LoveLoud Quilt 2022; Call for Block donations.

 

LoveLoud Quilt 2022; Call for Block donations. 

I am putting out a call for block donations for a quilt or quilts celebrating the LoveLoud movement.

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons founded the LOVELOUD Foundation to help ignite the relevant and vital conversation about what it means to unconditionally love, understand, accept and support  our LGBTQ+ friends and family.

When I saw the Logo I instantly fell in love because, A: it's a heart. But mostly because of the design.

I instantly thought that it needed to be a quilt block. 

I have contacted the LoveLoud foundation through Instagram and asked if it is okay to use their logo. They gave permission, as long as nothing is sold. I will not be taking or making any money for this project.  

My friend Sari (@sariditty) drew up the pattern for paper piecing. 

Here and Here 

I'd like to keep them looking similar to the original logo. It's a rainbow with white background or black background.

I think it would look awesome with rainbow on gray as well - like a Moda Crossweave or Essex linen. 

Instructions. Sew Left and Right sides individually. Use a colored fabric for # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15. Use a background for all of the rest. There is one strip that goes down the center on each page. On the left side #1 is background and #2 is the same as #15.  On the Right side side #1 is a color, #2 is the same as 15, # 3 and 4 are background. Square up to 10 Inches.

Similar to this.

UPDATE: My friend Kairle Oaks designed an easier version. You can find it on her blog over here:

linktr.ee/kairleoaks

So, how to donate. I would love any blocks that you'd like to create using the pattern. 

The Deadline i'm looking at is April 15, 2022. 

Please send to: 

Johnny Barfuss

697 East 100 North

Bountiful, UT 84010

If you're in the Salt Lake Valley, drop them off at My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe in Sandy. 

Email me JohnBarfuss@gmail.com

And, if you'd like to help financially please donate HERE. 

Please Share your experience with:
Making the LoveLoud block or other experiences surrounding the LoveLoud movement.

I'd love to collect your personal stories in making the LoveLoud block(s) that you sent in.

These will be included with each quilt/project made from the blocks that were donated.

If you'd like to record a short video, 1-3 minutes long, i'll also be making a video as well.

I've set up a google drive here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-6tRNG4gDX3fs78qkbwCUDVf8esHQOf6KblMs3IjDR0/edit

You can either submit them through the form, or email them directly to me at: JohnBarfuss@gmail.com

LoveLoud Quilt - Call for Block donations.

I am putting out a call for block donations for a quilt or quilts celebrating the LoveLoud movement.

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons founded the LOVELOUD Foundation to help ignite the relevant and vital conversation about what it means to unconditionally love, understand, accept and support  our LGBTQ+ friends and family.

When I saw the Logo I instantly fell in love because, A: it's a heart. But mostly because of the design.

I instantly thought that it needed to be a quilt block. 

So, I am making a quilt or two. I have contacted the LoveLoud foundation through Instagram and asked if it is okay to use their logo. They gave permission, as long as nothing is sold. So, i will not be taking or making any money for this project.  

My goal is to make 1 or more quilts to be auctioned off as a fundraiser for the Encircle House in Provo at their upcoming art fundraiser. Depending upon the number of blocks received I would also like to make one for Dan and his family as a way to honor him for putting this foundation together. 

My friend Sari (@sariditty) drew up the pattern for paper piecing. 

Here and Here 

I'd like to keep them looking similar to the original logo. It's a rainbow with white background or black background.

I think it would look awesome with rainbow on gray as well - like a Moda Crossweave or Essex linen. 

Instructions. Sew Left and Right sides individually. Use a colored fabric for # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15. Use a background for all of the rest. There is one strip that goes down the center on each page. On the left side #1 is background and #2 is the same as #15.  On the Right side side #1 is a color and #2, 3 and 4 are all background. 

Similar to this.

UPDATE: My friend Kairle Oaks designed an easier version. You can find it on her blog over here:

linktr.ee/kairleoaks

So, how to donate. I would love any blocks that you'd like to create using the pattern. If you would like to donate, but don't have fabric please email me your Name, Address and Instagram and how many you'd like to make and I will mail you a kit. Riley Blake Designs has donated fabric, so please let me know if you would like a kit.  

The Deadline i'm looking at is June 30, 2018. There is an art auction at the Encircle house in the fall and I'd like to submit a quilt for that. It's possible that we auction one off on Instagram and just donate the money to the LoveLoud foundation or just donate it to the foundation and they can auction it off on their own. 

Please send to: 1472 East Evergreen Lane, Salt Lake City, UT 84106

If you're in the Salt Lake Valley - we may be able to arrange for drop off at a local quilt shop. 

Email me JohnBarfuss@gmail.com

And, if you'd like to help financially please donate HERE. 

