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 Cat Notquilt project. More time has passed. I’ve sewn all the way around the comforter, about 2 or 3 inches in. I’ve unpicked the remaining offending patches. […]
The first step in the process is preparing the notquilt comforter. I dug through the stash and discovered some fabric with chickens on it, some fabric that looks like appliquéd quilt blocks, and some more fabric with Pennsylvania Dutch birds. All of these fabrics share similar themes, blah colors, are intensely country in style and, […]
This is the current NotQuilt project. The guts are an old comforter, very old. I have no idea where it came from. It’s for a queen-size bed. As with all NotQuilts, the size of the finished product is determined by the size of the filling. This one is being worked in a roundabout, bassackward fashion, […]
For the last two weeks, we looked at the NotQuilts I’ve made for my family and friends. (part 1 and part 2). This week, we’ll finish with two wedding NotQuilts. Skull NotQuilt This wedding NotQuilt was made on a deadline. I wanted to make the happy couple something that would be personal and unique and […]
Last week, we looked at some of the NotQuilts I’ve made for my family and friends. This week, we’ll look at more of them, so you can see how I evolved my techniques for designing NotQuilts. Our bedspread of the Night Sky This was the first one that I made that had a planned design. […]
To better understand the construction and thinking behind NotQuilts, I’m going to spend the next couple of weeks displaying the ones I’ve made for my family and friends and the thinking that went into each design. I hope that you’ll take away from this that it is easier to make these than quilts, yet still […]
Last week, I described a NotQuilt, a blanket which uses a repurposed blanket as the middle layer between the backing fabric on the bottom and pieces of fabric sewed into the top layer. It is not a quilt, hence the name, but it fulfills the function of a quilt, lets me use bits and pieces […]
I got into sewing NotQuilts because I hate the cold about as much as I hate spending money I don’t need to. One of the things we are concerned about at Chez Peschel is temperature control, but doing so without spending money or fossil fuels. Many, many problems can be solved by throwing money at […]
Last week, we looked at how mundane events and encounters can spark story ideas. This week, we’ll look at other sources for stories. I like to read and I like to watch movies, and so often I’ll read a book or watch a show and know that the story could have been, should have been, […]
Everywhere! The difficulty has never been to have an idea. Ideas are all over the place, so many of them that I have to kick them out of the way when I walk through a room. There they sit, whimpering, heaped high in corners, and begging to be chosen next. Ideas are easy. It’s converting […]