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How the West was Won, Hayley Eichenbaum

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Six pieces of recent work. Trying to keep things stitched down, coping with uncertainty.

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Hello Friends and Happy November!

With the arrival of another new month, I'm excited to be able to share the next instalment of the Blackwork Roads chunk of the month quilt along!

November's chunk brings another block pattern, as well as a return to the use of our colour 1 fabric!

Check out the full instructions, as well as a PDF download, by visiting the Fibre Arts blog!

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Ongoing projects:

Curtains for Noah

Cat’s art quilt

Barn’s art quilt

Cushy white knit sweater

Mosaic crochet sweater

2 coasters

Log cabin quilt

Block of the month quilt

Teal/rainbow pieces to eventually do something with

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why does no one talk about this song? I honestly think that it is one of the most emotionally powerful songs daniel ever made, it emulates a certain lonely aura that feels so resonating to listen to, and the lyrics are so simple yet so clever in a way..

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Basic Glitch pattern from Modern Groove quilts. No idea how I'm going to quilt this one!

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Throwing a quick halloween quilt top together before the 31st. May not get it quilted and bound before then, but the top should be complete!

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An unfinished late 19th century patchwork from Cardiff.

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It doesn’t look that exciting, but this linen is from the New Kingdom (ca. 1492–1473 B.C.)

Thinking about it for too long makes me feel absolutely insane.

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Kim Dorland, Fever Dream

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Some more photos of the green quilt! I'm about halfway done with the quilting and I've been really enjoying it now. The first photo shows one of my favorite parts of the orange peel pattern, which is the diamond star shape that appears in between the petals 🏳️‍⚧️

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An Exploration of Large Scale Foundation Paper Piece Quilt Designing

Aka

Cozy Swords So Big

I made this quilt for a sword enthusiast, I’m sure they would clock inaccurate sword proportions right away. It was important to me that the (non magical) swords be as proportionally accurate as possible. I based each blade to hilt ratio directly on historical or famous prop references (can you spot them?) and designed them to be life sized.

A very sweet boy’s tail for scale against an early pattern draft

The most challenging part of constructing this quilt was working on the RIDICULOUSLY long blades. Typically individual pieces of an FPP pattern are small and easily maneuvered. My largest blade pattern pieces were about 45 inches long, a design decision I would never inflict on anybody but myself.

The smallest blade- the only one I took photos of because the rest were way too overwhelming to document. The largest pieces were triple the length of this.

Designing the blades to be contained in a single piece of each pattern maximized precision in the parts of the designs that I really really wanted to be smooth and sleek.

The long blades were very hard to construct, it’s easy to end up with bubbled fabric on FPP pattern pieces so large. Glue stick and spray starch were critical here.

My only totally impossible sword was designed in a more traditional fpp kind of way, broken into many small pattern pieces. There was a lot more room for error in seam matching, so this block took me much longer to complete than any of the others. I redid quite a few seams to get as close as I could to perfect.

Overall I loved how these large scale FPP designs turned out. I think the result was worth the hassle of working with my comically large pattern pieces.

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Quilt top is all sewn up but still needs a good press. Despite the warping, I’m pretty pleased with it and I think my friend will like it regardless. No clue how I’m going to quilt it!

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For Sophie, 2024

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(Half) the quilt my gram made for me when I turned 18. Big beautiful quilt that’s kept me warm for more than a decade

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Dollhouse chess set