />
& Christina Lane @ <a href="http://sometimescrafter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Sometimes Crafter</a><br />
16.Jul : Jennifer Casa @ <a href="http://jchandmade.typepad.com/" target="new">JCasa</a><br />
17.Jul : Krista Withers @ <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/" target="new">Krista Withers Quilting</a><br />
18.Jul : Amber Carrillo @ <a href="http://www.oneshabbychick.typepad.com/" target="new">One Shabby Chick</a><br />
19.Jul : Karyn Valina @ <a href="http://www.makesomething.ca/" target="new">Make Something</a><br />
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-90291841733267399612013-07-08T09:25:00.000-07:002013-07-08T09:25:32.483-07:00Mermaids, Unicorns and other mythical excuses for hoarding fabric.If you are like me, you have been hanging onto mermaid and unicorn fabric and you know that the longer you have it the harder it becomes to use, the more difficult it becomes to find, thus the more it hurts to cut. It's actually quite a brilliant excuse for hoarding fabric but it's time has finally come.<br />
After seeing <a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/spring-to-seattle/">Katie's</a> triangle quilt it became very clear to me that I needed to make a triangle quilt for Lucy. I backed it with lavender minky rosebud swirls because yes, I love her that much.<br />
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Snuggling up beneath it with her made me realize that I had to have my own version, so the pulling began. Lucy's quilt has a palette of pink, purple lavender, yellow and orange. I am making my version with blues, greens, cerise, lavender and orange. It feels very ice sherbet, it IS summer here so,<br />
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As is the case with most anything I piece, a bit of Frankenquilt works its way into my work. I can't let these precious bits go unused. <br />
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Already thinking about the backing fabric. This green Kaffe paperweight is a front runner. Have you felt the hand on the newly released Westminister fabrics? HOLY SOFT!<br />
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-37153986445567591662013-06-30T14:11:00.000-07:002013-06-30T14:11:35.850-07:00Maze and SwirlsFor some longarm quilters our tendency is to quilt the heck out of it. Yet often all that a quilt really needs is a flowing design to add texture and movement without overwhelming the quilt. This quilt was made by Amanda in <a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Katie's</a> value class. I was instantly in love with the quilt and knew that to make this quilt shine without overwhelming the stunning overall design that a simple swirls pattern would be perfect.<br />
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I have quilted this digital swirls pattern on many quilts now and it always seems to work, the quilt stays soft and cozy and is never stiff. Baptist fans have the same overall effect but with a slightly more traditional twist.<br />
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Now it would be silly for me to say that I don't like a lot of quilting because obviously I do and when <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/freshpaisley/with/9047175814/">Michelle</a> sent me this beauty with her only instructions being, I want it custom and do "whatever", I couldn't resist. I love the traditional look of the orange peel design which is perfect for a quilt with a lot of squares.I added some very big swirls some maze here and there and I even squeezed a moon in there.<br />
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Speaking of Moons, when <a href="http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/">Cindy</a> brought me her peace quilt I immediately thought I needed to add a moon. I am a bit crescent moon obsessed.</div>
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What about the Maze I was talking about? Well, I have another digital pattern that I have grown to know and love, it is an on point maze and like the swirls it looks good on anything. It adds the same texture and movement yet the quilt retains the supple soft quality. We chose it for <a href="http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/">Penny's</a> drop dead gorgeous snowball quilt.</div>
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Thank you everyone for all of your comments and love on this purse. This purse is NOT that hard to make! Hell, I made it using Vinyl! The pattern is from <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/">Alexia's book Liberty Love</a> ALL ZIPPED UP BAG of awesomeness..</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Sunday and Welcome to my stop on the <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/blog/2013/4/2/his-and-hers-micromod-sew-along.html">Micro Mod Sew Along!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had the pleasure of meeting <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/">Alexia</a> at Quilt Con and was thrilled to find out she would be teaching a class from her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Love-Projects-Featuring-Fabrics/dp/1607056267">Liberty Love</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at <a href="http://www.drygoodsdesignonline.com/">Drygoods Design</a> here in Seattle. In her class we whipped up some Around town Tote bags and I got to see her All Zipped Up bag in class as well as the ever popular Marcelle Medallion Quilt. When <a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/">Alexia</a> invited me to be a part of this sew along I was thrilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Putting on my thinking cap I quickly resolved to making yet another (yes this is my third) All Zipped Up Bag from Liberty Love. I think that it's a perfect merge of this amazing husband/wife team. Alexia's pattern, Rob's fabric...a match made in Heaven? Well.....yes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I just returned from a family road trip to California where I picked up some metallic vinyl. Not your typical quilting cotton mind you, a bit different, maybe even a bit odd (think your favorite diners seat cover). More than either of those two adjectives a bit delicious and retro especially paired with Rob's awesomely retro and funky line! