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Standard Issue – Vol. 3 No. 5 May 2012

Develop Your

Quilting

Creativity

Creating 3D Illusions

in Your Quilts

PROJECT –

Charm Pack

Quilt With

3-Part

Sashing

What’s New from

The Fat Quarter Shop

“Trail of

Thread”

-Book



Online Quilt Magazine Table of Contents

Develop Your Quilting Creativity………….…..…………………………………………………………………………................................ Page 4

Creating 3D Illusions in Your Quilts ………....…………………..……………………………………………………………………………..…. Page 9

PROJECT – Charm Pack Quilt With 3-Part Sashing …………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 12

What’s New From The Fat Quarter Shop….………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Trail of Thread Book ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Page 15

Page 18

BLOCK OF THE MONTH – Art Square Block………………………….................................................................................. Page 23

Today's Tips............................................................................................................................................................. Page 25

YES – We Want To hear From You........................................................................................................................... Page 26

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Letter from the Editor

Jody Anderson

Hi!

It’s time to get creative, and this month we have a great article on ‘Developing Your Quilting Creativity’

from Canadian quilt artist and teacher Elaine Quehl. Penny also covers how to create 3D illusions in your

quilts with careful colour placement in 3D blocks.

Rose has another fab project that I’m sure you’ll enjoy, and I think this is a great way of using and

showing off that spare Charm pack you have sitting around at home…

I was lucky enough to get talking this month too with Linda, an author of historical fiction, based on her

own family’s pioneering history. Her books are full of fantastic quilting stories and well worth checking

out properly, and we have an excerpt from one for you to read this month.

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I always say that I was born with the quilting

gene.

My mother, grandmothers, and great

grandmothers were all quilters, so it would be fair

to say that I was destined to make quilts! What I

never expected was that one day I would come to

design my own quilts, call myself a quilt artist and

make a living on the teaching circuit.

It wasn’t until 1996, when I started losing my

mother to Alzheimer’s disease, that I signed up

for an evening class on traditional quilt making at

the local high school. I soon found, however, that

I didn’t want to follow patterns exactly, and it

was not usually my goal to make a quilt just like

the one in the picture. When I saw my first art

quilts at a Canadian provincial show around 2000

I was blown away, and knew that I wanted to

design my own quilts that expressed something

about me. I had a huge problem though: no one,

including me, considered me to be creative. In

my family it had always been my sister who was

considered creative, showing talent at drawing

and painting. Today, however, she is an

accountant, and I travel around the country

teaching others how to be creative and make

their own quilts.

“Standing Ovation”

Develop Your Quilting Creativity

By Elaine Quehl from www.equarelle.ca



So how did I come to make art quilts? Simply,

through a lot of hard work, otherwise known as

practice. I have spent many years working very

hard at developing my artistic skills, and I am still

working on them today. I think what stood me in

good stead was my willingness to experiment and

make “mistakes”.

At first I had no end goal in mind, only to make

better work and to make my own work. One

thing that has always made my heart sing is value

contrast and the illusion of depth in art quilts,

and that is what I focussed on most. It wasn’t

long before I was teaching, and four years ago I

left my conventional job to make a living as a full-

time quilt artist, teacher and fabric dyer.

In my classes today I have one rule, and it is that

no one is allowed to say “I am not creative”. I

simply do not believe the myth that we are either

born creative or we aren’t. We are all creative;

some have simply developed their creativity more

than others. What I urge students to say instead

is “I am working on it (my creativity).” I would

like to share a few suggestions with you about

how you can begin to develop your own

creativity.

“Kissing Joy”

My first suggestion is to keep yourself inspired!

Of course you may not feel inspired every day,

but there are a few things you can do to help.

Attend an art quilt show, check out some art

magazines, including art in other media, visit an

art gallery, spend time with nature. Nature is my



biggest source of inspiration, so I always take my

camera with me to capture images that inspire

me. I prefer to work with my own images so I

have no need to worry about copyright

permissions, and so that I am working from my

own vision. On days when you don’t feel

particularly inspired, review these images.

A large part of keeping yourself inspired involves

embracing newness and change. I know that I am

far more creative when I am in a new

environment, so trips and travel often inspire a

quilt. But it doesn’t have to be an exotic trip; it

could be just a different route to work. Often we

don’t even remember driving to work in the

morning because we do it every day and don’t

even notice the route we take anymore.

