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The Broken Needle Newsletter - July 2018 & Giveaway
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
GIVEAWAY! Enter to Win a quilting E-Book from Annies
Hello Everyone!
Those of you that have been following for a while know that I now have a brick and mortar quilt and yarn shop. For those that do not know please check out our website The Broken Needle We have been extremely busy. I haven't had time to blog but I would like to do this at least once a week. We also have a new YouTube channel, you can check it out here. I am posting a video every Thursday @ 7:00 PM. I am starting with tutorials on Quilting with Rulers. As our channel grows I will have more tutorials on a variety of subjects, sewing, quilting, knitting, & crocheting. I love all types of crafts as you know . Please let me know what you are interested in.
Those of you that have been following for a while know that I now have a brick and mortar quilt and yarn shop. For those that do not know please check out our website The Broken Needle We have been extremely busy. I haven't had time to blog but I would like to do this at least once a week. We also have a new YouTube channel, you can check it out here. I am posting a video every Thursday @ 7:00 PM. I am starting with tutorials on Quilting with Rulers. As our channel grows I will have more tutorials on a variety of subjects, sewing, quilting, knitting, & crocheting. I love all types of crafts as you know . Please let me know what you are interested in.
GIVEAWAY!
This coming Thursday we are giving away a FREE E-Book from Annie's Craft Store. Here's the book you've been waiting for! 14 animal projects perfect for every season or any room using easy fusible applique and easy piecing. Use these whimsical projects for gifts, or simply make them because you love them. Whether you like farm animals, or safaris, you'll find something you'll just have to make. Chris Malone has done it again! Another lovely collection with her special brand of whimsy.
In order to be entered to win you need to subscribe to our YouTube channel. We will announce the winner Thursday June 28th @ 7:00 PM.
Thanks for your support!
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Put a little love in your quilt!
Hi everyone! Today is MY day of this wonderful blog hop. Thanks so much to Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for inviting me to join.
Valentine's Day is almost here so I decided to make a table runner. I am envisioning my husband and I having a romantic candlelight dinner at home ;)
I made this up as I went. I used an embroidery design by Alba of Quilting the Thread Art Way called Hearts & Swirls. There are 20 designs on the CD in all formats and the sizes are 8" x 8" and 5" x 5".
All the designs are so pretty it was hard to choose which one. I decided to use two different ones. I made two blocks with the designs centered.
I used Moda fabric Sew & Sew by Chloe's Closet for the middle strip and Robert Kaufman batik Patina Handpaints Scarlet for two side strips. I added sashing and framed in the blocks with Kona Solid Pimento.
I have hopped many times in the past but I now have opened a Quilt & Yarn Shop in Bunn, NC. We have been in business for 18 months. If you are ever in the area come by and visit. You can also check out our online shop www.thebrokeneedle.com We ship everywhere!
Valentine's Day is almost here so I decided to make a table runner. I am envisioning my husband and I having a romantic candlelight dinner at home ;)
I made this up as I went. I used an embroidery design by Alba of Quilting the Thread Art Way called Hearts & Swirls. There are 20 designs on the CD in all formats and the sizes are 8" x 8" and 5" x 5".
All the designs are so pretty it was hard to choose which one. I decided to use two different ones. I made two blocks with the designs centered.
I used Moda fabric Sew & Sew by Chloe's Closet for the middle strip and Robert Kaufman batik Patina Handpaints Scarlet for two side strips. I added sashing and framed in the blocks with Kona Solid Pimento.
I am planning to FMQ hearts all over but didn't get that done.
Check out this tool. I LOVE it!
I have hopped many times in the past but I now have opened a Quilt & Yarn Shop in Bunn, NC. We have been in business for 18 months. If you are ever in the area come by and visit. You can also check out our online shop www.thebrokeneedle.com We ship everywhere!
Don't forget to check out the other blogs! Such great talent!
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
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Monday, October 9, 2017
Art with Fabric Blog Hop 2017
Hi everyone!
First and foremost I want to Thank and apologize to Alida at Tweety Loves Quilting. I did not complete my project. I have many excuses but I won't bore you with them all. Short & Sweet I usually work the best when I have a deadline and start at the last minute under pressure. I like to work that way. I have been extra busy with things at The Broken Needle the last couple of weeks. I was so looking forward to this hop and to actually sit down and have some sew ME time. Yesterday, (yes down to the last second, bad Wendy) I was working on my project and my Baby Lock "locked" ugh!!! Check out my lovely video.
I spoke with Alida and she said it would be fine to share my WIP. So here goes 😼
First and foremost I want to Thank and apologize to Alida at Tweety Loves Quilting. I did not complete my project. I have many excuses but I won't bore you with them all. Short & Sweet I usually work the best when I have a deadline and start at the last minute under pressure. I like to work that way. I have been extra busy with things at The Broken Needle the last couple of weeks. I was so looking forward to this hop and to actually sit down and have some sew ME time. Yesterday, (yes down to the last second, bad Wendy) I was working on my project and my Baby Lock "locked" ugh!!! Check out my lovely video.
