I found Amy Smart's website years ago and have been a fan ever since. I love her style, her writing, her teaching methods. AND Amy is one smart and encouraging cookie! She has a wonderful free learn to quilt tutorial that you can point your friends to when they tell you 'I want to learn!'
Listen to my chats with Amy on 5/12/14 and 2/18/13
SO excited to be able to share my favorite quilt. In some ways, picking a favorite quilt is like picking a favorite family member. You like them all for different reasons. But this is the one I would grab if I could only save one, so I guess that makes it my favorite.
My favorite quilt is this scrappy Union Jack quilt. I lived for a few years in the UK during my young adult life and left a little piece of my heart there. I've always loved the Union Jack design and thought it would be fun to take it on in a Cath Kidston meets Andy Wharhol kind of way. I started this quilt about five years ago and worked on it sporadically off and on. After the Royal Wedding a few years ago I made myself a goal to finish the quilt before the 2012 Summer Olympics. I wrote about the quilt here: http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2012/07/finished-union-jack-quilt.html
Since making this quilt, I've been on the hunt for a Union Jack quilt block that I really liked. Some patterns required a lot of fabric waste. Others were paper-piecing that was more time-consuming. So I finally wrote my own Union Jack block pattern. (http://amysmart.bigcartel.com/product/union-jack-block-and-bag-pattern) I think it's a good one with little fabric waste and quick construction. It's part of a bag pattern but could easily be made multiple times with added sashing for the same effect!
Thanks for having me Pat! Quilting friends are the best.
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- website: www.diaryofaquilter.com/
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