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quiltingwitch · 9 months

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Making a jacket I can wear for pride, inspired by the singular ✨Chuck Tingle✨

The color choices were inspired by pride flags. I tried to fit in as many as possible, and I have room on the rest of the jacket to add more in the future. Rather than representing my specific identity I aimed to include as many gender and sexual identities as I could fit. We are all blooming together.

Chuck Tingle’s writing often reminds me to express my joy and creativity out loud, and helps to focus me on creating art through love. I’m so grateful and glad to live in a place where I can celebrate myself and my community. This jacket is an expression of that emotion.

A highlight of my summer- I wore my pride garden jacket to the Camp Damascus book tour, and got my bandana signed! It is now my favorite decoration in my sewing space 💖

#sword post coming soon #love is real #chuck tingle #camp damascus #foundation paper piecing #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 5 months

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Swords for a sword lover, finally complete ⚔️

#quilting #foundation paper piecing #english paper piecing #modern quilting #textile art #textile arts #fiber art #sewing #quilt #quilts #art #quiltingwitch #swords #cats and quilts #textiles #medieval weapons #lord of the rings #asoiaf #quilters of tumblr

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quiltingwitch · 5 months

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An Exploration of Large Scale Foundation Paper Piece Quilt Designing

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Cozy Swords So Big

I made this quilt for a sword enthusiast, I’m sure they would clock inaccurate sword proportions right away. It was important to me that the (non magical) swords be as proportionally accurate as possible. I based each blade to hilt ratio directly on historical or famous prop references (can you spot them?) and designed them to be life sized.

A very sweet boy’s tail for scale against an early pattern draft

The most challenging part of constructing this quilt was working on the RIDICULOUSLY long blades. Typically individual pieces of an FPP pattern are small and easily maneuvered. My largest blade pattern pieces were about 45 inches long, a design decision I would never inflict on anybody but myself.

The smallest blade- the only one I took photos of because the rest were way too overwhelming to document. The largest pieces were triple the length of this.

Designing the blades to be contained in a single piece of each pattern maximized precision in the parts of the designs that I really really wanted to be smooth and sleek.

The long blades were very hard to construct, it’s easy to end up with bubbled fabric on FPP pattern pieces so large. Glue stick and spray starch were critical here.

My only totally impossible sword was designed in a more traditional fpp kind of way, broken into many small pattern pieces. There was a lot more room for error in seam matching, so this block took me much longer to complete than any of the others. I redid quite a few seams to get as close as I could to perfect.

Overall I loved how these large scale FPP designs turned out. I think the result was worth the hassle of working with my comically large pattern pieces.

#the largest sword is approx five times my longest cat #or like 3 times counting his tail #quilting #textile art #textile arts #fiber art #sewing #quilt #quilts #art #quiltingwitch #foundation paper piecing #artists on tumblr #quiltblr #modern quilting #quilters of tumblr

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quiltingwitch · 8 months

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Does the sword lady ad even exist anymore? I was getting kind of attached to her.

#mainly inspired by sting #a first try at comboing english and foundation paper piecing #quilting #textile art #fiber art #textile arts #sewing #sword lady #swords #lord of the rings #lotr fandom #quilt #english paper piecing #foundation paper piecing #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 9 months

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A pride garden jacket inspired by world’s greatest author Chuck Tingle

#i moved boroughs and got offline for a while but I kept quilting #love is real #chuck tingle #pride #quilting #textile art #textile arts #fiber art #sewing #foundation paper piecing #quilt #quilts #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 8 months

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Inspired by Arya Stark’s Needle. I have never seen an episode of Game of Thrones or read any of the novels, but I did spend a beautiful afternoon swinging in a sun dappled hammock while my partner explained the entire plot of each book in sequence. Which is much better imo

#my marriage is a happy exchange of special interests #a song of ice and fire #quilting #foundation paper piecing #english paper piecing #quiltblr #quilter #quilt #sewing #swords #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 4 months

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No rules quilting

Incorporating english paper pieced blocks in a largely foundation paper pieced design

Some shapes are a bad fit for foundation pieced designing. The chunky shapes I wanted for my gems were better accomplished with english paper piecing in 4 of my 7 swords.

I am not experienced at hand piecing, this was my second try ever. I hope to improve my stitching in the future, I’d like it to be more consistent in size and tension.

I found it hard to know how much smaller to make the gem patten, to account for the addition of slight bulk at the seams. I finally got it right on the last gem. (Also the easiest since it had the fewest seams to account for.)

FPP shapes only have Y seams where two FPP pattern pieces are being joined. For example, in the green gem the top group of 5 triangles and the bottom group of 3 triangles were separate pattern pieces.

I don’t think mixing techniques for this project distracts from the overall image, and I got the shapes I was looking for much more easily than if I had stuck to only FPP for the entire design.

10/10 will mix techniques again.