I spoke with Alida and she said it would be fine to share my WIP. So here goes 😼
I found this interesting piece of art by Maud Lewis called "Road Block". I thought it was cute and funny. I love the cow in the road ha ha.
MAUD LEWIS
(1903 - 1970)
Maud Lewis exemplified the simple life. But simple doesn’t mean dull. The simplicity of her paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green boards and post cards, continue to evoke feelings of innocence, of child-like exuberance as enduring as the spring times she loved to paint. And today she still captures audiences intrigued by everyday scenes as diverse as hard-working oxen and whimsical butterflies.
Maud Dowley Lewis was born March 7, 1903 in South Ohio, a community near Yarmouth. Her father Jack would provide a moderately prosperous living as a respected craftsman, making harnesses and serving as a blacksmith. Agnes, her mother, favored artistic pursuits including painting, folk carving and music. Born disfigured with sloped shoulders and her chin resting on her chest, Maud led a confined but happy home life after she quit school at 14, perhaps in part to escape the mocking of her peers. “What is life without love or friendship?” she once confided to a friend. Her mother lovingly taught her to play the piano before arthritis crippled her hands. Physical deformity may have been her lot, but even more tragic was the loss of both her parents within two years. Who would care for Maud? Thankfully, an aunt who lived in Digby took her in. There she would later answer a newspaper ad that would determine the course of her life. A man named Everett Lewis wanted a housekeeper for his cottage in Marshalltown. She married him in 1938 at the age of thirty-four and would never travel more than an hour’s drive from her birthplace. “I ain’t much for traveling anyway,” she said later, “as long as I have a brush in front of me, I’m all right.” Cameo cigarettes added their share of comfort as well.
Although short in stature with hands gnarled by arthritis as the years passed, she stood tall when she plied her brush over green-backed particle board. Everett Lewis, a stingy, parsimonious but certainly hard-working man, kept house and made meals allowing Maud to spend most of her time delving into her world of wonder and creating fanciful works of art. Maud gathered images from her happy childhood and limited excursions in a Model T with Everett to paint cheerful images on dust pans, scallop shells and even on her house. They would settle into a routine where Everett enjoyed peddling and haggling over the paintings Maud would love to paint. The happiness she painted first attracted neighbours, then tourists and eventually even international attention. It started with a Star Weekly newspaper article and then a 1965 CBC Telescope program featuring her unique works. Her notoriety began to bloom like the cherry trees that garnished several of her paintings. Orders came in so fast that the paint hardly had time to dry--one reason you may notice fingerprints on some edges of her paintings.
Her style became as fanciful as her subjects. She painted a world often without shadows, autumn leaves on winter landscapes, and even 3-legged oxen. Was she adding humour in her subtle, shy way? Her gentle nature and magnetic smile might give that away. Awkwardly bent over a painting, she may have been squinting and intense, but her inner joy escaped onto her panels with unrivaled determination and vitality. Small wonder her work garnered the attention of even the Nixon White House. Ever pragmatic, Maud wrote to ask that funds be forwarded before she sent the requested two panels to the President! Today her work unequivocally demands status as “important art” in numerous fine-art collections around the world.
Much like her American counterpart, Anna Marie Robertson (Grandma Moses), Maud was uniquely creative, self-taught, specialized in painting everyday rural life, loved animals and appreciated the beauty of nature. Both initially sold their paintings for just a few dollars, but saw their work increase dramatically over the years. The works of Grandma Moses command prices in the $30,000 to $600,000 range. Of comparable quality, Maud’s paintings currently fetch $6,000 to $20,000, holding much promise for the future.
Not formally trained, Maud adopted a style that emerged from inside the heart of a true artist. As such, she could produce images of enduring quality and appeal, images that transformed her maritime surroundings into painted visions. The irresistible charm of her art had triumphed over the arrows of adversity.
- Reproduced with permission from Wayne & Jocelyn Cameron
I used a piece of muslin and sprayed it down with Terial Magic. I "love" this stuff. It makes your fabric stiff and you can put it in the printer and print your images. No need for the fabric sheets that you can buy in packs of 4. You can make your own! Costs much less this way too. Also, there is no need for any stabilizer. Once you are finished if you want you can wash the Terial Magic out and the stiffness is gone. Yahoo!
This is a close up of the couple in the car. Keep in mind I had planned to do FMQ/Thread Painting on this piece. I will complete it eventually.
I wanted the cow to stand out so I chose this fabric to applique onto him.
I used my light box and traced a piece of heat & bond lite to the fabric and then fused it to the cow. I also fused fabric in other areas such as the tree trunk/branches, barn, and planned to do the ladies scarf as well.
To make this piece my own...I added a piece of fabric that had a city print.
I plan to add a few borders around this piece and use different colors to make a kind of crazy art border.
Here is where I started my FMQ on the road.
and here is where I had to stop.......whaaaaa
I didn't get very far with that. Thank you so much for visiting today. Again Thank You Alida for inviting me and putting up with me today! Have a wonderful week everyone!
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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