Field Trips in Fiber

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 83

Yet another day of no sewing. But, no matter how I feel tomorrow, I am getting out of this house and going to work! While I wait to reenter my sewing room, here's something to keep you occupied for a while!

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Anya's Readers are Leaders quilt
• Jeanne's Shoofly Pie quilt
• Caron's Serenity tote with Texture Magic
• Sue's Night Blooms art quilt
• Mereth's Surprise Party quilt
• Sue's "authentic" tote bag
• Wendy's Christmas BOM embroidered quilt
• Leah's challenge wall hanging
• Vivika's dog portrait quilt
• Diane's hand quilted replica vintage quilt
• Vicki's Radio Flyer scrap quilt
• Floribunda's heavy quilt for a special child
• Jackie's Kaffe HST quilt
• Libby's Broken Dishes
• Jacquie's He's A Star quilt
• Kathleen's Thankful Everyday small art quilt
• Caron's On The Town tote
• Wendy's Pieceful Garden quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Karen's quilting on a vintage Double Wedding Ring
• Kristen's quilting on 3 identical quilts

  Fiber and Other Art

• Gerrie's postcards - she is doing art every day so scroll around in her blog to see all the other ones she has made
• Gunnel's postcards
• Fannie's Two Sets of Wings mixed media art
• Kathy's vintage button pin
• Liz's mixed media boxes
• Deb's fabric beads
• Lorraine's journal covers
• Wendy's beaded brooch and bookmarks
• Karen's crochet bag with shibori lining
• Keryn's Etui
  

  Surfaces

• Connie's discharge dyeing
• Terri's hand dyed fabrics
• Ruth's wool dyeing
• Diane's paper making
  

  Garment Sewing

• Summerset's man's hiking fleece sweater
• Erica's V1152 little black dress
• Summerset's Vogue and Patrones dress and jacket

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Kellie's Joseph's Coat quilt applique tutorial, part 2
• Kellie's Joseph's Coat applique tutorial
• Summerset's tutorial for making a dress lining  
• Helen-Mary's tutorial for tying off threads ends on the longarm
• Barbara shows how she makes string blocks and assembles them in the top
• Dawn's Merry Delights embroidered pillow
• Shannon has started a BOM project on her blog
• Gudrun's Sweet Trimmings Christmas wall hanging tutorial, is the first free project in the Cross Country Christmas Quilt Designer's Blog Hop
• Sandy's Christmas table mat, the second free project in the Cross Country Christmas Quilt Designer's blog hop
  
• Connie shoes how she mounts her quilts to canvas wrapped frames
  

 Other Interesting Things

• Leah is having a giveaway for a big bag of  quilty scraps, the drawing is Saturday
• Craftnouveau is having a book giveaway through Nov 14. Check here for the rules.
• Hawthorne Threads is having a giveaway of Art Gallery fabrics, the drawing is Nov 16
• Quilt Gallery is having a Holiday Traditions quilt contest
  

 Found on Etsy

Monograms are hot right now. If you got to Etsy and search "monogram" you will find over 25,000 items! Here are a few of my favorites:

• Yebisu carries lots of vintage things for your projects, like these antique embroidered monograms
• Freshly Skeweezed has a wide variety of letterpress monogrammed stationery. I like this peppermint pinstripe set
• Roberts Shapiro has a line of monogrammed stone pendants, even a V
• Wall Spoken is there for you if you want a giant monogram on your wall
• kelsyhenke uses photographs of vintage sign letters to make framed word art to say anything you want
  

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 24

has been published to the MQResources site. This week I found lots of free patterns for Christmas decorations.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 82

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Amandajean's Spare Change quilt
• Kit's Zen Garden quilt
• Libby's Mackintosh Roses wall hanging
• Kathie's Words, Words, Words quilt
• Jacquie's Snippets quilt
• Andrea's 3D hexagon quilt
• Cathie's Autumn Leaf tote and quilted turkey
• Terri's 9-patch
• Wanda's star quilt
• Gail's rooster quilt
• Sue's wall quilt
• Kimy's Delectable Mountains
• Kheli's quilt from hand dyed fabrics
• Gail's black, white and pink baby quilt
• Geta's Christmas trapunto wall hangings
• Heartstrings QOV quilts
• Kate's Christmas Tree log cabin
• Karen's handbag and accessories
• Candy's Botanical Sketches small art quilts
• Terri's Here's Looking at You Cat art quilt
• Susan's memory quilt
• Kit's The Littlest Hobo
  

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Deb's quilting on a Be Attitudes quilt
• jeanne's quilting on some charity quilts
• Shannon's quilting on a Christmas pickle dish quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Nellie's Mini-Prairie flowers
• Wen's framed Birds of  Feather
• Abbyjane's swan
• Liz's Halloween postcards
• Angela's leaf postcards
• Sarah Ann's dyed fabrics

  Surfaces

• Chris' shibori dyed skirt
• Sandy's painting on lutrador
• Chris' shibori dyed shirt
• Judy's ice dyeing
  

  Garment Sewing

• Christina's Burda jacket
• Mary Beth's HP1090 dresses

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Janet's curved piecing tutorial, part 2
• Kathy's tutorial for making a jewelry roll
• Shannon's flanged pillow tutorial
• Kellie's tutorial for drafting and creating templates for her Joseph's Coat quilt
  

 Other Interesting Things

• Sharon B's list of fiber blogs beginning with the letter K
• Lorraine is having a blog drawing to celebrate the opening of her Etsy shop. The drawing is November 6.

 Found on Etsy

Last night while I was finishing up this post, we had a full moon. I captured some photos of the moon in the previous post. That led me to Etsy and a search for "full moon". Etsy did not disappoint:

• Lew Foster has a wide variety of prints, including this one of the Night Raven
• ethora's handmade recycled silver jewelry includes this Full Moon Tree of Life pendant
• Cat lovers will like this Waiting For The Full Moon dichroic glass pendant in the Designs With Attitude glass shop
• Istanbul Designs' silver jewelry includes this Raven Moon pendant
• Full Moon over Mokes photographic note cards are in the Lisa Roberts' photography shop that features images of Hawaii
  

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 23

is posted to the MQResources site. Today I highlighted blogs by some of our quilting stars.

Another cool blog drawing opportunity

This must be blog giveaway season! There were lots in the Field Tripping the Web post yesterday. I don't think I will have another of those posts before November 3 so I wanted to let you know about the great drawing that Jackie is having at Canton Village Quilt Works. Get on over there and sign up!

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 81

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Sue's ride the wave art quilt
• Gerrie's Celestial Black Hole art quilt
• Barbara's coiled pie plate cozy
• Jeanne's Flower Power quilt
• Rose's In Pops Garden embroidered quilt
• Supermom's two recent quilts
• Terri's square in a square quilt
• Judy's Rock On challenge quilts
• Kathleen's black and white diaper bag set
• Terri's still life art quiltlet
• Kim's picnic gift set

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• AnnMarie's quilting on a leaf quilt
• Lisa's quilting on a wreath applique quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's journals
• Beth's embellished felting experiments
• Sandy's Infinite book
• Paddy's Daughter's painted and embroidered landscapes
• Angela's leaf postcard

  Surfaces

• Connie's potato dextrin resist dyes
• Connie's screen printed fabrics
• Kheli's hand dyed fabrics

  Garment Sewing

•  Wendy's smocked baby dress
• Barbara's HP Marrakesh pants
• Summerset's V1132 jacket
• Pam's Ottobre knit top
• Carolyn's V1127 jacket and sheath dress
  

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Cindy's Halloween scarf tutorial  
• Janet's tutorial for doing curved piecing - part 1
• Judy L is starting another QFAH project, Morning Splash
• Dena's tutorial for cutting bias binding
  

 Other Interesting Things

• Robin is having a blog drawing to celebrate her first blogiversary, the drawing is around November 5 
• Rae Ann is having her first blog drawing (with 2 winners) on November 13
• Ruth is having a drawing to celebrate her 200th post. The drawing will be October 31
• Geta has a beautiful piece of her trapunto for her October giveaway, the drawing is November 2
• Judy has a great blog called Virtual Quilter where she posts LOTS of great EQ designs. She is offering her latest design to her readers.  Go check it, and the rest of her blog out!
• Fannie is having a blog drawing for a whole box of goodies! The drawing is October 31.
• Jen has a series of posts of Quilts on Barns in Racine County, WI

 Found on Etsy

A lot of you are into mixed media art so this week I searched out some unique mixed media suppliers:

• Bella Regalo has lots of cool supplies but I was particularly drawn to the feathers, like these ostrich feathers.
• Luscious Layers is a brand new shop that offers bundles of textiles and other items in color palettes for mixed medial projects
• Sassa Lynne offers beautiful hand dyed threads and yarns, including some great texture collections
• Salvaged Supplies has some really unique things like these electronic parts that could make interesting beads
  

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 22

is now posted at MQResources. The topic is handmade gifts for gardeners.

