I'm back from almost a week in Austin, Texas where I visited my BFF and friend of over 30 years and her family (Jennifer O) and we did some thrifting and some LQS shopping. We also took a short road trip to visit a mutual friend, Jennifer R, in the Houston area! There's nothing better than getting away from work and recharging with your friends. Stay crafty, yall!
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nmjewells
This week I'm showing you the sashing fabric I purchased at Hip Stitch for a sampler quilt using my 5inch blocks from this year's PP Club Pattern Series.
Help support my daughter's study abroad experience in Japan (she's there now!). There are still a few physical items and patterns for which she will receive the proceeds. She's also currently getting the proceeds from any of my pattern sales, including the 2025 PP Club Pattern series. I've already added June's block, Hexplay!
Stay crafty!
Love,
@nmjewells
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@nmjewells
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All of the scrappy, string-pieced wedges are done! Now I'm working on preparing them for insertion into my color wheel of destiny, so that when I spin the wheel they don't come flying out. So it's not finished, but the sewing part is finished, anyway.
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Love,
@nmjewells
Dr. Susan Kruszyinski (my art quilt instructor)
Her two books: Starter Guide to Creating Art Quilts , and Art Quilts Made Easy.
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Love,
@nmjewells
In which I show my next 5inch finished block that I'll be distributing this Thursday at Paper Piecing Club, "Here Comes the Sun". "Here Comes the Sun" makes a quarter of a sun design. You can use it as a single 5inch block, pair it with a second one to make a rising or setting sun, or make 4 and sew them together into a 10" finished full sun block! PDF pattern will be available for download soon.
January - April's blocks are already available on the Hip Stitch website
Learn more about Paper Piecing Club
Stay Crafty y'all!
Love,
@nmjewells
I'm coming to you a few days late, or a few days early, depending on whether I get another video posted this coming week, with 2 finished quilts that I donated at my local Project Linus group (Material Girls) meeting yesterday. It felt so good to finish two quilts from my two pants hangers' worth of quilt tops that have been languishing in my project room waiting to be quilted. I hope to be coming to you with more finishes soon.
Stay crafty, y'all!
Love,
nmjewells
This week I'm talking about my current crafty endeavor, which is (re)fashioning clothing, to me it fit better either size-wise or personality-wise. There is no selvage name on the lightweight canvas I'm using to remake these overalls, so I can't share that, sadly. With my new work schedule I think it will be much easier for me to be able to post a video every week, and hopefully also to get more crafty-type stuff done every week.
Stay crafty y'all!
Love,
@nmjewells
This week I talk about my newest addition to the 2025 PP Club Pattern Series, "Silly Scrappy Star", which finishes at 5 inches square. I'll be giving printed copies of this block pattern to attendees of this month's Paper Piecing Club and then next month it will be available to purchase as a pdf download.
Can't come to Paper Piecing Club? You can purchase a pdf download of the first three blocks now.
Stay crafty y'all!
Love,
@nmjewells
I spent the most of the last week of March and first week of April in Tokyo with my daughter, Miss P, as I tagged along with her as she traveled there for her study abroad semester. There's a lot more tell than show in this video, but I talk about some of the places I visited with and without her, and show some of the things I purchased.
Nippori Fabric Town Official Website
Quilt Party (owned by renowned quilt author Yoko Saito)
Shorter video next week, I promise!
Love,
@nmjewells
Hey y'all, I am back with a short video after missing next week. In this video I talk about my plan for my #ttmtbom quilt, which I'd like to finish in April. I will do my best to post a short video next Tuesday while I'm out of town. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported my daughter's Study Abroad Fundraiser. There are still some items/patterns available in the fundraiser on the Hip Stitch website.
Stay crafty, y'all!
Love,
@nmjewells
In which I show you my latest 5inch blocks designed for Paper Piecing Club, which I host at Hip Stitch here in Albuquerque, NM. I'll be making last month's block, "Nearly Nine", available for purchase as a pdf download on the Hip Stitch website this Thursday, and the majority of the funds from purchases of these 5 inch blocks will help fund my daughter Phebe's Study Abroad in Japan this year.
Join me at Paper Piecing Club this Thursday!
2025 PP Club 5 in Pattern Series
Phebe's Study Abroad Fundraiser
Stay crafty y'all!
Love, Jewells
Get the links to all the patterns on the pattern archive page
Support my daughter Phebe's study abroad adventure in Japan!
Stay crafty y'all!
Love,
jewells
This week I show you 3 sample/test blocks made for my new pattern for February's Paper Piecing Club, a PP sew-together that I host at Hip Stitch. The first attempt had way too many pieces, but the test was important because when I looked at the pattern again, I could see that it could be made with fewer pieces, so back to the drawing board I went, resulting in a finished pattern that I sent to my fellow TTMTers Jennifer R and Abbie D, who graciously agreed to test the pattern and offer feedback. The name of the block, "Nearly Nine", was a collaboration of brainstorming with Jennifer O., and I'm very pleased with not only the name but also the finished pattern and test blocks. At some point (possibly not until the last block is released, but I might start sooner) these patterns will be available as free pdf downloads on my blog. Until then, if you are local to the Albuquerque Area, come join us at Paper Piecing Club in person, as we sew together and share our favorite tips and tricks and best practices with each other.
Meanwhile, there are still some items/downloads available in the Study Abroad Fundraiser for Miss P on the Hip Stitch website. Thank you so much for supporting this endeavor. I'm so excited for Miss P that she has this amazing opportunity to live and study in Tokyo for a semester.
Stay crafty my friends,
Love,
Jewells
You can find all of the #ttmtbom blocks released so far in the pattern archive.
There are still items for sale as well as a couple of my pdf patterns available in the Study Abroad fundraiser for Miss P, and hopefully I will also get some new pdf patterns in there soon.
Stay Crafty Y'all!
Love,
jewells
This week I show off the three scrappy improv quilt blocks I made at the January Scrappy Sewcial at Hip Stitch this past weekend. I really enjoyed sewing, snacking, and being silly. It was a lot of fun, and there was even a brand new face this month. I love our little group of scrappy gals.
Stay Crafty y'all... here comes February!
Love,
@nmjewells
This week I show a new craft for my daughter Miss P. She's at it again, learning a brand new craft, and this time it's counted cross stitch. So I show you her first ever attempt at this, and she did a great job!
There are some new items available in her Study Abroad Fundraiser Feel free to check it out.
Want to come do some scrappy sewing with me? Register for Scrappy Sewcial
Stay crafty, and try to stay warm, y'all!
Love, Jewells
