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Upcycled patchwork, modern quilts, and books by Blair Stocker. Seattle, Washington

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February 16, 2018

#myquiltcouldlivehere- Interwoven

Where would my own Interwoven Quilt live? At least in its original, colorful, happy form, I’m thinking below. I knew that there was a nod to the look and feel of Gilmore Girls in Denyse’s original inspiration, and even though I’ve never seen GG (one day, I’ll binge it, I promise!), when I did a little research online I could definitely see the connection. That green! This collage was challenging, it took longer than I anticipated, but the finished image might be a new favorite!READ MORE

February 13, 2018

Learn More about the Ruby Ruler™ in these videos

If you are on Facebook and enjoy watching FB Live videos like I do, I wanted to let you know about two recent videos from folks who reviewed the new Ruby Ruler™. It may give you even more insight into how to use this nifty tool!

Alyssa Thomas of Penguin and Fish (above) recently did an entire FB Live to her Penguin and Fish FB subscribers just on using Value in your quilt designs, and demonstrates how the Ruby Ruler™ can help determine value. The best takeaway from it is now my new favorite line-

February 12, 2018

Details about the next #wisecraftstitchalong- Springtime Posey Wool Appliqué Banner

The pattern for our next #wisecraftstichalong, Springtime Posey

Our next #wisecraftstitchalong is beginning soon in the Wise Craft Quilts Facebook Group. For this next one, we will be stitching up the colorful, textural wool appliqué pattern called Springtime Posey Appliqué Banner. The original pattern stitches organic shapes like flowers and leaves to a background fabric which becomes a banner that can be hung on a wall or door. A beautiful pattern to get some good practice adding wool texture over texture, as well as dimensional embroidery stitches. There are endless ways to embellish this piece with hand stitched details. Its also very easy to adapt the pattern to a pillow, or stretch it over a store-bought canvas. (Which is how I plan to do the new version that I will be stitching on air.)READ MORE

February 12, 2018

New Quilt Pattern, Interwoven

Introducing Interwoven. Another new quilt design using the Ruby Ruler™ . Simple, yet impactful quilt design all by just playing with value.
I’m not sure why, but simple repeating shapes like the ones in this quilt make me so happy. Each “unit” or block is the same configuration, but also little bit different from the others when made in a scrappy way. READ MORE

February 8, 2018

Modern Quilt Guild Webinar this Thursday

Member of the Modern Quilt Guild? Join me tonight, Thursday, February 8th at 9pm EST/6pm PST. I will be discussing different strategies for cleaning and stabilizing vintage fabrics to use in your quilts. One of my favorite things to do with vintage fabrics is incorporate them in my quilt designs, but they often need a little help to make them clean, strong, and ready to be used in a quilt design.

February 6, 2018

#myquiltcouldlivehere- Starflake

I did a collage of where the new Starflake quilt could live almost as soon as it was done.
This one was tough for some reason.

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February 5, 2018

New Quilt Pattern, Starflake

When I was getting to know the different prototypes of what eventually became The Ruby Ruler™, of course I had to design some quilts. I wanted to really push the idea of studying fabric values. There’s no better way to play around with this idea than to dig in my scrap bins. READ MORE

January 31, 2018

Introducing The Ruby Ruler™!

Edited to add link to purchase, because I woke from a deep sleep and sat bolt upright last night because I realized I’d left that off! Get your own Ruby Ruler™

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I’ve been working on something for several months now, and I’m SO happy that its finally ready! My new quilting ruler, The Ruby Ruler™ is a brand new tool that will change the way you look at your fabric scraps!

But first, the background story-READ MORE

January 28, 2018

ByHand Serial Issue #5

I recently did a fun project for the folks at ByHand Serial, for their Lookbook #5. Coming off the fun of the Sashiko stitchalong in the Wise Craft Quilts group, as well as the acceptance of the Boro quilt from Wise Craft Quilts into QuiltCon next month, I was itching to make some more hand stitching-inspired projects.
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January 20, 2018

Another vintage photo for my collection- #vintagepeopleonquilts

I started collecting these vintage photos of people sitting on quilts a few years ago and they have steadily become one of my most prized possessions. When I was writing up the proposal for Wise Craft Quilts, I really wanted to fully immerse my creative thoughts in what the quilts that eventually became part of the book meant to me. Quilts are so much more than needle and thread to me.
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The pattern for our next #wisecraftstichalong, Springtime Posey

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