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It all started with the triangles, I mixed the micro mod with what I believe I have identified as a green essex linen (not 100% sure on this) I added in some <a href="http://www.annamariahorner.com/">field study</a>, a bit of<a href="http://www.f-echino.com/"> Echino</a> and the marvelous <a href="http://melodymiller.typepad.com/">Melody Miller</a> Telephone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> This is the bag almost done just waiting for a handle and some hardware. I lined the purse with what might be my favorite from the Micro mod line: Tick Tock in white!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The All Zipped Up bag all done!All metallic, all funky all Micro Mod fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All Zipped Up is right and ready to go!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would love this bag I would love to give it to you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I ask three simple things of you: do something kind for yourself, do something kind for someone else and comment here with any reason you would love this bag. I will choose a winner on Tuesday evening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope you have enjoyed this stop, and be sure to follow along with the rest of
the His and Hers microMod sew along! If you make a project from the sew
along be sure to tag it on Instagram with #microMod , and add it</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2098183@N21/">microMod flickr group</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There will be prizes at each stop,
and at the end of the month you can enter to win an amazing grand prize:
A fat quarter stack of microMod by Rob Bancroft from Cloud9 fabrics,
the entire Green Bee Patterns collection, a microMod sewing bag, and a
Singer Heavy Duty Sewing Machine! (Open to contiguous US residents
only.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">April 2 - Alexia & Rob </span><a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com//" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Green Bee</a><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">April 3 - Kelly at</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://kelbysews.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Kelbysews</a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 5 - Amanda at the</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://www.thecraftjunky.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Craft Junky</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 6 - Rachael at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://imaginegnats.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Imagine Gnats</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 8 - Heather at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://alamodefabric.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">alamode</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 10 - Holly at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://www.bijoulovelydesigns.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Bijou lovely</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 13 - Alexia, Michelle & Rob</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Green Bee </a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 17 - Faith at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Fresh Lemons</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 18 - Katie at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://swimbikequilt.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Swim Bike Quilt</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 19 - Deborah at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://whipstitchfabrics.com/blog/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Whipstitch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 20 - Jacey at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://jaceycraft.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Jaceycraft</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 24 - Jenny at the</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://thesoutherninstitute.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Southern Institute</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 25 - Amy from</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://sukiedontyaknow.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">sukie don't ya know</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">April 26 - Jen from</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://www.bettycrockerass.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Betty Crocker Ass</a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">April 27 - Sara from</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://www.sewsweetness.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Sew Sweetness</a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 22 - Krista at</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Krista Withers Quilting</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 29 - Katy from</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">I'm a Ginger Monkey</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">April 30 - Amber from</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://oneshabbychick.typepad.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">One Shabby Chick</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">May 1 - Alexia & Rob</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed4624; text-decoration: none;">Green Bee</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">GRAND PRIZE</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479408778852456062noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-61682949154426254332013-01-29T16:51:00.000-08:002013-01-29T16:56:08.151-08:00Modern Maze I love spiral quilting, I mean REALLY love it. Love to do it, love to draw it, love to look at it. Mixed with a maze, some pebbles and it may be my favorite quilting design. The following quilts are customer quilts that I have freehand quilted this modern maze on and I am super proud to share that <a href="http://kristawithersquilting.blogspot.com/2013/01/modern-maze.html">Modern Maze</a> is available for computerized quilting systems, paper patterns are available as well.<br />
I work with Jessica from <a href="http://stores.digitechpatterns.com/StoreFront.bok">digitech designs</a>, her patterns are fabulous and her digitizing is amazing. One of my favorite patterns is her <a href="http://stores.digitechpatterns.com/-strse-500/Baptist-Fan-Pantograph-by/Detail.bok?ncat=Patterns%20by%20Designer&ncat1=Designers%20H-J&ncat2=Jessica%20Schick">baptist fan</a> pattern which is one of my go to digital patterns for any quilt from modern to traditional.<br />
