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E ditor's letter
I hope this letter finds
you in good health.
I realize I say this about every new issue I release,
but for many reasons I'm so very excited about this
issue! Within it are fascinating ways of making quilted
portraits. Quilting may be a ton of fun, but even the
simplicity of patchwork has its learning curve. Outside
of the quilt block is a whole new set of design and
quilting skills just waiting to be explored. I encourage
you to join our designers in their captivating quilting
portrait adventures and give making a quilted portrait
a whirl! Some skills to explore here involve a study in
colour and shading, curve piecing, and photo editing
capabilities. A good attitude will be most useful too.
Faces
So, if this issue is about faces, then what's up with
the dog coats? Simply explained, what's one of
your favourite faces that greets you at home? Nuff
said. Here too, a dog coat looks super simple, but
it does have its challenges in the fitting. In Cynthia
MacDougall's detailed feature, Knitting Fit for a Dog,
you'll find all you need to know about measuring and
knitting an adorable coat to fit your pooch perfectly.
Charles Voth does the same for a crocheted version
and if this wasn't enough, check out Cindy O'Malley's
knitted plaid version offering a remarkably simple yet
effective detail!
And then there’s the Spectrum QAL 2020! Our first
ever quilt-a-long on QUILTsocial! This really isn’t your
typical QAL at all. Succinctly, 12 quilt block patterns,
3 QAL quilters using 3 fabric collections. This exciting
QAL started in September 2020 and will finish end of
April 2021 at which time all 3 quilts will be showcased.
In this issue are the links for each quilt block version
that has already been published on Qs. Join the
fun, it’s not too late, share your quilt blocks on
#TheSewGoesOn we’d love to see them!
I hope you’ve had time to dabble in your favourite
needlework, these have been weird and maybe even
hurtful times for some. I can only hope you’ve found
a measure of comfort in your stitches.
Make & Stay Calm
As always, stay safe and stay calm. Cheerfully,
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Contents
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14 Heather McArthur
quilting
Pop Art Pet Banner
18 Cathy McClean
quilting
Split the Zoo Quilt
24 Claire Haillot
quilting
Keeping It Picasso Simple Quilt
30 Lynn Swanson
sewing & machine embroidery
My Darling Vinny Quilted
Wallhanging
34 Clodagh Coker
quilting
Skater's Focus Quilt
38 Olesya Lebedenko
patchwork
The Baby Quilt Block
44 Paul Léger
quilting
Quilting Faces the Easy Way!
48 Elaine Theriault
machine embroidery
Faces in Line Art Portraits
63 Cynthia MacDougall
knitting
Sock It to Me Dog Coat
66 Cindy O'Malley
knitting
Snuggles Sweater
72 Charles Voth
crochet
Sophie's Jacket
76 Lorraine Thompson
knitting
Thoughful Soles Series
Tick Tock Socks
82 Iryna Varabei
cross stitch
Simon the Musician
86 Iryna Varabei
cross stitch
A Good Omen
94 Kathy Andrews
needle felting
Felting Fayetta
63
52 More Joy, Less Overwhelm
Into the Fire
Brandy Maslowski
90 The Spirit of Beads:
Sharing our Stories
Maria Rypan
52
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3 Editor’s Letter
6 Mark Your Calendars!
6 Advertiser Index
12 Heather McArthur
The Quilter's Connection
Colour Me Crazy
60 Cynthia MacDougall
Knit Together
Knitting Fit for a Dog
80 Knitting
Standard Abbreviations
& Terms
98 Business Directory
Special Features
8 Spectrum
QAL 2020
in
every
issue
12
54 The Woman of the
Pink Month
Galla Grotto
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58 Crafting in the time of
Covid
Rosalie I. Tennison
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
April 9-11, 2021
Spring Knitting Retreat
St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan
Imagine being able to knit without interruption?
Share the enthusiasm with other knitters, be inspired,
discover new techniques, get fresh ideas and knit,
knit, and knit some more! Forms and details at
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May 28 - June 5, 2021
Saskatchewan Stitches Conference
St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster, Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Stitches Conference offers creative
classes with renowned fibre and needle work artists
and attracts participants from across Canada who
love to sew, knit, quilt and rughook. Forms and details
at www.saskstitches.ca or call 1.800.344.6024.
Show Guide Unlimited, the 2021 edition of the Ontario
Show Directory is now available! An extensive listing
of the years best shows including art and craft (juried
and non-juried), needlework, woodworking, festivals
and bazaars throughout Ontario; available at $25.95
plus $4.00 S&H. For more info or to order online visit
www.ontarioshowguide.com, or call 905.464.7469.
To list your event in this space call 1.866.969.2678.
