Hello Everyone,

Going down memory lane by showing you this video I made from the making of the quilt 365 Challenge, created by Kathryn Kerr, it was a block a day during 365 days.

The blocks were either 3 inches, 6 inches or 12 inches.

The challenge was a great pleasure, even if I didn't make it in a year but in 18 months due to side work.

I just loved making this quilt, the challenges were not only in choosing the fabric but also in making such small blocks, it really got me working in a way I had not done before. And as the grids went by I got to improve myself.

I loved this song piece from Imagine Dragons and got my video to last as long as the song.

This quilt was a great challenge for me, but I just loved seeing the blocks come to life and taking pictures was so much fun. I needed a reference object so that the size of the blocks could be seen, I used a pencil. I dated the blocks not on the day they were made but in reference to the release of the patterns that came out...

Hello Everyone,

Finally got the video for week four out, I didn't a very poor job of managing my new day job schedules with my blogging schedule.

I will definitely organise myself in a much better way as the weeks go by and getting use to my new day job rota.

Anyways here is the last week of this project of making a quilt top from 4 mini quilts made randomly as the days of the week went by.

Morning Thoughts Document

This document is free and you can start it any date of the month as long as you start it on a Monday!!

Hope you will share with me your drawings and let me see you have come up with, just send me a picture on [email protected] .

I am thinking of making this quilt top, it would be fun to bring it to life.

You know what I will start choosing my fabric, if you want to make it, feel free to copy it by watching all four weeks of videos, or just have fun making your own Wonky Quilt Top. 

Is all that "wonky" though, when I look at my final result it makes be think...

Hello everybody,

Welcome to the third week of the Morning Thoughts.

With 4 new shapes to pick from here is my result after a week, it is my third Mini Quilt Top.

Follow the week on the video as the Mini Quilt Top appears.

Only one week to go to have my four Mini Quilt top.

Have you given it a try?

If not then just click on the link and get started, it doesn't matter what date it is, the project starts on a Monday and lasts 4 weeks.

Morning Thoughts Document

DAY JOB:

It has been a week that I have been back to my day job, leaving my house at 6:15 in the morning and being back at 8:00 pm, I must admit that I have not been working much on my patchwork.

So to be drawing these mini quilt top are fun to do everyday.

I hope you are doing well beyond these crazy times.

Emmanuelle

Welcome to the second week of the Morning Thoughts.

With 4 new shapes to pick from here is my result after a week, it is my second Mini Quilt Top.

Follow the week on the video as the Mini Quilt Top appears.

Of course I am not going to leave to that and will continue week three and four to see a Quilt Top take shape.

Have you given it a try?

If not then just click on the link and get started, it doesn't matter what date it is, the project starts on a Monday and lasts 4 weeks.

Morning Thoughts Document

NEW DAY JOB:

I am now working on a new golf course called Golf Club de Nantes, I am very happy as the environment is just beautiful.

By doing so, I don't have to worry about not being able to do fairs (which with the lockdown have been either changed to a later date or just canceled and pushed back a year).

By having a day job, I can work on my Alice and Co Designs business more freely, and not worry if a project is not reliable financially or not. Of course I would love to be able to...

Hello everybody,

After this first week, I made a video to show you how to make a mini quilt top with the Monday and Tuesday shapes.

The document has 4 weeks with different shapes each Monday, so at the end of the 4 weeks you can make a big quilt top.

The link to access the document is: DAILY THOUGHTS

Wishing you a good week.

Emmanuelle

Hello,

As the days go by, and we are still confined at home, I am losing track of what day of the week it is.

So I decided to create a document that would allow me to keep track of the day of the week and the date as well, I added on my document a list of Work of the Day, Word of the Day and Color of the Day, to keep my imagination and thoughts going.

But as I was creating this document, I could not avoid including some "patchwork" project in there.

So I came up with the idea to create a random Mini Quilt Top from shapes, motifs and blocks that would come to life as the days would go by.

To access the PDF information please click here: CREATING A QUILT WITH YOUR DAILY THOUGHTS

I will be sharing my daily thoughts pages with you on my Instagram alice_and_co_designs and showing you how my Mini Quilt Top evolves as the days go by.

Stay Safe

Emmanuelle

THE OHIO STAR WORKSHOP IS OUT!!

I've been working on it for the past month and am happy to have it out for you to keep busy during these Stay at Home time.

I wanted for you to have all the tools necessary to make a quilt of your own imagination. This is not your typical "Follow the instructions" method, it is a DIY WALE (Do It Yourself With A Little Explanation).

Now it isn't free, it is 50 Dollars, but I promise it is totally worth it, you will get

- a 39 page workbook, full of step by step information, full of worksheets for you to use

- a 1 hour video to explain all the steps in the workbook and how to use it to it's best

- and a 1 hour video, showing you how to cut, piece and make the Ohio Quilt top, just in case

Know that you will have access to that workshop when ever and how many times you want.

And if I make new cheatsheets, worksheets concerning the Ohio Star, it will be directly added to your workshop.

So here is the link to register: ...

I made a video of the face mask model that I made with a pouch to put a filter if needed and a nose piece with a little metal wire allowing the mask to stick against the nose and the cheekbone avoiding the fabric to go up along the eyes.

Hello everyone,

Here is the next video I made for my Sawtooth Star block.

Some advice and methods to make some of the piecing and how to optimize the chain piecing to make this quilt top as easily and quickly as possible.

This is a nice block to make with your stash, you can make it very colorful by putting a different color for each star.

You can make it in different sizes, just by adding a column or a row of blocks, I made a 9 row by 9 column quilt top, so I made 81 stars. 

The block being just an 8 inch block, you can either choose to make fewer stars, or you can also change the size of the blocks depending of the templates (or if you make your pieces yourself), I used the Set B from Marti Michell, but there are other templates that allow to make the blocks smaller, the Set A for example, but also the Set N.

I hope you will have a nice time making this Sawtooth Star design.

Emmanuelle

Hello everybody,

Here is an easy block to make with templates or without templates (by replacing the "flying geese" by two half square triangles).

This block is made up of 4 shapes that can be chain cut and chain pieced, watch the video for some more information about it.

I will be preparing a PDF if the video is not enough.

You can use this block to make different designs, the same background for all the blocks with different colors for the stars, in the PDF I will make different suggestions that can be used.

You can follow my progression on my instagram anytime (alice_and_co_designs) or join my facebook group: Designing a Quilt Together

I will get some more projects together.

Have a nice week

Emmanuelle