I can also tell you that keeping a sketchbook is

very good for developing your creativity. I snip

images that inspire me, including my own

photographs, then I can create designs, sketch

layouts and compositions, and audition colour.

You do not have to be good at drawing for this.

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The sketchbook is also a very good way for you to

record fleeting ideas. Life is busy and we are

often multi-tasking, and often a great idea is lost

because we don’t write it down. Once we write it

down, we save it, and can then build on it later.

I highly recommend taking classes to develop

your skills. If you don’t have suitable classes in

your area, there are many on-line classes for art

quilters. Once you have a number of techniques

under your belt, you will have a tool box to use

when you want to express yourself. But it isn’t

just about the techniques. It is also very

important to learn about composition and design.

There are many good books out there directed

specifically at art quilters, and I also found that

looking at art in other media helped me to train

my eye for better composition. Any art training is

going to help you here.

My next suggestion is that you will need to

practice, practice, practice. Not every work you

make is going to be a masterpiece! This is true

for all of us. I spend a great deal of time

travelling for the purposes of lecturing and

teaching. When I deliver my lecture called

“Retrospective’, I take audiences through my

quilting journey. As I see the images on the

screen I am often able to see how my older works

could have been improved. I consider many of

these older works to be practice pieces that got

me to where I am today.

“Branching Out”

My final suggestion to you is to pay close

attention to the things you tell yourself! If you

have a negative soundtrack running in your head,



replace that negative track with something more

positive. For example, if you hear “I’m not

creative, I’m no good a this, this looks awful, I’m

no artist”, stop right there. Instead give yourself

permission to experiment and keep an open mind

about the outcome. I don’t really believe in using

the word “mistakes” to refer to work we consider

unsuccessful. These are practice pieces, part of

our evolution as an artist. Replace negative

thoughts with something that serves you better,

like “I’m just beginning, I’m working on my

creativity, my work will improve with practice”.

So just keep on practicing!

About the Author: Elaine Quehl is an award-winning

Canadian quilt artist, teacher, and dyer who specializes in

colourful and intricately-stitched pieced and appliquéd art

quilts. Elaine’s work has been juried into numerous exhibits

at the national and international level, and has been widely

published, including 500 Art Quilts, and Art Quilt Portfolio:

Natural World. A resident of Ottawa, she is in great demand

as a teacher, and travels across the country delivering

workshops and lectures to colleges, summer art programs,

guilds, conferences and shops. See more on Elaine at:

www.equarelle.ca or her Blog:

www.elainequehl.blogspot.com

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Periodically I get questions about how to make a

hollow cube. These are fun little 3 dimensional

boxes that look like the light is shining through.

They are relatively easy to make. The key is the

placement of the fabric in your patches.

It turns out that the relative color value of the

fabric is more important than the actual color.

As you look at the Hollow Cubes, you’ll see that

each “cube” contains a light, medium and dark

fabric – all in the same color family.

This was relatively easy to accomplish since most

of the fabric was hand dyed.

As you choose the fabrics for your quilt with

illusion, take care as you choose the fabrics to be

sure that you aren’t mixing a yellow-green with a

blue-green and expecting it to look dimensional.

The next most important thing is to choose a light

source that is away from your quilt and keep in

mind what that position is as you place your

patches.

In this little wall hanging, the light source is above

and left of the quilt.

Creating 3D Illusions in Your Quilts

By Penny Halgren from www.How-To-Quilt.com



How can I tell?

The easiest way is to think of how the sun shines

and casts shadows.

The lightest fabrics will be in the “full” sun – on

top of each of the blocks; and at the bottom of

these cubes, since they are hollow.

The darkest places will be where there is little sun

– the left sides of these cubes.

As I imagined the position of the sun, I placed the

lightest fabrics on the top of the cubes and the

inside bottom. The inside bottom can be light

since the sides are open, allowing light in.

The darkest sides of the cube are the ones in the

most shade.

Because the light source is on the left, the back of

the box gets more light than the back left side

and outside.

As you look at the little wall hanging, notice how

the dark, medium and light fabrics are placed in

the same relative place, since the light is also

coming from the top left.

Even though there are 3 different designs of

boxes in this wall hanging, since the placement of

the color value of the fabric is the same, the

overall effect of the wall hanging retains the 3-

dimensional look.

In this scrappy Tumbling Blocks quilt, I chose 3

fabrics for each cube and then placed them in

positions relative to each other.



