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Teresa Stroin
Quilt for a friend
We had an occasion to commemorate—Carolyn was retiring from C&T! Well, not retiring exactly; more like transitioning into retirement. She went from being a very-valued full-time employee to a very-valued freelancer. But we were going to miss seeing her in the office every day. She’d worked for C&T for 13 years and was a great resource as she knew everything a technical editor needed to know, plus some. Carolyn is the type of person who is (Continue Reading...)
Hey, I finished 2 quilting projects!
Maybe you read my previous post about my PhDs (Projects half Done). Well, I’m here to say that I finished something!
A few of the folks at C&T have been making table runners from the book French Braid Quilts by Jane Hardy Miller. They inspired me to give it a try. Above is the one I’m giving to my mom for Christmas. (Mom—don’t look!) All the fabrics but one are from different C&T give-aways over the past year or (Continue Reading...)
Am I qualified to quilt?
Looking around my house recently, I realized that I’m definitely “qualified” to work as an editor for C&T Publishing. You probably didn’t know it, but I have several PhDs. (Uh, huh.) Just browse through this post and you’ll see some of them . . . Projects half Done.
Above is the oldest of my UFOs (UnFinished Objects)…a cross-stitch alphabet sampler I started when my first daughter was a baby. She’s 23 now and the project has a permanent shrine (Continue Reading...)
Recuperating
I recently had foot surgery and wasn’t able to leave the couch for 3 weeks. Fortunately I had a crazy quilt block made in a class with Allie Aller. I got hold of two books: Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting and Judith Baker Montano’s Embroidery and Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool. Then I started embroidering and embellishing. It was so much fun. I used the threads and beads I had on hand, leftovers from other projects.
I’m guessing I’ll make this into a (Continue Reading...)
Do quilters journal?
Yes, quilters use journals to capture lots of information. Fabric samples, sketches of ideas for future quilts, and quilting designs are three things that come to mind. Being a technical editor, I also use mine for math. Whenever I come up with an idea for my next quilt, I graph it out to scale, then calculate the piece sizes and yardages in my journal. That way everything is in one place instead of on lots of little slips (Continue Reading...)
Ever hear of a “humility block?”
This is the label from my latest baby quilt. It’s an “I Spy” quilt that I made using conversation prints. Everything imaginable is pictured, from toast to dinosaurs, and basketballs to tricycles. I quoted a hymn on the label that you may know, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. But, to my dismay, I got one of the words wrong! I put “wild” where it should say “wise”. I thought about re-doing it but it had taken several tries (Continue Reading...)
Do I spy another baby?
As I mentioned before, my friends’ daughters are starting to have babies. Lots of babies. Sometimes I find it hard to keep up and make a quilt, as I’d like to, for each newborn. Well, this baby just had a 1st birthday so I made him a toddler quilt. I had so much fun! I made trips to all my local quilt shops buying just about every conversation print I could find. In all, there are 72 fabrics in the (Continue Reading...)
Bright Lights for Baby Lucy
I’m at an age . . . . it’s not my friends who are having babies but my friends’ daughters! It’s wonderful. Recently, Marcie’s daughter, Amy, had her first child—a beautiful daughter named Lucy. To give you some perspective, Amy used to babysit for my children, who are now both in college!
The name Lucy means “light.” So I picked bright fabrics and named this quilt “Bright Lights for Lucy.” The block pattern is really an old one, Cracker, but it (Continue Reading...)
“Quilting Tips from the Technical Editors” Takes a Hiatus
The Technical Editors here at C&T have been publishing tips on this blog for two years. They’ve posted over 30 tips, covering topics from beginning piecing to binding and everything in between. Now it’s time to take a break.
You can always access the tips by clicking on the Quilting Tips Series in the categories section on the right. We’ll keep this available for you. Please write in if you have a request for a new tip or a question on (Continue Reading...)
C&T group quilt – an ongoing project
As you’ve read in previous blog posts (here and here), 6 of the editors here at C&T are making a “slice” quilt. It’s a replica of Van Gogh’s 1st version of his series of paintings of his bedroom in Arles. We divided it into vertical slices and are each crafting a slice.
I’ve taken a couple of photos of my portion of the quilt in progress and one of the finished slice.
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While I always enjoy quilting, I had the (Continue Reading...)
