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Cheering Fabric Bundles and Projects

October 8, 2021 by carolyn friedlander 16 Comments

It's time to meet my new Cheering fabric bundles and projects! The Fabric Bundles My main goal here was to put together a couple of fabric palettes that are happy and cheerful. I love fabrics ...

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Long Leaf Quilt in Kona Cotton (FPP)

September 4, 2021 by carolyn friedlander 12 Comments

Here's a closer look at my Long Leaf Quilt in Kona Cotton. There shouldn't be any question that I love a good tree quilt. Whether it's the literal idea of a tree like Grove, Olive and Pine or a ...

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Clay Kept Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Clay Kept Quilt

April 21, 2021 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

With my Kept fabrics now hitting stores, I'm excited to share more about my Clay Kept quilt. Deciding on a Technique I've made a couple of Clay quilts already--the throw-sized version that is ...

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Collection CF Grid Group fabric . Carolyn Friedlander

Meet my new CF Grid Group fabric!

April 8, 2021 by carolyn friedlander 10 Comments

I have some fun news that I can finally share. Meet my new CF Grid Group fabric collection! On Grids It shouldn't be a surprise, but I LOVE grids. There's something wonderful about clean lines ...

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colorful quilt for my niece

Colorful Quilts for my Niece

October 9, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 19 Comments

This summer I made a couple of colorful quilts for my niece. It was a treat for both of us. To start, I picked up a couple of adorable mini charm packs from Bunny's at QuiltCon back in February. ...

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Scrap Squares.

July 14, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 35 Comments

Scraps! I'm not sure where you fall on the scrap spectrum, but for me they can get out of control. In an effort to cut down on my scrap pile, here's a new thing I've been trying this year--and I think ...

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clay quilt pattern . carolyn friedlander

Clay Quilt Pattern

July 2, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

With everything going on in the world today, I have to admit that it is hard not to acknowledge that. My goal continues to be to make this space one that is full of creative comfort and inspiration, ...

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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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Eads Jetty Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Eads Jetty Quilt and a new approach to layout and color.

March 5, 2020 by carolyn friedlander 13 Comments

This Eads Jetty quilt is my third Eads quilt and a new approach to layout and color. (See the first version here and second QAL version here.) Quilt making is inspiring; you can take the same ...

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hearts jetty quilt . carolyn friedlander

Hearts Jetty quilt

February 10, 2020 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

With Jetty coming out, I knew I wanted to make a Hearts quilt. Actually, I knew I wanted to make some Hearts pillow shams, but after cutting out one block and then a second, I found myself shuffling ...

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Sewing Lotts

February 7, 2020 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

Lately I have been sewing Lotts lots. (I totally named the pattern so I could do that--ha!) This has mostly been because I am teaching a Lott workshop at QuiltCon in a couple of weeks. I'm ...

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Bartow Quilt in Collection CF fabrics.

November 25, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

I love a project that shows little bits of many different things, and that's what my Bartow Quilt in Collection CF fabrics is all about. This design goes back to 2014 and the 30th anniversary of ...

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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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cf Hearts quilt pattern.

August 2, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 10 Comments

My new cf Hearts pattern is finally here! I love simple shapes, and the heart is lovely one to take on. While thinking about projects to make to show off my new (old) fabrics, I kept ...

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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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Aurifil Carolyn Friedlander Light/Dark Mix Thread Set

Light and Dark Thread Sets with Aurifil.

June 25, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 1 Comment

I have some new light and dark thread sets with Aurifil. The idea for these sets came about when working on my latest collection. Instead is very palette-focused, and I found myself using ...

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Hunt Quilt Along: A Closer Look At Fabric.

May 16, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 3 Comments

Hunt Quilt Along: A Closer Look At Fabric. This week I want to take a closer look at fabric. I have some tips to share, and I also want to let you in on what I'm thinking about for my own ...

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Architextures Sunrise Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Architextures Sunrise.

April 30, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

My Architextures Sunrise quilt comes with a bit of an admission. I made it back in 2012 when Architextures first came out. It was displayed in the Architextures booth at Quilt Market that fall, but I ...

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Instead Fabric . Carolyn Friedlander

My Instead Collection.

April 5, 2019 by carolyn friedlander 22 Comments

Finally, I can share with you something that I've been thinking about and working on for more than the past year. I'm so happy to share with you my Instead collection. Instead started as an ...

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Bartow Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Bartow Quilt Finally Finished.

October 19, 2018 by carolyn friedlander 5 Comments

This quilt top has been sitting around in the studio since 2014. But good news, this Bartow quilt is finally finished! Back in 2014 Robert Kaufman released a new batch of Kona solids, and my ...

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