Advertiser Index
06 Brampton Sew N Serge
99 Brother
98 Business Directory
65 Canadian Guild of Knitters
47 Canadian Quilters' Association
71 Crochet Designs by NanaRuth
51 Embroiderers' Association of Canada
07 Gütermann Creativ
71 Hardanger House
69 Haus of Stitches
37 Husqvarna Viking
06 K & A Quilt Studio
06 Kelly's Creative Sewing
23 KNITmuch
51 Lowery Workstands
70 Melissa Marginet
70 Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
06 Ottawa Sewing Centre
02 PFAFF
23 QUILTsocial
47 Quiltworks Studio
71 Rypan Designs
100 Schmetz
71 Seashell Stitching
06 Sew Inspired
51 Spectrum Quilt-Along 2020
85 Spirit of Belarus
06 The Quilt Store
43 #TheSewGoesOn
69 The Yarn Guy
85 X's & Oh's
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Claire's quilt design using
Anthology Fabrics
Little Girl in the Blue Armchair Collection
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Elaine's quilt design using
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WHAT IS IT ?
This QAL is not your typical
QAL, it’s far more exciting
and gives you the flexibility to
design your own finished quilt!
Claire had a gorgeous quilt
pattern waiting in the wings
for a long time for the right
time - NOW! Claire’s design is
the original quilt pattern with
a total of 12 sparkling blocks.
Elaine and Paul will be making
the same blocks using other
fabric lines and arranging them
to create totally different quilts.
Aren’t you curious to see how
the same 12 blocks will give 3
totally different quilts?
Read on!
Little Girl in the Blue Armchair
Paul's quilt design using
Benartex Fabrics
Wave Texture Collection
Blue Stitch Collection
Wave Texture Collection
Fabric
Collections
QAL2020
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These spectacular QAL blocks are the first 7 created in the 3 highlighted
fabrics. If you have a digital version of this issue, click on the block to
get the piecing instructions and valuable tips to make your quilt blocks.
Block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4
Little Girl in the Blue Armchair collection by Anthology Fabrics
https://anthologyfabrics.com/new-release/april-2020/art-inspired/little-girl-in-a-blue-armchair/
Blue Stitch collection by Riley Blake Designs
https://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/Fabric/Current-Collections/Blue-Stitch
Wave Texture collection by Benartex
https://benartex.com/fabric-gallery/?collection_id=1301
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If you only have a print version of this issue, visit https://quiltsocial.com/
and click on the Spectrum QAL2020 banner on the home page to get
access to all 7+ blocks.
Block 5 Block 6
Block 7
Join us!
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Pop Art Pet Banner
I have a cat named Mitz that I adore. I’m pretty sure she adores me too, though she’s a cat, so you can never really
tell. I took this funny photo of Mitz one day – she stuck her face in mine, yet she seemed to be saying, “What
YOU lookin’ at?” I thought it would make for a great art quilt project, but I didn’t want a typical fibre art pet
portrait, with heavy thread painting. Rather, I wanted something edgy, amusing, and easy to do. My creative
mind immediately wanted to create a version of the pop art style.
What makes this pop art, well, ‘pop’, is the use of complementary colours – colours that are opposite each other
on the colour wheel. Pink is a tint of red, and red is opposite green on the colour wheel. The two colours create
a dynamic contrast. Just be sure to create balance in your work by using one colour as the dominant colour. You
will note in the sample for instance, there is more of the pink than the green. – Heather
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Split the Zoo!
Split the Zoo! was inspired by three things.
First My love of wild animals; their colours, how
they live and of course their faces. I love a visit to
the zoo, a good movie or documentary about wild
animals and on my bucket list is an African safari.
Quilt
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Embellish Your Life with Sulky
Diane Gloystein
A love of beautiful clothing and a desire
to create unique, one-of-a-kind designs
led to a lifelong love affair with fashion,
fabric and fiber arts. A sense of whimsical
imagination is found in many of Diane's
creations.
Her mother taught her to sew and
ripped out her early sewing mistakes
until she eventually developed a passion
for sewing. Ten years of 4-H sewing
followed by a Bachelor's degree from the
University of Nebraska with an emphasis
in Textiles, Clothing & Design gave her a
strong foundation in the area of textile
arts. Diane has been privileged to study
under renowned fiber artists including
Dr. Robert Hillestad, Vince Quevedo and
Tim Harding. She has served as a board
member for Friends of the Hillestad
Gallery, a fiber arts gallery in Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Diane's professional background includes
managing clothing stores, owning her
own fashion accessories business known
as In Perfect Harmony, and working as
an enrichment lecturer aboard cruise
ships speaking on the art of being a welldressed
woman. Her current position
as a National Educator representing
Sulky of America is the fulfillment of a
dream which offers her the extraordinary
opportunity to inspire students with a
myriad of sewing techniques, surface
design and embellishment ideas. She
travels extensively, teaching at the
Original Sewing & Quilting Expos as well
as presenting Sew Exciting seminars
in quilting and fabric stores across
the country where her high energy
presentations, incredible array of inspiring
samples and infectious enthusiasm are
met with rave reviews.
