Michele Bilyeu Creates *With Heart and Hands*: Gratitudes

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Pieces and Resistance

In the Know - Folks in my Virtual Print know how I got this print. On a background that had "dried" I screen printed on top. It's through the wash and ready to use. The...
2 hours ago
Kathy's Quilts

This Little Pandemic Piggy - Happy Canada Day! It will be a different kind of celebration this year for Canada Day. There will be no parades, no public firework displays, no midway in t...
7 hours ago
AHIQ: Improvisational Utility Quilts

Going With The Inspiration! - Already getting started on the new challenge! It just clicked on like a light switch being turned on the other day and I didn't even hesitate. Just went wi...
7 hours ago
Art in search

Scattered Shots - Finding it real hard to concentrate these days. In the face of so much fear, unrest, nastiness, and loss, I am sort of numb. I have tried to work in f...
8 hours ago
From the Strawberry Patch...

And Sew It Goes - I've finished the quilting on this little one, "Sister Bear"; I have the binding all ready to apply, and wouldn't you know it, it's a batik and there's eno...
9 hours ago
O'Quilts

Choice - CHOICE In a niche in a rock carved by the sea lies a cradle of comfort, a haven for me. Threatening tides roar with their spume of salt spray while seducti...
9 hours ago
Dee Mallon and Cloth Company

Sample Sale - I want to dump etsy, but first have to figure this out. So one itty bitty step at a time. I have soooooo much work to post for sale. Would really love to...
10 hours ago
Cat Patches

July Already - Does it feel as if the year hasn't really gotten off the ground yet? Sheesh...this will literally be a year for the history books. Of course, they all are....
11 hours ago
It's Crow Time

Evening Birdsong by Irene Manion and Sidestepping Spinifex by Ellen King - yesterday we went for a drive out to the edge of the city to Purple Noon Gallery at Freemans Reach to see Irene & Ellen’s beautiful and inspiring exhibitio...
12 hours ago
A Quilter's Table

May & June Fabric Usage - Well I a*lmost* had a record for fabric usage in May, but was about 1/2 yard shy of February. Still, it was a good month. The bulk of my usage went into th...
14 hours ago
::More Whiffs, Glimmers & Left Oeuvres::

Wednesday is my Friday and - ....the new anchor of my week. Writing to prompts with Dee Mallon. She who has suffered my manuscript from nearly chapter one. We give each other a phr...
15 hours ago
Spirit Cloth

Wednesday Words - Pear. Pears. A Pair of Pears. At woods edge. A Pair is a positive thing. In my mind. In any form. Because it represents the birth of a pattern. And pattern...
16 hours ago
JulieKQuilts

May I ask a favor of you?? - I guess I am just kind of an action girl. I see my co-workers needing hats, for nursing! Our doctors, especially our pulmonologists, are recommending t...
18 hours ago
Quilting Bea

June in review - [image: June in review] Well June just flew by, didn’t it? Here’s the quilts I finished this month and/or can finally show (not counting secret ones) Bro...
18 hours ago
Exuberant Color

June monthly recap........... - I couldn't make a decision what to finish in June so I only had starts instead. Two of the projects were sewn together by the end of the month, one more i...
20 hours ago
UPLIFT

Choose to Be at Peace with the Coronavirus - The language of war has begun to permeate the national coronavirus dialogue in an effort to drive people to follow state and federal guidelines to protec...
21 hours ago
Me & My Quilts ~ Exploring the Possibilities

Blue Springs Road - Change of Plans - Once the ver-r-r-r-r-r-r-ry long strip had been cut into forty-five 70-ish inch length strips *(with a whole lot of the long strip left over)* I randomly...
23 hours ago
Confessions of a Fabric Addict

I May Have A Scrap Problem.... A Sneak Peek and Some Inspiration! - Hi, all! I want to play in my scraps so-o-o-o-o-o much - but I'm working on a project for an upcoming blog hop that I must get done first. Here's a snea...
1 day ago
windthread

life forms - plumcot pit bell pepper from the trampled Goat dirt just outside, toward the Morning Tree. There's a lot of broken glass. small pieces. Jenny's man picks t...
1 day ago
ARTISUN

OH NO! - Our raccoon family up at the cabin have been into mischief lately as the babies are growing and turning into challenging teenagers. This year we have two r...
1 day ago
A Little Bit Biased