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 21

is posted at the MQResource site. I promise that it's my last word on the International Quilt Festival in Houston. This one is about some of the vendors.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 80

Don't miss Nellie's Prarie Performance, a very large peice to be installed at Sherman Hospital.

Eye Candy – Projects people

•  Julie's Sing the Sun Down quilt
• Sue's 3 messages art quilt
• Kit's Berkeley Square quilt
• AnnMarie's log cabin
• Sandra's Clematis art quilt
• Judy's comfort quilt 
• Andrea's version of the Peaches and Dreams quilt
• Judi's Bachelor Button quilt with a hand dyed backing
• Suzanne's October Step art quilt
• Liz's I Can Dance! art quilt
• Paula's Firewood quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Shannon's quilting on vintage stars 
• Randi's quilting on a chicks applique quilt 
•  Liz's folded fabric wall hanging
• Deb's quilting on a customer quilt
• Vivian's quilting on a Mariner's Compass quilt
• Lynn's quilting on a New Youk Beauty quilt

Fiber and Other Art

• Ruth's Grizzly flower pins and handmade cards
• Kathy's recent mixed media piece 
• The Lone Beaders English Sheepdog brooch
• Beate's felted and beaded brooches

  Surfaces

• Yvonne's painted rust fabrics
• Sewkalico's indigo shibori fabrics
• Gerri's dyeing with Colorhue dyes
• Connie's hand dyed fabrics
• Chriss hand dyed fabrics
• Elizabeth's discharge dyeing
• Sue's paper fabric
• Diane's paper fabric

Garment Sewing

• Isabelle saves NL6470 top 
• Lindsay's vintage-inspired faux leopard jacket  
• Summerset's Patrone's denim skirt with a pocket tutorial
• Summerset's Patrone's boy's jeans
• Judi's snow-dyed sweatshirts
• Erica's M5929 ruffle shirt
• Caron's Texture Magic sweatshirt makeover

Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  LuAnn's tutorial for binding a scalloped quilt border
  
• Geta's free-motion quilting tutorial
• Cheryl's Christmas Greeting free project
  

 Other Interesting Things

• Elaine is having a blog drawing on October 19. The more comments/entries she gets, the better the prize. 
• Kellie is hosting an aplique quilt-along to start in November. She is taking sign-ups now

 Found on Etsy

Many people think that Etsy is only a place for small craft items so this week I thought I'd look for some of the most expensive items that are being sold on Etsy. Here are 4 winners:

• Twinkle, Twinkle oil painting for $100,000 
• White Gold handmade necklace for $90,000
• Red Paperclips giant sculpture for $75,000
• A log cabin style garden house for $28,000

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 20

is now posted to the MQResources site. The topic is online quilt exhibits.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 79

Here's a something to keep you entertained while I am traveling today.

Do not miss Summerset's Garden Path art garment

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Wanda's Bright Batik quilt
• Kay's For Never Plaid quilt
• Kathy's Awakening quiltlet
• Kim's If the Hat Fits quilt
• Eva's Chickenshack mini-quilt
• Jen's Athena's Puzzle quilt
• Judy's Autumn Leaves at Sunset wall quilt
• Kristin's Autumn Table Runner
• Wendy's Halloween Row quilt
• Kay's Moonlit Jacobean Garden art quilt
• Diane's Peace and Plenty quilt
• Beth's Circle art quilts
• Libby's Embroidered Tiles quilt
• Connie's Stuffed Olives art quilt
• Wendy's Forever Christmas quilt
• Cynthia's Rainbow Lake Wildflowers mounted quilt
• Erica's Goddess Roseus art quilt
  

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Lynn's freehand quilting
• Melinda's quilting on a basket quilt
• Kristen's customer quilting 
• Shannon's quilting on Rambling Stars
• Mereth's custom quilting
• Kim's quilting on a bunny applique quilt
• Suzanne's quilting on a Snake River log cabin quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Jan's mixed media book
• The Lone Beader's pumpkin earrings or buttons
• Liz's altered moleskin journals
• Deb's postcards
• Elizabeth's beaded bracelet
• Terri's coffee cup sleeves
• Sue's fiber cuff
• Anita's necklaces
• Sue's fabric frames

  Surfaces

• Debra's fabric painting
• Dijanne's forest fabric
• Marie's experiments with transparency
• Lisa's hand dyed fabrics

  Garment Sewing

• Erica's M5936 peplum jacket
• Audrey's V8594 sheath dress
• Isabelle's S3678 dress
• Candy's dyed and embellished onsies
• Summerset's Patrones skirt and S2603 Cardi-wrap
• Erica's V8601 riding jacket

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Judith's Christmas Rose embroidered gift bag free pattern  
• Sharon B's list of blogs that start with the letter J
• Dena's burp cloth tutorial
• Briget's glass etching demo
  

 Found on Etsy

      Today I went on a search for baskets

• Pine Garden Baskets has unique pine needle baskets like this one woven with walnut slices
• Baskets By Jo is a new shop with some beautiful pine needle baskets
  
• Dream Weavers make jewelry and baskets but it's the baskets that I fell for today
• Once Upon a Gourd is a new shop with beautiful gourd art and there is even a gourd basket

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 19

is posted at MQResources. The topic this week is Wardrobe Refashioning.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 78

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Julia's two recent quilts
• Tiraine93 helped her customer with a 9-patch quilt
• Elaine's kaleidoscope quilt
• Sonya's Simple Gifts quilt
• Supermom's Autumn tablerunner
• Helen's African A4 art quilts
• Jennifer's autumn strip quilt
• Caron's taupe Paper Lanterns quilt
• Connie's Harvest Moon journal quilt
• Libby's Camera Eye wall quilt
• Mary and Mom's applique elephants quilt
• Wendy's monogrammed child's pillow
• Julia's Inspired by Jane quilt
• Debra's recent projects
• Sewkalico's Melly & Me bag
• Kathy's Internal Sun challenge quilt
• Suzanne's two new quilts
• Kay's Kimono Quilt
• Deborah's Bull Rushes wall hanging
• Diane's Make a Good Impression art quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Helen-Mary's quilting on a customer quilt
• Lynn's quilting for Superior Threads
• Judy's quilting on a Lone Star quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Jo's Stix people key chains
• The Lone Beader's black cat
• Kay's embellisher-made pillow
• Jan's accordion book
• Candy's Branch and Bird collection
• Fannie's Looking for Adventure handbag
• Beate's felted and embroidered brooches
• Sue's mixed media teapot
• The Twelve by Twelve art group has posted the results of their last theme, 12

  Surfaces

• Ruth's shibori dyed scarves 
• Terri's painted papers
• Susan's experiment with solar dyeing
• Cynthia's block prints

  Garment Sewing

• Char's S2876 jacket
• Wendy's smocked baby dress
• Isabelle's summer long dress

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Deb's log cabin hot pad tutorial
• Dawn's raw-edge applique floral leaves and some great samples
• Geta's tutorial for designing wreaths in Electric Quilt
• How Mary pieces batting
• Jodie's One-hour softie toy tutorial
• Ruth shares a new felting technique

 Other Interesting Things

•  Leah has a great post on her theory of when to use filler designs on your quilting
• Helen Conway has a new web site that pulls together some of her design articles, her gallery and lots of other great information
• Shannon's homemade batting bar for her longarm
• Carolyn has been running a great series called New Sewist Thursday - each Thursday she has a post that is specifically addressed to people new to garment sewing. The most recent one is here but read back in her blog for other articles.
• Julia is having a blog drawing to celebrate her 1000th post. The drawing is October 7.
• Kayjay is having a drawing to celebrate her 100th post. The drawing is October 12.
  
