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Crafty-Geeks is a three-woman team from Central Alberta, Canada... and, like our namesake says, we are crafty geeks!! We do everything from illustration to quilting to jewelry-making, but we're best known for our sewing patterns. We design and develop our own English Paper Piecing sewing patterns and make them available to you! We also take custom orders on quilts, pillows, bags and more!
You've heard of Granny Chic... this is Granny Geek!
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Process pictures of the Pride Flag quilt I made for @gallusrostromegalus! I’m so excited that I finished it and it got there safely!
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HEY FRIENDS!
Over the past few days, Beth and I have been talking about what Crafty-Geeks can do to support Racial Justice in our community, country, and society. One of the things we want to do is donate. Because all the comic cons we normally table at (which are Crafty-Geeks’ main source of income) are cancelled this year, we don’t have the money to donate. What we DO have, however, is inventory.
If you’ve been with us for a while, you might remember that about 5 years ago we made this post calling ourselves out for the lack of diversity in our superhero sewing patterns. With the help of a lot of really gracious, awesome people, we compiled a list of Superheroes of Colour that we wanted to add to our sewing pattern collection. Some of the replies can be found here. And, as a result of everyone’s response, we made our Superheroes of Colour quilt (pictured above) which we have been taking with us to display at comic cons for the past four years.
So, the plan is to sell our Superheroes of Colour quilt (#socquilt) for $600 cdn (plus shipping & handling if you aren't local) so that we can donate all the net proceeds to charity. It only seems right that that particular quilt be donated to the cause. We will also be selling a few pillow covers for $60 each (plus s/h) and donating that money as well.
After a lot of thought and research, we've decided on six non-profits we'd like the proceeds of our quilt and pillow cover sales to go to. I have them listed in the purple image above. You can also click this links here:
www.raricanow.org
www.blackwomeninmotion.org
www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca
www.blacklivesmatter.ca
www.crrf-fcrr.ca
www.cfrac.com
Please contact us over on our Instagram if you would like to purchase this Quilt or any of the pillow covers we will also have available for this cause. If a fully-handmade, one-of-a-kind superhero quilt or pillow cover isn’t your cup of tea or is outside of your budget, please just consider donating what you can to any of the organizations listed above. You can find more resources and places to donate here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Thank you for reblogging this post to get the message about our charity quilt out!
#BlackLivesMatter
#blacklivesmatter#black lives matter#racial justice#superheroes of color#superhero quilt#quilt for sale#soc quilt#socquilt#craftygeeks
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So this is Mateo Took, my lovely bard child, drawn by the absolutely incredible @tlouey Please, if you want a character drawn, go to Sara, a wonderful experience and as you can tell, a magnificent outcome. I absolutely adore everything about him, from his sharp & pointy flute, to his brightly colored clothes, and adorably fuzzy feet.
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Crafty-Geeks is a three-woman team from Alberta, Canada… and, like our namesake says, we are geeks who craft! We do everything from illustration to quilting to jewelry-making, but we’re best known for our “Sewn Your Own Dang Superhero” sewing patterns! This tutorial video teaches you how to use our sewing patterns which are a slightly altered version of English Paper Piecing.
Materials Needed
One of our Sewing Patterns
Needle
Cotton Thread
Cotton Fabric
Sharp Scissors
Temporary Fabric Glue (optional)
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Instagram: @crafty_geeks
Twitter: crafty0geeks
Patreon: www.patreon.com/craftygeeks
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/crafty0geeks
Blog: www.crafty-geeks.net
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If you like sewing, please consider joining us over on our Patreon! We’ve got it set up as sort of a sewing pattern club where our patrons get one of our sewing patterns each month. www.patreon.com/craftygeeks
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OH MY GOSH! I only just saw this!!! How awesome. I bet it turned out fantastic.
My friend S used to Roller Derby under the name Carmen Slamdiego… she’s also a teacher, at the elementary school right next door to the STEM High School that had the shooting earlier this week… so I’m making her a pillow to hold onto, to give her strength and support. She has bunnies in her classroom and the kids were very worried about them because they had to leave the buns behind when they were evacuated.
Pattern by @crafty-geeks, fabrics from JoAnn’s, pattern printed at 11x17 at Office Depot. I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do for a border & backing, but I’ve got to finish this front first.
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We’re back home from Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo! This was our seventh year going and sixth year tabling there. We had an awesome time seeing old friends and making new ones. It was a wonderful time (despite the random freaky blizzard on Saturday night) and our sales were up from last year which was a bonus. We want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came by our table and made our weekend awesome. You guys are awesome. I love love love the JOY that results from the gathering of enthusiastic creative people!
