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Midnight Mystery Quilt - June

posted on , by Eileen In Stitches

I've finally made my fabric selections for the 2015 Midnight Mystery Quilt-Along being run by Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs. I've gone with four Cotton and Steel fabrics from different collections. The mystery quilt is a new challenge for me in that I don't know what the final design will be, and I've decided to take that one step further and go with a color palette very far from my ...

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It's nice to meet you!

posted on , by Eileen In Stitches

Hello! I'm Eileen, and I'm excited to be part of the 2015 New Quilters Blog Hop. I'm fortunate enough to have a day job that allows me to be creative, doing illustration and freelance art for various clients in NYC. I mainly work in children's media including card games and comics. I've always loved to play with blocks of color and patterning; last year I illustrated and published ...

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Halloween Mini Quilt Swap

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This is the first time I've participated in a swap on Instagram! I enjoyed scoping out my partner's feed and planning out this little quilt. I winged it a bit with this quilt, making a section of flying geese at a time and then moving around the layout as I went until I got something I liked. Rearranging as I went was fun and freeing - and while my points aren't all perfect, ...

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Rainbow Kittens

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The first 9 of 25 rainbow cats! I am making Elizabeth Hartman (ohfrannsson)'s cat quilt for my aunt and uncle, who rescue and foster cats. They have bottle fed over 200 abandoned kittens in the past few years.  The original pattern makes a small, roughly crib sized quilt, so I am going to play with sashing and maybe a border to make this a lap sized throw.  Also, this ...

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Orphan Adoption Event - Patterns

posted on , by Eileen In Stitches

Cynthia over at Quilting is More Fun than Housework is hosting an orphan adoption event to rehome those quilt WIPs and projects we've lost interest in or drive to finish. I hope this becomes a regular event! I only started quilting a few months ago and don't have abandoned WIPs (yet), but I was very kindly gifted the above quilt patterns along with a fabric order. My taste runs more ...