Appleton Dance

  by Linda Theil Alisa's always cleaning house and often asking me if I want some item I'd given her before she sent it to a new home. I couldn't refuse the holiday-print, round table cloth I had bordered in red pom-poms forty years ago, even though she had slit the cloth to the center so that she could use it as a tree skirt. I decided I would make a holiday-getaway bag from the salvageable remnant. The olive-drab faux waxed canvas I ordered on sale looked really great with the old print. I used Diane Spencer-Ogg's outstanding "Escape Pod Travel Collection" patterns. Pictured below: The holiday themed “Weekend Bag” and "Travel Clutch" in olive-drab faux waxed-duck canvas from Sally Tomato , vintage holiday print exterior and interior, and accents of Mora bordeaux faux leather from Emmaline Bags . Pattern and video tutorial "Escape Pod Travel Collection: Weekend Bag and Travel Clutch" by Diane Spencer-Ogg. Weekend Bag front Weekend Bag bac...

by Linda Theil Sample illustration of Fibonacci blocks as a quilt When Steve asked for a quilt based on the Fibonacci Sequence , I thought it would be easy to create a block constructed on the same principal as a Log Cabin block. I wasn't sure if he wanted one big Fibonacci block, or a more traditional quilt made up of multiple blocks. I realized I could make sample blocks of placemat size to illustrate his options. Fibonacci block placemats with two-inch border measure 20x14-inches To make a Fibonacci block, cut contrasting squares of fabric in the following sizes, as illustrated in the photo below: 1.5x2-inch rectangle 2-inch square 3-inch square 4.5-inch square 7-inch square 11-inch square The yellow line indicates the quilting pattern representing the Fibonacci spiral At least, that's the way I did my block -- based on my computations developing a sequence using the 1: 1.6 Golden Ratio. Alternatively I could have simply added 1/2-inch to the 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 56, 9...

by Linda Theil I think my cousin is my biggest fan; I just finished a new "Popping Pouch" for her to add to her collection. Medium-sized Spencer-Ogg "Popping Pouch" in cotton from "Line Work" collection by Tula Pink. Created June 24, 2023 for Carla. Medium-sized Spencer-Ogg "Popping Pouch" in cotton from "Filigree" collection by Zen Chic for Moda. Created September 4, 2023 for Carla.