• If I haven't wasted enough of your time, head on over to Sharon B's blog where she has a list of blogs that start with the letter "I"

 Found on Etsy

• This week I was into things made from glass
• Swept From the Sea has lots of buttons, beads and jewelry made from sea glass 
• Squidglass has funky fused glass pendants with a whole section of with knitting and sewing themes. One has the image of a sewing machine bobbin.
• Hanson Stone Handmade has great lamp work jewelry and buttons
• Stained Glass Studio has lots of stained glass items but the one that caught my attention is this one that would be perfect in a sewing room window.
  

Whistlestop Web Tour, Volume 18, Gifts for the Home

is posted on the MQResource web site.  I am desperate for someone to make that tulle toilet seat cover!

Please!

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 77

Don't miss Sue's Daughter's Valentine bead journal project, Sharon's diamond crazy quilt (here are LOTS of posts prior to this one with details and here is the full view)

and go have a giggle at Jodie's robots

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Helen's Squid Eye quilt
• Kim's quilt for her daughter
• Dagmar's quilt for her son
• Candy's Little Birdie Neighborhood art quilt
• Kit's not a log cabin quilt
• Carole's Liberty Eagle wall hanging
• Wendy's Sentimentally Yours quilt with close ups of the quilting
• Jacquie's On The Line and Ray and Joan's wall quilt
• Carie's egg quilt
• Kathleen's 1970's corduroy quilt
• Jennifer's Timberline quilt
• Judy's Freeze Frame quilt
• Connie's Lake View art quilt
• Caron's guild raffle quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Deb's quilting on a Mariner's Compass quilt
• Carla's quilting on a customer quilt and some pretty glass pendants
• Karen's quilting on a customer quilt
• Deb's background quilting

  Fiber and Other Art

• Fannie's I Will Carry You mixed media painting
• Sue's new books
• Shannon's birth celebration sampler
• Jen's Halloween bats
• Diane's new work
• Nathalie's cell phone purse
• Kathy's journal 

  Surfaces

• Judi's hand dyed fabrics
• Cynthia's Indigo dyed garments
• Connie's day of monoprinting
• Judi's snow dyed fabrics
• Joyce's tie dye shirts

  Garment Sewing

• Gail's Urban Jacket
• Kathie's wedding dress for her daughter
• Anna's Klimt bodice art garment
• Isabelle's V8571 knit dress
  
• Tracey's teeny dress
• Pam's Ottobre waterfall cowl top
• Summerset's BWOF vest
• Elizabeth's SW Riviera shirt
• Erica's ruffled tops and denim pencil skirt
• Isabelle's S3803 maxi-dress
• Audrey's Simplicity blouses
  

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Two Creative Studios is hosting a BOM project
• Darling Petunia made a cute holder for her rechargeable batteries
• Matt's new lighting system for his longarm, all for under $100
• Kay's tutorial for appliqueing very point points
  

 Other Interesting Things

•  Janet is celebrating her 100th blog post by giving away a beautiful small quilt, the drawing is Friday
• Julie is having a blogiversary giveaway, the drawing is October 2
• Lyn is having an anniversary  celebration drawing, the drawing is on October 7
• Megan's "tutorial" for making a quilt back

Found in Etsy
    Let's do some shopping for Halloween Costumes this week

• Here's a custom Halloween hat from Blooming Couture
• A cute littleladybug tutu from Sweetie Pie Tutus
• A not as cute Grim Reaper mask from Masquefaire
• A very cool Tigress Feather Mask from Masks By Martina

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 17 - Halloween Crafts

is posted at the MQReources site.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 76

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Annie's Jumping Jelly Beans quilt
• Jackie's Prickly Pear handbag
• Lily's appliqued woolen bolster cover
• Judy's Mardi Gras quilt
• Connie's child's applique quilt
• Susan's Nekkid Yoga small art quilts
• May Britt's redwork quilt
• Mary's Happy Blocks quilt, with a link to the instructions
• Libby's Fall wall quilt
• Lisa's Escher's Needlepoint art quilt
• Kit's Baby-Go-Round quilt
• Amandajean's Ticker Tape quilt
• Judy's Big Star quilt
• Wendy's Basket Full of Apples quilt
• Supermom's Christmas table runners
• Cherod's Indian Summer quilt
• Kathy's triangulation quilt
• Sue's Orange Crush quilt
• Kay's Refractions wall hanging
• Pam's African Wedding quilt
• Wendy's Cottage Garden quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

•  Lynn's quilting on an Autumn Houses quilt
• Lots of quilting from Helen-Mary
• Deb's quilting on a customer quilt
• Jeanne's quilting on 3 quilts for little girls

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's new books 
• Ruth's nuno felted scarves
• Joyce is making lots of cuffs
• Robin's Heart Gone Haywire bead journal
• Kristen's Houses fabric collage
• Bridget's Matchbox Book: Cabinet of Curiosities
• Daawn's 5X art piece, if you read the 5 previous posts she explains each section
• Jackie's felt brooches

  Garment Sewing

• Carolyn's transitional black suit
• Allie's hand dyed baby clothes
• Carolyn's Fall Greenery outfit
• Sharon's S2701 jacket
• Shannon's NL6802 knit dress
• Carolyn made 2 more dresses on her sewcation
• Isabelle's B5032 dress
• Pam's Ottobre knit top
• Londsay's BWOF vest

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Dena's foundation paper piecing tutorial
• Leonie's applique felted wool needlecase and pin cushion
• Judy is getting ready to start another Quilt For An Hour project, the prelims are here
• Lyn posted a free pattern for a Christmas Tree skirt
• Kim created a tutorial for her pumpkin treat bag, there's a drawing for one too. The drawing is Thursday.
• Susan shows how to make a Perivual Lily flower in 3D
• Nicole is having a drawing for fabric. The drawing is Thursday evening
• Rose Marie's tutorial for piecing a Lover's Knot block
  

 Other Interesting Things

•  Melissa has started the Crafting for the Greater Good blog where she gathers information on all kinds of community service projects
• Debra has been on a roll making service quilts lately. This is her most recent post but red back a few to see her productivity secrets

 Found on Etsy

This week I went in search of autumn:

•  Wall decals have become very popular. Circle Line Studio has lots of them, including this tree decal
• Sherry Truitt has lots of great jewelry items, like this bird in a pendent
• Likron carries lots of handmade flowers like this set of autumn colored ones
• Briana Edleman Designs makes beautiful clutch purses, like this one made of fabric priinted with bright yellow birds

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 16

is posted at MQResources. This week there's a long list of links to applique tutorials.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 75

Please don't miss Sandra's free-motion quilted Wildwood book. She has it in 4 posts. Start with the first link and then see the details here, here and here 

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Candy's Macbook Air Messenger Bag
• Judy's Bears in the Farmhouse
• Julie's plaid quilt top and scrap quilt
• Gerrie's Spooner Lake Aspen art quilt
• Dijanne's Arabian Night Village art quilt
• Mary's Mom's sheep quilts
• Carie's wholecloth quilt
• Barbara's embroidered and patchwork tablecloth.
• Quilts and Pieces two recently finished quilts quilt
  
• Elaine's Furrows and 4-patch
• Trisha's Birthday Quilt
• Terri's Fresh Cut art quilts
• Candy's tote and grab-n-go bags
• Kit's Man Fans quilt
• Jen's Sock Monkey notebook wrap
• Beth's gift bags, with a link to the tutorial
• Connie's City Shibori art quilt
• AJ's butterfly baby quilt
• Kathy's sentimental ring bearer's bag

