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ISSUE 24 :: One Year :: WHAT'S UP :: WORTH A READ :: ROUND UP :: TUTORIALS & SUCH :: OFF TOPIC

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This issue marks one year of The Scrap Basket! Thank you all for reading and for the encouraging feedback. 

WHAT'S UP

I took a Glam Clam class with Latifah Saafir, which was fun of course, but that means another quilt is in the works! All is good, though, considering I learned a few things, so am pretty motivated to keep at it. And the second quarter of the Finish-A-Long has started up, so I've been busy supporting that too. What I'm most excited about are the improv blocks I need to do, one being from my own tutorial for X Marks the Improv for our guild's latest giving quilt.

WORTH A READ

:: Always one to make things as manageable as possible, here's 7 Tips for Planning Your Next Project from Heidi/Fabric Mutt.

:: Kim/my go-go life shares 
How to Create a Fussy Cut Template.

:: Not necessarily a sewing-related post, but interesting none-the-less, is How to Add Quilt-Inspired Patterns to Every Room in Your House from CountryLiving.

:: On Colors and Trends by Melanie Tuazon.

:: Want to create some DIY Fabric Stencils? Stacey/SLOstudio shows us how!

:: Our guild president read Just Make It Already! How to Boost Your Sewing Confidence by Heather/Closet Case Files at our last meeting - good food for thought!

:: And a new (to me) take on Quilt Folding from Linda/Flourishing Palms

 

ROUND-UP

It's almost inconceivable that after a year of The Scrap Basket, we haven't explored half-square triangles yet! A quilter's basic building block, it really never gets old.

Michelle/Buttontree Lane and the Canberra Quilters created The Problematic Apricot, a stunning quilt arranging the 5" blocks simply but to awesome effect with those bright colors and circular quilting.


 
When I led the Faith Circle of do.Good Stitches in making HST Love, I asked my bee-mates to make two 18 1/2" unfinished blocks, each made up of four 9 1/2" blocks. Final construction went quickly, and even with a simplified palette, it was still very striking. 
 
Vast, by Anna/Noodlehead uses even larger HSTs, which makes such a statement! You can find the pattern in Jeni Baker's Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle
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The thing about HSTs is they are so versatile! What a terrific design in HST Extravaganza by 
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And just look at the Sunset Quilt from Nettie/a quilt is nice. Her use of color placement just makes her design. [aquiltisnice]
And I just love the modern feel of Anne/playcraftsMountain Sunrise. Besides being a unique and wonderful palette, the block placement is everything. 
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My interest in HSTs was really piqued when I had some left from one project and just starting playing with them on my design wall. Thus Spiraled was born - one of my first original designs. Things didn't stop there though, as later I recreated the pattern less scrappy, and with a mixed low-volume background [Spiraled Jungle]; and again in Spiraled Underground, with a low-volume print as background and using just one fabric for the spirals. There's a tutorial if you're inclined to make your own version. Better yet, see what design you can come up with!

TUTORIALS & SUCH

:: The resources available for half-square triangles is extensive. Suzy/SuzyQuilts shares three of the most common construction methods in Three Different Half Square Triangle Techniques. She also has lots of great HST quilts on her blog - definitely worth a look-see.

:: My own Big Batch HSTs makes 18 HSTs and gives you the math to make even more.

:: Simple HSTs from Daisy/Ants to Sugar is cool in that she shows all sorts of ways to orient them.

:: And Jeni/In Color Order, besides authoring Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle, shares the Over and Above Quilt Setting Tutorial on her blog, with a creative and unique way to set HST blocks.

 

OFF TOPIC

If you're interested in improving Taking Pictures of Your QuiltsAndrea Katolin shared a terrific little series on Hyacinth Quilt Designs (one, two, three). And then Sew, Mama, Sew hosted Quilt Photography Tips with Bill Volkering. Both are excellent resources.
 

P.S. I do love a free tutorial, and this time I have three new ones to share! On my list to make is the The Tiny Tink Basket by Cheri/Tinker with This. Equally appealing are Lucy/Charm About You's Stitchey Pie needle case and the precious Gingham & Clamshells Pincushion from Amanda/A Crafty Fox. Oh yeah! 

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