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.
