tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49630947374858905752024-02-20T10:30:24.860-06:00QUILTOCALYPSEQuilter, artist and cancer survivor. Here you will find the Dark Arts of sewing and crafts.
Also, kittens.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-23082222543906482862016-12-11T01:31:00.000-06:002016-12-11T01:31:20.711-06:00Epic Embroidery of EvilHere's a crazy quilt-style embroidery hoop I made for a friend who's really into black metal. It's hard to tell in the photo, but most of the embroidery and trim is silver metallic. Incorporates some old fashioned ribbon embroidery flowers, and fabric with black metal musicians on it. (Spoonflower is a hell of a place.) My friend was suitably impressed. \m/ >__< \m/<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-87547502719084186442016-12-11T01:16:00.000-06:002016-12-11T01:16:50.042-06:00Going way back to last Xmas now, I made this as a gift for a friend. Nightmare before Christmas panel lap quilt with Jack Skellington Halloween fabric on the back. Gotta love the fake, printed borders! :D<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-16461263093210240172016-12-11T01:11:00.000-06:002016-12-11T01:11:12.199-06:00Another mini collage, this time in a used Altoids tin. I made it for a special someone :)<br />
Fabric, cameo and setting, beads, guitar pick.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-51695756976249458902016-12-11T01:05:00.000-06:002016-12-11T01:05:00.679-06:00That's how I TrollI finally made a quilt for myself! I used a Finntroll band flag as the center panel, and a green nature/leaf batik for the borders and back. Quilted with a large, simple allover design, I then went back and stitched along the outlines of the logo after this picture was taken.<br />
I'll keep it in my car as a lap blanket during our brutal 6-week Texas winter :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-47358334529616616502016-12-11T00:50:00.001-06:002016-12-11T00:53:35.195-06:00Pencil Holder of the GodsI fabric collaged a Norse mythology pencil holder using an empty tea tin. Vikings, trolls, ravens, runes....it's like a desktop mini-Valhalla!<br />
The fabric was attached with heat fusible web. turns out you can iron it onto metal- who knew?? (pro tip: don't try to hold a piece of metal while you're ironing it!)<br />
Finished with glued on embellishments. quick, simple and fun. Not all fabric projects have to be sewn!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-25725712840686034562015-11-23T22:49:00.000-06:002015-11-23T22:51:07.112-06:00Oh Helloween!Another XXXmas gift I made is this lap quilt for a dear friend whose favorite band is the German power metal pioneers, <a href="http://www.helloween.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Helloween</span></a>.<br />
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The technique was identical to the one I used to make the <a href="http://www.moonsorrow.com/main.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Moonsorrow</span></a> quilt, as seen in this<a href="http://quiltocalypse.blogspot.com/2014/11/let-your-freak-flag-fly.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: cyan;">previous post</span></a>. Just find a similar themed fabric for the backing, throw on coordinating borders, free motion quilt it with invisible monofil thread, add binding and BAM! A gift that simultaneously makes you warm and cool! \m/ >_< \m/</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-12305899052135992015-11-23T22:16:00.003-06:002015-11-23T22:18:27.355-06:00Black Arts and CraftsUp next, a little something I whipped out for an XXXmas present last year....behold the world's first and only (to my knowledge) BLACK METAL PENCIL HOLDERRRRR!<br />
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To make it, I used a cardboard snack tin as empty as our bleak existence itself. I took scraps of sufficiently grim and nihilistic fabric, and cut them out into rectangular shapes using a rotary cutter and ruler. I measured the dimensions needed to wrap around the tin, and arranged them on top of fusible webbing in the most depressing configuration. Then I tacked them into place with the iron (using a Teflon cover sheet to protect it.)<br />
After trimming the big rectangle of fused scraps to size, I attached it to the tin by fusing it down with an iron as hot as the flames of burning hellfire. Then I decorated it by gluing on various 3-dimensional collage objects whilst contemplating the futility of it all.<br />
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At last, my quick and easy no-sew gift project was ready to hold the implements of doom, when they are not being used to write curses and morbid song lyrics! These make a great gift for everyone on your unholyday list!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-49237186269933598112015-11-23T21:25:00.002-06:002015-11-23T21:31:20.095-06:00Epic Chair Do-overTime to catch up on some old posts!<br />
I'm still rockin' the sewing machine; just been keeping a low profile :)<br />
