Looking back,looking forward. After all the reflecting on last year and organizing for this year, our community seems to now be setting down to actually sew. I somehow timed it right and head into 2017 with just a couple of wips, so I don't feel too weighed down. Step by step, I'm working to get them done, and look forward to whatever is next, that which I do not know.....
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My biggest sewing accomplishment in December was to make a set of Maker's Totes for my daughter and 6-year-od granddaughter. Bags aren't necessarily my comfort zone, but having made one Maker's tote before, I was pretty sure I could manage this duo. Noodlehead's patterns are always clear and so doable, especially when tackled one step at a time.
In other news, I'm saying goodbye to co-hosting the Finish-A-Long, though I really did enjoy it last year. It was nice I was scheduled to share during Q4 Tutorial Week, and I was happy to finally present my method for Organic Straight-Line Quilting.
It was my own Crop Circles that really sparked my interest in quilts with circles. I was playing with the many uses of my Clammy ruler after first using it to make a clamshell quilt. Circles had been kind of scary before, but this quilt cured me, and now I'm thinking maybe another variation just might be in order.
Karen/[quiltaposy] watched a Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial to learn the raw-edge circle technique she used in her Briar Rose quilt, where she added sixteen patches for fun and to make it her own.