#calgary expo#calgary expo 2019#appearances#good times#our products#cant wait for calgary ezpo 2020#i hope tom cavanagh comes#heheeee
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I keep forgetting to post here, I'm so sorry!
We've been busy sewing lots of fun things for the 2020 comic con season! Our resident sewing pattern designer has been churning out a bunch of new patterns lately, too!! There's a few available on our Patreon this month and a bunch going live on our Etsy next weekend!
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The My Hero Academia quilt I made for @magnetospurplemanties‘ birthday, from concept to finish! It’s made from 100% cotton, with tied quilting, and all the appliques were done by hand. All told, it took me about thirty-five hours from start to finish, and knowing she likes it makes it all worth it.
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I just saw an article on how to make "quilts for men" that explains that they must be masculine enough for him, but pretty enough to be in common areas. My solution is way easier: don't bother with the time, effort, or money to make quilts for anyone who's that weird about gendered objects.
If you make a fucking wholeass quilt for someone and they complain, you are legally allowed to kill that person
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One of my friends was selling his gameboy controlled sewing machine so of COURSE I had to buy it
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My latest project is this ridiculously cute bunny pillow 😍 It is so nice to get the opportunity to sew one of our patterns from our woodland series we did up years ago. It also includes a wolf, fox, raccoon, deer… and… I feel like I’m forgetting something 🤔 Anyhow, spoiler alert, our patrons over on Patreon will be receiving this pattern this month.
Note: This is NOT paper piecing that you do via sewing machine. This is English Paper Piecing which you do by hand. ALL our patterns are ENGLISH Paper Piecing patterns which are done by hand, not by sewing machine.
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WELCOME to our 6th Annual Instagram Sewing Challenge!! This year we are going with the theme and hashtag of #SpideySew
To participate, please repost the image on your Instagram account with the tags #SpideySew and @crafty_geeks then email [email protected] with your Name, Instagram Username, Email, and choice of sewing pattern (the four options pictured) by May 30th, 2019.
Sewing patterns will be emailed out to those who signed up on May 31th and then you can begin sewing your project.
You will have until July 30th to sew and post a photo of your finished project. Everyone who posts a completed image to their Instagram account with the correct tags (#spideysew and @crafty_geeks) before July 30th will be entered to win our Grand Prize!
This contest is open to anyone of any level of sewing ability residing in any country. You must have a public Instagram account so we all can see your project and you must tag your post with #sewtroopers and @crafty_geeks so we don’t miss it
Winner will receive a custom throw pillow cover made using one of our existing sewing patterns (but not any of our ‘ambulance’ patterns)… OR the winner can choose 12 of our regular existing EPP sewing patterns instead!
Sign up via email by: May 30th.
Contest Due Date: July 30th
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Instagram: @crafty_geeks
Twitter: crafty0geeks
Patreon: www.patreon.com/craftygeeks
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/crafty0geeks
Blog: www.crafty-geeks.net
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We’re back home from Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo! This was our seventh year going and sixth year tabling there. We had an awesome time seeing old friends and making new ones. It was a wonderful time (despite the random freaky blizzard on Saturday night) and our sales were up from last year which was a bonus. We want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who came by our table and made our weekend awesome. You guys are awesome. I love love love the JOY that results from the gathering of enthusiastic creative people!
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galaxy-houseplants: What makes LGBT representation in children’s media so important to you, and how do you think it helps make future generations more accepting of diversity?
Check out the full Answer Time here.
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Crafty-Geeks is a three-woman team from Alberta, Canada… and, like our namesake says, we are geeks who craft! We do everything from illustration to quilting to jewelry-making, but we’re best known for our “Sewn Your Own Dang Superhero” sewing patterns! This tutorial video teaches you how to use our sewing patterns which are a slightly altered version of English Paper Piecing.
Materials Needed
One of our Sewing Patterns
Needle
Cotton Thread
Cotton Fabric
Sharp Scissors
Temporary Fabric Glue (optional)
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Instagram: @crafty_geeks
Twitter: crafty0geeks
Patreon: www.patreon.com/craftygeeks
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/crafty0geeks
Blog: www.crafty-geeks.net
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If you like sewing, please consider joining us over on our Patreon! We’ve got it set up as sort of a sewing pattern club where our patrons get one of our sewing patterns each month. www.patreon.com/craftygeeks
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