I don’t know about you, but I find a lot of times in my sewing/quilting that I’m quite impatient! I decided to work on some precision sewing by trying my hand at triangles. There are 144 triangles in this mini, and they have for sure tested my patience! I’ve had to be careful in my […]

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  • Flying Blind

    Precision and matching points? I have heard of them in fairytales, but am yet to encounter them other than by pure luck!
    This mini is completely awesome!ReplyCancel

  • Lotti @ Lawson and Lotti

    It looks lovely, definitely doesnt look like you struggled. Really coolReplyCancel

  • amye

    aghh! it is looking so, so cute! i adore the colors and the pattern design. you will find a groove with your triangles…i finished this last month http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotdotgoose/6789537631/
    and by the end i was in love with triangles and totally got into repeat mode which i think is fun. good luck and your mini really is wonderful!
    xo, amyReplyCancel

  • Paula

    I love the triangles!!! I need to learn how to sew them.ReplyCancel

  • Melinda

    I wish I was a bit more precise. It would make things easier! Love the triangles. My kids are home for the week too. We went to the aquarium yesterday and saw the dolphin show. Got in there early (we thought) but ended up with yuck seats. Of course today all I’ve heard is how boring everything I suggest is!ReplyCancel

  • diane stanley

    Precision and perfect are not in my vocabulary when talking about my work, but yours is awesome. Love your triangle mini.ReplyCancel

  • Cindy

    Looks good Lindsey.
    Did you make the hotpad today from our class?ReplyCancel

  • Tubaville Quilts

    Love how triangles look but I don’t do points, except by accidentReplyCancel

  • Patti

    You have amazing patience! I think we all struggle with precision, but I noticed a huge difference with the quarter inch foot that came with my new machine.ReplyCancel

  • Connie

    Foundation piecing is the ONLY way to go wtih this type of piecing…preserves sanity!!ReplyCancel

  • randi

    i am an impatient quilter, for sure. precision is not my thing. i find it frustrating, to be honest.

    now, i do like to do my best, but i definitely don’t make myself crazy over it.

    your triangles look great!ReplyCancel

  • duff

    precision is usually an exercise in futility, but hey, I bet you’re feeling pretty proud right now so 3 cheers for your perseverance!!ReplyCancel

  • Kari

    I saw lots of people pinning this and had to read your post. Beautiful so far! I’m just finishing up a mini triangle quilt, but I paper-pieced it. That is always an option for precision although I hate tearing out the papers afterwards.ReplyCancel

  • nicole f.

    adorable. reminds me of those banners, which for whatever, reason i am addicted to right now.ReplyCancel

  • anna

    so pretty! the triangles are great great great!!!. I love improv stuff, I just don’t have the patience or preciseness for tiny piecing – at least not at this stage of my life!ReplyCancel

  • Mary Ann B

    I am a matching point fanatic! I would love to try this triangle challenge, it will either break me of my obsession or put me over the edge! Beautiful job!ReplyCancel

  • Mary Ann B

    BTW Where is that pattern from ? thanks!ReplyCancel

  • Kelsey

    That looks awesome!!! I definitely have serious problems with patience 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Jane Boutwell

    wow! impressive! and i really love the tiny dot background… very well done!ReplyCancel

  • Tsoniki Crazy Bull

    I love the triangles! I find that if I slow down when I’m sewing, do lots of ironing, and always trim the pieces before I piece something together, then it all looks great. I don’t pay attention to the grain of the fabric though, I’m not sure if that is bad or what. LOLReplyCancel

  • Celtic Thistle

    I’m not really a precision type of girl, but occasionally when the mood takes me I can knuckle down, but it doesn’t happen very often! Your triangles mini is amazing, I am definitely not that kind of precise!!ReplyCancel

  • Connie

    It looks beautiful and your points look great!
    Quilting by the RiverReplyCancel

  • Melissa

    I love your mini quilt and the colours are striking! I have to admit I love precision and yes it can frustrate me utterly but it’s in my blood. I haven’t done a triangle pieced quilt for awhile. I am currently trialing {curves}…eek! You have inspired me to get my scraps out soon. Beautiful!ReplyCancel

    • LindseyR

      Thank you Melissa! I’m tackling curves now too through Stitched In Color’s curves class. I’m horribly behind on my projects!

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  • Triangle Mini Finished! | LRstitched :: a journal of stitches

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Hi! Welcome to Day 11 of the Modern Mini Challenge blog hop! I am really excited about this challenge and look forward to seeing how you push yourself to try something new.   Hopefully I can provide a little inspiration for you today. Spiderweb Mini :: 20″ x 20″ square When Jennifer asked me to join […]

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  • sukie

    Love love love your mini! We need to make each other something sometimeReplyCancel

  • diane stanley

    Lovely to share the spotlight with you today. Your minis are so beautiful.ReplyCancel

  • Mina

    I love the fabric choices that you have used in all your quilts. I am just too nervous to cut into my good stuff!ReplyCancel

  • Heather

    Your mini’s are SO adorable! The spiderweb blocks are amazing, and even after you mentioned the off-white star point, I couldn’t see it! Love your potholders too.ReplyCancel