Grafftti Quilting Class by Karlee Porter + Coupon Code - Hey guys! I wanted to share a fun online class that my friend Karlee Porter is teaching this Fall and sign-ups open tomorrow - July 1st, 2020! Karlee is ...
1 day ago
Blue Elephant Stitches

The Secrets of My Fabric Stash - Occasionally I receive questions on how I choose fabrics for my quilts, and/or acquire fabrics for my stash. There's not a simple answer for this, as it...
1 day ago
Teaginny Designs

Modern Strata Quilted Pillow - I used the leftover bits from my scrap solids quilt to create this cheerful, improv pillow (do scraps ever really get completely used up?). This random loo...
1 day ago
Bayou Quilts

- Things that have made me happy lately: *MousesHouses *Be Safe and... *A Common Sense Camp* --"*The camp has eight themed weeks that include kitchen confi...
1 day ago
JaneVille

My most recent handmade art journal VIDEO - Here's a *video of my most recent handmade art journal*. From my art journal by Jane LaFazio From my art journal by Jane LaFazio
1 day ago
THE INSIDE STORI BY MARY STORI

MICRO STITCHING - I decided to micro seed stitch the background of this piece with one strand of embroidery floss rather than the machine echo quilting originally planned ...
1 day ago
Fret Not Yourself

String Star Finished - When presidents lose the trust of the public, I think it's very difficult if not impossible for them to govern this country. ~Robert Dallek *Quilting* Just...
1 day ago
Robbie's Paw Prints

And the designs and crops continue! - I'm still playing with cropping and designing...sometimes with success..sometimes not so much! Yes, this is an ok drawing/crop but honestly a crop ...
1 day ago
Million Little Stitches

The Cocoon - The Cocoon will emerge from a torn bedsheet. A cotton sheet made soft and with use and washing for more than a decade. The idea to repurpose the sheet as a...
1 day ago
margaret-cooter

Drawing Tuesday - Favourite shoes - My warm up - after a prolonged breakfast, due to looking at shoes on the internet - was quickly drawn with the felt pen that lives in the little notebook, ...
1 day ago
kokaquilts

the easiest one in the book - With a little clash of pattern and some strong colours to stand out amongst the others … this little quilt top is done. The finished size is 126 x...
2 days ago
From the Magpie's Nest

Bee, Myself & I in June - I don't know if I've shared this project here previously. I've shown bits in a Facebook group but that doesn't mean it's been here as well. 😉 This is goin...
2 days ago
In Color Order

Moving Forward - I shared this on Instagram earlier today, but I want this list to live permanently here on my blog too. This is how I plan to continue working in the quilt...
2 days ago
Linda Germain

Awareness and Opportunity – Art making - Daily walk in the woods feeds my mind with ideas. I am transported to a peaceful place. I often notice: smell of the forest dust and prints on the path del...
2 days ago
Sew Joy

May Rainbow Quilt - Remember May? Yeah, that was only last month! I haven't shared all my photos yet of the quilt that my daughter and I made that month. The whole quilt, from...
2 days ago
Alamosa Quilter

Adore Him Quilt - I ordered this panel and coordinating fabrics for my shop. The fabric company had a quilt designed using these but I didn't really like their design. So...
2 days ago
quilts und mehr

- Auch diese Teile möchte ich in meinem neuen Quilt einfügen. *Also these pieces I want to put into my new quilt.*
2 days ago
Deborah's Journal

Love Your Creative Space Blog Tour - During the past few months, I've noticed lots of us are doing some cleaning and purging. Me too! I'm super excited to share a new book with you that you'll...
2 days ago
alisaburke

a peek inside my process- watercolor bouquet -
2 days ago
sew sew art

Indigo play date - Marcella and Jean came over for an indigo play date. overdyed pink with wooden heart resist Jean doing arashi shibori dyes My pipe vent resist. This...
3 days ago
earthmotherwithin

Fun bargains in winter - Last weekend we celebrated Solstice with a bit of a family party. The grandchildren came over the day before to help decorate. We talked about longest da...
3 days ago
Love Laugh Quilt

Monday Making - This week I took a vintage quilt..... *(purchased a while back at a thrift store)* copied the block..... and made a pillow sham to match. It's not a perfe...
3 days ago
Blue Mountain Daisy

Paris - Part 2 The Eiffel Tower, Versailles and Whizz Bang pants! - I'm back with more tales from Paris. This post has some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen from churches to palaces not to mention delicious food...
3 days ago
Sandra's Studio