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Theresa's quilting on a Broken Lone Star
• Shannon's quilting on a Quakertown Santa's quilt
• Lynn's quilting on a sampler quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Liz's Carmen doll
• Lily's Spring Tree
• Connie's postcards
• Candy's matching notepad and index card carrier
• Ruth's Perpetual Poppies felted art
• Wanda's journal cover, page back in her blog for lots more of them
• Sue's notebook cover from recycled denim
• Fannie's stuffed magical bird
• Sue's journals
• Barbara's fabric postcards
• Michele's journals
• Michele's dyed dresses

  Surfaces

• I can't even begin to describe all of the great surfaces Lynda created in this post
• Dawn's fabric paper making, to see the entire step scroll back in her blog 2 posts
• Candy's dyed shirts

  Garment Sewing

• Erica's V1119 Donna Karan dress
• Sharon's M5974 knit dress
• Sharon's second M5974 dress
• Lindsay's B4406 Chinoise robe
  

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Rhonda has 3 videos to demonstrate her shadow applique technique, there's also a giveaway of her sample. The drawing is September 25  
• Wendy's original bird feather quilting motif is available for download
• Kay pointed out this great blog, Leah is doing 365 days of free-motion quilting
• Suzanne shares how she washes large quilts
  

 Other Interesting Things

• Caroline is having a blog drawing September 30 for 2 great gifts
  

 Found on Etsy

• Carolina Patchworks has a nice range of original quilt patterns. 
• Piece By Number has a large selection of foundation piecing patterns
• Prairie Grove Quilter has craft, punch needle and quilt patterns
• Mad Creek Designs has loads of quilt patterns
  

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 15

Volume 15 of the Whistlestop Web Tour is posted at MQResource. The topic this week is frugal living.

Whistlestop Web Tour - Vol 14 - What happened on your birthday?

Volume 14 of the Whistlestop Web Tour is posted on MQResource. Go ahead, waste some time learning what happened on your birthday!

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 74

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Jaye's Over the Top handbag
• Kathy's wrap tote for her drawing tools
• Suzanne's Fish Story wall hanging
• Gail's bright scrappy quilt as-you-go quilt
• Lisa's 4 new art quilts
• Judy's rose quilt
• Ruthie's Purdue quilt
• Anne Ida's birthday quilt
• Fannie's Sunflowers on my Porch AAQI quilt
• Cathie's Desert Moonrise art quilt
• Nathalie's Sunflowers art quilt
• Kim's applique cherry quilt with ruffled binding
• Kimy's Rings wall hanging
• Kathy's self-imposed mini-art quilt challenge
• LuAnn's photo-transfer challenge quilts
• Corly's Mr. Moose wall hanging

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Lynn's quilting on a Bunny Hill quilt
• Judy's quilting on 2 customer's quilts
• Lisa's quilting on a customer quilt
• Vivian's quilting on a Twilight quilt - lots of detail photos of the quilt
• Helen-Mary's quilting on a customer quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Kay's postcards
• Sue's continued adventures with kitchen foil
• Carla's beaded pearl pendant necklace
• Deb's postcards
• Elizabeth's encrusted beaded cuff bracelets
  
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  Surfaces

• Brenda's shibori dyeing 
• Debra's gelatin printing and stamping
• Connie's deconstructed rubbings
• More of Debra's gelatin prints and stamps
• Barbara's snow writing graffiti
• Elizabeth's hand dyed rainbow fabric

  Garment Sewing

• Barbara's Hot Patterns Three Graces t-shirt
• Susan's Burning Man coat
• Kim's circle skirt
• Sharon's apron for a non-cook

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Robin created a tutorial for a making a memory box  children
• Malka's tutorial for a hex pin cushion
• Marlene has posted full instructions for her Loonie Blooms wall hanging
• Carol has new EQ designs for downloading
• Weekend Designer's Tiered Gown pattern and tutorial
• May Britt has a free project pattern for a cute embroidered notebook cover
• Jacquie is posting a tutorial of her Pocket Change quilt

 Other Interesting Things

• Anina is having a drawing for a craft organizer, the drawing is September 4 
• Trisha is having a birthday celebration on her blog with a drawing on September 4
• Nancy is having a back-to-school giveaway, the drawing is September 4

 Found on Etsy

• You know I have been shopping for a sewing notions tote. I'm going to try to design mine but the best pattern I found for sale is this one by pegander's. Then I will buy her pattern and make hers!
  
• KnittingsMyBag has lots of bags and accessories for the knitter
• SoZoey has a really pink tote for your purse dog
• Bellsandwhistlesshop has a large assortment of children's art totes
  

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 73

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Terri's latest quilt
• Diva Quilts' Kinda Blue
• Red Pepper's Marmalade
• Doreen's spiral table runner
• Craft Apple's linen handbags
• Nicole's Orange Project quilt
• Karen's Murder of Crows art quilt
• Greenmare's orphan block table runners
• Calico Cat's Surf and Sand quilt
• Margaret's applique tablecloth
• Meredith's applique wall hanging
• Candy's new tote design
  

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

•  Melinda's quilting on a Judy Niemeyer pattern quilt
• Helen-Mary's quilting on 2 quilts
• Jackie's feathers and CC quilting on a 9-patch quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Terri's first hardcover book  and more new books
• Sue's tassels
  
• Elizabeth's beaded cuffs
• Abby's fabric collage with handmade bird
• Cynthia's painted sofa
• Terri's wallets
• Judy's Prickly Pear Cactus art quilt
• Kathy's painted and quilted cell phone purse
• Jackie's Daisy Chain necklace
• Sue's kitchen foil postcards and new journal
• Sue's stumpwork cosmos charmhttp://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVKl0ZR2l2lDZGN0cGMzbjdfMzJoaGttaHJkNw&hl=en

  Surfaces

• Candy's hand dyed fabrics
• Elizabeth's shibori dyes
• Judy's tie painting
• Debra's stamping experiments

  Garment Sewing

• Margaret's smocked dresses
• Cennetta's M5515 tailored jeans and jacket
  
• Erica's M5845 sheath dress
• Carolyn's Michael Kor's inspired color-blocked dress
• Claire's embroidered skirt
• Crystal's Venetian dress, look back in her blog for construction detail posts

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Jo's detail tutorial for a ribbon embroidered woven rose
• Julie's tutorial for a bound-edged quilted pillow sham  
• Allie's CQ dimensional flower tutorial
• Weekend Designer's sunburst cloak pattern and tutorial
• Randi posted avideo on quilting a Georgian feather on the longarm
• Sharon B shows how she assembles her crazy quilt blocks

 Other Interesting Things

• Adam Chenevert is selling some of his amazing quilts. The first one, Through Her Stormy Waters, is posted here.
  
• Sharon B is doing the letter H in her blog list run down
• Bonnie is having a great giveaway to celebrate her birthday. The drawing is September 3

 Found on Etsy

•  Diane has just opened her new shop Cymberfloss where she is selling her hand-dyed embroidery floss.
• Crewelwhorled sells embroidered jewelry like this embroidered tree pendent
• For some cute handmade baby gifts, check out the shoes at ivoryandmoss
• Woodmosaics has some beautiful wood inlay boxes, framed art, lazy susans and other items in mosaic quilt patterns.
  

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 12

Volume 12 of the Whistlestop Web Touris posted at the MQResources site. The topic is irons. How sad that the mangle was the inspiration for this article and just yesterday the mangle was declared dead.

I sent it to my brother to rewire but he found another problem that was not repairable. He declared it a major fire hazard so it has been permanently retired.