Big Quilt Project

This is posted from my cousin Belinda Madsen, and the post she did over on her blog. I'm grateful for the chance I had to share my talents with her... And it was so great getting to know her better in the process.

I am the room mom in my son's first grade class. Earlier this year, one of his classmates lost her mother and we wanted to do something for her. His teacher, Mrs. Hollingshead, suggested that maybe we could make her a little blanket.

People shouldn't say things like that to me because my perfectionism always takes over and little projects become huge month-long endeavors requiring hours of work and lots of money.

One blanket turned into three since we couldn't leave out her brother and sister at a time like this. My little project became an enormous one and pretty overwhelming.

Of course, I had help. Plenty of it. We had an unbelievable number of fabric donations; money too. A certain mom even took her two-year-old twins to Joann (in my eyes, the ultimate sacrifice) to buy batting and the perfect fabrics.

One problem...

I had never made a quilt before in my life. I can barely sew a straight line.

I am so blessed to have wonderful, talented relatives, who can come to my rescue at times like these. My cousin, Johnny, an expert quilter, came up with such fun designs, each one different. He taught me how to sew a straight seam and put the pieces together. We made all three quilt tops in one day. Amazing, right?

Next, came the question of how to put them together. Some ladies suggested tying them. That just doesn't meet my standards, so I made a few phone calls and found the generous Denise Hone, who sweetly machine quilted all three for an amazing price.

Quilt in a Day? How about 3 in a day!

My cousin, Belinda, posted on Facebook about wanting some assistance with making a quilt for a classmate of one of her children. I told her i'd be glad to help her, so she sent a note home with all of the children in the class asking for donations of fabric, money, thread, etc that could be used to make this child a quilt. She got such a huge response that we decided to make one for this child's 2 siblings as well. 

I told her to try and find out what the kid's favorite colors were, so we could target our fabrics towards that. She wanted something bright and cheery because these kids had just lost their mother.  So, last week she came up at about 10 in the morning. We looked over what she had from donations and then set out to the fabric store to find some coordinating fabric.

These are what we came up with: 

This is the first one we did. She loved the large floral print, so we found a cute stripe and a dot to mix in with it. She really wanted to showcase the main fabric and not let anything else get in the way. 

We did a simple 4 patch of squared to go between the focus fabric. We looked for something for a border, but couldn't find quite the right fabric. She found a cute lemon solid that matched perfectly and added that as a border around the whole thing. 

Next is the one we made for her child's classmate: 

This was made mainly from fabric from my collection.  She really wanted bright and cheery fabrics that just seemed happy and cheerful. We found the chevron fabric at Brooks, in Bountiful, that brought all the colors together.  I like the way it turned out. 

Then we made one for the boy: 

We found the stripe and thought it was good for a boy and then put a gray dot, the black with lime dot's and turquoise solid to go with it.  Just basic squares, but its good for a boy! 

We did all three in one day. She found someone to machine quilt them and i'll help bind them if she needs it! It was a great day of quilting. 

Inspiration Sundays

I am adding a new weekly feature to my blog. It's called Inspiration Sundays. You can check out my Pinterest account if you want to see things that I have pinned over there for quilt ideas or just things that I love.

This past week was inspired by Scandinavian design. I went up to Farmington to see a movie with a buddy from high school. While I was waiting around, I was shopping at Home Goods and found some Marimekko pillow cases.  They are lime green and will be perfect on my bed or in a quilt. I just love Marimekko! such great stuff.

That's a great example of Marimekko from the Crate and Barrel website.  I also found this beauty in their new stuff:

I don't know about you- but it looks awfully similar to the quilt I made for my niece last summer. 

As I was leaving I picked up a bottle of Voss water... I just love that simple design for a bottle.

Then, the movie we saw was set in Sweden. They had some beautiful scandinavian furniture and design in the movie! It was great.

And lastly, I took two trips to Ikea. They had this tile design as a backsplash, but I think it would make an awesome quilt.

Be Careful What You Wish For

Today's post will be a little different. Its title: Be careful what you wish for. 

For the past few years i've been interested in things like The Secret, or manifesting what you want out of life.  A few years ago I made a vision board.  Looking back, I probably couldn't tell you exactly the things that were on that board, but I came across one of them tonight that was pretty breathtaking. 

To give you a little back story, for the past few years i've been "saving" my money for a TV. I had an old 27" box tv that worked fine, but I wanted a nice, new big, flat screen tv. I've been going to school full time working towards becoming a licensed massage therapist, so I had cut back on my hours i've been working and not really focused on saving. 

Well, one morning in December I was driving on the freeway and in the middle of the freeway was a huge box. People were swerving to miss it and just driving around it so it was causing a bit of trouble. I had the thought that I should get it out of traffic. As I passed the box, I noticed it was a TV box. A big TV box.  And I had the thought: "there might be a TV in that box."  So, I pulled over and dodged into traffic, and sure enough it was a brand new 60" TV, still in the box.  I waited a bit, and decided to just put it in my truck and take it home.  Unsure of how to find the real owners, I decided to keep it. I did check a few local lost and found sites to see if anyone was advertising it, but I haven't seen anything on it. I am the proud owner of a nice TV. 