Diane is a featured artist with her quilted
Fiber Bubbles jacket in Sulky's newest
book, "Quick & Easy Weekend Quilting
with Sulky".
She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her
husband, Larry. They enjoy entertaining,
decorating their home and traveling to
visit their three grown children.
Features over 25 must-haves techniques.
Bonus Designer Gallery Pattern CD included
140 pg, C 2013, PB spiral bound. By Joyce
Drexler & Diane Gloystein
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My Darling Vinny
Wall Hanging
It’s no surprise that science has shown
dogs improve your physical, mental
and emotional health.
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Both of my daughters have figure
skated since they were very young.
We have lots of pictures of them
skating, but as parents we rarely
get to see what goes on behind the
scenes at competitions. We were
blessed in recent years to have an
incredibly talented photographer as
one of the girls’ team mates father.
At competitions Stephen Bell would
place himself behind the scenes
and was able to document some
magnificent moments on film. He
was able to capture the emotions
of competition, whether it was of
laughter, anxiety, tears, joy and
in this case intense focus on what
needed to be done to compete.
Madison,
my eldest daughter,
is a master of mental
preparation and this
photograph captures
her beauty and pensive
thought.
When I was presented with the
opportunity to do a quilting project
on Faces, the series of images from
competition preparation popped
immediately into my mind. The
choice was obvious…except that
I had to choose which of my two
daughter’s portraits to do first.
One guess what project is next?
– Clodagh
'
Quilt
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The Baby Quilt Block
365 days quilt scraps challenge
My friend had a baby during the time I was running
my 365 Days Quilt Scraps Challenge. I was inspired
to commemorate the happy event and include this
baby quilt block in the challenge, therefore making
it the 326th quilt block.When adding details to the
baby’s face it’s easier to draw the eyes and stitch
the nose, mouth, and eyebrows. As a final touch
add some blush to the cheeks using water based
ultimate pigment ink. – Olesya
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#TheSewGoesOn
While we are sew at home, together we
keep the spirit of sewing alive.
Be part of a passionate sewing
community. Share your sewing
and quilting projects on Instagram
using #TheSewGoesOn
Look for giveaways, supplies and special offers!
Share your love of sewing
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Quilting Faces
the Easy Way
For the longest time I
was more comfortable
using squares and
triangle shapes as part
of my quilts. With time
and the help of great
teachers I discovered
some techniques
were not as difficult
and mind blowing as
I thought they would
be. After each new
workshop, I ventured
out of my comfort
zone to eventually
find creative and
uncomplicated
solutions to quilting
challenges.
One such technique
I never enjoyed
working with is hand
appliqués. Many of
my friends know not
to suggest I do hand
appliqués. I envy the
quilter who has the
time and patience
to not only hand
appliqué a few small
pieces, but to do full
Baltimore Album
quilts. Although time
consuming, I love
to hand quilt and I
enjoy doing English
Paper Piecing. So, how
do you make a full
appliqué quilt when
you don’t like hand
appliqué? Well in my
case, I learned how to
do machine appliqué
and I liked it. I’ve now
made a few quilts
using my new skill
set, some of which I
explained how to do
on QUILTsocial.
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Faces
in
Line Art
Portraits
I love incorporating technology into my
sewing. While embroidery software has
been around for years, many people shy
away because they think the software
is complicated and it can be. However,
some features make creating your
designs so easy, anything is possible.
I used the mySewnet Embroidery
software (Platinum) to create the
samples in this article. It's a subscriptionbased
software available in different
configurations. It's replacing the previous
version of embroidery software called
Premier+ 2, which will be phased
out but can still be purchased and is
supported. I used the PFAFF creative
icon to stitch the designs.
While these embroidery designs look
incredibly complicated, they're so easy
to create using the PhotoStitch Wizard.
You can easily convert a photo of a
favourite location, person, or pet into an
embroidery design.
You have to make choices as you progress
through the Wizard, but you don't have
to do any hard work! There are five photo
styles to choose from when turning a
photograph into an embroidery design:
Colour, Sepia, Monochrome, Colour Tile,
and Linear.
Here are some key factors to consider
when creating an embroidery file using
the PhotoStitch Wizard.
Finished Line Art photo
This photo by Ian Redd
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Woman of the Pink Month
Tapping into the mind of an artist
Galla Grotto
The portrait
The portrait genre is very
popular in art. A textile
portrait is a fairly new
phenomenon. At the most
prestigious quilt festivals
today, you can see many
different examples
of portrait art. Why
is this genre so
popular today?
In the recent
past, the portrait
could be used
mainly by artists.