Tip #8 - It is always nice to add a label when you make a quilt. The label can have any information you like on it. I usually write the date I finished the quilt. ...
3 days ago
collage journeys

Student Work from De-Stress - Here are a few pieces from participants in the last De-Stress class back in March and April. It is offered again, beginning on July 1. Read about it here. ...
3 days ago
MooseStash Quilting

July Words to Grow By BOM - This month we are stretching! Carla from "Creatin' in the Sticks has designed the cutest block. Yep we are stretching our necks out and "Reach"ing for new h...
3 days ago
Notes from Norma

Trends - I often wonder who decides what is "in" or "out", whether in fashion, home decor or even house plants. Who decided a few years ago that everything would b...
3 days ago
Familypatchworks

Sunday---Precious Promises - Leave your troubles with the Lord, and he will defend you; he never lets honest men be defeated. *Psalms 55:22, Good News Bible*
3 days ago
Sew Many Quilts - Too Little Time

Catching Up. - Another busy week with donations arriving and wet and overcast weather so I am behind with photographing the arrivals. Kaye Scaletti (Vic) donated 6 fabu...
3 days ago
Art With a Needle

New low in Designer DIY - I didn't think it could get much worse, but this week's installment of Designer D.I.Y. in the New York Times takes kissoff to new lows. This time the fea...
4 days ago
Art, the Beautiful Metaphor

Seven Izzy friends - One more to finish, meanwhile here are seven happy guys waiting to go to new homes, and pockets and backpacks. Top center is the latest addition. If you ...
4 days ago
Giraffe Dreams

A Whole Month Later -- Catching Up - It has been a MONTH since I posted?? I guess I didn't feel I had anything newsworthy, which never stopped me in the past, as my readers well know. These ar...
4 days ago
Judy's Journal

the poetics of space - We think we know ourselves but all we know is a sequence of fixations in the spaces of our being. In order to analyze ourselves we need to put our importan...
5 days ago
Through My Window

Flying geese block and the garden - I’ve been neglecting my blog because I’ve been feeling apathetic and completely uninspired. Besides all that’s happening in the world, I have some health c...
5 days ago
Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre

W.I.P. - Off the Wall Friday - Well, anybody who has been paying attention will realize my personal work has stalled a bit the last couple of years. I normally would whine and apolog...
6 days ago
Sew Slowly

No scrap left behind - Right down to the wire is customary practice for me now, but this time I can barely see the wire in my rear-view mirror. Literally every last piece is bei...
6 days ago
cas holmes textiles

The 'New Different'...the world wakes ups - As we enter the last few days of June I am beginning to notice the human world waking up as I go out on my bicycle. The quietness has gone from the roads a...
6 days ago
*With Heart and Hands*

Write It On Your Heart - Write it on your heart That every day is the best day of the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded w...
1 week ago
tales from the birdhut

'our mothers are why we are here'* - Sew sew so….finally I get round to writing a post, I promised myself I would as soon as I had finished stitching most of the horizontal rows of *The Allo...
1 week ago
Kwilty Pleasures

BEE HAPPY! - I bought a set of cardmaking supplies that make me BEE very happy! Stampin Up - Honey Bee Stamps and Dies and the Designer Series Paper. I can NEVER make "...
1 week ago
Posie Gets Cozy

Pulling Together - Oh, where do the days go? They slide away, they slide away. It's been three months since our stay-home order went into effect. It's felt long and also shor...
1 week ago
Wen Redmond

Artists of New England Podcast - lovely interview on podcast with Artists of New England - here
1 week ago
.Quiltscapes.

Thinking about Christmas - Snow Sweet! - Got my hands on some fun Christmas fabric! Snow Sweet is a new line by J. Wecker Frisch for Riley Blake Designs. I really enjoy Janet's art, and I ne...
1 week ago
Margas Crafts

*ZOOM* Meeting Artcloth with Paper and Fabric - *ZOOM* Meeting made with paper and fabric. 27 inches by 31 inches My inspiration for this artcloth came from the directive to stay home and the need for ...
1 week ago
Mystic Quilter

Slow Saturday - Actually I've had two slow Saturdays since my last post! I've been fiddling about trying to decide what I want to make a start on next, twice decided and the...
1 week ago
Mia Bloom Designs

New collages in my Mini Art Journal - A short video of my Mini Art Journal is posted *here.* Here are the new collages: Thanks for checking out my blog!
1 week ago
Claire Sherman Art

