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Wildabon Market Tote . Carolyn Friedlander

Wildabon Market Tote.

February 17, 2017 by carolyn friedlander 5 Comments

Sometimes (/most of the time) I get stuck on an idea that I can't wait to see through. This Wildabon Market Tote is one of them. Wildabon has been such a fun project in every way, and I've been eager ...

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Wildabon Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Wildabon Quilt with Leah Duncan.

January 26, 2017 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

Want to know one of the most fun things I did in 2016? Easy. It'd have to be my new Wildabon quilt--a collaboration with Leah Duncan. Everything about it was such a delight. To start, I'm a massive ...

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BOM Trudy . Carolyn Friedlander

Creative Bug BOM Trudy.

December 15, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

It's time to meet the newest and final member of my 2016 contribution to the Creative Bug BOM, Trudy. She's fairly simple, but also adventurous and adaptable based on your fabric choices and how ...

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Aerial Grove in Liberty and Chambray . Carolyn Friedlander

Aerial Grove in Liberty and Chambray.

September 20, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 24 Comments

I finished this guy. Finally. And it was fun. Here's a look at my Aerial Grove in Liberty and chambray that I started a little while ago (107 weeks according to Instagram) ... with status updates ...

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Euclid Hesperides Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Euclid Hesperides Quilt.

August 9, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 4 Comments

I love appliqué, and lately I've really loved appliquéing with all types of fabric--from lawns to quilting cottons to linens. In fact, those were all big reasons for my Hesperides quilt design ...

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Pickle Hawaiian Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Pickle Hawaiian.

July 29, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 15 Comments

I definitely have no problem starting new projects. The problem is always in finishing them. Anyone else with me on that? Luckily for anything work-related, there are deadlines, which means things do ...

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Facing East Quilt in Euclid . Carolyn Friedlander

Facing East Quilt in Euclid.

July 20, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

Here's a new Facing East Quilt in Euclid. Even though my new fabric collection Euclid is printed on Essex (and I've been making tons of garments and accessories with it), you can still use it ...

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Everglade Quilt Shams . Carolyn Friedlander

Everglade Quilt Shams

June 14, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

I seem to have a thing with pillow shams, which was certainly noticeable after finishing up these 3 Everglade Quilt shams that I eagerly made and used in my booth at Spring Quilt Market. (For anyone ...

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Hesperides Quilt Pattern . Carolyn Friedlander

Hesperides Quilt Pattern

June 8, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

Also new this spring is my Hesperides Quilt Pattern--a design that I've had a lot of fun with. While playing with my new collection Euclid, I kept thinking about opposites--both in terms of ...

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Euclid Fabric . Inari Tee Dress . Carolyn Friedlander

Euclid Fabric

April 1, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 32 Comments

Good news, I have a little something to share. Meet, Euclid--my newest fabric collection for Robert Kaufman. Euclid is quite a bit different from my other collections. First, this is an overprinted ...

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Applique Quilt Top . Carolyn Friedlander

Needle-turn Applique Class with Creative Bug.

February 25, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

Good news, my first class with Creative Bug is now live--yay! It's all about one of my favorite techniques--needle-turn applique. I filmed with Creative Bug last August, and have been eager to ...

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Scrappy Collection Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Scrappy Collection and Liberty Aerial Grove Quilts.

January 26, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 5 Comments

Something about the New Year has had a positive influence on getting some WIPs back into rotation. My Scrappy Collection and Liberty Aerial Grove quilts are two of my favorites. Both of these are ...

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carolyn friedlander best of 2015

Best of 2015 + a giveway

December 31, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 260 Comments

It seems like every year goes by in a flash, and 2015 was no exception. While wondering where it all went, I took a look back through my archives to find the best of 2015--an excellent exercise ...

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everglade pincushions . carolyn friedlander

Everglade Pincushions and some Carkai Cards.

December 16, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 4 Comments

When it comes to pincushion making, I have a hard time making just one... Gift sewing is upon us. And even though I can't always promise punctuality with my gifting, I am a big proponent of the ...

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everglade quilts . carkai fabric . carolyn friedlander

New Quilt Pattern: Everglade.

December 2, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

Like my Botanics quilt pattern, new pattern Everglade quilt pattern is a design set where I let myself get carried away with possibilities. It started off with the larger (throw-sized) one, ...

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carolyn friedlander . ebb, envelopes and everglade quilts in carkai fabric

New Quilt Pattern: Ebb.

November 23, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 6 Comments

A colorful array of stacked crescents is where my Ebb quilt began. I'm ALWAYS a fan of projects where you can use little bits of a lot of different things. (E.g. this ongoing Arcs project, any of ...

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the collection quilt_scrappy_1_carolyn friedlander

Scrappy Collection Quilt: blocks are complete and attached.

July 27, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 9 Comments

As promised, I'll continually be checking in and sharing the progress of my second Collection quilt. Based on the pic I posted on IG when I first cut it out, I know that it was something like 8 ...

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A new Collection quilt.

July 8, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

Spoiler Alert: I've been on a making binge lately. In all ways and with all things. Does that ever happen to you? A few weeks ago, I looked in to my closet and felt completely sick of ...

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quilting Totem quilt_carolyn friedlander

QuiltCon West.

June 24, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

Hi hi! Well tomorrow (June 25, 10am EST) registration opens for QuiltCon West. Because of that, I thought I'd share the three classes that I'll be teaching. It should be fun! + 632 Facing East . ...

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essex linen colors for Post quilt_Carolyn Friedlander

Post Quilt in Essex Linen.

June 17, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

I've been going through some Essex linen lately. The texture is really nice, Robert Kaufman just added a bunch of new colors, and I've been loving the versatility of it. It works for clothes and ...

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