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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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Paper Pieced Quilt Class on Creative Bug . Carolyn Friedlander

Paper-Pieced Quilts Part 1 on Creative Bug

May 12, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 2 Comments

Howdy! Today, the first part of my Paper-Pieced Quilts Class goes live on Creative Bug. (Here's the link.) I've been pretty excited about this class, because the format is a bit longer--it's a ...

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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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Local Quilt 2016 and Blake with Highlight.

January 7, 2016 by carolyn friedlander 7 Comments

Highlight is the 2016 Kona Color of the Year, and it's safe to say that I like it quite a lot. It's a yellow that is exuberant and not afraid. Plus, as someone who is very familiar with a Kona card, ...

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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 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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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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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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You Inspire Me to Quilt…Dinosaurs.

June 9, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 10 Comments

This was a really fun project. When Cheryl approached me about participating in her next book, I didn't hesitate too much, because I was intrigued by the premise, which was to find someone to ...

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New Pattern: Austin House

June 2, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 10 Comments

Up next for my new releases is my Austin House pattern. It debuted at QuiltCon this year in one of my classes. In the class, I walked students through the design process from initial idea, site ...

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New Pattern: Collection Quilt Block of the Month

June 1, 2015 by carolyn friedlander 34 Comments

Meet the Collection quilt. Collection is my new block-of-the-month pattern and part of my Slow Sewing Studio. I've been teaching hand appliqué more and more over the last couple of ...

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Totem Quilt . Carolyn Friedlander

Sewing for baby: Totem quilt.

December 4, 2014 by carolyn friedlander 12 Comments

    Almost any day now, my sister will be giving birth to her first kid. I'm excited to be an aunt again. My brother has two little boys, and they've been a great joy in my life as ...

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Bartow Quilt for Kona 30th Anniversary + giveaway.

November 29, 2014 by carolyn friedlander 181 Comments

I hope y'all had an excellent Thanksgiving! Mine was great. I ate, spent time with family, and just generally unplugged. I also managed to start in on some home improvements, which is what I'll ...

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Summer Makes: Aerial Grove in a multitude of Kona cottons.

August 29, 2014 by carolyn friedlander 11 Comments

Continuing with what I've been making this summer, next up is another version of Aerial Grove--a project that's in my new book and one that I keep coming back to.     I tend to enjoy ...

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Summer Makes: Totem quilt.

August 20, 2014 by carolyn friedlander Leave a Comment

  This is also something that I've gotten into this summer--another Totem (one of my new patterns this past spring). The fabrics that I am using are a soft and happy mixture of things--some ...

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Quilting Florida and packing for a SewDown.

April 10, 2014 by carolyn friedlander 13 Comments

  I'm getting the final pieces together for my (very soon) exhibit at Bok Tower--it opens Saturday--and will include a few images (like the one above) from my upcoming book.   After posting this ...

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