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Carnival in Cairo Quilt

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019Leave a comment

Where this project started... One evening last winter my partner sent me a link to this webpage with a collection of intriguing pentagonal tilings and a wonderful, inspirational story behind their discovery. The story is that of a woman, Marjorie Rice, who, despite having had just a basic high school math education, got positively obsessed … Continue reading Carnival in Cairo Quilt

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Seeing several beautiful plaidish quilts at the last @dcmqg meeting, got me motivated to finally sew some of my blocks together. Here are my first few. It turns out that I'm not really using a lot of darker fabric and since I wanted to exclusively use scraps, the dark and medium blocks are similar. If you squint, the pattern still comes through ;) ... #dcmqg #dcmqgplaidishqal #plaidishquilt #noscrapleftbehind

Finally found the courage to cut into the fabrics for my #amhappliquestories project. This is out of my comfort zone, but it's fun and becomes easier once you get into a flow. I'm happy with it as a start, but it needs more warmer colors. That's for tomorrow. 🐦 #appliquestories #annamariahorner #fabriccollage

Yesterday night I was fortunate to be able to attend the first @dcfrocktails, an event where sewists from all over the DMV got together to enjoy each other's company and creativity. Everyone was encouraged to come in a self-made outfit. Here's mine (ignore my awkward facial expressions; I hate having my pictures taken): 🧥a reversible cropped jacket (#fjordcardi from @papercutpatterns, slightly modified), and 💃a little black dress (#catarinadress by @seamworkmag). ✂️ The beautiful woven fabric for the jacket was from @mulberrysilks and the nicely flowing black crepe was from @finchknittingsewingstudio. It was such an amazing evening! So many fun outfits to look at (and touch) and interesting people to meet. As a result I hardly took any photos. ✨#dcfrocktails #dcfrocktails2020 #finchmade #mulberrysilksfabrics #memade #memadewardrobe #seamworkcatarina #papercutpatterns #mulberrymade

For the last week or so I've been struggling with a cold, which means that I had time to make progress with this interlocked hexagon pattern. The first of three circles is done! ... I planned the color placement on my design wall and it's now mostly a question of sewing it together. Looking at it makes me happy!! 🙃 #patterninislamicart #dcmqg #originaldesign #geometricart #islamicgeometricpattern #modernquilt #showusyourmqg #originalquiltdesign

Today was a happy mail day: a big box of @quiltersdream batting arrived. I won this in an auction organized by @misterdomestic to raise money for charities supporting victims (both humans and animals) of the Australian wild fires. My donation in exchange for this generous donation of batting went to @wireswildliferescue. 🐨 Finding these cute little drawings inside the box made my day! Such a sweet, personal touch. 🐨 And since it's unlikely that I can use up that much batting in my personal quilts in the near future, I'm planning to give some of it to the members of our quilt guild #dcmqg who make charity quilts for children entering foster care (#comfortcases).

Here's a glimpse of spring from my design wall. I realized that my grid recently hasn't seen much color, but if been working on this project off an on for a few weeks now. It's one of those uplifting projects that help me recharge when life and the world seem frustrating. 🌸 This project combines some lovely flower prints (mostly Kaffe Fassett collective, I think) and a beautiful, harmonic geometric pattern found in Islamic art (BOU 014 : Les éléments de l'art arabe, Joules Bourgoin). 🌸 Swipe to see the slightly messy layout plan on my design wall and a screen shot of the geometric pattern. 🌸 #kaffecollective #islamicart #geometricart #designwall #quiltingismytherapy #flowerpower #patterninislamicart #showusyourmqg

With the first block for the #dcmqgblockchallenge being sent out yesterday, here is the last block from last year: Mod Z by Lori Miller. 🍃 I scaled the blocks down by 1 inch such that four combined would make a nice 20 inch squares piece, perfect for a pillow case. 🍃 #dcmqg #thirdthursdaychallenge #modzquiltblock

This is a dead chipmunk I came across today. As we are going through a particularly warm week in January here in Virginia, I'm reminded of what climate change is doing to animals and plants around the globe. Although a couple of warm days in winter are much less dramatic than the terrible will fires in Australia, this too is taking it's toll on ecosystems. Chipmunks typically hibernate in winter, but as winters get warmer some decide to stay active (perhaps because they have trouble down regulating their metabolism?). Unfortunately, chipmunks that stay active are much less likely to survive. This is just one of many examples of the challenges wild life faces due to climate change. We can only hope that (a) humanity is coming to it's senses and we start effectively battling climate change and (b) that nature finds ways to adapt extremely quickly. 🐿 Some more information can be found here: https://blog.nwf.org/2011/12/not-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-10-facts-about-the-real-rodents/ 🐿 #climatechange #chipmunk #arlingtonva

