The “hibernation” period for this year’s Row by Row Experience is now over … and our 2017 Row by Row kits are available for purchase online! The Artistic Artifacts Pinwheels In Motion row kits are available in five different colorways of our Batik Tambal Exclusive Batik! To mark this time, we wanted to share some fun Row by Row adaptations with you.
The official rules for the event each summer requires creating a quilt with 8 different row patterns in it to win, but our row alone works just beautifully!
Pictured above, one side of the quilt that won our prize for the first completed (quilted, bound, and labeled). Sue Lee extended our row in length and used it on the back of her quilt, making it reversible. After initially purchasing her kit in July, she returned the next day for more fabric — Shapes-Pinwheels, Fuchsia and Color Sponge Solid: Berry —to create the row extension and to create her quilt’s binding. We loved how just the single row created such a modern look.
DPictured at the top of this blog post, and in detail above, is a table runner that used one row kit. This was designed and hand-stitched by Chris Vinh of StitchesnQuilts. Our row was originally presented with the “flaps” pressed open and stitched down in that position, but for this runner, Chris folded and stitched them down. She embellished runner with lots of gorgeous hand-stitching, using a variety of Tentakulum Painter’s Threads hand-dyed fibers. Tentakulum products are available in a wide range of colors, so both matching and contrasting your fabric is easy.
Chris also made a quilt using several of our rows stitched together (above). For this project Chris chose to swap out the Pinwheels fabric for Shapes-Eyes in Harvest, and paired it with Color Sponge Solid: Flame.
She also used Terial Magic™ a non-aerosol fabric stabilizing spray when creating this quilt, so that her open flaps hold their dimensional structure. Originally created for use in creating dimensional fabric flowers, this product can replace many stabilizers and fusibles for quilters and embroiderers. Terial Magic keeps fraying in check for all kinds of fiber and mixed media art, and will be the focus of the November session of our How Do I… evening demonstrations. For more information, visit our previously published product review.
All Artistic Artifacts 2017 Row by Row kits include the June Tailor® Charming Circles Ruler (to easily cut accurate circles), a piece of Avalon Bleached Muslin for background, Mistyfuse® lightweight fusible and a sample spool of WonderFil 50 wt sewing thread, either Konfetti™ or Tutti. As these examples show, swapping out our original white background for black creates a dramatic contrast.
Artistic Artifacts makes a practice of keeping its Row by Row Experience patterns free rather than selling them. Download our 2017 Row by Row Experience pattern* (or any previous years’) from our website for your personal use. We’d love for you to share your project with us!
* All patterns are copyright Artistic Artifacts, all rights reserved; it is not permitted to copy or transfer the pattern in any format.