  • Cindy

    Love your mini’s Lindsey! I wish I had your talent!ReplyCancel

  • Flying Blind

    Oooh great quilting, and lots of fun mini-minis too xReplyCancel

  • Valerie

    Jen is right , I am inspired by you!! I am so on board with you on straight line quilting – I get the unshakeable urge to just move that quilt around! But you’re right, it’s all about challenging yourself to try new things. And I love the end result! The straight lines always look great, and your
    pebble-ing is the perfect compliment!ReplyCancel

  • Cheerful Homemaker

    Love everything!ReplyCancel

  • Maeve

    Love,love, love your mini quilts! So much color and design. Thanks for sharing all with us!ReplyCancel

  • duff

    Thanks Lindsey–a pile of inspiration along with a process approach and an attitude that says there are no mistakes, only design opportunities–love it!ReplyCancel

    • Mia

      This would be the perfect quilt for my 16 year old. Hard to find omsething that is for that age, youthful and fun but not flowery. He loves bright colors. My son has a chronic illness and has to have infusions every 8 weeks. The quilt would be for those times, it can get chilly there! Also, I’m trying to figure out the blogging thing. Not as much time to devote to it but it will develop! This would be a fun project to highlight and make me spend more time on getting my site better organized. Even if I don’t win the fabric, it’s a cool quilt and I’ll probably still make it for my son . After the holidays! Thanks!ReplyCancel

  • bigmamaquilts

    I LOVE your strings! Any hints about what you learned for your flawless straight line quilting? You did a great job complimenting the straight lines with the pepples!ReplyCancel

  • Helen LeBrett

    I love your star string quilt, and no I can’t see the off white star point. (sometimes photos not being exactly spot on with color works to your advantage!!) 🙂 Your star string has me motivated!! It’s lovely and fun!ReplyCancel

    • Javier

      I just want to say kudos to Liz for retiring. I can’t giaimne that being an easy decision except when she looked at her grandchildren. And I just caught a program with Mary and Marianne and think that it’s so great that they are working together. Keeps the more seasoned quilters mentoring the fresh finger pricked blood together and quilting alive in the younger generations! I am not young, neither am I older, just right at the perfect age and the new format is refreshing. I’ve searched online to know what had happened and there are some people out there bashing the new format of the show .I say to them, when you don’t encourage change, especially when it brings the younger generations into the fold, then you lose an artform that has been around for a very long time. Please keep doing the new format, having fun and tweaking as you go along .I want to see a truly rich span of generations in my quilting guild, not just the seasoned quilters.ReplyCancel

  • Patti

    While I am not doing the mini challenge, I sure do love looking at everyone’s work. Yours is fantastic!ReplyCancel

  • ohangelina

    i’m blown away.
    every single piece is so beautiful, inspiring, artistic.
    wow.xxxReplyCancel

  • Tsoniki Crazy Bull

    I love the pebble quilting! I like that technique too and need to practice. And I love your pot holders! I made a couple recently but they are very plain compared to what you have shown here.ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    Linds, you are such an inspiration to me every day. Your string quilt is awesome and the quilting is fantastic. I love that you did pebbles and straight lines. Oh how I wish we could spend some time sewing together. Please say you can come to the Sewing Summit this year!
    xo Thanks for being a part of the inspiration hop Lindsey.ReplyCancel

  • rachael

    that is SO awesome!!ReplyCancel

  • ira

    omg…they’re so beautiful 😀
    i never tried quilting before cause i’m a crochet girl. but looking at this makes me want to try quilting too 😀ReplyCancel

  • Annabella

    I love love your minis – so much inspiration here.ReplyCancel

  • Sharon B

    Your work is beautiful! Love PEARL!ReplyCancel

  • Chelsea @ pinsandbobbins

    Ok, that is way too much gorgeous stuff in one post! I’m in love with your spiderweb quilt, it’s got to be the most stunning example I’ve seen so far.ReplyCancel

  • Carla

    Lovig your newest mini : ) Awesome quilting tooReplyCancel

  • kersten

    great ideas!! thanks.ReplyCancel

  • nicole f.

    L.O.V.E. your mini’s, lindsey!! the potholders are super cute!! great job as usual!ReplyCancel

  • Teje

    Hi! I love all your mini quilts! You have wonderful ideas and you are so talented with the result! Thank you for inspiration!
    Wishes from Greece! x TejeReplyCancel

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My first quilt finish of 2012! This is the boys quilt for the Dream Circle of do. Good Stitches. November was my month to design, piece and quilt.    You can read a little more about my troubles with these quilts here. I was able to get this boys quilt to work like I envisioned, woohoo! […]

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First off, I should have shared a picture of the back cover to Zakka Style.   There are more lovely pictures of what’s inside! I personally can.not.wait. to make the leaf bag at the top.   Love it! Several of you are new to Zakka too, so I thought I’d share what I know about it. Zakka […]

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  • lynn

    i’d join along in a sew along for this book=most definitely!ReplyCancel

  • Charity Reesor

    Omgosh! I can’t wait to see how your chairs turn out!!!!! And I must say, anything is better in aqua <3ReplyCancel

  • bigmamaquilts

    I’d join a sew along, and I love aqua!ReplyCancel

  • Darcy Childress

    Zakka sew-a-long sounds like a great idea – how could Rashida not love it? I’m taking the curves class too – just put my bunting photo up, too funny! And finally that upholstery class sounds great, more info please and definitely an after of your chairs 🙂ReplyCancel

  • ♥Duff

    The book is inexpensive ($10.85) and I linked through i♥ linen so Rashida would get the credit for it. My schedule is busy but I’ll certainly try if you start a ‘zakkalong’ !ReplyCancel

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  • Beth T.

