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Linky Party for Quilting, or Link-Ups

Elizabeth E.7 Comments

Linky Parties, or Link-Ups seem to be everywhere.  I’ve seen them oriented to crafting, to quilting, to cooking, to thrifting, as as the above image illustrates, fonts, teachery things and One Tough Mother.  The list goes on and on.  Below are some quilt links that I’ve collected.  But first here’s a lovely quote about why we love those linky parties, from Vincent van Gogh:

One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Passersby see only a whisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way. 

I guess this is a way to share our blazing, quilty, hearths.  I didn’t include buttons of these linky parties, in order to streamline this post.

Monday:
Manic Monday Linky Party — Jenna at SewHappyGeek–sewhappygeek.co.uk

{Sew} Modern Monday from Canoe Ridge Creations  at www.canoeridgecreations.com

Little Quilt Monday–piecefullife-elizabeth.blogspot.com

Tuesday:
Quilt Story–Fabric Tuesday–quiltstory.blogspot.com

Tuesday Treasures from House on the Side of the Hill– thehouseonthesideofthehill.blogspot.com.au

Wednesday:
Lee, Freshly Pieced–WIP Wednesday–freshlypieced.blogspot.com

Esther’s WOW (WIP on Wednesday)–www.estheraliu.blogspot.com

Sew Much Ado We Did It! Wednesday–www.sew-much-ado.com

WIP Wednesday for Canadian Quilters Only—needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com

Thursday:

Think Tank Thursday, from making rebecca lynne–makingrebeccalynne.blogspot.com

Friday:
TGIFF on Quokka Quilts — quokkaquilts.blogspot.ca

Show Off Friday–from pieceful life at piecefullife-elizabeth.blogspot.com/

Finish It Friday is in hiatus (Crazy Mom Quilts)

Monthly:
Such a Sew and Sew—emsewandsew.blogspot.com
For this linky party, post what you’ve finished within that month.  See the buttons on her sidebar.

Lily’s Quilts: Fresh Sewing Day and Small Blog Meet, hosts on the first of each month at lilysquilts.blogspot.com

I’m sure there are others.  Leave the info in a comment if you have other linky parties to share.

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Stacks of Fabric–WIP

Elizabeth E.5 Comments

I’m still working on my Lollypop Trees.  Now that’s a Work in Progress.

I also have two Bee blocks to think about: Krista’s wonky houses.  I have an idea or two for those, but this is a very cool mosaic that she put together for us.  Now that’s another skill I need to learn.

And this one intrigues me.  It’s a Cloak and Dagger block by Judy Martin.  I found it in someone else’s book, and it’s dated 1983.  I have done major searches on this pattern and have turned up nothing.  That’s the blind spot of the internet.  We assume everything is on here.  It isn’t–just everything from about ten years ago, or maybe even fifteen.  But 1983?  That’s practically the Dark Ages in Web 2.0. But like I said in my last post, the internet did save me ultimately, and I found the book on Amazon.

Still no progress on any of my Cross-X blocks.  Those Lollypop Trees have taken all my time.

Lee, of Freshly Pieced fabrics is taking a long summer break.  Click *here* to return to see others’ works in progress, hosted by Amy from Sukie Don’t You Know Who I Am?

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Quilting Resource–Judy Martin

Elizabeth E.2 Comments

With all the modern quilts flooding the blogosphere, it’s good to remember some of the more traditional quilters that have been around for a long time.  Judy Martin is one of those.  I’ve frequented her site over the years, because she always has a free block of the month, or quilt of the month for us to download.

So while I may say “traditional” I think this one–Posts and Rails, the block and quilt that are up there now–read very modern.  She also has a list of her patterns that takes up 28 pages, and has one of my current favorites: Cloak and Dagger, which I saw in a Roberta Horton book.  From Judy’s list, I found out which book it was in, hopped on Amazon (it’s way out of print) and was able to pick it up so I can have the pattern.

I have several of Judy Martin’s books (she has a publishing company) and they always have great designs, which are drawn in full color.  She also has many quilts for sale for very reasonable prices, if you are interested in that.

Here’s one called Big Sky Log Cabin, and she made it by leaving off the last two logs of a Log Cabin block.  I think this also fits into the modern quilt sensibility, if that’s your bend.  I also think of her as a master of stars and star combinations, which I love.  Even though I have not ever made a completely “Judy Martin” quilt, I have used her block ideas in swaps and in sampler quilts.  She’s another one of those masters in the quilt world who I have learned from.

Quilt Bee

First Far Flung Bee Blocks

Elizabeth E.3 Comments

I mailed off my first Far Flung Bee block to Australia, and she’s received it!

Essie wanted Bear’s Paw blocks, and she posted a great tutorial on her blog.  Here’s my first one.

And here’s the second.  She wanted to make a quilt for her newborn son, so I chose juvenile prints for her blocks. This one is a really old Alexander Henry fabric.  That’s the other fun thing about our Bee–we’re using fabrics from our own stash so our quilts will be scrappy and fun.