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First up, check out this chair makeover I did. A sad old office chair X some amazing Alexander Henry Japanese tattoo fabric = an easy and impressive project!<br />
I (mostly) followed <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Give-Those-Old-Desk-Chairs-New-Life/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">this tutorial</span></a>; results may vary depending on the individual chair shape.<br />
Best part, you can be less than perfect on the seat bottom, since no one will see it :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-62301222338486896862014-11-29T21:32:00.000-06:002014-11-29T21:33:14.865-06:00LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY!I love to collect printed banner flags of bands I like (because FABRIC!!), but I don't have room to hang them all up. I had a pile of them just sitting around gathering dust, when it occurred to me: KILLER LAP QUILTS! Just add a border to enlarge it a bit and add some contrast. I was able to piece the batting together from large scraps, and fabric off the bolt was just wide enough for the backing. This first one is of my favorite band, <a href="http://www.moonsorrow.com/main.html"><span style="color: cyan;">MOONSORROW</span></a> (Finland).<br />
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Not gonna lie, I'm pretty stoked about this idea :) They're quick and easy to make, and are perfect for showing off your amazing musical taste while keeping warm on the couch, in the car or at the multi-day music festival! I will put together a tutorial for the sewing challenged, eventually :)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-19924469833820260932014-09-14T21:31:00.001-05:002014-09-14T21:31:14.512-05:00It's the INSANITY QUILT!!What do you get when you make a Black Metal "crazy quilt"? A 3rd place ribbon at the <a href="http://www.aaqg.org/"><span style="color: cyan;">AAQG</span></a> <a href="http://www.aaqg.org/show2014/"><span style="color: cyan;">quilt show</span></a>, apparently :)<br />
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This is a 12" square block that combines traditional crazy quilting techniques with metal imagery and a limited black, white and silver palette. I used hand embroidery, embellishment, photo printing, and ribbon embroidery over a foundation-pieced background of black silk, satin and velvet fabrics. Most of the beads and decorations were found on Etsy. The photo is of the Norwegian black metal band Immortal, on printable fabric. I sewed this mostly on my breaks at work, over a few months. I'm really happy with the result, and I guess the judges were too! I don't think I would ever make a full sized one though....that would be INSANITY!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-15762255673830518852014-06-30T23:51:00.001-05:002014-06-30T23:58:32.735-05:00EMBROIDERMETALMATION is sweeping the nation!Sometimes, the universe just randomly combines a few of your favorite things. Case in point: this EMBROIDERED video by British heavy metal band <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thronemusic"><span style="color: cyan;">Throne</span></a>.</span> Over 3000 drawings were first animated in Flash, then converted to digital (machine) embroidery. That's 12 frames/embroideries per second!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-27742955172609426072014-02-23T23:51:00.000-06:002014-02-23T23:53:13.351-06:00They see me Trollin'In addition to quilts, I enjoy making plush dolls and animals. Not too long ago, I finished a cute troll doll that I had been working on sporadically for over a year. I had found <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78784270/yuki-frostfoot-a-jointed-yeti-plush-pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">this baby yeti pattern</span></a> by the talented <a href="http://www.thedragoncharmer.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Jennifer Carson,</span></a> and thought it would be a good place to start. I modified it a bit to add the tail and other details. He has jointed limbs, and the "hair" is real Tibetan lambskin mohair.<br />
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I got a denim doll's jacket and cut off the sleeves, and sewed a Finntroll patch to the back. I made a tiny spiked bracelet for him and (this is my favorite part!) added a talking doll voice box with 10 seconds of recordable audio-so of course he sings part of a Finntroll song!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-11468303496657815632013-09-16T20:00:00.003-05:002013-09-16T20:04:49.350-05:00sew sweet!A while ago, I saw a picture of a sewing-themed cake that was really impressive. That inspired me to start a pinterest board dedicated to them. As cake decorating has become more sophisticated by leaps and bounds recently, hobbies have become a popular theme for birthday cakes, and of course quilting is no exception. Feast your peepers on some delicious eye candy!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-89325022580867918012013-08-03T22:13:00.003-05:002013-08-03T22:15:19.910-05:00I just realized something......<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-78396306115024341672013-06-29T17:13:00.002-05:002013-06-29T17:16:37.178-05:00Needle de los MuertosA while back I found some great Dia de los Muertos fabric online, and HAD to get some even though I didn't have any immediate plans for it. (I'm sure that's never happened to any of you....right??)<br />
