Hopfaldera

My homework

I'm in the third week of Curves Class, and it's fun! I love what Rachel is offering us. And I'm learning a lot. Especially just to keep going even if things become difficult, because it'll turn out alright. Or you can always get out the seam ripper, and start again. 

I want to show off what I've made so far.

Scallop bunting

That was fun and easy to make. And it came at a great moment because it was finished and hanging in my sewing room when I had my birthday a week ago. I used some of the FQ pack of Echo by Lotta Jansdotter that I was saving for something special.

Then came the Clamshell Pillow. I had a lot of fun selecting fabrics for that. The background is a mix of linen and silk that I bought in China last year, and the scallops are all fabrics with one color on white. I love how it turned out!

After this we went on with improv curves. I made some notecards, that I'm not too sure about... To me they look a bit messy and wrong instead of purposely curved.

I was hoping that continuing with a bigger project would make the curves look more like deliberate swirly lines instead of just crooked sewing lines. I think it worked! I made the Rainbow Road table runner and I love it!

Rainbow Road

This week we are starting with precise curves, and I can't wait for the first project! I'll show you soon!

Quilty news

I want to tell you about a few things. All very exciting and all quilty!

First of all, today starts Curves Class! Rachel of Stitched in Color has organized and put together a 5 week class for quilters that want to learn how to sew curves. I subscribed to the Premium class which includes videos and an e-book at the end. I'm looking forward to learning more about sewing curves with confidence! I have worked on a few curvy projects, both of which are UFO, but I usually try to stay away from sewing curved lines. Stay tuned for hopefully lots of photos of wonderfully confident curvy projects!

my curvy UFO

Second, today is the kick-off of a new Quilt Along, Sew Out Loud {quilters' wordplay}. It is a Quilt Along with blocks that are related to sewing, sewn with wordy fabric, pieced words connected to sewing, etc. There will be 11 block tutorials offered for free and the 12th block will be designed by participants who can win wonderful prizes and who will be judged by a celebrity guest judge.

Guess what, one of the first 11 blocks is designed by me! I've designed a fun block and I'm working on the tutorial as we speak. Today starts the kick-off giveaway (great prizes too!) that you can enter via Joanna's or Julianna's blog. The block tutorials will be posted once a week starting from February 13th. Be sure to check out the giveaway, and the schedule for the Quilt Along!

Some wordy and sewing related fabrics

Thirdly I wanted to mention another exciting event, the Fat Quarterly sewing retreat in London. The retreat will take place on June 2nd and 3rd, and I signed up to go!!! Very scary, and fun and exciting! I'll get to meet all the quilty people I have previously only known through the internet, and we'll get to sew and take workshops together! My family will also come to London, and they will do all the other exciting things that London has to offer, but I will be sewing with like-minded people, how cool is that!?!!!! If you also want to come, sign up via Fat Quarterly.