For the month of January our #dcmqgbeehive1 queen @emsta304 asked for blue and white Turn Style blocks. It's a cleverly constructed block with a stunning visual contrast and it looks great in blue and white. Unfortunately, it turns out that I don't have much blue in my stash... I hope these will still work for you, Emily! 💙 #dcmqgbee #dcmqg

Playing catch up with the #dcmqg third thursday challenge. This is Sparrow by Heather Black @quiltachusetts. I love birds, so this design had an easy way into my heart 🕊If I find time I'll try to make more of these! #dcmqgblockchallenge #thirdthursdaychallenge #sparrowblock

Here is my first ever hanging sleeve (an attachment used to hang quilts at shows). Thought I'd test it on my smallest quilt first. ➡️ Swipe to see my second one in progress. There I have to deal with an odd quilt shape... Given that it's taking me so long I wish I had started earlier, but there are a dozen other things I'd rather do. So time pressure had to increase first. 🤷‍♀️ #quiltsleeve #quiltcon2020 #verdigrisbreeze #verdigriscarnivalincairo

The last year passed quickly, but all in all it was a happy one. I feel grateful for many happy and some magical experiences, new and old friends, family and my partner. . . . It was only this year that I discovered modern quilting and the fabulous, inspiring community around this craft or art (the line between these is fuzzy and somewhat pointless IMO). In just one year quilting has become an incredibly important part of my life and a sure source of creativity and peace of mind. . . . Looking back at what I've created, there are a few finished and lots of started projects. The latter will lead me seamlessly into the new year! I wish all of you a fulfilled and peaceful new year. . . . The first image shows my personal top 9, the second image the "like-based" top 9. . . . #yearinreview #sewingismytherapy #creativehappylife #topnine2019

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Seeing several beautiful plaidish quilts at the last @dcmqg meeting, got me motivated to finally sew some of my blocks together. Here are my first few. It turns out that I'm not really using a lot of darker fabric and since I wanted to exclusively use scraps, the dark and medium blocks are similar. If you squint, the pattern still comes through ;) ... #dcmqg #dcmqgplaidishqal #plaidishquilt #noscrapleftbehind

Finally found the courage to cut into the fabrics for my #amhappliquestories project. This is out of my comfort zone, but it's fun and becomes easier once you get into a flow. I'm happy with it as a start, but it needs more warmer colors. That's for tomorrow. 🐦 #appliquestories #annamariahorner #fabriccollage

Yesterday night I was fortunate to be able to attend the first @dcfrocktails, an event where sewists from all over the DMV got together to enjoy each other's company and creativity. Everyone was encouraged to come in a self-made outfit. Here's mine (ignore my awkward facial expressions; I hate having my pictures taken): 🧥a reversible cropped jacket (#fjordcardi from @papercutpatterns, slightly modified), and 💃a little black dress (#catarinadress by @seamworkmag). ✂️ The beautiful woven fabric for the jacket was from @mulberrysilks and the nicely flowing black crepe was from @finchknittingsewingstudio. It was such an amazing evening! So many fun outfits to look at (and touch) and interesting people to meet. As a result I hardly took any photos. ✨#dcfrocktails #dcfrocktails2020 #finchmade #mulberrysilksfabrics #memade #memadewardrobe #seamworkcatarina #papercutpatterns #mulberrymade

For the last week or so I've been struggling with a cold, which means that I had time to make progress with this interlocked hexagon pattern. The first of three circles is done! ... I planned the color placement on my design wall and it's now mostly a question of sewing it together. Looking at it makes me happy!! 🙃 #patterninislamicart #dcmqg #originaldesign #geometricart #islamicgeometricpattern #modernquilt #showusyourmqg #originalquiltdesign

Today was a happy mail day: a big box of @quiltersdream batting arrived. I won this in an auction organized by @misterdomestic to raise money for charities supporting victims (both humans and animals) of the Australian wild fires. My donation in exchange for this generous donation of batting went to @wireswildliferescue. 🐨 Finding these cute little drawings inside the box made my day! Such a sweet, personal touch. 🐨 And since it's unlikely that I can use up that much batting in my personal quilts in the near future, I'm planning to give some of it to the members of our quilt guild #dcmqg who make charity quilts for children entering foster care (#comfortcases).

Here's a glimpse of spring from my design wall. I realized that my grid recently hasn't seen much color, but if been working on this project off an on for a few weeks now. It's one of those uplifting projects that help me recharge when life and the world seem frustrating. 🌸 This project combines some lovely flower prints (mostly Kaffe Fassett collective, I think) and a beautiful, harmonic geometric pattern found in Islamic art (BOU 014 : Les éléments de l'art arabe, Joules Bourgoin). 🌸 Swipe to see the slightly messy layout plan on my design wall and a screen shot of the geometric pattern. 🌸 #kaffecollective #islamicart #geometricart #designwall #quiltingismytherapy #flowerpower #patterninislamicart #showusyourmqg

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