Love that Ombre! - I finally found the ombre fabric I wanted for the triangles. I bought 1 and a half yards at Bay quilts of the wrong blue. (i had only seen the color in an ...
1 week ago
ikat bag

On Finding Memories and Meaning in Unexpected Places - Last week thereabouts was my Dad's birthday, and were he not forever 75, he would've been 77. It's interesting how these days sneak up on you, and just as...
1 week ago
Uta Lenk - justquilts

Abstract & Geometric in Heidelberg (Diary of Recovery no.5) - Last week I spent quite a lot of hours on trains. Due to uncoordinated planning a family issue took me to Würzburg and back on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I ...
1 week ago
Raven and Sparrow

Catching fire - Being the lucky recipient of Nancy's lovely hurricane lamps has reminded me of the role of fire in table setting. Candles are so ubiquitous on company tabl...
1 week ago
The Quilter

Anniversary - Today is my 48th wedding anniversary.We had a quasi-hippy mountain wedding. I say that because my parents invited what seemed like a ton on people, but i...
2 weeks ago
Thread and Thrift

The shop is now open! - It has been a while since I have posted here. We have all been living through turbulent times and many of us have lost loved ones or have not been able, an...
2 weeks ago
The Art of Living - susies-scraps.com

Log Cabin Free Motion Quilting - Log Cabin Free Motion Quilting Hello Dear Friends and Readers, I have been pondering about how to quilt a Log Cabin design quilt. I have done some read...
2 weeks ago
listen to the road

In the Time of Story - I'm reading a book, The Iron Ring, by Lloyd Alexander. I needed a good story to rest in .It's about a king who thinks of his people first. It's about ...
2 weeks ago
Notes from A Cottage Industry

If you're lookin' for a sign that it's time to party on the back porch, this is most definitely it. - AmIright? During the stay-at-home order I found myself doing some serious nesting, both indoors and out. My cottage was built in 1952 (I think) and at some...
2 weeks ago
Jeanne Aird's Art Fabric and Quilts

Dendritic Monoprint Art Quilt - I cut up my latest dendritic mono prints into four inch blocks and used them as a border to the smaller blocks previously. The creating of any art fabric i...
2 weeks ago
MADE

my heart is heavy - Hi friends. My heart is heavy, as most of yours are. I have so much to say, and have felt all ranges of emotions. And yet at times I feel paralyzed to mo...
2 weeks ago
High Road Quilter

Additions to the Quote Quilt - It is amazing how much quilting you can get done when you are procrastinating cleaning out the basement! I had a week of evenings working on the quote q...
2 weeks ago
Blog - Kristin Shields

Pushing the Envelope: Art in the Time of Pandemic - [image: KMS_3153.JPG] A few weeks ago I heard about a call for entry for a gallery in Massachusetts called Pulp. The exhibit is called Pushing the Envelo...
2 weeks ago
~ The Feathered Nest ~

Getting by in this crazy world ~ - It's been forever ago that I posted. I'm so very sorry but this year so far hasn't been my fav. Well, I just haven't had much to say. I've been frozen. I w...
2 weeks ago
Art Quilts by Kathy York

- Plenty to Go Around 81" x 83" Here's the back: I am finally finished! I knew this day would eventually come, but I didn't know it would be so late! I am ...
3 weeks ago
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers

So What’s Happening with The 70273 Project? - A few weeks ago, Uta Lenk, 70273 Project Ambassador for Germany, messaged me to see where we are and what’s going on with The 70273 Project now. She was ...
3 weeks ago
I'm Trying, Honestly!

Should Have Been on the Way to Norway Today! - [image: Midnight sun.jpg] * Land of the Midnight Sun, Norway *Yan Zhang Wikimedia Commons ...
3 weeks ago
Kate's Quilting (and other arty stuff)

Round robin Friday - Some sets of cards where I was the final person to add to the card - these are sometimes more challenging, because there can be little space left, but on...
3 weeks ago
Pinkadot Quilts

!!!!!!!! - I am a little frustrated. Blogger changed it's format and I am trying to figure it out.....why can't they leave wel enough alone? My new ironing board cov...
3 weeks ago
Heather's Blog

Material Abstraction is now open! - The Fort Worth Community Arts Center (FWCAC) has reopened and Material Abstraction, an exhibit of abstract art quilts by Heather Pregger and Wendy Hook, w...
3 weeks ago
Melanie Testa » » Blog

