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YouTube video by Craft in America Artist Bisa Butler creates quilted portraits of African American life

Lovely interview with Bisa Butler and a sneak peek into her process. Stunning.💫

Large quilt in pinks, blues, and browns.

Large quilt in pinks, blues, and browns folded on top of bed.

Finished up the Prairie Quilt from Material Girl Quilts last summer. With an 18" block, it came together quickly and ended up at 70x70. Largest one I've quilted in awhile. It has a nice weight thanks to the Cuddle backing. It quickly became my girl's fave.💖

Large block quilt in earth tone colors of brown, gold, rust, orange and green. Mostly print fabrics with a few solids mixed in. Quilt patiently held by my husband in front of a lake.

Quilt folded on a hammock in the sun. Backing is a deep warm brown plush fabric called Cuddle in the colorway "coffee." Back is folded over to show a corner of the quilt blocks on the front in a mix of earth tones in brown, gold, green, and rusty orange.

Aaaaaand she's done. Used a "Simple Sue Block" with a mix of vintage and current prints for a finished quilt of 61" x 61". Quilted in the ditch (def not my fave) for a 2" x 2" grid. The backing is the plush Cuddle in the color "coffee." Destined to be a fam favorite. 💫

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Scrunched up quilt in warm earth tone colors. Havanese pup at far end of the quilt hiding from the “puparazzi.”

Nothing like binding off a quilt on a screened-in porch of a lake home on a warm and windy day. ☀️ #modernquilting #quiltsky

I have binding to hand sew so I will watch tonight. Thanks for the reminder!

Walking foot! I have a Juki machine with "smart feed" (built in walking foot) and I found that if I adjusted the speed of the top feed, I could get pretty consistent stitches (in length). The Cuddle does drag a bit, but not bad. Basting spray is a winner, too. No more pins dragging along!

YouTube video by Netflix The Quilters | Official Trailer | Netflix

Coming May 16.😍

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I've done that on my Juki TL. Stitched right through the flat head pins and only realized after I saw the holes in the pin.😬

Colorful improv half-square triangle quilt top mounted on a 30x40 gallery wrapped canvas. Colors include pinks, purples, greens, blues, brown, gold, gray and white.

Birthday pic of my daughter in a pink dress sitting on a couch cuddling our chocolate and white pup.

Managed to get this top mounted on a 30x40 gallery wrapped canvas just in time for my daughter's birthday.🥳

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Colorful scrap quilt using the liberated log cabin block by Nicholas Ball. A mix of earth tones and more saturated colors in oranges, purples, and teals.

The backing is "Cuddle" -- a silvery grey short pile plush fabric. Straight line 1 inch quilting. Super soft!

Mia, our chocolate and white Havanese pup, laying on the recently finished quilt.

First time using Cuddle for a backing and I'm not looking back!
Mia has already claimed it for her furry little self.

Liberated log cabin block from Nicholas Ball's book "Inspiring Improv."

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Awww, thank you. Scrap is my jam. I finally sewed this top up and put in the TBQ (To Be Quilted) pile.

"BRING HER HOME! BRING HER HOME!" Tail end of a loud and energetic chant to bring Rumeysa Ozturk, kidnapped Tufts student, back home to Boston. #HandsOff

Tens of thousands of people at "Hands Off" protest in Boston, 4.5.25

Protest sign in Boston: "It's Not a Left or Right Moment. It's a Right or Wrong Moment." - Sen. Cory Booker

"Tombstone" signs along gate at Granary Burying Ground (Boston's third oldest burial ground dating back to 1660). Signs read "In Memory of Reproductive Rights" and "In Memory of Climate Science"

Protest sign: SO MANY PROBLEMS SO LITTLE CARDBOARD

When I'm not quilting, I'm protesting. Electric crowd here in Boston today. Strong speeches by Markey, Pressley and Wu were enthusiastically received at City Hall. We don't usually look each other in the eye here while out and walking about -- not so today!

Gorgeous!

Colorful scrappy half-square triangle quilt in pinks, purples, greens, blues, teal, yellow and gold.

