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Posted in Machine Piecing, Tumbler Shapes on Feb 16th, 2010
Cathi Godwin has done it again! She has created a new pattern for Inklingo! As soon as she saw the shapes in the Inklingo Tumbler Shape Collection, she started designing new quilts. With Cathi’s imagination and flair, she found a way to create a new design with the tumbler, skinny triangles, and squares.
Posted in Cheat Sheet, Diamond quilt, Flying Geese, Inklingo Web Site, Machine Piecing, Triangle Quilts on Feb 12th, 2010
Do you have the March April Issue of McCall’s Quilting? As usual, it is full of inspiration for Inklingo quilters.
When Inklingoist Tilde Binger in Copenhagen received her copy in the mail, she immediately identified several patterns which use Inklingo shapes, and she wrote to the Inklingo Yahoo group about it. Monkey and I have some tips for inklingoing the patterns.
Posted in Curves, Machine Piecing, Winding Ways on Jan 29th, 2010
Do you love the curves and circles of Winding Ways and Wheel of Mystery? There are three new Inklingo shape collections and a Design Book to tempt you! The Winding Ways Design Book is at least a $20 value, but it is free right now. It is packed with information and worksheets to help you design your own quilt or use any traditional pattern with Inklingo.
Posted in Applique, Dresden Plate, The Inklingo Handbook, back-basting on Jan 19th, 2010
Many quilters are familiar with “needle-turn appliqué,” or using templates for appliqué, but a recent discussion in the Inklingo Yahoo group about the new Dresden Plate Appliqué Collection made it clear that some quilters are confused by the term “back-basting.”
Posted in Applique, Curves, Dresden Plate, Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, back-basting, freezer paper appliqué on Jan 14th, 2010
There have already been “complaints” about the new Dresden Plate collections—too much choice, not accurately named, irresistible, causes heart to race, etc. LOL These Inklingo collections include so many blades, backgrounds, and variations that to call them “Dresden Plate” seems misleading. I’m sorry. The shapes were so exciting, we could not stop!
Posted in Apple Core, Curves, Double Wedding Ring, Drunkard's Path, Machine Piecing, Orange Peel on Dec 29th, 2009
Life has thrown our family a few curves this Christmas, and we are more than ready to say good bye to 2009. Oh, well, we cannot control life’s curves, but we can do a great job stitching curved seams with Inklingo.
Posted in Dresden Plate, Index of Shapes, Winding Ways on Dec 11th, 2009
It is starting to look very wintery here in Burlington. We’re thinking about Christmas, and that means gifts.
We have some timely ideas—and some exciting news about new collections.
Posted in Inklingo Web Site, Orange Peel on Dec 1st, 2009
There are TWO new Inklingo Shape Collections today! Monkey and I think you will love the gentle curves and wonderful designs that are possible with Orange Peel shapes. The Basic Inklingo Orange Peel shapes are all you need for dozens of quilt layouts.
The Deluxe Inklingo Orange Peel collection is my favorite because it makes some stunning, unusual blocks possible—blocks that are very uncommon because without Inklingo, they were tedious to prepare and stitch.
Posted in HST Half Square Triangles, Inklingo Web Site, Machine Piecing on Oct 15th, 2009
Almost all of the Inklingo # 1 and # 2 CDs are gone now—just a handful left.
To replace the CDs, all of the shapes will be available in smaller downloadable collections. Monkey and I have several of the new collections in a half-finished state, or close-to-finished, but yesterday we were finally able to get one all-the-way-finished. Whew! The rest will come soon.
Posted in Cutting with Inklingo, Getting started with Inklingo, HST Half Square Triangles, Inklingo Web Site, Machine Piecing, Rotary Cutting, Video on Oct 1st, 2009
Tilde’s wonderful Inklingo Sampler Blog adds instructions for a new block design every Friday, and this week’s block requires squares with triangles on the corners. This little video (2 minutes) was prepared to show you how easy it is with Inklingo.
You are welcome to copy either of these buttons to add to your blog. Thank you!
http://www.lindafranz.com/blog/
http://www.inklingo.com/