I hope to be coming out with many more allover designs for modern quilts to share with you. <a href="http://stores.digitechpatterns.com/-strse-9088/Modern-Maze-%231-Pantograph/Detail.bok?ncat=Patterns%20by%20Designer&ncat1=Designers%20K-L&ncat2=Krista%20Withers">Modern Maze</a> will be on sale for half off until Jan. 31st!! Hope you are all enjoying the start of 2013!<br />
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Krista Withershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03762190713812632027noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1652683305582193388.post-8156966829943094842012-10-10T13:56:00.001-07:002012-10-10T14:23:31.581-07:00The Show<div style="text-align: left;">
The show at <a href="http://www.islandquilter.com/">Island Quilter</a> was a huge success! The opening was well attended and despite my last minute panic, the show was cohesive, hung well (thanks to Anja) and a lot of fun! For all of you who are over seas and far far away I hope this will give you a closer look! For those of you in the area, the show is open through November 1st.</div>
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As promised here are some pictures all courtesy of my very good friend <a href="http://photos4sue.wordpress.com/">Sue Tamcsin</a>: Thanks Sue!#iloveher.</div>
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Frankenquilt with quilts by<a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/"> Katie, </a>Maggie, and <a href="http://spottedstone.blogspot.com/">Krista</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">Pieced and Designed by Krista Withers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">Where to begin? On a dark stormy night …......in the Frankenquilt Lair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">Ha ha, no it’s not quite that dramatic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> I
started this quilt with all good intentions of it becoming a
traditional flower garden using Anna Maria Horner’s Good Folks Voile.
Hugely inspired by Katy’s (aka Imagingermonkey) Hexie MF, I envisioned a
delicious soft Hexie quilt made just for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">Seven
million hours later and a huge pile of hand stitched hexagons I
unknowingly began piecing improv flowers which would merge with the
hexies to become what you see here.</span></div>
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knew that you could improv English Paper piece? Who knew that using
safety pins to keep hexagons in order was a horrible idea? Who knew WTH I
was doing? Not me. Who knew I was creating a monster? Who knew at
3a.m.when I was frantically hand sewing hexies and turned on the
television to the original 1931 Frankenstein movie, that this quilt had
to be called Frankenquilt?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> I knew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">And Frankenquilt grew. A traditional flower garden grew and from </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic;">it</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> grew
flowers that were not traditional at all and from those grew more
traditional flowers. And somehow I pieced them all together and tried my
best to get it in square, and then tried some more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">I quilted it and quilted it and quilted it, then I quilted it some more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">I even had to quilt a pleat into it because my haphazard piecing is enough to make any judge cry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> I made it work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> It was recommended I change its name for show purposes... you see that I could not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;"> I present to you, Frankenquilt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16pt;">I love Frankenquilt with all my heart.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From far left: <a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Katie's</a> Seattle Stars, <a href="http://littleislandquilting.blogspot.com/">Alison Robins</a>'s Extreme fabric diary. Joanne Roth's Running in circles, doll quilts by me, and yet another opposing triangle by <a href="http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/">Katie</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow wall makes me smile. Quilts by Katie, Maggie Downing, me and my alter ego, <a href="http://spottedstone.blogspot.com/">Krista</a>.</td></tr>
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come from a very traditional place in quilting and piecing. As I have
evolved as an artist and quilter my work has changed. I have grown and
found a place where I can express myself through fabric. Painting is my
first love and always will be, but I am thankful to finally see my ideas
translated in quilts. I love the modern quilt movement, it has such a
vibrant energy and bright future. I feel honored to be part of this
movement and thankful to have such talented friends and customers to
collaborate with. This show would have been impossible to put together
without the vision of these friends and their gorgeous quilts. Quilts,
that have been my privilege to quilt, created by friends who have
generously allowed me to share in this exhibit.</span></div>
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Opening tonight at the <a href="http://www.islandquilter.com/">Island Quilter</a> on Vashon 6-9.</div>
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This is how I left the quilts the other night,I was tired and in great need of a good night sleep. Anja stayed up until 3am hanging the show and last I talked to her she was still finishing hanging quilts in the space.</div>
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Boxes and bolts of fabric had arrived the day of hanging in preparation for the Kaffe Fassett workshops. I scurried around trying to help where I could.</div>
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By some miracle I did finish this quilt.</div>
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Please stop by if you are in the area. Have a wonderful weekend!</div>
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