I am excited about being included in the new issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 designer blocks volume 12. My block was inspired by Seminole strip piecing. The Seminole tribe is famous for their use of this technique. I found out about this technique long before I became a quilter.
In case you didn’t know, my sewing adventure making clothing. Also, I developed a love for needle work of all kinds, even though I didn’t practice any techniques myself. Along the way I was introduced to Folkwear patterns. These are patterns that have that reflect different cultures and time periods as their design theme. One of the patterns that appealed to me as a clothier was the Seminole Jacket and Skirt pattern. I never did anything with it bit it was always kicking around in the back of my mind. Which turned out to be a good thing because that’s how my journey into quilting happened.
Although most of what I sewed was custom clothing, I had dipped my toes into quilting by making a couple of baby quilts for my nieces. I used techniques from Eleanor Burns log cabin and Irish quilt books. They came out decent and I considered making another quilting project. One day I happened upon a quilting book about Seminole strip piecing called Simply Seminole by Dorothy Hanisko. Typically Seminole piecing results in narrow bands of piecing measuring anywhere between 1” - 5”. What the author did was to enlarge the finished size of the pieced bands so that you didn’t need as many bands to complete a quilt top. I used this technique the way it’s presented in the book to make a few Seminole quilts I have in my gallery.
I will be taking part in the Quiltmaker 100 designer block blog tour for volume 12. As part of the blog tour I will be giving away a copy of the magazine to 1 lucky tourist. On November 20th, come back and visit my blog. I’ll give you instructions on how to get your chance at owning a copy of this amazing resource.
In case you didn’t know, my sewing adventure making clothing. Also, I developed a love for needle work of all kinds, even though I didn’t practice any techniques myself. Along the way I was introduced to Folkwear patterns. These are patterns that have that reflect different cultures and time periods as their design theme. One of the patterns that appealed to me as a clothier was the Seminole Jacket and Skirt pattern. I never did anything with it bit it was always kicking around in the back of my mind. Which turned out to be a good thing because that’s how my journey into quilting happened.
Although most of what I sewed was custom clothing, I had dipped my toes into quilting by making a couple of baby quilts for my nieces. I used techniques from Eleanor Burns log cabin and Irish quilt books. They came out decent and I considered making another quilting project. One day I happened upon a quilting book about Seminole strip piecing called Simply Seminole by Dorothy Hanisko. Typically Seminole piecing results in narrow bands of piecing measuring anywhere between 1” - 5”. What the author did was to enlarge the finished size of the pieced bands so that you didn’t need as many bands to complete a quilt top. I used this technique the way it’s presented in the book to make a few Seminole quilts I have in my gallery.
I will be taking part in the Quiltmaker 100 designer block blog tour for volume 12. As part of the blog tour I will be giving away a copy of the magazine to 1 lucky tourist. On November 20th, come back and visit my blog. I’ll give you instructions on how to get your chance at owning a copy of this amazing resource.
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