This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. I started the process of sewing the NotQuilt backing onto Dragon Princess by thinking about how much fabric I had. I didn’t have enough to cover the entire back. If I had, I wouldn’t […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. We start with our blue blanket. The measurements I listed previously were 100 by 110 inches square, a sizable blanket. Then I laid it out on the floor and measured much more carefully. It […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. This NotQuilt project started out with more than a few aches and pains, demonstrating just how hard recycling really is. The first challenge involves comforter recycling. We like to feel virtuous about carefully sorting […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. Now that I’ve sewn on the last two pieces — the keystones of the arch, as it were — and looked at the finished […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. You’ll recall in last week’s episode I was considering how to bind off the curved edge. I had several solutions, including one I really […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. I have now sewn down three sides of the binding. As with the cat NotQuilt, I ironed my strips with a half-inch hem, a […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. We’re nearing the end of the NotQuilt sewing process. I have been busily sewing down the center medallion. When I started this NotQuilt, I […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. We’re nearing the homestretch. As I’m filling in the NotQuilt design, a problem came up regarding fabric orientation that needed solving. By this time, […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. Last week I wrote about sewing little bits of cloth into bigger bits. That has been reasonably successful and has let me use up […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The link below takes you to the Balloon Notquilt project. This post, we’ll talk about saving quilt fabric like our ancestors, and how we applied a lesson learned from the design process. So far, […]