By Angela Flicker on February 28, 2013
While working on some improvisational piecing, I came up with this design. It looks like a modern cityscape to me, which is appropriate because I have some news. Yesterday, I received my acceptance letter to the University of Utah’s Graduate Architecture Program. You can read more about that here. And if you’re interested, take a [...]
Posted in Architecture School, Creative Process, D.I.Y., Sewing |
By Angela Flicker on August 8, 2012
You may remember cutting a chain of paper dolls from your childhood, but may not remember the exact procedure. These directions will help stir your memory and get you crafting. A few months back, I wrote about “Crafts for Kids with Scrap Fabric”. These paper dolls are a great extension or variation to that project. [...]
Posted in Crafts for Kids, D.I.Y., Stash Bust |
By Angela Flicker on June 12, 2012
Welcome to day twelve of the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild blog hop for the EZ Dresden Challenge. Have you been following this? The Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild has partnered with EZ Quilting, Simplicity and a host of other manufacturers to celebrate Darlene Zimmerman’s 20th Anniversary designing quilting tools for EZ Quilting. To help [...]
Posted in Creative Process, D.I.Y., Modern Quilt Guild Challenge, Sewing, Tutorial | Tagged EZ Dresden Quilt Challenge |
By Angela Flicker on September 16, 2011
For the past 5 months, I have sewn for everyone but my family. The work has been wonderful, and I have enjoyed making every piece, yet at the same time I have longed to sew for my daughter, and the little boy in my belly. This past week, I took a day off and did [...]
Posted in D.I.Y., Family, Moment, Sewing |
By Angela Flicker on May 18, 2011
Head on over to The Crafting Chicks to see a tutorial I put together on how to make fabric applique greeting cards. They’re great for summer party invitations or as a sweet thank you. I even offered up a coupon code to my Etsy store. Enjoy!
Posted in Applique, D.I.Y., Guest Post, It's Time To Party, machine applique, Sewing |
By Angela Flicker on April 18, 2011
I was featured on Moda Bake Shop last week where I put together a tutorial on how to make a fabric photo album with a machine applique camera on the cover. Check it out, and let me know what you think.
Posted in Applique, Book Making, D.I.Y., machine applique, Tutorial |
By Angela Flicker on March 18, 2011
My family roots tie me to farmers, yet I find myself drawn to wanting to live in the city– I sometimes feel like I’m living a double life. My backyard, while very small, is a garden haven in the summer. Most of the yard is filled with raised beds where we grow various vegetables. In [...]
Posted in chickens, D.I.Y., Family, Gardening, Moment |
By Angela Flicker on March 14, 2011
Instead of buying new all the time, throwing out the old or the broken, try fixing things instead. Last April, I participated in an event called, April Stash Bust. The idea behind this event was to use what you had, instead of buying new, for the entire month of April, in honor of Earth Day. [...]
Posted in Baby, Before and After, D.I.Y., Don't Throw it Out! Fix it!, Eco-friendly, Tutorial |
By Angela Flicker on March 2, 2011
For those of you who are following the “Quilting 101″ quilt-along in 2011, we are now on step #5, our last step of our quilt-along. Today, I’m going to guide you through the steps you need to follow in order to master quilt binding. We will be making double fold binding with mitered corners, and [...]
Posted in custom quilt, D.I.Y., Quilt-Along, Quilting, Quilting 101, Sewing, Tutorial | Tagged quilt binding |
By Angela Flicker on February 28, 2011
Monet and I spend a lot of time at book stores, as it is an outing that both she and I enjoy. Just the other day I added “Crafting A Meaningful Home” to my collection. I now have all of Meg’s books. When it comes to the art of making a house a home, lately [...]
Posted in Book Review, D.I.Y., Home, Making a House a Home |