A good beginning – but when I placed the cube in

the quilt, what is a light in one cube could be a

medium in another cube – thus creating an

interesting overall look, but not a consistent 3-

dimensional look.

Keeping these few things in mind as you make

your blocks and place them in your quilt will

create the success you want with your 3-D cubes.

About the Author:

Penny Halgren is a quilter of more than 27 years, and

enjoys sharing her love of quilting with others. Sign up

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PROJECT – Charm Pack Quilt with 3-part Sashing

By Rose Smith from www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk

I made this quilt using a Moda charm pack and I've kept the actual quilt

pattern really simple so that I can show you a three part sashing that

really sets off the charm pack squares nicely.

A charm pack, if you haven't come across one before, is a set of 5"

squares. They are all different from each other but come from the

same range of fabric so that you know they will all co-ordinate.

There were 42 squares in the charm pack that I used, so I made my quilt seven rows of six blocks each.

The quilt finished size is about 54" by 60" and to make it I used the charm pack, 1 yard of red fabric and

1.1/2 yards each of black and cream fabric.

Begin by cutting 1.1/2" strips of cream fabric and cutting these into 84

lengths of 5" and 84 lengths of 7". I think I used 26 strips in total. Sew

a 5" strip to the top and bottom of each square and then sew a 7" strip

to each side so that the squares are framed by the cream fabric.



For the charm pack quilt sashing I used 2" strips of red fabric with a 1"

black strip on either side. Sew these strips together along the length,

press and then cut into 7" lengths.

Sew one strip of sashing to the right hand edge of one charm square and

sew the next charm square to the right hand side of the sashing. Make

rows of six charm squares with five sashing strips between them - that is,

no sashing at the beginning and end of the row. You should end up with

seven rows of six squares each.

Before the sashing can be added between the rows, the cornerstones

need to be made. These are four patch units made by sewing together

1.3/4" strips of black and cream fabric along the long edge and then

cutting them at 1.3/4" intervals to make squares.

Sew these squares together in pairs with the black squares diagonal to

each other. This is one cornerstone. Sew a cornerstone between 7" strips

of sashing. For each row you will need six lengths of sashing and five

cornerstones.



Sew a length of sashing with cornerstones to the bottom of the first row of

charm square blocks and then sew the second row of charm square blocks

to the bottom of the sashing. Take care each time to make sure that the

cornerstone is in line with the sashing above and below it between the

charm square blocks.

Continue adding sashing strips between each row to join the rows

together. Finally add a strip of sashing at the top and at the bottom of the

quilt. Actually I suppose it's strictly a border now. Make up two more

strips of sashing using seven sashing pieces and eight cornerstones so that

each strip begins and ends with a cornerstone and sew these to the sides

of the quilt. That's the charm pack quilt top complete and ready for

layering, quilting and binding. I think that it's really eye catching and that

three part sashing can of course be used in any quilt that you make.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

About the Author: Rose Smith was born and brought up in Zambia in Africa. She moved to the UK when she was 18 and now

lives in Shropshire, indulging her passion for quilting and sewing. She has sewn all her life - ‘anything that stood still long

enough’ in the words of her children - but now finds that patchwork and quilting have taken over her life. She indulges this

passion by posting patterns and tutorials on her website for all to share. www.ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk



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This month, I was lucky enough to come across

author Linda Hubalek, who very kindly shared

part of her “Trail of Thread” book with us. This

series of books ties in quilts with Linda’s mother’s

pioneering family history, and makes for a

fascinating read. There’s a Trail of Thread Quilt

pattern included as well.

The John and Deborah Pieratt family traveled

from Kentucky, and the Margaret Ralston

Kennedy family from Ohio, to homestead beside

each other in Kansas. Their children, from the

North and the South, marry during the Civil War.

These books are written in letter form, covering

the years 1854 to 1865.

Find out what is was like for the thousands of

families who made the cross-country journey into

the unknown.

In this first book of the Trail of Thread book

series, in the form of letters she wrote on the

journey, Deborah Pieratt describes the scenery,

the everyday events on the trail, and the task of

taking care of her family. Stories of humor and

despair, along with her ongoing remarks about

Trail of Thread Book

By Linda Hubalek of www.LindaHubalek.com



camping, cooking, and quilting, make you feel as

if you pulled up stakes and are traveling with the

Pieratts too.