It was necessary
to be able to
draw, know
the anatomy of
the human face
and the basics of
colour science. In
the modern world of
cutting-edge technologies,
this is no longer necessary.
The portrait genre has become
available, and the internet is full of
portrait images of different quality,
techniques, and styles.
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Woman of the pink month 130x90cm

Knit Together
Knitting fit
for a dog!
Cynthia MacDougall
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The original title for this piece was “Practical mathematics
for knitting,” but before I’d finished typing it, I could hear you
yawning! Actually, I’ve wanted to write an article about math
and knitting for a long time. Who would have thought a global
pandemic would have created the opportunity!
While this piece does include some practical math, my aim here
is to share my insights for the dog coat project in this issue. I’m
not sure which you’ll find scarier: my ideas or the math!
When I was asked to create a dog coat, it took a while to think of
a model. I hear dogs barking in my neighborhood all the time,
but should “crazy knitting lady” really go knocking on doors at a
time like this?
I decided to recruit the family two doors down, as they have
both girl children and a dog. I approached the parents first, and
asked them if, since they were home schooling, could I develop
a math problem for the girls that would include measuring, and
recording of results? I sweetened the deal with the potential of
a photo shoot for this issue and got the green light. Involving
children in knitting can be this simple.
Photos by Cynthia MacDougall

Snuggles Sweater
My neighbors dog, Snuggles, is a fashionista when it
comes to dog sweaters and coats. During the winter
months, Snuggles can be seen sporting a variety
of different apparel on her walks. Since I have a
fascination with plaids and noticed that Snuggles
didn’t own a plaid sweater, I decided to make one
for her.
My goal was to create a window pane plaid effect
without carrying floats in behind. The vertical
columns were done with a top stitching technique
and crochet hook.
The sweater is knit in the round begining with the
turtle neck collar and worked down. The lower
chest is worked back and forth using a second set
of needles, then rejoined in the round once the leg
openings are complete.
Snuggles is a small dog, weighing in at 14lbs and
15” in height to the top of her back, but this pattern
can be easily tailored for a larger chest or bigger dog
by doing more rows and increases before separating
for the legs. The belly section can be tapered in by
doing decreases after the legs, and the length can be
tailored by knitting more rows before starting the
short row shaping. – Cindy
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Sophie’s
Jacket
Crochet is notorious for
its potential to sculpt
3-dimensional pieces, and suits
dog-wear very well. Many people
are passionate about Amigurumi,
a Japanese word for "crocheted
or knitted stuffed toy", and
I've crocheted a few myself. I
took the design principles from
Amigurumi shapes, enlarged
them, and then wrapped little
Sophie in this charming cold
weather sweater. – Charles
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Sock 1 HOLD BACK TIME
Sock 2 KNIT YOUR SOCKS
The face
I chose for
my socks
is the face
of a clock.
Time passes
slowly when
knitting
the leg of a
plain sock. I
find myself
looking
forward to
reaching the heel.
Because the heel
can be knit apart
from the sock, I
decided to make
it interesting by
fitting small designs
into the flap.
I call it Halftime Relief.
For these socks I used
embroidery but a
textured pattern or a
colour motif works even
better. I encourage you
to take some time and try
your own idea.
– Lorraine
Tick
Tock
Socks
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DARK MUSHROOMS
Thoughtful Soles Series
WINTER IS COMING
Welcome to Thoughtful Soles Series
by Lorraine Thompson! This is a zany
collection of knitted sock patterns to tickle
your funny bone every time you wear them.
Tick Tock Socks is the 9th sock pattern in
this series. The following sock patterns were
published in previous issues:
Dark Mushrooms (Issue 46),
Wiggle Room (Issue 47),
Winter is Coming (Issue 48),
Colourwash (Issue 49),
Wool Stew (Issue 50),
High Fibre (Issue 51) ,
Bumps in the Road Socks (Issue 52)
T is for Turn Socks (Issue 53)
WIGGLE ROOM
COLOURWASH
WOOL STEW
HIGH FIBRE BUMPS IN THE ROAD T IS FOR TURN
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Felting Fayelta
felting
basics
Needle felting
is a wonderful craft,
it's easy to do and very
relaxing, it’s also a very
affordable craft with the wool
and tools not costing a great deal. However,
it’s highly addictive.
Felting is the process of condensing wool and
making it dense so that it forms together and
makes a fabric, or in this case so that it condenses
into a sculpture. Felt itself is an ancient textile with
known examples dating back to 5000 BC. Needle
felting as a craft and
art form however, only
started in the 1980s
by Elenor and David
Stanwood. They purchased a vintage
industrial felting machine and discovered a new
way to use the needles and created a new type of
art. A felting needle pushes the wool fibers into a
sculpture or picture, and with a lot of stabbing and
imagination, you can make anything.
I’d like to introduce you to my needle felted doll
face, Fayetta, the Felted Fairy.
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