By Frances O’Roark Dowell
An occasional podcast about all things quilty
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Everyone knows that the new year begins on Labor Day. I haven't made any resolutions yet, except to finish "Sit-In" before Jack comes home for fall break. For pix, go here: www.offkilterquilt.com
Right now most of my quilty time is spent machine quilting a quilt as big as the ocean on my newly serviced machine. For shownotes and pix, go to offkilterquilt.com!
"Sit-In" is under the needle. How much unquilting is in my future? For pix, go to http://www.offkilterquilt.com
Seven years of the Off-Kilter Quilt! To enter the giveaway, leave a comment over here: www.offkilterquilt.com
I finally finished the MQG/Riley Blake Challenge quilt! For pix and more, go here: http://www.offkilterquilt.com
Walk with me as I try to figure out how to get a handle on this year's MQG/Riley Blake fabric challenge! For pix, go here: http://www.offkilterquilt.com
Am I girl who quilts one quilt at a time? I used to be, but the times they are a changin'. For pix, go to www.offkilterquilt.com!
I had a fabulous time in Savannah and can't wait to tell you all about it! For pix, go to www.offkilterquilt.com
How many half-square triangles does one quilt take? Around 100,000? Feels that way! For pictures, go to http://www.offkilterquilt.com!
Getting my quilts to QuiltCon was harder than I thought, in more ways than one. For show notes, go here: www.offkilterquilt.com
Happy New Year! In this episode I talk about my QuiltCon posts, the problem with the word "modern" when it comes to quilts, and the books I've been reading. For links and pix, go to http://www.offkilterquilt.com
Let's talk QuiltCon 2017, Uppercase Magazine, and Jack's big news! For pix, go here: www.offkilterquilt.com
Still thinking about art and houses and when will I ever do my revision of the Bauhaus Birds in the Air? For pix, go to http://www.offkilterquilt.com
We've made it to 200! Leave a comment over on offkilterquilt.comto enter a Birds in the Air giveaway!
I'm back from Atlanta and slowly getting settled into my fall routine. Go to www.offkilterquilt.com to see pix from my big trip and find some interesting links!
I recorded this podcast before I took the Birds in the Air tour down to Atlanta last week. Experience the thrills and chills of quilting six quilts under deadline! Ponder why I never figure out what I'm doing until I'm...
In which I attempt to quilt perfect concentric circles (can it even be done?) and fail. For pix and links, go here: offkilterquilt.com
When I saw a picture of red paper airplanes, I immediately thought, 'A ha! Another birds in the air quilt!' Go over to http://www.offkilterquilt.com and see what you think!
Is paper-piecing like riding a bike? Hardly, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it again! For pix of recent projects, go here: http://www.offkilterquilt.com
That thing fabric manufacturers send you with sample fabrics on it? It's called a color card! The things I learn doing this podcast ... For pix (not of color cards, but of other stuff), go here: http://www.offkilterquilt.com
Finally finished the Modern Birds in the Air top (v.1)! To take a peek, go tohttp://www.offkilterquilt.com. And leave a comment while you're there!
It's been a few weeks since I last posted, weeks I was away on vacation and at a big librarian convention, weeks during which I've done some quilting, but not a lot. But the engines are revving, the needle is...
Birds in the Air is real! Or close to being real! It has a cover. It has pages. One of these days, it will have readers! To get a look at the cover, go here: http://www.offkilterquilt.com. And don't forget to leave a...
Six years of quilty goodness and counting! Thanks for sticking with me all these years! Go over to offkilterquilt.com, leave a comment and you'll be automatically entered to win a $25 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop!
As I start thinking about marketing Birds in the Air, I've gotten interested in how different quilty-type people use social media. Some are sellers, selling themselves in order to sell their products, some are sharers making an effort to create...
In this episode, I rely heavily on the transition "anyhoo" as I discuss my current projects as well as the concept of "eyeballing it" when it comes to deciding whether or not you're in violation of copyright law, and my...
So I went to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park to break the Guinness world record for number of quilters sewing outdoors. If the current record is less than 20, then we did it! For pix (not very many) and blog posts,...
In episode 185, we talk some more about the VFW quilt, made-fabric and big stars. Also: why no one knows quilters exist. For a special treat, I read you some quilt stories from the Michigan Quilt Project book. To see...
This week we talk about what we talk about when we talk about QuiltCon. And then we talk about quilts I'm working on. Good talk all around! For pix and comments, go to http://offkilter.com. See you there!
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Getting back to the routine leaves me stranded on the couch, taking yet another nap ...For more, go to offkilterquilt.wordpress.com
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