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Advent calendar wall hanging

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019Leave a comment

To me December feels incomplete without an advent calendar. In Germany, where I grew up, multiple traditions such as advent calendars and advent wreath symbolize an anticipation of Christmas. The lighting of each candle on the wreath and the opening of each door or little package of the advent calendar are a realization of a … Continue reading Advent calendar wall hanging

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Hello #IGQuiltFest2021! I'm Hannah, the human behind @verdigrissewing. What is verdigris, you might ask? It's the pigment or patina you get on brass or copper when it oxidises. You probably have seen this on old statues or copper-covered roofs. The color is a beautiful turquoise and one of my favorites (though color favorites are hard).

It's March (already?). That's one year into the pandemic (at least this is when I started working from home last year). I can't wait for the day that I get a vaccine and travel to see my family! Probably still months away...

Another month is nearly over and it was a busy one. Quiltcon, despite being virtual and thus no travel being involved, felt quite intense and left me with so many new WIPs... But I throughly enjoyed learning new techniques and stepping out of my comfort zone a bit.

This is what's currently on the design wall: A project started in an awesome workshop by Maria Shell @talesofastitcher on "Linear Blocks: Line into shape", which I took at #quiltcontogether.

Quiltcon day 3: Besides working on the Linear Blocks, I spent some time today with Sandra Lee Johnson @sandrajohnsondesigns and an old pair of Jeans, that I'm trying to give new life with a visible mending technique. It was great virtually meeting Sandra as well as some other participants in a life Q&A. I think hand stitching just goes so nicely with chatting and connecting with other stichers. Sandras shared lots of tips and tricks and her love and excitement for patching and visible mending, which was contagious!

This evening I'm spending with Maria Shell @talesofastitcher, who put together a virtual workshop on strip-pieced blocks called "Linear Blocks: Line into shapes". I'm only about 30 min in so far and I'm thoroughly enjoying the experience!

While there are things I miss about the in person Quiltcon experience, I'm enjoying the virtual lecture and workshop format so far. It's nice to go at your own pace and with all my materials and tools at my disposition.

Hello #quiltcontogether ! Watching the awards ceremony with so many inspiring quilts (and seeing the work of some familiar faces being recognized) got me hyped for this year's Quiltcon! It looks like @themqg did an amazing job putting the virtual event together. I'm looking forward to a very quilty weekend and meeting lots of you online!

Sunday free motion quilting practice on this charity quilt. It looks less dreary in real life but the light today is grey around here.

Did you know that you can make beautifully wavy quilting lines with the walking foot? It's kind of obvious, but I had not considered it until last weekend when I tried this on a pillow case.

I've been itching to show a photo of this finished #cfrayquilt since a while, but it was tricky to get good pictures with the snow and wind last week (➡️ to see our first attempt in the snow storm 🤣). Well, here is what I got...

Following the saying "Nach dem Fest ist vor dem Fest" (after the holidays is before the holidays), here is my late or very early Christmas-themed table runner finish. All blocks are from the first #quiltmasspectacular in 2019. I used this piece to practice and experiment with hand quilting over the break before tackling the larger Ray quilt.

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