July 2016

Podcast #232 — A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Podcast #232 — A little bit of this, a little bit of that
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Running time: 00:39:18 Size: 56.6 MB

A picture of my handmade journals, which will be available soon on Instagram (annismithqs):

Each are handmade, each are totally unique — and affordable. Follow me on Instagram to find out when they are available.

Here is my All Hearts Come Home for Christmas row quilt. I designed this in 2003 for my son, Ryan, and retired the pattern soon after I gave the quilt to him. Now, I will offer it as a pattern again beginning in October. If you’re interested, send me an email at annie@anniesmith.net and let me know. If you need it before October (because you want to make it for Christmas), just drop me an email too.

It’s a pretty special quilt.

Here are the links to my YouTube videos for iquilt:

Annie Smith – Fat Quarter Magic

Adding Contrast to Your Quilts Tip

Tricks for Precise Measurements & Cuts

I’ll be teaching at Sew Yeah Quilting in Las Vegas in September 15-17th.

I’ll be at Studio Stitch in Greensboro, NC in November 17-19th.

I’ll be at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC for one week in June 11-16th, 2017.

I’ll be teaching on a Quilting Cruise to Alaska in August 26 – Sept 5th, 2017. More info to come.

Here’s what the Bubblegum Mystery Quilt looked like:

Here are the students’ first draw at the machine:

And here is a sample of one of the student’s quilts:

I’ll soon add the workshop to my teaching brochure!

The quilt that my friend, Pam — the magnificent Zentangler quilted for me:

and here are a couple photos of Robin and Samantha’s wedding quilt:

The quilt, hanging from a tree. The reception venue was a friend’s farmhouse lawn, bedecked with antiques everywhere. A breathtaking event.

Here’s some closeups — their initials “carved” into the tree:

and some nest details. I tried my hand at some feathers here:

Christa’s book:

Both excellent books — definitely in my Top Ten!

Here’s the link to Christa’s Spray Basting tutorial.

Here is the Creativity poster quote that I shared with you:

And here is the business card that my son, Robin crafted for me recently:

Happy Quilting!

P.S. The wedding quilt is a pattern that I bought from Carrie Bloomston when we both taught at Celebrate Quilts retreat in Flagstaff, AZ.

Guess what, y’all?

This:

and This:

I’m so excited, I had to share. Doing the happy dance over here.

This? Or This?

I’m playing around with some appliqué blocks today that actually belong to another quilt. Every once in a while, you can get inspiration for another quilt, using the pieces of a different quilt and playing with them on the design wall — like this:

Here’s the single block. It’s on the design wall on-pointe because that’s how it’s going to be in the quilt. There are four blocks, so I put them up on the wall like this:

It creates a ring or a wreath effect, if I sewed the blocks together this way.

Now, today — I’m stitching around each of the appliqué shapes (which are raw edge). When I put the block back up on the design wall, I turned it the wrong way. This is the result:

It creates a clover deign in the center, far different from the one above — even though it’s the exact same block!

Which do you like better?

I’m taking votes, so please comment below soon! I want to know what you think.

I’m seriously thinking of creating a different quilt using these blocks as the centerpiece of a new quilt, which will be a new pattern.

Now — back to stitching!

P.S. Here’s a picture of the quilt these belong to:

This is called Garden Delights, and I’m going to be teaching it at the John C. Campbell Folk School in June 2017.