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HEARTH and HOMEHB and I went to Festival of Quilts (HH writes) as actual punters this year, for the first time in many years. We set off very early on Saturday and got back late on Sunday, and had two whole days to just look, and enjoy (and chatter, and eat, and drink coffee) and then more looking, and more chattering (and more coffee…). We came home with sore feet and so many ideas and lots of inspirations for our Inspirations Pages, see below for our take on Traditional-And-Not-So-Much Log Cabin blocks.. If you thought Log Cabins were boring, think again…I don't think I've ever found a Pinterest page so easy to fill... And we have just finished our Exhibition - Armadillo and Pumpkin (see the page linked for an explanation, lots of images, and jolly delightful reactions… One of the things we are looking at doing this Winter is taking a traditional block and twisting it until the proverbial pips squeak - HB and I have done this several times already, and we plan to provide some free resources (and, perhaps, get led astray) And why "Hearth and Home"? - well, the traditional Log Cabin block has dark and light strips around a red square in the centre, to represent the hearth-fire's warmth as seen in the chimney. As it's got rather chilly, this seems appropriate for October... So, nights draw in, time to light the fire, settle down with sewing (and a good book) and leave the garden to sleep... Helen Howes and AitchBee Contact us direct on newsletter@modernartquilters.co.uk Why not forward this message to your quilty friends who might enjoy our ramblings. They can CLICK HERE to go straight to our newsletter sign up page. HEADER IMAGE: Shoulder to Shoulder Around The Fire (detail) - scrappy log cabins starting with tiny pieces of precious Japanese fabrics, surrounded by hand-dyes. One of HH's Moon series |
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 HH's Japanese stash has reached ridiculous proportions, hence these lovely bags - kits now available! Click to have one (or more) for yourself (and also, patterns...) |
 HB's Elephants are hanging out with her Pigs In Blankets, and she will teaching Palmerstone Pig at Sew and So's on the 6th of October - click for details |
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This is Palmerstone Pig - HB will be teaching this at Sew and So's in Earsham, near Bungay, on 6th October - a few places left! Click to find the page for booking... |
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As usual, we have found all sorts of lovely free patterns for you to play with. This page "Forty Log Cabins" from Epida Studio has a lot of variations... |
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At Festival of Quilts we met Amy Pabst, who has taken (reduced) logs to a degree of smallness even we cannot follow Click the image for the piece about her on the FOQ website, with video Her Instagram is HERE, too |
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As I (HH) am writing this, HB is making the demo blocks for this, her new BOM - information very soon! The quilt is Streamline, and was much admired at our recent exhibition... Link takes you to the current BOM page at HB's site - take a look at the older offerings, one of which will disappear quite soon... |
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Pictures from our Exhibition, just in case you missed it. Great fun, and we are looking for spaces for next year, do let us know if you are aware of anything suitably large, clean, fairly local, and not frighteningly expensive (yes, I know we don't want much...) |
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Cabin In The Woods - an HH tutorial from a while back - slightly irrational logs for using up scraps! | ||||||
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This delicious quilt is Dancing In The Streets, by Kristin Shields, and she talks about it on her blog. We are very taken with the amazing fabrics... |
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Last year's Free Block Of The Month is still available on the MAQ website - see this interesting spiral log cabin there (and all the other blocks in two wildly different interpretations each time.) Not done any yet? That could be your Winter Project! |
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Inspirations, mostly from Festival 2024, for all manner of Log Cabin quilts | ||||||
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Not one but two Textile Exhibitions at Snape Maltings this month Fibre Fusion Re: A Contemporary Textile Exhibition is at the Pond Gallery from 11th to 23rd, 10-4:30 each day Facebook Here And Out of The Fold - A Splash of Colour is showing at the Quay Gallery from 18th to 23rd Sorry, no times given but I suspect they will be similar BLOG here |
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This is Hexies My Way II by Jeannie MacGregor From the Modern category at Festival of Quilts - we both fell in love with this delightfully simple-and-complex quilt this year |
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We have never filled a Pinterest Board so fast or so full of ideas before...
Lots of How-to's and some surprising versions to look at... Take time with a cup of tea! |
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