#jessetreequilt

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After sitting on my shelf for almost a year, I’m finally adding the binding onto the #jessetreequilt - finally! I’m going with a scrappy purple border, as I wanted to carry the look of Advent through in another way. By bringing the various tones of purple as a border, that light penitent feel is brought through the edging. I love it. I also love all the detailed quilting done by @sunflowerquilting - seeing it up close again reminds me of not only how talented this amazing woman is, but how thankful I am to have her as a friend from afar. 💕 #bookbinding #quiltbinding (at Oceanside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgR7U-TLSYD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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After 40 days and 40 nights of rain, I can only imagine how thankful Noah and his family were to see the light of the sun #cslentipj The light must have brought such joy, such hope for the future - and such a sense of *dry* after all that rain ;) In creating this Jesse Tree quilt, I used all solid fabrics from @konacotton - their fabrics come in more colors than the rainbow (it's true), and are such a soft cotton that you won't want to work with anything else. Because each of the 25 blocks in the #jessetreequilt are different in shape and design, I needed something to unify them - and working in the same 10(ish) solid colors gave me the ability to do so. Prints would have distracted too much from this quilt, and the gorgeous Kona cottons truly shine! When it comes to quilting, which fabric do you reach for first: the prints or the solids? (at Oceanside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMFP1UNDTZn/?igshid=p8eeixfmvzt

[faithandfabric]

☕️ Good morning and merry 10th day of Christmas! I'm a bit late for #fridayintroductions but - since we're all still on vacation - figure that's a-ok. If you're new here, welcome! I'm Jen Frost, the quilter behind Faith and Fabric. If you've been here a while, thank you for being part of this sewing community. Since it's the new year, I thought I'd pop on and share some of my goals for 2021 as it relates to my small business (because, honestly, my personal goals are way less exciting - things like "remember to wear sun screen every day" and "make the bed each morning" 🛏 ). First up is to create a #freemotionfriday video each week as we learn to practice our #freemotionquilting skills together! Did you catch this past week's video? There's a link to it on YouTube in my profile if you didn't. I just finished recording this Friday's video, and there are definitely a few lessons learned in this one! I'm excited to think how far we will all come if we practice each Friday together; that's 52 different opportunities this year to try out a new free motion design. Another goal I have is to release each of the blocks in the #jessetreequilt as stand-alone blocks that come at an 8", 10", and 12" size (all in one pattern). This has been requested by many of you, and I'm excited to say that there are 10 blocks already released in the shop! My third goal for this year is to create a few custom patterns based on my growing fabric line...yep, you read that right! Not just fabrics, but actual lines that are meant to work together in a single quilt (or sewing project). I'm hoping to have the first line and quilt project ready for rollout in March to share with you. So how about you? What are your goals for this coming year? ...do they include wearing sunscreen and making the bed? 😆 (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl2CqEj_YU/?igshid=z5lbl4f8aatx