Oh well.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 72

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Tracey's tree medallion quilt
• Susan's Neon ChaCha 
• Anina's Little Gems quilt
• Candy's super nice laptop bag
• Jen's valance for her studio
• Amy's zig zag quilt
• Julie's runner made from her wedding dress
• Lisa's Aquarius art quilt
• Darling Petunia's apple pillow
• Margaret's doll quilt
• Elaine's Mother Earth quilt
• Julie's alphabet quilt (every set of 4 blocks has an alphabet block)
• Joyce's Studio Cat handbag
• Kate's batik sampler
• Swooze's Chevron daisy quilt
• Swooze's Spring Breeze quilt
• Ruthie's Irish Chain baby quilt
• Nathalie's Lavender Landscape
• Sewkalico's Red Berry Crush
• Amy's bricks quilts
• Irene's recent quilt
• Kathy's Jacobean painted wholecloth art quilt

 Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Carie's quilting on a sampler quilt 
• Shannon's quilting on a houses BOM
• Shannon's quilting on a Christmas applique quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Joyce's cuff bracelet
• Sandy's beaded cuff bracelet
• Sue's foil books
• Michele's silk paper

  Surfaces

• Beth's shibori dyeing
• Chris' shibori dyes
• Debra's creative stamps from packaging containers
• Judi's dyed fabrics

  Garment Sewing

• Isabelle's M5477 jacket
• Summerset's S4275 dress for her daughter
• Bunny's BWOF smocked and tailored blouse - go see this!
• Summerset's Jalie 2794 knit top
• Cennetta's M5801 pleated dress

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Diva Quilts round tote tutorial
• Geta has shared some free designs for trapunto projects 
• Diane posted some tips for hand position when machien quilting. It's Diane Gaudynski, so pay attention to what she says!
• Helen's tutorial for an embroidered drawstring bag, this is one of her Stitcher's Angels series projects
• Weekend Designer's messenger bag pattern and tutorial
• Sandra shares how she machine quilts around hand applique

 Other Interesting Things

• Barbara is having a blog drawing for one of her fabric bowls, the drawing is August 31
• Jackie, from Canton Village Quilt Works, has a regular podcast and newsletter. The topic of the current podcast is batting 
• Jo is having a great blog giveaway to celebrate her 600th post. The more comments the better the prize! The drawing will be at the end of the month.
• Sandra is having a blog drawing for one of her small quilts on Sunday August 23. Sandra writes beautiful posts about her chrmed farm life in Tazwell Virginia
• Hedgehog is celebrating her 3 year blogiversary with a drawing Saturday.
• Micki is having an anniversary blog drawing on Sunday

 Found on Etsy

• Undone Clothing has lots of items made from undone clothing and other recyclables.  How about a purse or earrings made from a tape measure?
• NadineNewYork has lots of women's fashion accessories, including a tape measure belt for jeans
• jacquedesigns carries a wide variety of unique custom printd fabrics

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 71

 Do not miss Lisa's quilting on her Never Ending Quilt

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Candy's conductor's tote
• Connie's Mood Indigo journal quilt 
• Julie's Eventide wall hanging
• Connie's Pulsation art quilt 
• Geta's personalized pillows
• Caroline's applique and bars quilt
• Gabi's daughter's pillow
• Nancy's Tropical Rush quilt
• Cynthia's Cairns #1 art quilt
• Amy's pink and green quilt
• Fulvia's Central Station
• Suzanne's X bag
• Liz's cafe quilt
• Dijanne's teapots
• Jen's mock bargello
• Brenda's three baby quilts and a wedding quilt
• Jeanne's Mountain Home art quilt
• Barbara's Caprice quilt
• Lynn's Jammin With Scarlet
• Fulvia's she buried them art quilt
• Jen's courier bag

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

•  Melinda's quilting on a redwork quilt
• Jackie's feather quilting
• Helen=Mary's quilting on a floral quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's box and sketchbook
• Kristin's Heart House collages
• Barbara's coiled fiber bowls
• Cathie's leaves collage wall hanging
• Liz's Hoffman Challenge doll
• Gina has several interesting projects on this blog post
• Mary's puzzle postcards
• Linda's textured handbags
• Sue's kitchen foil books 

Surfaces

• Elizabeth's parfait dyeing
• Beth's shibori experiments
• Judy's experiments with inks and alcohol 
• Bunks's Spider web shibori dyeing

  Garment Sewing

• Erica's B5352 little red dress
• Kristen's Socialite Dress
• Sharon's S4118 sheath dress
• Carolyn's V8596 dress 

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Hoskido's technique for folded fabric painting
• Weekend Designer's bias cut camisole  

 Other Interesting Things

• Sharon has posted her list of favorite blogs for the letter G
• Terri is having a drawing for some beautiful hand dyed fabrics, she is also running summer sales in her online fabric shop

 Found on Etsy

• PurpleBears sells glass suncatchers in quilt patterns
• barncatstudio also has a large collection of stained glass in quilt patterns
• marbleMadness sells lots of glass marble items, including quilt pushpins and magnets
• Yellowcat makes glass pendants, including this one in a quilt pattern

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 11

is available at the MQResources site. The topic this week is photographing quilts.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 70

Do not miss Sue's The Pursuit of Happiness bead journal project.  Not only is the piece stunning, her post is very thought provoking.

Another "don't miss" is the Lone Beader's beaded White House. Read back through her blog for a lot of information on the project in process.

 

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Megan's Butterfly quilt
• Amy's Black White and Yellow quilt (aka the Post-It Note quilt)
• Amy's kaleidoscope quilt
• Lisa's Cutout Magic quilt
• Beth's cat quilt
• LuAnn's Bubbles and Blooms quilt
• Elaine's Mr. Froggy quilt
• La Manosa's Miss Marple quilt
• Susan's Severe Clear art quilt
• Christine's fabric-wrapped cord bag
• Geta's quilted gift ideas
• Sonya's medallion wall quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Deb's quilting on a customer's medallion quilt (and lots of other stuff too!) 
• Deb's quilting on an Egg Money quilt
• Carie's quilting on a Celtic Knot quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sandy's handmande book 
• Ruth's felted jellyfish lampshade - go ahead, you know you HAVE to click to see this one!
• The 12 x 12 Collaborative Art project has posted the results of their Passion challenge
• Linda's Book of Secrets
• Cindy's sketchbook cover
• Sue's Berlin work beaded brooch

  Surfaces

•  Helen's felt samples
• Judy's hand dyed fabrics
• Chris's shibori dyed fabrics
• Bunk's dyed gradients
• Lynda always has a great collection of new surfaces
• Michele's rust dyeing
• Beth's gradient dyeing

  Garment Sewing

• Tany's Missoni top knock off with instructions 
• Audrey's V1025 dress
• Tany's BWOF Caftan

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Weekend Designer's Hoodie Vest tutorial
• Judy's tutorial for her framed pinwheel quilt 
• Weekend Designer's pattern for cuffed shorts

 Other Interesting Things

• Sharon B posts list of interesting blogs. Each post are the blogs of a specific alphabet letter. This post lists blogs startign with the letter F 
• Leah is having a huge drawing on her blog to raise awarenes for Art For Autism. The drawing is August 31.
• Judi is celebrating her 300th post with a drawing for a fat quarter back. The drawing is August 9.
• Kristen's husband is deployed in Iraq and has a program where you can share your fabric stash with Iraqi citizens. Chiek it out at Iraqi Bundles of Love
• Anna is celebrating her 500th post by giving away one of her beautiful scrap books. The drawing is August 31.

 Found on Etsy

•  Boosrecords can make you a custom handbag from your favorite album
• Also on the handbag theme, Kathleen Murphy sells her custom made handbags on etsy too
• In case you can't tell, I am shopping for a new handbag. While looking I found these very artistic leather handbags made by afropumpkin

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 10

is posted on the MQResources site. Be warned, today I am all about wasting your time.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 69

This is going to have to hold you for a few days because today Summerset and her family arrive for a brief visit and pit stop on their way back home from visiting relatives. I'll check back in Saturday!