#it’s been fun going through my process photos as I work on my next design #quiltingwitch #quilting #textile art #artists on tumblr #fiber art #english paper piecing #foundation paper piecing #modern quilt #quilt #textile arts #sewing #art #swords #gems

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quiltingwitch · 4 months

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~Big Booty Bigfoot~

Inspired by my favorite take on this iconic species of cryptid- the Tingleverse style Bigfoot. He could be a part time mummy camp counselor, the leader of a band of environmentalist pirates, or the president. Anything is possible.

I’m hoping to add more details with quilting- 2024 is my year of quilt as I go cryptids.

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quiltingwitch · 8 months

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✨The Sailor Princess of Power Gem Labyrinth Adventure Mega Meta Magic Sword ✨

#perhaps the all time favorite thing I’ve ever designed #my entire heart is in this #after designing six nicely proportioned historically plausible swords this is what I needed #artists on tumblr #textile art #textile arts #swords #arms and armor #fantasy #quilting #quilt #sewing #quilter #foundation paper piecing #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 1 year

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THE BLADE IS IMBUED WITH GREAT POWER.

#it’s so fun to FINALLY start sewing after over a month of design and prep #the green gem has some unintentional peridot energy #it’s morp #foundation paper piecing #quilting #textile art #textile arts #fiber art #sewing #fiber arts #quilt #fiber crafts #quilts #art #swords #sword lady #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 8 months

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Two more swords, the largest of the bunch. One inspired by a historical reference of a true renaissance two-hander, the other by anduril (post elven repair)

#i used this project as an excuse to look at a lot of sword photos #quiltblr #quilting #textile art #fiber art #sewing #quilt #quilts #quiltingwitch #foundation paper piecing #english paper piecing #textile arts #lotr #lotr fandom #art #nerd art

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quiltingwitch · 8 months

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She has no respect for my work ❤️

#this is second best to being held like a baby in my lap #she still lives with her cat mother as well as me her human mother #we both treat her like a kitten #she doesn’t realize she is an adult cat #textile art #textile arts #fiber art #sewing #cats of tumblr #cats and quilts #quiltingwitch

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quiltingwitch · 1 year

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A scrappy birb quilt made with 100% recycled and reclaimed materials for a bird lover I love! The fabric, batting, buttons, and even the thread were all sourced from my own clothing, thrift bins, or FabScrap BK.

Bird block pattern is Pretty Bird by Heather Valentine of The Sewing Loft

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quiltingwitch · 1 year

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Improvised foundation paper pieced mini blocks, for using up small scraps

#i love a pattern but I can’t follow directions too often or I get hives #these were very relaxing to make #textile art #textile arts #quilting #quilt #handmade #fiber art #sewing #fiber crafts #quilts #textiles #quiltingwitch #fiber arts #foundation paper piecing

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quiltingwitch · 1 year

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(I do not know if I can sate its hunger.)

#i have to take a twoish week break on this project because I am moving #this quilt will be started in manhattan and finished in brooklyn #quiltingwitch #foundation paper piecing #quilting #sewing #quilts #quilt #modern quilt #modern quilting #sword #sword lady

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quiltingwitch · 1 year

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A project for a friend, from chaotic notes app sketch to finished quilt!

My goals for this project were to:

-use designs and colors directly inspired by my friend

-build confidence in foundation paper piecing, with the aim to understand the rules so I can design my own patterns eventually

-use as much scrap fabric as possible whenever possible

The grey background, the spines of the book designs, and the improv blocks were all made from half square triangle and strip scraps left over from a wedding quilt made for mutual friends. I think that means my friends’ quilts are siblings. ❤️

This was my favorite part, improvising fpp blocks with small scraps. No rules just right. (Ok some rules- for each block use many blues, use green once, balance with grey. But I made those rules up arbitrarily so I don’t mind following them)

The blue background fabric and border fabric were originally three thrifted shirts. I used fpp technique to make the striping precise.

I listened to a lot of tinglers while making this quilt, and in my opinion this gift for my friend proves love is real. Chuck Tingle is a very inspirational and influential artist for me. I have enormous respect for all his work and I find myself more motivated to create because Chuck trots his trot.

Just two buds and a quilt that proves love is real.

There is so much joy in watching my friends enjoy something I made. I love you guys!

I’m very happy with how this quilt turned out. I was able to pull mostly from my scrap bags for the top, the rest was reclaimed shirts. Foundation paper piecing is sometimes referred to as a technique that creates a lot of scrap, but I’ve found it to be a good way to use scrap. The extra step of piecing solids into a large enough shape to fit the fpp pattern didn’t seem to effect the overall construction, as long as I ironed the seams open. (Fpp does create paper waste though, which I can’t yet figure out how to reuse.) I certainly increased my confidence with fpp and I’m really excited to use the technique more. Best of all, the quilt helped keep my friends warm on a very cold weekend. I’m very lucky to know and be known by them.

Thank you for reading, please enjoy Jasper in his favorite spot: the forbidden blanket. I moved him from his spot many times because I was worried about pin pricks but he kept coming back. The beloved boy loves a basted quilt.

Patterns are Tall Tales by Kate Basti, North Star by Full Bobbin Designs, and Dragonfly by Full Bobbin Designs

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