Happy Monday! I was so happy to receive my Geometric Bliss advanced yardage last week! This not only means I can get to work cooking up projects, it means the arrival of Geometric Bliss in shops should be in the next few weeks. Before I get started sewing with a new collection, I take the time to chop some of it up into bundles. Fat quarters to send to family and friends, and a yard bundle for me to start playing with. It's also a great excuse to take a few pretty shots of the collection! Ready for a million pictures? :)


Bundled up and ready to head out into the world!


The full collection, in color order of course!


The Pinkest Angle colorway.


The Turquoise Angle colorway.


Radical Blooms in Blush and Fresh.


Spherical Buds in Peach and Aqua.


Parallel Segments in Quartz and Seaglass.


Fractal Garland in Mist and Black.


Poppie Coordinates in Petal and Jade.


Polygons in Bulbinella and Callalily.


Vertex Tulips in Sweet and Mint.


Tessellate in Raspberries and Huckleberries.


Cuboid in Cobalto and Orchid.


Mobius Stripe in Warm and Cool.


It's always a thrill to see a collection finally come to life. Even though this is now my fourth collection, it's still a shock each time to have the actual fabric in my hands! This time around there are two voiles and four knits along with the twenty quilting cotton prints. Will share those soon! Until then you can see them here.

So, what's your favorite print? I thought mine was one of the Radical Bloom prints or the Tulips, but it turns out, it's Polygons in Callalily. I had postcards made with the print and a phone case, so I think that's made my choice obvious!

If you're a shop interested in carrying Geometric Bliss, it can be ordered through Art Gallery Fabrics. Find your sales rep here, call toll-free (888) 420-5399, or visit artgalleryfabrics.com.

Favorites

1. Ellsworth Kelly inspired quilt, 2. Cross Stitch Sparkle, 3. Hooray for Rain - Flying Geese Baby Quilt, 4. T-Purple with a Little Green, 5. Chess On the Steps by Poppyprint, 6. Wave after wave 1, 7. Wonky Irish Chain - Flat, 8. Spinning Stars Quilt, 9. Untitled

Every week I go through my favorite photos on Flickr, and choose nine sewing/quilting related projects to showcase here. These photos and projects are not my own, you can find the original images and creators by clicking the coordinating links! If for any reason you do not want your project featured here, please email me and I'll remove it!

Happy Weekend!

Geometric Bliss Bags + Pouches

Happy Thursday! It's time to take a closer look at the Geometric Bliss bags and pouches I made for Spring Quilt Market!


First up, of course I had to make some bags using my Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern! I made one Everything Bag (tutorial size), two Project Bags, and one Artist Bag. I have made tons of these bags, and I still am not tired of making them. They're such a great way to show off prints! Plus I use them for everything.


I made a number of zipper pouches that were destined to become part of my Triplizip Zipper Pouch Pattern. Here is the simple pouch and cosmetic pouch.


Also a part of the Triplizip pattern is the Boxy Bag. These pouches are fun to make, I switched up the handles on this pair to give them even more interest. There are unfinished seams (I finish mine with a simple zig-zag stitch) on the inside at each end.

A diligent reader found an error in this part of the pattern, if you purchased it before 8/25/14 please check the pattern page for the correction.


I didn't manage to get an individual photo of this simple tote bag I made! It's really tall, great for grocery shopping or a trip to the library.


I finally had the opportunity to sew together my friend Yahaira's Snap Tote Pattern with this collection. This bag is so fun, and it's a really enjoyable sew. It has snaps on the sides to make the bag smaller or larger!


Snaps un-snaped!


Snaps snaped! I love fun details like this! You can find the pattern on Craftsy here.

I received my Geometric Bliss advanced yardage this week, which means it's arrival in shops should be in the next few weeks! Will be sure to post here when I know more.

If you're a shop interested in carrying Geometric Bliss, it can be ordered through Art Gallery Fabrics. Find your sales rep here, call toll-free (888) 420-5399, or visit artgalleryfabrics.com.

Pogona Shawl

Happy Tuesday! Today I am sharing my latest finished knit, my very first full-size shawl!


As I mentioned last week, I knit Pogona by Stephen West for the Eat Sleep Knit third quarter Yarnathon challenge! We were challenged to knit something that we queued or added to our favorites on Ravelry during our first active year. Pogona was one of the first projects I queued!


I chose to use sport weight yarn for mine (the pattern calls for fingering). I went with Tosh Sport by Madelinetosh in Graphite.  I love this color, it's such a pretty dark gray and in certain light almost has a green look to it. 


It was so cool watching this shawl slowly grow over the past two months. I still can't believe I made it! Before I started it looked like it was so complicated, but it wasn't at all! The knitting was really straightforward and very easy to memorize. I really enjoyed making this!



For more information on my shawl see my Ravelry page here.

Now to decide what to knit next! Just like sewing there are always a million things on the list! :)