EQ with Foundation or Paper Piecing & Quilting
Podcasts
I love listening to podcasts! I love the quilting
friends I have near my home, but podcasters are quilters from around the world,
so I get to hear about quilting adventures from all over and find out the ways
in which we are all the same and how we differ!
I have nano ipod (so no screen to pick and choose
from), so I charge it up when I know I’m going on a road trip by myself and
load it with as many podcasts as I can.
I know some people listen to them as they work, but I can’t pay
attention to a broadcast while I sew.
This site,
https://nonniequiltingdreams.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/updated-podcast-list-march-2016/ Nonnies Quilting Dreams
has a list of all the quilting podcasts available. I get mine from iTunes, but Nonnie explains
how to get a podcast from the hosts website.
I think I listen to all the ones on this list. For those of you who don’t know podcasts, the
quilting ones may take some ‘getting used to’.
They are like personal journals of the quilters and sometimes the
conversation goes in directions other than quilting (like to turtles!). But once I got to ‘know’ the person
broadcasting, I accepted all the varied aspects of each podcaster. The one thing to realize is that not all
podcasts are weekly – as with the rest of us, podcasters have lives of their
own and sometimes there are breaks.
The podcasts I have been listening to the longest
are:
Sandy on www.quiltingfortherestofus.com
Sandy loves Craftsy and often talks about all the baking, cooking and quilting
courses there. She also likes to dye
fabric and is working on her graduate degree (so doesn’t podcast regularly).
Frances is http://offkilterquilt.com and is a writer as well as a quilter, a mother and a wife in North Carolina.
She has just written a book called ‘Birds in the Air’ and has created quilts
with that block theme. (I’m going to
look for it when I go to the States next time)
Pam is on www.hiptobeasquarepodcast.com and recently began to host a new Internet TV show on quilting with her friend,
Lynn. They live near Atlanta. I can really recommend their show http://www.thestitchtvshow.com . They are funny and knowledgeable and
interesting! They have also published
some of their patterns.
Well - getting back to the title for this post - EQ7! I printed out a block on Ricky Tims Totally Stable for paper piecing this week (I like it because I don't have to tear it out) - wagon wheel. It set up to print in 4 sections, but since I wanted it all on one page, I chose the option NOT to separate the units. Once I had it, I began to cut it into 4 sections, but stopped after the first cut to the centre! Why should I cut it apart, I wondered? Couldn't I just piece the whole thing and then sew the last 2 pieces together? Well, I did just that and it works fine, so this was a lesson to me to think about the EQ suggestions before I sew (in other words, the computer doesn't always know best!). Here are some pictures showing my steps in making this block:
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| Wagon wheel block printed from EQ7 and cut on one side. |
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| Piecing - see the white fabric with edge trimmed for next piece |
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| I fold back the pattern, trim off the little bits from the last piece |
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| Add 1/4" past the folded edge and cut |
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| Cutting edge helps to line up the next piece |
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| White piece trimmed and ready |
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| Red piece pinned for sewing |
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| Sewing on the lines is so easy! |
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| The last 2 wedges, both trimmed |
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| Add caption |
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| And it worked! the wheel lies flat! |
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| I sewed fusible to the front of the wheel, then sliced it and turned it to the back to fuse to the background |
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| Completed wagon wheel |
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