Recently I've been doing more embroidery and hand sewing projects, and got sick of digging around for the right size needle. Then it hit me: these Muertos loteria "cards" are a good size to fit on the cover of a needle book!<br />
I whipped out a few by using the escape hatch technique (similar to how I made the band patch xmas ornaments), using some batting scraps and sacred heart fabric for the lining. Then I fused the loteria cards over the turning slit, and sewed the felt pages in down the center. Voila! I think they turned out pretty cool :)<br />
There are a few in my <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/QUILTOCALYPSE"><span style="color: cyan;">etsy</span></a> </span>if you need one.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-5869288942310932662013-06-02T15:40:00.000-05:002013-06-02T15:41:50.202-05:00PINCUSHIONS OF DOOM!!!Now that my class is over, I'm finally able to get back to making some of my own projects I have been itching to do for a while- like these most grim and frostbitten of pincushions!<br />
Using <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.seasonedhomemaker.com/2012/11/mason-jar-pin-cushion-tutorial.html"><span style="color: cyan;">this tutorial,</span></a> </span>I made them with mason jars and skull and skeleton fabric, and filled them with an assortment of black buttons. Then I added a few skull and bones decorations and a white guitar pick to each jar.<br />
I was lucky to find the black pleather eyelet trim in just the right width, by the yard at Joann fabrics.<br />
The skull pins were made by snipping off the bead ends of stickpins, and gluing on a tiny skull bead.<br />
I have a couple listed in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/QUILTOCALYPSE"><span style="color: cyan;">my Etsy</span></a> \m/ >_< \m/<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-19076155544077531182013-05-19T23:22:00.000-05:002013-05-19T23:27:27.070-05:00I got class! Also: cat beds<br />
Whew! I haven't posted here in a while because I was busy last month organizing to teach my first class, which I volunteered to have at my guild's workshop weekend. It was about basic design and color principles, and while there wasn't time to do any actual sewing, we did do some sketchbook exercises in addition to my lecture and slide show. I had 5 students, and they all seemed to enjoy the class quite a bit. I hope to be able to refine it and teach more in the future!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-60667117275395413652013-04-21T00:41:00.002-05:002013-04-21T00:51:18.638-05:00PLUSHKLOKDeviantart user <a href="http://grungeindiani.deviantart.com/#"><span style="color: cyan;">GrungeIndiani</span></a> has made this excellent set of poseable Dethklok soft sculptures! Aside from being hilarious, the animated Metalocalypse show is partly responsible for my love of metal and I have always wished Cartoon Network would have put out more merchandise from it. More photos reenacting scenes from the show are in her gallery. Well done!<br />
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I never get rid of any fabric scraps, as it's in my nature to be <strike> cheap </strike> cost-efficient. Odd cutting leftovers can be used to piece a back on smaller quilts. Even tiny bits of an inch or two can be put to good use: ones with nice patterns can be fused to make quilted postcards or mug rugs, like the Asian ones I made below. (fused bindings too!) Less-attractive or damaged scraps, including batting, become stuffing for pet beds I make for charity- more on that later!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-77544271679608763642013-03-05T23:56:00.003-06:002013-03-05T23:58:00.404-06:00what's the password?I always like to keep a hand embroidery project around, for when I fly somewhere or have a bit of time in the waiting room (don't ask how many times I've been there in the last couple of years).<br />
This is a piece I finished over the holidays; it's a tea towel embroidered with a drawing I did based on "the narwhal bacons at midnight", an <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-narwhal-bacons-at-midnight" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">internet meme</span></a> </span>made popular on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">reddit</a>.<br />
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Hand embroidery is very relaxing to me; despite (or maybe because) it takes so long.<br />
As for machine embroidery, I am on the fence between thinking it looks good, and thinking it looks TOO good and may even be "cheating". I would like to see some of my own designs done by machine before I sign off on it one way or the other. If you have an embroidery machine, what are your thoughts about it?<br />