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Libby's Bird Study #4
• Dijanne's Waterways art quilt
• Quayquilter's sandcastles quilt
• Judy's On the River Bank art quilt
• Kristen's zigzag quilt 
• Wanda's pinwheel quilt
• Kay's Hoffman Challenge I Dreamed of an Elephant
• Theresa's project tote
• Linda's 4 handbags
• jacquie's Not Lost in the Woods
• Jaye's tote bag
• Feeling Simply Quilty's Alaska memory quilt
• Jackie's new bags
• Julie's Jazzberry Jam quilt
• Judy's pinwheel quilt
• Caroline's pinwheel baby quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Terri's cool border quilting
• Helen-Mary's quilting on a sampler quilt
• Mereth's quilting on an applique quilt
• Kim's quilting on a Tropical Stack-n-Whack

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Sue's box
• Candied Fabric's journals
• Sue's fabric journals
• Sandy's felted purse
• Jo's beaded card holder
• Libby's fabric tiles
• tracy's journal
• Barbara's fabric wrapped cord bowl

  Surfaces

•  Beth's marbled fabrics
• Cynthia's indigo dyeing
• Debra's image transfers

  Garment Sewing

•  Erica's S2714 girl's dress

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Weekend Designer's tutorials for making a hooded cowl and knit wrap top
• Lily's patched jeans tutorial
• Theresa's tutorial for attaching binding on the longarm
• Sharon's tutorial for Barbie apron, oven mitt and chef's hat

Other Interesting Things

•  Judy is having her 1st blogiversary giveaway, the drawing is July 30

 Found on Etsy

• Canton Village Quilt Works sells die cut fabrics
• Kate and Colette sell lots of buttons, zippers and other sewing supplies
• The paper Peony sells handmade stationery, including these Singer note cards
• CarolynPaints4U makes hand painted items, like this Scrap Quilts sign

 

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 9

is posted to the MQResources site. This issue is focused on gifts to make for the men in your life.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 68

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Helen's Courthouse Steps quilt
• Quayquilter's snowball quilt
• Kathy's Rays of Hope art quilt
• Julie's Graduation gift quilt
• Wanda's Ray of Sunshine and TATW quilts
• Connie's Raspberry Shortcake art quilt
• Rian's Soaring art quilt
• Carol's kaleidoscope quilt 
• Amandajean's scrappy 9-patch
• Liz's commission art quilt
• Peppermint Patcher's appliqued giraffe cushion
• Mary's wonky hearts and log cabin quilt
• Joanne's Quilt Camp quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Theresa's quilting on customer quilts
• Carla's quilting on a customer quilt
• Gayle's quilting on a leaf-themed quilt
• Carrie's quilting on a Winding Ways quilt
• Helen-Mary's quilting on an embroidered quilt
• Kim's quilting on a tropical stack-n-whack
• Geta's quilted velvet totes
• Judy's small tree quilt
• Libby's Angel Tree art quilt
• Kathy's Asian-inspired quilting

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's dyed silk velvet scarves
• Gretchen's pin cushions
• Michele's leather journals
• Elizabeth's polymer clay earrings
• Plays With Needles Dragonfly Brooch
• sandy's handmade book
• Mary's yo-yo postcard
• Sue's batik scarves

  Surfaces

•  Connie's black shibori dyes
• Cynthia's gelatin prints

  Garment Sewing

•  Joyce's Tibetan robe
• Sharon's M5431 skirt

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Wanda's tutorial for sewing a curved seam
• Shannon's tote made from dog food bags
• Janet's tips for appliqueing circles
• Carol posted her July EQ free project 
• Sharon's tutorial for refashioning a man's shirt to a cami top

Other Interesting Things

•  The Quilting Gallery blog has a giveaway EVERY Friday! The current one is for 15 30's themed fat quarters. The drawings are the following Thursday.

 Found on Etsy

•  Popcorn Tree sells some terrific wood buttons, like these dandelion buttons
• BLambert has a pretty sterling silver scissors necklace
• Rubybeets has lots of cool vintage items and a whole section of vintage trims

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volume 8

is posted on MQResources. It's all about scissors...but not your Ginghers!

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 67

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Elizabeth's Poppy wall quilt
• Diva Quilt's Strawberry Sundae quilt
• Malka's Big Nate quilt
• Sue's Springtime Stars
• Kay's latest strata wall quilt
• Amy's red, white and black picnic quilt
• Kathy's urban housing art quilt
• Geta's quilted velvet and flannel totes
• Julie's Fade to Black
• Geta's tote bag
• Joyce's new wall hanging
• Jen's fabric wrapped clothesline rug
• Barbara's quilted table cloth
• Red Pepper Quilts half square triangle quilt
• Anne Ida's quilted placemats

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

•  Carla has a great post on various border treatments
• Carla's instruction for berry swirl sashing quilting
• Ronda's quilting on an applique quilt
• Sonya's quilting on Alpine Wonder

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Barbara's fabric postcards, available in her etsy shop
• Lauren's silk coiled baskets and more here and even more!
• Daisy's baby flip flops
• Leanne's embroidered pincushions and doilies
•  Marie's postcards with golden digital ground
• Susan's Serenity beadwork charm

  Surfaces

•  Sue's soy wax batik samples
• Lynda's samples using rusting poweder
• Chris' shibori skirt and new dyed fabrics
• Terri's hand dyed gradations

  Garment Sewing

• Trudy's refashioned 1970's thrift store dress
• Erica's M5815 jacket
• Christina's BWOF dress
• Shannon's BWOF twist dress
• Bunny's BWOF sheer blouse

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  C&T Publishing posted a binding tutorial
• Weekend Designer's Rocker-Chic zipper skirt tutorial
• C&T Publishing has cell phone case tutorial
• Amandajean's grid quilting tutorial
• Janet shows how she appliques leaves and stems
• Summerset's sleeve placket tutorial
• Julia's tutorial for matching patterns when piecing large fabrics

 Other Interesting Things

• Two Creative Studios is having a summer giveaway, including a free class! You can enter by signing up for their e-newsletter here. The drawing is August 15. 
• Nancy is having a blogiversary giveaway. The drawing is July 26.
• Chris of Dye Candy is having a drawing for some of her hand dyed fabric or quilt jewelry, the drawing is July 19

 Found on Etsy

•  Bright Side Out has lots of daisy themed items, including several daisy pincushions
• Sparetime Crafts makes lovely etui sewing boxes
• PitBullLady Design's makes custom felted portraits of your pet
• KaysK-9s can needlefelt a small sculpture of your pet

Whistlestop Web Tour -Volume 7

is posted at the MQResources site. The topic this week is scrap management.

Bird Watch

Feed MEEEEEEEE!

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 66

I'm a little early posting this week but there are several great blog drawings this week and I wanted you to have time to enter them all. Garab a cup of coffee and sit for a few minute.

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Desert Threads Tinkerbell wholecloth
• Rebel Quilter's Sprung quilt
• Kim's quilted dresser scarf
• Andrea's star quilt
• Elaine's Lavender Meadows kaleidoscope quilt
• Anina's Shabby Chic quilt
• Jen's Diamond log cabin

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Terri's quilting on her own star quilt 
• Ruthie's quilting on a king sized star quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's Dos-a'-dos book
• Lynn's stamped and beaded little quilt
• Robin's May bead journal project
• Marie's experiments with Golden Digital Grounds

  Surfaces

•  Judy's Starz and Stripes Tie Dye shirt

  Garment Sewing

•  Carolyn's B4980 jacket
• Audrey's BWOF dress with instructions for the kimono sleeve
• Tany's BWOF top
• Sharon's retro 1970's blouse
• Christina's Burda tunic
• Summerset's BWOF tunic
• Wendy's smocked baby outfit
• Shannon's M5882 tunic

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Deb's tiara
• Weekend Designer's instructions for a reversible wrap skirt

 Other Interesting Things

•  C&T Publishing is having a great grab bag drawing on July 13
• Karen is having a drawing for some Marti Mitchell templates, the drawing is July 11
• Sewmeow is having a big blog giveaway, the drawing is July 19
• Rose is having a blog giveaway for her sewing machine cover pattern

 Found on Etsy

•  Terbear Collectibles has over 500 custom made stamps
• Did you know that you can buy bagels on etsy?
• Noah Lily makes button jewelry
• Sugar Glitz can take care o fyour sweet tooth with chocolate cake balls.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 65

