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Found This Week

May 30, 2015 by Tsoniki Leave a Comment

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I am definitely deep in my #100DaysofStarquilts (links to the search on Instagram) but here are some great tutorials you should try if you have the time.

A beautiful wavy pillow

A jelly roll friendly quilt block tutorial

Write on a ruler to trim HST’s quicker

Mood ring quilt block tutorial

DIY wedding favors

Sewing a french seam (this is what I do when making pillow cases)

Screenprinting a quilt label (fantastic idea! I am so bad at adding a quilt label to what I make, and I assume that ironing one on can come off when it is washed multiple times.)

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Northern Ireland Castle – Color Palettes

May 27, 2015 by Tsoniki Leave a Comment

Northern Ireland Castle

And for the quilters, crafters, and sewist’s out there – matching Kona colors!

Kona Color Palettes Northern Ireland Castle

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Mercury Rainbow Mini Quilt

May 21, 2015 by Tsoniki 8 Comments

I made this mini quilt for the Rainbow Mini Swap on instagram. I started with a backing fabric designed by one of my partner’s favorite fabric designers, and I only just realized I didn’t take a picture of it! Here are the fabrics I used for the front though. I matched the lightest blue and the orange to the backing fabric and went from there.

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This is a paper pieced pattern called Mercury, which is available for free on Craftsy.

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Doesn’t the back look great!

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Once the inside star was together I really loved it!

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The borders had a lot of pieces but also came together quickly. The borders are called Goosing Borders and this is also a free pattern you can get on Craftsy.

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Rainbow Mini Top

The finished the mini with a black, gray, and white fabric for the binding and I love it. This was quilted with white Aurifil thread and I did a stitch in the ditch around the triangles in the borders and in an octagon shape around the center star.

Rainbow Mini

Mercury Rainbow
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The story has a sad ending though, because after I packed it up with a magazine, some extra fabric, and some French salted caramels, the only thing that arrived at my Rainbow Swap partners house was an envelope with a large cut in it. The post office here had nothing to say about it, and there was nothing they could do. I made the mistake of not insuring it, and the post office where my swap partner lives couldn’t tell anything either. It’s such a huge disappointment when something like that happens and I hope that someday it is found.

Vote for my quilt in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival Mini Quilt category! This is a twice a year online quilt festival, hosted by Amy at Amy’s Creative Side.

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Belfast Flowers – Color Palettes

May 20, 2015 by Tsoniki Leave a Comment

Belfast bar, but you can’t really tell since it’s the apartments above it and flowers.

Belfast Flowers

And for the quilters, crafters, and sewist’s out there – matching Kona colors!Kona Color Palette Belfast Flowers

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Volcano Pixel Quilt

May 19, 2015 by Tsoniki 4 Comments

A handful of years ago I happened to meet an amazing group of women online. I’ve always loved reading blogs and I found a couple that were written by military spouses, not the super popular ones, not the ones that ended up with thousands of comments, or book deals, but my new friends were smart and they were writing awesome things. But even better, for me, they were women I could relate to. Without getting into the whole military spouse of it all, the women I met through those blogs are still my friends, and I’ve even met a couple of them in person.

A few years ago this particular group of friends organized a secret Valentine swap, something fun and easy for us to do, and this year, once I got her name, I knew I had to make something awesome for my friend Charity. She graduated with her PhD this year, after working crazy hard to finish, while not being able to live with her active duty husband. I went in search of finding more details out about what she studies, how she fell in love with science, and I happened to find that it was a video about volcanos she watched at a young age that drew her to geology. I knew I had to incorporate that into whatever I made for her.

I’ve never made a pixel quilt and figured this was a great time to try. I found a volcano picture online, pixelated it, and set out to figure out how to make this come together. It took a lot longer than I thought it would, and I finally mailed the box containing a large mini quilt and a few treats from France in April. So a bit later than Valentine’s day for sure, but I know she loved it.

The quilt label I use has a few lines for me to add who I made something for and any other details. I included this quote on the back:

Give me silence, water, hope
Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.

Pablo Neruda

Volcano Pixel Art Quilt

Volcano pixel art quilt
30 x 24

Vote for my quilt in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival Art Quilt category! This is a twice a year online quilt festival, hosted by Amy at Amy’s Creative Side.

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047: Jess Van Den: Create and Thrive

May 19, 2015 by Tsoniki Leave a Comment

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Welcome to episode 047 of the Me Being Crafty podcast, where we explore creativity in your life.

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In this episode I talk to Jess Van Den of Create and Thrive. She also just started a podcast recently, the Create & Thrive podcast.

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I love what Jess is teaching to others and encourage you to check out her courses and guides. Thanks again for being on the show Jess!

Jess and I have a great conversation about what she is teaching to others, and though the Thriver Circle only has open doors four times a year, you can sign up for her mailing list to keep up on what she’s putting out to help you build and have a successful creative business. You can also check out her courses and guides to get help with a wide variety of things – mailing lists, social media, photography, and selling at markets.

How To Run A Rockin' Mailing List

How to Sell More at Markets and Shows

Product Photography

Getting Started With Social Media

Where you can find Jess – Create and Thrive on facebook – Jess on twitter – Jess on instagram – Create and Thrive on pinterest

Listen to episode 047 and let me know how your business is going!

Leave me a comment and let me know how you were creative today. Me, I’m working on mailing off bee blocks and .

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Windows and Walls – Belfast – Color Palettes

May 13, 2015 by Tsoniki Leave a Comment

In all of that walking around, the most surprising things will pop out at you. I don’t remember where this is in the city, or what we were doing, but when I looked at the photos I knew I had to find the shades of blue in the windows. A great pop of color in a sometimes otherwise bland building.

WallWindowsBelfast

And for the quilters, crafters, and sewist’s out there – matching Kona colors!

WallWindowsBelfastColorPalette

For your own palettes, you definitely need to use the Palette Builder at PlayCrafts.

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