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The first ever modern <a href="http://www.quiltcon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Quiltcon</span></a> is coming up next week here in Austin, and they are having a <a href="http://themodernquiltguild.com/2013/01/30/quiltcon-link-party/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">link party</span></a> for those attending to get to know each other a little better! Those with blogs were asked to post five things our readers may not know about us, so here goes:<br />
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1) I have been in the animation industry for almost 20 years. I've worked on TV shows, commercials, movies, games, websites, you name it.<br />
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2) I have also done tattooing, wood carving, and stained glass.<br />
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3) I played the upright bass in a psychobilly band for 10 years. I also played the bagpipes (poorly) in a Scottish marching pipe and drum band.<br />
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4) I'm left-handed (but I play the bass right-handed).<br />
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5) I was vegetarian for 15 years and vegan for 6....but am now making up for lost time.<br />
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6) I learned Japanese before I visited Japan in 2002 (but have since forgotten much of it).<br />
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hope to see you at Quiltcon!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03729650230111667751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963094737485890575.post-37806853786443478472013-02-07T00:23:00.002-06:002013-02-07T00:25:04.286-06:00update: DONE!....well the top, at least. 14 months of literal blood, sweat and tears later, I finished my block-of-the-month quilt!<br />
I think it was a bit above my skill level, but I powered through it anyway. I learned a few things along the way: paper piecing, set-in circles and curved piecing, Y-seams.<br />
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I also learned I will never spend this long doing someone else's pattern again! It was frustrating to not work on my own designs for so long, but I'm glad I did this because I improved my sewing skills and I have an amazing, show-worthy piece at the end of it.<br />
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I think working in animation for so many years has given me some good training for this type of activity: attention to detail, tolerance for repetitive work, patience for long-term projects, the ability to do as many revisions as necessary to make work turn out right.<br />
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This behemoth finished out at 88" square with the pieced borders. I may add another small border to the outside so I can do a wider binding with piping. I still need to piece a back together too.<br />
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For the first time, I'm going to send something out to be professionally quilted. After investing this much time and money, I don't want to risk messing it up.....so eventually I will be shopping for a good longarmer. If there's someone you recommend, I'm taking suggestions!<br />
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Back when I started this project last January, I pictured myself finishing it a year later and being recovered from cancer, divorce and all the other horrible things happening in my life at the time. And while I have made some progress, unfortunately the quilt is farther along.....I guess you can't set deadlines for some things :(<br />
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When I went to Japan 10 years ago, one of the many artistic details that caught my eye was how ornate the sewer covers were. Each city has its own designs reflecting nature, local history and Japanese traditions.</div>
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Author Shirley MacGregor presents photos of the covers with the history behind each design, as well as a line art version and photos of quilts inspired by it. There are no complete patterns included, but any quilter with a little experience and imagination should have no shortage of ideas after reading this book. The designs would even look good as digitized embroidery.</div>
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This is an unusual, older quilting book that is worth tracking down, even if just for the "eye candy" factor! It's still available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quilting-With-Manhole-Covers-Treasure/dp/0967143357/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Amazon.</span></a></div>
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This is a lap-sized quilt I did a while back for a guy friend of mine. He has health issues and lives in another state, so I don't get to see him very often. I found some great fabrics with beer and camo guitars on <a href="http://equilter.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">equilter.com</span></a>, and couldn't resist making something! Especially since he restores guitars and amplifiers. </div>
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