Episode 149: Whose Quilt Is It?

mosaic borderThe Mosaic quilt with one side of the HST border. Currently trying to figure out whether to add another border. Thoughts?

photoHexies, threads and all!

 

LOTSA LINKS!

Let’s start out with a very funny link, courtesy of Quiltin’ Jenny, particularly apropos after my unquilting problems of a few weeks ago:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/house-tour-the-stitch-lab-stud-101749#gallery/9000/6

 

Some links related to Quilts and Copyright:

http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/41/118

http://www.canadianquilter.com/pdf/Copyright.pdf

A good, clear explanation of copyright law (whether you agree with it or not):

http://quiltbug.com/articles/copyright.htm

Leah Day’s blogpost about copyright:

http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/copyright-terrorism.html

The John Green quote I found relevant to all of this copyright talk:

“My novels are novels based on novels based on novels. Almost all novels are. But they change in the retelling. Novels change to stay relevant, so that their hope might be less flimsy, so that they remain honest and relevant. It’s a slow process — millions of writers and readers working together across generations to make stories that can be a light in the way-down-deep-darkness-which-is-you. Writing and reading are not about a singular mind emerging from isolation to create unprecedented art. It’s a massive collaboration spanning millennia.”

 

Quilts from the 1971 Whitney Exhibit:

 http://www.quiltstudy.org/collections/search.html

 

The latest news about what’s up with us quilters:

http://www.quilts.com/announcements/y2014/QIA_summary.pdf

 

Jaye’s HST method she’s begging me to try:

http://www.artquiltmaker.com/blog/2011/09/jo-morton-triangle-technique/

 

Sign up for Meg Cox’s newsletter!

http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001PBH0aFCnTvyE2oTXgiyXHQ%3D%3D

 

Fabric Recipes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpYNv8bQRHo

Have a great week! Don’t forget to comment!

Episode 148: Mosaic

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So I just took the mosaic quilt outside to take a picture and guess what? I used two different whites! One is snow white and the other is more vanilla. My first thought upon seeing the two whites was, ‘Why has some of this white fabric aged?” Oi vey, I am not bright. Anyway, a picture:

mosaic on the lineYou can see the different whites, can’t you? But when I brought it back inside, I couldn’t see them. I guess I need more light to quilt by!

 

Fun links!

Want to read old quilt journals filled with interesting articles? Go here:

http://www.quiltindex.org/journals/

 

Here’s a 1998 article about quilts and murder mysteries:

http://www.quiltindex.org/journals/article.php?Akid=2-B-E9

 

An excerpt from Pat Ferraro’s 1981 film, “Quilts in Women’s Lives”:

http://www.folkstreams.net/film,37

 

Good blogpost about making more quilting time:

http://quiltedonline.com/tutorials/10-tips-make-more-time-quilting/

 

See you next week!

 

 

Episode 147: Requilted and Done!

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The Nova quilt is officially finished!

 

finished nova 2

 

Here’s a close-up of the quilting:

finished nova quiltingI don’t know if you can really tell anything from it or not.

And here’s the near-finished mosaic top:

mosaic top1

Congrats to Michelle, who won the podcastiversary giveaway! She has a blog over here at Renewing Mrs. Sew and Sew, if you want to check it out. Thanks for listening, Michelle, and to everyone else, too!

I’m getting hooked on the BBC-4 daily soap, The Archers. Do you know it? I’ve only listened to four or five episodes, but I’m already getting familiar with the characters. You can subscribe to it on iTunes; just search for BBC 4 The Archers in the iTunes store.

I mention the Netflix series “Happy Valley” in this ep, though I think I say I watched it on Amazon.com prime. Anyway, the actress is Sarah Lancashire, and she is fab!

Finished Liane Moriarty’s latest, Big Little Lies and really enjoyed it. It’s a little darker than her previous books, but still a worthy read.

Please send book and podcast recommendations!