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Jacquie's two recent quilts
• Julie's Feverish quilt
• Terri's Rail Fence
• Tirane's Hot Summer Nights
• Robin's Improv Strips wall hanging
• Kathy's baby quilt
• Fulvia's Juan art quilt
• Julie's Bow Tucks bag
• Nathalie's flower art quilt
• Cynthia's Red Rose art quilts
• LuAnn's Woven Sunshine Quilt
• Sonya's Quilt Diva
• Mary's Mom's quilts - many of them
• Libby's embroidered bird wallhangings
• Vivian saved a hand-pieced Lone Star
• Gail's flannel baby boy quilt
• Kim's new bed quilt
• Caroline's quilts for her Mother and MIL
• Rithie's signature boat quilt

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

•  Wendy's DSM quilting on Rose Court
• Judy's quilting on a customer quilt

  Fiber and Other Art

•  Candy's journal covers
• Jo's Crazy Quilt bags
• Anyone Can Quilt's tiny dachsund 
• Plays With Needle's Charity charm
• Cindy's charm bracelet
• Gina trapped knitted motifs in resin

 Surfaces

•  Joyce's hand dyed fabrics
• Karen's spiral dyes
• Carie's dye samples
• Linda's experiments with a thermafax screen and various paint combinations
• Marie's Spoonflower fabrics

  Garment Sewing

•  Carol's corset
• Adrienne's M5893 dress
• Craftapple's pillowcase tank top
• Cenetta's M5710 pants and M5667 pants and M5624 maxi dress - she's been busy!
• Carolyn's horizontal pieced stripe skirt, with instructions
• Tany's V1096 pants and BWOF top

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•   KIm's tutorial for making bias binding

 Other Interesting Things

•  Geta is having a great giveaway for some of her new shadow trapunto books, the drwing is July 20.
• Gwendolyn pointed me to The Complete Textile Glossary downloadable book. At over 200 pages it is very complete! 
• Spool is offering a free 3-D applique flower online class
• Judy has tips for making a perfect block

 Found on Etsy

•  My friend Summerset has opened an Etsy store, Hooks and Wires, selling custom dyed bra kits.
• I found Meisharay's shop full of pre-made fabric yo-yos!
• Bunbershoot Supplies has a wide variety of vintage beads and buttons and other art supplies.They blog at Bumbershoot Designs
• My friend, Carol, has a lovely jewelry shop on Etsy too.
• Keyka Lou has her shop full of patterns for cute purses and wallets and other items to make

Whistlestop Web Tour - Volme 5

is posted at MQResources. This issue starts a monthly feature of gifts to make so we can be ready for the holidays in 6 months.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 64

This week I am adding a new feature to the Field Trip post. Now that I have an etsy shop I have been roaming around that site a lot and there are lots of really cool shops on etsy. I'mm going to add a section to feature a few etsy shops each issue. I hope you enjoy them!  (Yes, I know the formatting is off a bit - I'm trying a different method of creating and uploading the post. Please bear with me as I work out the kinks.)

 

 Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Tracey's blooming mini quilt
• Vivian's Beach LandscapesBeach Landscapes
• ForestJane's Square Dance quilt
• Joyce's Go For the Gold wall hanging
• Elizabeth's Field of Poppieswall hanging
• Cynthia's Yellow Roses with Dragonflies
• Amy's floral applique quilt
• Trisha's pinwheel mini quilt
• Jackie's Sunflower Quilt
• Morah's chicken valances
• Cynthia's Ode to Matisse
• Dianna's Late Summer Garden quilt
• Deb's Raveges of Time thread painting

  Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Carie's quilting on a cross stitch quilt
• Helen-Mary's quilting on a Drunkard's Path
• Judy's quilting on a New York Beauty
• take a look at Adam's no-mark quilting

  Fiber and Other Art

• Dijanne's lutrador pieces
• Sue's two new books
• Caron's fiber postcards
• Cindy's stitched brooches
• Plays With Needle's Ribbon Embroidered Pendant - with instructions!

  Surfaces

•  Deb's latest dyeing
• Beth's marbled fabrics
• Marie's Shibori class samples

  Garment Sewing

• Erica's S2622 maxi dress
• Shannon's B5033 girls cargo pants

   Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Sonya's tutorial for applique circles

•   Rhonda shared a great tutorial for doing interlocking circles borders on the longarm
• Terri has a long list of free aprom tutorials from around the web

 

 Other Interesting Things

• Jackie is having a blog celebration drawing with 4 prizes! The drawing is June 30.

 Found on Etsy

•  Jane has some great cards and postcards with a fiber theme
• Chris sells hand dyed fabrics in her Dye Candy store and you can find some great quilters jewelry at her Shady Grove Studios

• A local Richmond Va seller has a huge selection of vintage patterns

Whistlestop Web Tour - volume 4

Is now posted at MQResources - the topic this week is Crazy Quilting.

Field Tripping the Web - Issue 63

     

Don't miss Plays With Needles Bead Journal - The Elixer of Life

 

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

•  Helen's candy stripe quilt
• Suzanne's adorable plush elephant
• Lisa's Christmas Windows
• Gail's Princess and the Pea wall hanging
• Michele's Little Gardener art quilt
• Sarah's Little Brown Bird wholecloth
• Summerset's summer tote bag
• Diedre's Iterations 2 art quilt
• Joyce's Dark Skys art quilt
• Kate's baby quilt
• Carol's Spice Cake quilt
• Kathy's Wheel of Mystery quilt
• Kristen's unique One Block Wonder quilts
• Rhonda's Patriotic Me quilt
• abbyjane's bee and flower

Longarm Eye Candy

 

•  Susan's quilting on a beach house quilt

Fiber and Other Art

•  Gabi has been sharing a lot of her handmade doll outfits
• Barbara's postcards
• Marie's postcards
• Ruth's machine embroidery pieces
• Terri's Waiting
• Elizabeth's polymer clay buttons
• Yvonne's fabric and paper journals

Surfaces

•  Beth's marbled fabrics
• Judy's screen printing
• Connie's discharge dyed fabrics
• Judy's painted landscape
• Sue's soy wax batik

Garment Sewing

•  Tany's BWOF not-so-strapless tunic
• Tany's 3-hour BWOF knit dress
• verobirdie's Issey Miyake top
• Erica'sS3813 girls shorts and capri
• Cidell's BWOF dress

Tutorials and On-line Projects

•  Terri has posted a great list of links to free handbag patterns

• Sonya's sashing tutorial 
• Sharon's tutorial for a narrow hem, it's at the end of the post
• Sonya's fusible applique tutorial

 

 

Whistlestop Web Tour

Volume 3 is published at the MQResource home page.

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 62

Don't miss Sonji's Broken Landscape

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Robin's crazy quilt
• Joyce's Burch hand bag
• Julia's black and white cats
• Elaine's log cabin in the woods
• Deborah's recycled fabric bag
• Connie's Reflections Squared
• Allie's little felted landscape
• Kathie's patriotic sailboat quilt
• Gail's Maritime Beauty small quilt
• Susan's small photo quilts
• Deborah's Life landscape
• CraftApple's pillow
• Esther's Ring of Roses quilt
• Judy's Peaches and Dreams

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Lynn's quilting on a special customer quilt
• Kay's quilting on a medallion quilt

Fiber and Other Art

• Ruth's FME blooms
• Cindy's brick wall postcards
• Sue's journal
• Jackie's embellished journals
• Robin's April bead journal project
• Lynda experiments with Micaceous Iron Oxide paint
• Barbara's postcards  

Surfaces

·         Lora’s fabric dyeing

·         Diane’s silk dyes

 

Garment Sewing

• Cenetta's dinner dance dresses and 2 dresses from S2926
• Shannon's S2588 dress
• Summerset's Betty dress
• Tany's V2064 tunic and pants
• Erica's M5852 halter top
• Liana's lingerie set
• Carolyn's yellow Chadwick's dress
• Tany's S2603 cozy jacket

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Judy posted her pattern for her Peaches and Dreams quilt
• Mary has posted a pattern for her Stars and Pinwheels quilt
• Suzanne's tutorial for piecing small half-square triangles

Whistlestop Web Tour

Volume 2 is posted on the MQResource web site. The topic this week is Fabric Postcards.

