Quilt Otaku

Quilting, Sewing, Knitting, and Spinning

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Quilt Block Borders - Japanese Taupe Fabric

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Around a hundred years ago Henry Ford said you could have one of his Model T cars in "Any color so long as it's black." ...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

Focus and lack there of

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Creative work for me has its own ebb and flow. There is always something going on, but things move between one focused project and sever...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

It's hot - can we go to the beach please now?

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It isn't often you see beautiful beach photos in black and white.  The resorts want to show you all the glorious colors of the sky and...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Plus Quilts

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All the hipster mod quilt makers seem to have their own twist on a plus themed quilt these days.   It isn't hard to find images of ...
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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Hello there summer

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With warmer weather finally here and some end of the year school activities on the horizon, it seems that summer is either here or almost ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Shall the lost actually be found?

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Name:  First Argyle Sock for my darling 8 yr old Born: April 5th, 2014 Date Missing:  April 25th, 2014 Missing From: my messy office, b...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Color Inspiration: Getting to know Emily Green

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It's not easy to wear a macaroni necklace out in public, but I have been known to do so if a particularly good one comes home from s...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Catkin by Carina Spencer and the inside joke

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For some reason our TV brings up a screen saver tied to my flickr stream.   My DH probably thought I would like it and my guess is he se...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Bloom Where You Are Planted

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It's been busy for me lately for many reasons, some good and some less than fun. My blog is of course my happy place so I'm taki...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Argyle love

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 I set out to knit a pair of argyle socks for my DH because after all he watched the boys while I took the class. It turns out that th...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Feeling Super

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Recently one of my best friends knit a couple of one inch tall super hero characters for my boys.  I kinda wanted to steal them for myself...
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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Alabama Chanin DIY Skirt: final progress report

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You may be sick of hearing about my Alabama Chanin DIY skirt and if you are I have some good news for you.  It's almost done! This...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

Happy Monday - Eww!

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Sorry to gross you out. but I thought that you could use a little pick me up since it's Monday, after all. Why is it cool to have bl...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Fun-mail from The Workroom

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Ever since I visited The Workroom in Toronto, I have been wanting to go back. With no trips there on the immediate horizon, it seemed h...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Taking More Photos & Adventures on deck

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Getting out there in the field with your camera isn't always easy. If you love to shoot film, sending your film off for processing a...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Spring has sprung: getting to know a stranger

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Last year I bought a "Snowball Hydrangea" plant when I was shopping at Filoli .  Ever since I bought it....it's been the pla...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

My Old Flame

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I dug out my modern house blocks and started to think about putting another border on them. I was so in love with this project and the...
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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Imitaion is the sincerest form of flattery

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First let me say that I did not make this amazing shawl, but I did have the great pleasure of photographing not only it, but I also got to...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Let it Rain!

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In some parts of North America , people are getting a little relief from the snow. Here in the California Bay Area, we are finally get...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Nice to meet you: A Blog Post written by an in-progress Skirt

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Hello.  Nice to meet you. I am Marisa's DIY Skirt (in progress) and she asked me to write a guest blog post for her today about my l...
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Otaku (おたく) means "nerd", so I'm a wanna be Japanese-quilting nerd. I'm not Japanese though, just an American looking for tidbits of Japanese quilting while living here in San Jose, California - USA. I also knit and spin - find me on Ravelry and Instagram as quiltotaku
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