    This is a great idea! My impulse is to wave my hand and say I’ll join in, but since I’m dedicated to finishing some of the many, many works-in-progress I have going on right now, I think it’s more likely I’ll just follow along and enjoy hearing about your projects.ReplyCancel

  • Marshall

    I’d be interested in a sew along if I could get my hands on the book. I giggled at your teacher being mad at you – I never understood painting wood and always thought it looked worse. Recently, I’ve changed my mind about doing it for pops of color on select items. I can’t wait to see what your chairs look like when they’re done!ReplyCancel

  • Barb N

    Too funny about that teacher getting a little crazy about your color choices. But in the end, it’s not her decision! Go for it.ReplyCancel

  • LeeAnn

    High five on starting an upholstery project! People often think its a sewing job, but it’s all about a staple gun. When I reuphosltered my sofa I spent days pulling out thousands of staples. My hands were so cramped!ReplyCancel

  • Julie

    zakka-along! sounds like a lot of fun. i would like to join in. And if you want aqua chairs, i say go for it!, i love the idea.ReplyCancel

  • melinda

    Honey, you do those chairs the way they suit you! They’re going to be in your house, not hers! A friend of mine just redid two chairs that belonged to her husband’s mother (the old kind with the side tables attached; I’m blanking on what they’re called!) by painting them lime green and replacing the fabric cushion with a black and white print. Gorgeous! I’m totally jealous they’re not in my house!ReplyCancel

  • Jane Boutwell

    I have reupholstered before and my hands were covered in blisters! It is quite a job… but they will be so fabulous when you get finished!ReplyCancel

  • Doris

    I stripped upholstery off my husband’s grandmother’s rocker and re did it a few years ago. I agree that striiping them down to their guts is tough work! I would have loved to recover it in a quilted funky style like you plan to, but he wanted it returned to the way he remembered it in his Grandma’s home. here’s my before and after:

    http://threadsofconversation.blogspot.com/2009/08/rock-n-roll.htmlReplyCancel

  • rosa

    Can´t wait to see how your chair turn.

    Zakka sew along I`d like but I can´t.It`s the first time I hear about that book and don´t know if I can get it.Happy sewing along!ReplyCancel

  • Tsoniki Crazy Bull

    I love the idea of a zakka-along! But I am super busy so I’m not sure I’d be able to participate.

    And the chair sounds awesome!ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer F.

    Lol, I’d probably give you a hard time too about the paint 🙂 But, as PP said, it is your choice. Can’t wait to see the finished product!ReplyCancel

  • annabelle

    totally off topic…..what is the background fabric in most of the projects shown on the book and do you know where I can find it? I found a unfinished piece of hexies (vintage, mixed colors) I want to pair it with that fabric and bind it with black. I think it will be perfect to showcase the vintage piece. I don’t think its just a solid because its seems to have more texture, I just don’t know what it is called. Thank you for your help.ReplyCancel

  • Karen O

    I collect nativity sets from around the world and I have a small tea cup collection. The fabric is lovely, thank you for sharing!ReplyCancel

  • Cheerful Homemaker

    Ooh… I love aqua! Our nursery walls are aqua and it’s my favorite room in the house! I can’t wait to see how the chair turns out..ReplyCancel

  • stitchnprint

    I am new to blogging and I’ve never done a sew along, but I’d love to join this one!ReplyCancel

  • Zakka Style Sew-Along! | LRstitched :: a journal of stitches

    […] in February, I talked about wanting to do a sew along  with Rashida’s book Zakka Style and I’m excited to […]ReplyCancel

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    […] Mrs. Lindsey’s blog: LR Stitched for a while now. . and when she talked about doing a sew along in February for the book, I just couldn’t let that idea go. I mean, I was grocery shopping and thinking, […]ReplyCancel

Oh, Noodlehead.   I love you. I find myself making Anna’s bags over and over.   They are just SO enjoyable to sew. I have two new ones to share today! These were a custom request from my friend Kim, I hope she enjoys them! Did you finish anything fun this weekend? xo, Lindsey Linking up to […]

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  • anna

    oh gosh, they are so freaking cute! i always love your fabric choices. pretty!ReplyCancel

  • rosa

    They are cool and the fabrics are gorgeous!ReplyCancel

  • Flying Blind

    Oh they look great, I have to get bag making again soon, can only hope they end up looking so cool!ReplyCancel
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