Had a pile of 4.5" HST's sitting around from another project that I had given up on and decided to chop them up, too. I sewed them together in a 3x3 block, added a 10.5" background square, made 8 HSTs, then trimmed each half-square triangle to 4.75".

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Colorful scrappy half-square triangle quilt using leftover blocks from other projects. Blocks were 10.5" each, resulting in eight half square triangles of 4.75". Colors include oranges, purples, greens, blues, golds, brown and white.

Well, these blocks came together in four days so I'm calling it a win. This one used eighteen 10.5" blocks as a starting point. I found the process so enjoyable, I'm going to make it a practice: one 10.5" block every day to explore pattern and color.

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Big fan of your classes, Timna!

Half-square scrappy triangle quilt using leftover blocks and scraps from other projects. Idea is from bitspiecesquilting on Youtube. I started with a 10.5" block, which results in eight half-square triangle blocks of 4.75". I was skeptical as to whether all these disparate blocks from various projects would work together so I'm pleasantly surprised at how well they talk to each other. For the smaller leftover blocks, I've sewn them together to make a larger block. If you don't have leftover blocks, this is a great way to sew up scraps in an improv block -- the fun is in the surprise after you cut them up!

I recently stumbled on a Youtube video from bitspiecesquilting on scrappy HST's using leftover blocks. I've been collecting blocks from various projects and this seemed like a fun way to cut them up. I'm starting with a 10.5" block. More info in ALT description.

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Super bright and colorful quilt using small blocks with a contrasting center stripe. My Havanese pup, a big fan of all things quilty, is curled up asleep in the lower right.

One of these days I'll get a better pic of @timnatarr.bsky.social fun "strip sandwiches" quilt pattern from her online workshop. Her advice for grouping colors was super helpful. I used *all* the colors this one.🌈

Yes!

The front of a quilted water bottle cover in small half square triangles. Colors are blues, greens, teals, cream, white and grey using a mix of prints and solids.

The back of a quilted water bottle cover in small half square triangles. Colors are blues, greens, teals, cream, white and grey using a mix of prints and solids.

Another quilted water bottle cover using the pattern by Made Just Sew. The recipient said she will "treasure" it. 😊

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Protest sign reads "We The People Are Wicked Pissed"

Protest sign reads: "Send Elon to Mars!"

Protest sign reads "The Rich Get Richer, The Rest Get Lied To"

Crowd on Boston Common in front of Parkman Bandstand protesting the GOP's war on the federal government.

In between trips to the sewing machine and design wall, I took time out to trip on down to a local protest. Decent crowd on the Common yesterday. It will continue to grow here, no doubt.

Mosaic embedded in wall. Found in NYC. Colorful shards of tile, stoneware, and glass surrounded the inscription "1787-1987 We The People"

Found somewhere in NYC in 2022.

1787-1987 We The People

Recovered from a weekend bout of flu just in time to head to a protest later this afternoon. #50501

Quilted log cabin block stretched over a gallery wrapped canvas. Colors are various shades of purple, pink, grey, blue and yellow. Hand stitching in embroidery floss was added for extra texture.

After seeing this folded log cabin block in Tara Faughnan's newsletter, I had to give it a go. When I tried to stretch it over canvas, the edges popped out in an unattractive way so I stitched down the folds to keep them flat. Next time, I'll add a solid border.

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From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this quilting tradition

"Quilts—large, patchwork fabric blankets often donned with ornate designs and patterns—are typically seen as crafts for homemakers or family heirlooms. But for Black Americans, these pieces of art may carry an inheritance beyond just their family lineage." www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

Beautiful! I didn't plan to limit my colors, it was just what I had at the time. This is a fun pattern to play with *all* the colors.🌈

Quilt with vertical bars of color laying on sunny couch. Colors are shades of blue, green, yellow, white and grey.

Pieced during summer of 2020 with a limited fabric selection. Pattern is Tara Faughnah's Bars Quilt. Wasn't it love with it on the wall, but post-quilting it's become the quilt my husband reaches for at night.

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