More Quilt-y good news
In light of the current world events, it’s so nice to see how our community is responding with generosity and kindness. I’m happy to share more quilt-y good news that has popped up in my social media circle.
Many of you are spending all of your time at home and self-isolating. That might include young children or grandchildren that require extra attention. In my geographic location (northern California), we are on mandatory quarantine unless there’s an essential need.
I’m fortunate that I don’t have young children to care for and I have plenty of fun projects in my sewing room to keep me very busy. This morning I got up at 5:30 a.m., packed breakfast and lunch for Mr. Crafty Quilter, walked the dog, did a 30 minute exercise video, and ate breakfast all by 8:00 in the morning! That gives me lots of time for crafting and blogging (and cooking and cleaning…).
Resources for quilters
The Quilt Show is an online quilting website and show that I am honored to be a part of. You can become a member for free and get limited access to their content, or they offer a paid membership where you get all the things. TQS is celebrating International Quilting Weekend (which starts tomorrow) with “over 25 FREE shows from March 20, 2020 through March 22, 2020. These shows run the gamut from traditional to modern and everything in between. Featuring TQS favorites like Susan Cleveland, Edyta Sitar, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Gyleen Fitzgerald and many more, it is a weekend of shows not to be missed.” You can also find my TQS classroom of tips and tricks here.
I love Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. Starting tomorrow, March 20, she is offering a FREE Mystery Quilt 2020:
I love seeing everyone and spending time with you, since most shows and events have been postponed or cancelled this Spring, I thought this would be fun and keep us close to each other. This project is free for you to participate and can be enjoyed by any level quilter.
I have been working on this project for a while and I would love for you to join me. Let’s quilt together!
The Quilt Pattern Magazine is starting a free, virtual block of the month all about baskets. It starts tomorrow, March 20 and continues until October 30, 2020.
This patchwork BOM is a lovely assortment of baskets. Each basket has the same general shape. However, each one is unique in the way the basket and the flower are pieced together. Cindy designed this BOM so that you can test and refine your piecing skills! With each installment, the number of pieces per basket and the difficulty level will increase. If you are a novice quilter, this is the perfect project to expand your skills. If you are an experienced quilter, you will appreciate the increasing complexity of the blocks.
Resources for kids
The girls at On Williams Street are offering a week-long Kids Can Quilt series where they will post a new video each day to walk kids through the process of creating their own quilt. This started on Monday, March 16, but you can still join in! Just sign up to receive their emails and start when you’re ready.
We All Sew is full of good content for quilters and sewists. They just posted a round-up of ideas for sewing projects that are perfect for kids:
Schools are closed across the USA, leaving parents and caretakers looking for meaningful activities to keep kids busy, engaged, and learning. This is the perfect opportunity for sewing with kids! You’ll find all kinds of tutorials and free projects in this post to help teach a kid to start to sew and keep on sewing.
Krista from The Happy Housie is a wonderful blogger and also a mother and elementary school teacher. She’s sharing Teacher Recommended Strategies & Websites for At-home Learning. This is a wonderful resource for those that find themselves homeschooling their children for the first time.
I hope you’re enjoying this refreshing mix of good, quilt-y news. If you hear of anything else taking place, please leave a comment and share. I’ll keep gathering information as I see it. I don’t have a Facebook account so I feel like I’m probably missing out on a lot of resources there. If you missed it, you can read my last Quilt-y Good News post here.
I’ll be back soon to show you my latest finished project. Thanks for being here and stay healthy!
Hi Julie, thanks for all your new info. I haven’t been at my machine for awhile and now, just picked up a kit and started again. Boy, it sure feels good hearing my sewing machine “purr” again 🙂 Stay safe and well one and all.
Thank you for the information, I was not aware that The Quilt Show was free for the weekend. You are so sweet! Have a great day and keep safe and sew on.
Thank you, again, Julie, for this amazing resources! Wishing you health and all the best. Sanda
Alex Anderson has been offering mini quilting classes from her home in Livermore on M-W-F this week, 10am. Selecting fabrics, value vs color were talked about this week. Also deal for 6 mos Star membership just under $20.
Thanks for cheering us up! Anyone hear about sewing facemasks?
Stay safe,
M
Finding great comfort in catching up on sewing projects. Soon may start something totally new! Thanks for the blog, Jullie!
Love hearing from. Isolated here in my home. Thanks to technology I can see my grandkids, but they can’t visit, since I’m older . Stay safe, good wishes of health to you and your family. From OH
Every time your emails come through, they are a bright light. Wishing you and all you love, good health and continued optimism.
Lots of QALs popping up, more than I can do, that is for sure! But I did start one with Jennifer Ofenstein of Sewhooked, on her facebook page. She is offering three patterns, you choose which one you want to make. I am doing Clover All Over, been in my queue for a bit, so this is the push I needed to actually make it.