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 61

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Elizabeth's pansy wall hanging
• Judy's Patriotic Top Hat wall hanging
• Swooze's Blooming Nine Patch
• Amandajean's square dance quilt
• Rebecca's floral wall hanging
• Michelle's salmon wall hanging
• Jane's Noah's Ark quilt
• Deborah's pillow made from painted fabrics
• Margaret's New York Beauty table runner and wall hanging
• Helen-Mary's 3 recent quilts
• Desert Thread's block of the month quilt
• Allie's Spring in the Garden Crazy Quilt
• Megan's black and white quilt
• Kristen's Project Improv quilt
• Geta's quilted tote bags – lots of them!

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Judy's quilting on a medallion quilt
• Deb's quilting on a round robin quilt

Fiber and Other Art

• Judy's lace birds with a tutorial added
• The Twelve by Twelve group has published their latest challenge pieces for the theme Identity
• Margaret R's transfer painted bag
• Elizabeth's tea house
• Kathy's charm bracelet

Surfaces

• Linda's dyed lace and linen
• Diane's dyed silk velvet

Garment Sewing

• Tany's Patrones coat/dress
• Erica B's Simplicity 3503 jersey maxi dress
• Christina's Burda Coffee Date Dress
• Lindsay's McCalls 5586 top
• Cenetta's McCalls 5667 pants

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Natalie's Crazy Christmas quilt tutorial
• Summerset's tutorial for inserting an invisible zipper and match horizontal seams
• Sharon's tutorial for a "smokin' hot" tube dress
• Judy's machine stitched binding tutorial video

Other Interesting Stuff

• Elizabeth is having a blog drawing, the drawing is June 7

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 60

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Irene's blue and white quilt
• Kristen's Mini Mail Sack shoulder bag
• Jody's giant turtle
• Sarah's houses wall quilt
• Spamantha's Dakota Blues baby quilt
• Jackie's picnic quilt
• Meredith's 1930's reproduction quilt
• Anne Ida's miniature bears paw quilt
• Jane's floral wall hanging
• Julie's selvedge quilt
• Jacquie's baby quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Deb's quilting on a Celtic design
• Judy's quilting on a customer quilt
• Sonya's quilting on a Bear's Paw quilt

Fiber and Other Art

• Kristen's postcards
• Anna's texture book
• Middyjane's postcards
• Barbara's postcards
• Sue's resist painted scarf
• Barbara's beaded and embroidered Fall Madonna

Surfaces

• Paula's painted fabrics and threads

Garment Sewing

• Tany's Burda Fashion Line maxi-dress
• Debbie's 4 versions of Simplicity 4122 top
• Sharon's Vogue 8553 knit dress
• Audrey's Vogue 1099 Badgely Mischka jacket
• Verobirdie's Burda WOF blouse
• Pam's Brensan patterns Sew Simple shirt

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Gail's Ipod/MP3 player fancy tote bag
• Ruth has a great tutorial for her thread sketching on felt process
• Sue is running a weekly lesson on using your digital camera. Here's the first and second ones.
• Sonya's machine appliqué tutorial

Other Interesting Stuff

• Andrea is having a blogiversary drawing, the drawing is June 2
• Candy is having a 100^th post celebration giveaway, the drawing is June 2
• You must go see Jodie's Craft Clock

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 59

I am still catching up on myu blog reading from last week but here are some of my finds so far.

Do not miss Plays With Needles' Flight Delay journal bead project.

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Debra's Spring Girls small crazy quilt
• Judy's Springtime Meadow small art quilt
• Vivian's Pears small art quilt
• Wendy's whirligig quilt…and a new bag
• Jackie's Project Improv quilt
• Libby's Spring Clean Up wall quilt
• Fulvia's Haiku I
• Amandajean's Jolly Rancher quilt
• Libby and Debra's Art Nouveau Peonies CQ wall quilt
• Jaye's House and Garden wall quilt
• Kathy's Family Reunion wall quilt that was accepted into Quilt National
• Comicbooklady's O Canada wall quilt
• Esther's Tulip Delight stenciled table runner
• Anne Ida's Picnic Quilt
• Kristen's War Sucks wall quilt
• Margaret's Apple table runner

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Theresa's award-winning quilting

Fiber and Other Art

• Margaret R's postcards
• Kathy's wire and bead bracelet and earrings
• Jeanne's trash bag purse
• Barbara's kitty postcard
• The Lone Beader's Eastern Bluebird
• Sue's purse ensemble
• Sue's lutrador projects
• Terri's thread painted face
• Beth's marbled fabrics

Surfaces

• Linda's dispersal dyeing samples
• Chris' experiment with shibori dyeing with beans
• Beth's marbled fabrics

Garment Sewing

• Liana made her own lingerie
• Cidell's design school project dress
• Erica's Vogue jacket and Jalie jeans
• Cenetta's McCalls 5818 dress
• Pam's Hot Patterns Riviera Annisette Top

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Sue has posted a video on her shibori silk painting technique
• Allie's tutorial for curved foundation piecing
• Darling Petunia's one-yard skirt
• Amy's quilted Bible cover tutorial
• Terri's purse ensemble with a link to the tutorials

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 58

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Suzanne's very bright log cabin quilt
• Judy's 4 seasons embroidered quilt
• Helen's appliqué quilt
• Debra's QOV quilts
• Malka's hand dyed and quilted pillow covers
• Joyce's black bag
• Sally's feathered spiral
• Deb's flamingo art quilt
• Elaine's Light quilt
• Anne Ida's red and white sampler
• Quilts and Pieces blue and white quilt
• Carie's fabric bowls
• Caron's Circle of Friends quilt
• Connie's Pomegranates
• Karen Diane's Lady Jane quilt top
• Malka's mini-hexagon quilt
• Jeanne's sunset art quilt
• Amandajean's bento box quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Susan's quilting on a Triple Irish Chain
• Terri's quilting on two customer quilts
• Randi's quilting on a convergence quilt

Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's silk journal
• Sue's linen and pearls journal

Surfaces

• Carol's printed fabrics

Garment Sewing

• Summerset's Patrons 276 skirt and a quilt made by her children
• Cidell's BWOF dress for her Mom
• Summerset's Simplicity 4074 top
• Tany's Manequim magazine jumpsuit
• Lindsay's Vogue 8509 sleeveless dress

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Gail's tutorial for hemming jeans

Other Interesting Stuff

• Caroline altered some plain white shoes into special wedding shoes

Field Tripping the Web – Issue 57

Eye Candy – Projects people have recently completed

• Kay's Red Stars
• Hedgehog's Mairmekko Wedding Quilt
• Suzanne's Life, Liberty and happiness
• Helen's mini star quilts
• Lily's sampler quilt
• Forest Jane's wall hanging
• Julia's Spring wall hanging
• Molly's baby quilt
• Jacquie's Wonderland garden quilt
• Quilter Going Bananas' Tulip Trio wall hanging
• Helen's Faux Feathers double sided wall hanging
• Cynthia's Monarchs I gelatin screen print
• Geta's purse
• Liz's Halloween quilt
• Candy's messenger bag
• Terri's recent small art quilts
• Grace's Spinners quilt

Longarm –specific Eye Candy

• Susan's quilting on Romance in the Garden
• Lynn's quilting on a shop sample quilt
• Vivian's quilting on a star quilt
• Kay's quilting on a double nine-patch  

Fiber and Other Art

• Sue's painted scarves

Surfaces

• Elizabeth's pleated and painted fabrics
• Connie's shibori dyes
• Deb's painted fabrics

Garment Sewing

• Mary Beth's New Look 6832 coat
• Summerset's Simplicity 2057 vintage girl's dress
• Tany's Simplicity 2896 wide leg pants

Tutorials and On-line Projects

• Sarah's tutorial for a pleated pouch
• Janet's biscornu pincushion tutorial
• Sue has designed a booklet from cereal boxes and has a link to the tutorial

Other Interesting Stuff

• There's a great giveaway going on at the Inklingo Blog – they are giving away 16 kits to try Inklingo on May 16