But hints of the brewing trouble ahead plagued

them along the way as people questioned their

motive for settling in the new territory. Why

didn’t a Southern family have slaves with them?

Would the Pieratts vote for or against legal

slavery in the new state? Though Deborah didn’t

realize it, her letters show how this trip affected

her family for generations to come…

Monday evening, April 3, 1854

farmer’s yard

Dear Betsy,

All the farms in Indiana that we've passed by

have been well kept. This area has been farmed

for about three or four decades, so homesteads,

orchards, and towns are well established.

We haven't seen any field work done yet since

it's early and has been so cold and wet. The White

River bottom boosts a dark, rich loam. Other

spots seem to be a more sandy soil. They grow a

variety of grains and grasses here, much more

than we did in Kentucky, since the land is better in

larger areas.

We stopped at a farm tonight to ask if there

was a creek nearby to camp at, and the couple

insisted we park in their yard. They seem to be

friendly enough, but I think they only invited us so

we would buy grain and food from them. We've

camped near several farms, and I must say these

were the most insistent people we've met.

I said no to the wife's pie, but I did buy a round

of cheese. She said it was made recently but

needed a good week to ripen properly. I had to

promise her we'd wait a few more days before we

cut into it.

She was a snooper, too — wanted to see what we

had in our wagons. I tried to be as polite as



possible when she raised our wagon end flaps and

lifted box lids. When she tried that with Mary's

wagon, Nellie, who was inside the wagon, just

"happened" to strongly tap her foot on the

provisions box to slam the lid on the women's

fingers. Nellie doesn't let anyone take advantage

of her or her belongings. (She has been a good

mother hen to have along on this trip.)

When the woman saw Mary's Kitty-Corner

quilt blocks, she got all excited and invited us into

her house to see the quilt top she had just put in

the frame this week to quilt. The pattern was

called the Indiana Puzzle, and it was the ugliest

and poorest quilt I have ever seen. There was no

color theme at all and very uneven stitching. Her

long lazy stitches will snap the first time that quilt

gets wet and heavy.

Later, when we were out of the woman's

house, Mary suggested the woman had poor

vision to give her the benefit of the doubt. Nellie

added she must also be color-blind.

Ann has now decided to go ahead and quilt her

Rose of Sharon top when we reach our

destination. I told her that finishing that quilt

before she was betrothed was courting disaster.

She said she knows the superstition that if the

quilt is finished too soon, the engagement — if

she ever gets one — will be broken and she'll be

doomed to spinsterhood forever. But as soon as

we have a roof over our head, she wants to set up

the quilting frame and stitch up her wedding quilt.

Besides, she says, with all the bachelors we're

seeing on the trail, she is sure she'll find one to

marry soon. I'll keep you posted.

Enclosed is the pattern we saw today. Add it to

your collection, but be sure to make the colors

coordinate!

Collecting quilt patterns along the trail,

Deborah

(Excerpt from Trail of Thread © by Linda K. Hubalek)



The Trail of Thread Quilt –

About the Author: Aside from writing historical fiction

based on her pioneering ancestors, Linda raises Bison

on her Kansas Prairie farm. You can read about more

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This Month’s block is called Art Square Block.

This is a nice and easy block to piece, and it

makes a great border block to try as well. It is

also a good design to use to show off a special

piece of fabric in the large centre diamond.

You will also be able to use strip or chain piecing

to speed things up a bit. To make this 12 inch

block as shown, you will need 2 different fabrics,

and once you have rotary cut the pieces

according to the Cutting Diagram, you can piece

them together as shown.

Block of the Month





Today’s Tips:

Ethel in Italy sent in this great suggestion:

“The tip I have is for creating things with the

salvage edge. One of the ladies in our group

suggested cutting a square of fusible interfacing

..... and ironing the salvage edge strips to that

and then sewing them down before cutting them

or using the squares to create purses and such.”

And Donna in Missouri sent in her handy hint too:

“My tip is the following: When applying binding

to your quilt, wind the folded strips on a child size

rolling pin. Attach the ends of the rolling pin with

a ribbon long enough to go around your head and

neck (as if wearing a necklace). Using this

method the binding will unwind without twisting

as it is stitched to the quilt. If you don’t have the

rolling pin, an empty cardboard tube will be a

good substitute.”

And thanks to Reader Lyn, who sent in a poem

about her first (and award-winning) quilt:



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