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Takeaways from Me Made May 2022

June 2, 2022 by carolyn friedlander 8 Comments

Me Made May Another May is over, and I have plenty of takeaways from Me Made May 2022. Like previous years, it's been a good, creative push. And no surprise, I've added more garment patterns to my ...

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Long Leaf Baby Quilt

April 22, 2022 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

A couple of months back, I made this Long Leaf Baby Quilt. The Colors and Prints I auditioned a lot of different things when pulling fabrics for this project. Sometimes I have a palette in ...

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Long Leaf Technique Tips

September 23, 2021 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

I had my first in-person event last week since the start of COVID. While it presented new considerations (like teaching masked), it was really fun sewing with folks again, and I was eager to see one ...

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Clay mini quilt . carolyn friedlander

Clay Mini quilt.

July 6, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

Despite this Clay mini quilt being my most recent Clay finish, it was actually the quilt where it all began. It all started with a mini charm pack from a Quilt Market years ago. The pack included ...

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Hunt Quilt Along . carolyn friedlander

Hunt QAL #12 Check In.

May 28, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 9 Comments

Hunt QAL #12 Check In. Month #12, we did it! It's been a year of Hunt, and I appreciate you following along and joining in. At the start, I really just thought I'd make a quilt top by this point, ...

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spools quilt . carolyn friedlander

Meet Spools, my new quilt pattern.

April 27, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 4 Comments

Meet Spools, my new quilt pattern and tribute to an iconic sewing essential. Spools is very literally a celebration of sewing, with all kinds of color, fabric and print possibilities. ...

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Safety, Sanity and Sewing.

March 19, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Safety, sanity and sewing have been front of mind lately. I hope that you and your family are staying safe and taking care wherever you may be. I am grateful for ...

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Hearts Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Hearts behind the scenes.

August 16, 2019 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

Here's a little Hearts behind-the-scenes action. I was looking back through some photos, and found these shots from when I was making my new Hearts quilt. At this stage, I'd gotten all of my hearts ...

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Hunt QAL . Carolyn Friedlander

Hunt QAL Month #1 Check In.

June 27, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

Hunt QAL Month #1 Check In. I have two questions for you. (1) How has it already been 1 month, and (2) how are things going with you and your project? For me, this month developed in ways I ...

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Hunt Quilt Along: Project Overview.

May 9, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

Hunt Quilt Along: Project Overview. Yay, I'm so glad that you're joining in! And I'm really excited to hear that many of you are happy about the year-long format. It'll be good! This week I'm doing ...

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Davie Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

cf Mini QAL #5: Gradation.

August 16, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

cf Mini QAL #5: Gradation. How was last week? Here's what I made. This week, my focus was on Davie. With last week's challenge being about all colors, I tried not to over think my fabric ...

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Lusk B sketch . Carolyn Friedlander

cf Mini QAL #3: Using An Accent.

August 2, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

cf Mini QAL #3: Using An Accent. How did last week go for you? Did you like the two-tone challenge? I really did. In fact, I kind of like the idea of my project from the week being a jumping off ...

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Babson Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Meet Babson.

June 11, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

Last up of the newbies is Babson, a very graphic and fun-to-sew project. This quilt is kind of like Eads in that it's super mix and matchable, works with a bunch of different fabrics, can be ...

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Polk Lust Quilts . Carolyn Friedlander

Meet Lusk.

June 7, 2018 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

Meet Lusk, a new pattern for some (mini) quilts. I love mini quilts. There's so much you can do with them! They make great gifts, are perfect for swaps and I'm not sure there's any easier way ...

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Wainwright QAL . Carolyn Friedlander

WainwrightAL #4: Appliqué Progress.

March 8, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 10 Comments

WainwrightAL #4: Appliqué Progress. Now that I've been spending a little bit of time with my blocks basting and appliquéing them, I'm finding myself thinking about all kinds of project variations. ...

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Wainwright QAL . Carolyn Friedlander

WainwrightAL #3: Basting Progress.

March 2, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

WainwrightAL #3: Basting Progress. While away from home, I've been basting away on my Wainwright--yay for portability! The cool thing about it being basted is that it's ready to go ...

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WainwrightAL #2: Tool Updates and Travel.

February 22, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

WainwrightAL #2: Tool Updates and Travel. We're moving along with week two! I'm seeing some great starts from many of you on instagram, and I'm moving along (quite literally) at QuiltCon in ...

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Wainwright Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

WainwrightAL #1: The Pattern and The Plan.

February 15, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 16 Comments

WainwrightAL #1: The Pattern and The Plan. To kick things off, I thought it would be appropriate to talk a bit more about the pattern, and then my plan for moving forward with my own project as ...

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Traverse Bag in Gleaned Fabric

Traverse Bag in Gleaned.

December 1, 2017 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

Making a Traverse Bag (pattern by Noodlehead) was a long time coming. Ever since releasing the pattern earlier this year, it had been on my list. Before the hurricane, before the rush of Quilt Market ...

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Eads QAL 12 . Carolyn Friedlander

Eads QAL #12: Finished Top.

September 1, 2017 by carolyn friedlander 40 Comments

Eads QAL #12: Finished Top. The top is done! What an adventure. But let's back up a bit. Since I've been documenting this entire process, I thought it'd be fun to do a video of the ...

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