Gentleman Doll - Gentleman Doll is a mask makers YouTube channel of note! I suggest you check it out and subscribe! Gentleman Doll (PDF)wear glasses sAvailable in multipl...
4 weeks ago
Gefilte Quilt

Masked Hexagons, Socially Distanced: An English Paper Pieced Mystery Scrap Quilt - If you are one of the thousands of quilters giving time and fabric to make lifesaving masks, thank you. For me, making masks is not only a good deed, but a...
4 weeks ago
PINK PAPER COTTAGE

Nothing big but lots of fun! - Hi friends......... I thought I'd take a few minutes to share with you some of the fun crafty things I've made in the last couple of months. Seems like I'v...
4 weeks ago
comfortstitching

In A Flap Pouch - These past few weeks I've found myself wanting to sew more soothing projects that are quick, easy and mindless to put together. As I learn more about my ma...
5 weeks ago
shhdesigns

Happy 95th Birthday Mom! - Unfortunately this is how we celebrated her big birthday this year thru the glass. We chatted on the phone and tried to include my Aunt Pat via FaceTime, ...
5 weeks ago
Pie Lady Quilts

Prompts and Scraps - I know I've mentioned this story before, but when I was certifying as an elementary teacher, our class was mentored by Dr. D. He was a practicing teacher w...
1 month ago
Indigo Threads

Playing with Projects and a Flimsy - Well, I finally have a "first finish"! This quilt top is now a flimsy. This is the Rail Fence pattern from Sujata Shah's book "Cultural Fusion Quilts". ...
1 month ago
Stuff You Can't Have

An Infestation of Memories - World Traveling Mouse These were completed on day 60 of the Covid-19 shelter-in-place orders. Has anyone else noticed that, given unlimited time, your mind...
1 month ago
Freshly Pieced Modern Quilts

Introducing Summer Sampler 2020: Easy-Piecing Summer. Join us – plus a discount! - That’s right, Summer Sampler 2020 launches TODAY! Are you ready for a summer of low-stress, easy piecing? Something tells us you are! Would you believe tha...
1 month ago
Cheryl Lynch Quilts

Did You Hear I Have A Fabric Line? - I'm not sure how many of you follow me on social media, such as Facebook or Instagram. It is very easy to post a snapshot in time on social media. Bloggi...
1 month ago
Charlton Stitcher

Printing and painting - As I said in my previous post, I've been painting and roller printing white fabric with acrylic paint and Liquitex permanent inks, often in combination. Th...
1 month ago
Splitting Stitches

February 2020 - Another batch of wonderful quilt for the month of February! Next month so I won't have as many to show after attending a Handiquilter Retreat and hosting t...
2 months ago
Fabric Mutt

Parenting, Perfection, and Perseverance - [image: Patchwork Pencil Pouch by Heidi Staples of Fabric Mutt] A pair of cardinals has set up housekeeping in the small sago palm tree beside our backyard...
2 months ago
s.o.t.a.k handmade

Kensington Handbag (new pdf pattern) - Good morning friends, hope you are all doing well. I've been doing lots of sewing and working on new patterns these last few weeks and I'm excited to sh...
2 months ago
Ragged Old Blogger

A little visitor. - Spot the shield bug! It is a green one and appeared on my window as I was enjoying my after lunch cuppa today. We have beautiful sunshine again and no w...
2 months ago
A Pieceful Life

Artist In Residence - I saw someone on Social Media pose the question: "How will you describe your Covid-19 experience?" Artist in Residence that's me, for an indeterminate peri...
3 months ago
Celia's Blue Planet

I think it's Sunday - *"You are not stuck at home, you are safe at home." * So far me and mine are safe and mostly at home. Only a couple are still out working. The rest are no...
3 months ago
Quilts + Color

I'm Knitting Pin Cushions - I love to have some simple knitting to do while I watch TV. My mother had a pincushion I loved and remembered. I could not find a pattern for it so I just e...
3 months ago
Judy Warner

A Precious Gift - Of all nature’s gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? Marcus Tullius Cicero My daughter recently handed me some worn baby cl...
3 months ago
Artystuff

Well, THAT was fun!!! - I haven't blogged for AGES! I mentioned last time that I am not quilting now , but painting ( watercolour) instead. I am LOVING it but have been out of the...
3 months ago
Scraps and Strings

Update on memory quilts - I'm finally adding pictures of the four memory quilts I made from about 20 men's shirts. Here they are all laid out together. Check out my link under page...
4 months ago

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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Gratitudes