Fast forward to tonight, January 13, 2012 as I'm sorting through some old papers I find the following picture that use to hang on my vision board:

This is the picture that was on my vision board - and the exact same TV that I found on the freeway. 

Call it fate, call it what you will... but be careful what you wish for!

So, here's what i'm posting on the vision board next:

I love my Bernina, but I'd love a fresh new one.

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Its time for a car. I'd love a Nissan Xterra

I've always wanted to have my own fabric store and fabric line. I love the vision and look of Joel Dewberry fabrics. 

And, i'd love to have a long arm again. I sold my Gammill to pay for surgery. I miss it.

A sneak peek

I have been working on a quilt for my sister Suzi for a few years. When she saw the multitude of pink blocks that I made (see previous posts) she wanted a quilt made out of them. I tried several ways to set the blocks but they just would not work.

I think we finally found the solution but I've decided to show an older one that didn't quite work out. I'm still going to use it as a border along the bottom of the completed quilt.


The panel below was done in my appliqué phase. (pictures of that to be shown later!) I thought they would look fun if it looked like they were "floating" on a pink background. So I appliquéd them to the pink fabric.

I like the end result but it took way too much time (for a queen sized quilt) and I got bored doing the appliqué.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

Black and White

I have been collecting black and white fabric for many years but never made strictly a black and white quilt.

My niece Whitney wanted a black and white quilt so I made this for her wedding this past August. I like the way it turned out.

Up Next

I found a new fabric store yesterday. I love quilt shops and fabric stores. I know the ladies are always hesitant whenever I come in. I'm 6'3, and can appear a little bit intimidating. But when I bring up my bolts of pink and turquoise, and then squeal like a school girl over their black and white selections... they know I'm harmless.

They had a great black and white section a few new turquoise. But what I really loved was this grey dot that was on sale. Can't wait to get started on the next project. We are thinking black, white and turquoise. Should be fun!

I'm thinking of putting some quilts on Etsy. Anyone have any experience selling their quilts?  I am pretty new to this, so, not sure what to expect. If there is anyone out there reading this that has any advice, please let me know.

A Much Needed Break

So I took a little break from quilting to make a pot of chilli for some friends. My good friends Jenny and Dan have a new baby girl that has had some health problems. I have been so busy finishing up with school that I hadn't done anything for them. So I made a huge pot of my famous chilli and took a few containers up to them so they'd have something to throw in the freezer and heat up later for a quick lunch or dinner.

I did stop by my one of my favorite quilt shops up in Bountiful, Quilter's Haven. I've known Joanie the owner since I started quilting about 15 years ago. She has great taste and a great eye for fabric. I can always find something to fall in love with or something I "need".

So I picked up a few pinks to throw in the mix of my pink obsession. Can't wait to get sewing again!

The process

I really like the process of block construction. I feel relaxed and productive at the same time. I love to just make multiples of the same kind of block over and over. Part of me feels like I would do really well in a sweat shop!

The picture below is of some pink blocks I made a few years ago while living on Main Street in Bountiful. I don't really remember making all of these little blocks, but I have a stack of probably 200 or so. It makes me laugh at myself that I made so many of these little blocks with no end project in site. My sister loves pink quilts so I've been working in setting some of these with plain white to make them pop! I'll show some pics of that project later!

Happy New Years!

As I bid farewell to 2011 I resolve to blog more, to share more, to document more, to take more pictures and to share my passion for quilting and fabric more! Happy New Years 2011!

Pink and Black

Who doesn't love the combination of pink and black. It's a timeless combination. I've been digging into my black and white stash. First to make an all black and white quilt for my niece's wedding. Then it was a black and white and red all over quilt for my sister for a Christmas gift. Then I found a bunch of pink scraps from an old project I'd been working on. So I've been doing a funky log cabin with them. I've also loved the log cabin process. It's been great. Check back for updates!!

Quilt Ideas -

My friend Elaine wants to make a quilt... and i want to help her and make it with her! i really want to make something Modern, colorful, bright and happy - Because she is all of those things and more.

I love the look of this one: http://www.thequiltengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/quilt1.jpg

Basic yet fun!! I love it.

Time to make a quilt

When life gives you lemons - you make lemonade! But, when life gives you Denim, that means - it's time to make a jean quilt... i'm going to start ripping up the jeans today... anyone have any great ideas for a fun and funky - and modern denim quilt?

Selling my STASH

I've decided to sell some of my stash! check out my Etsy shop!






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Quilt explorations

So, i've always wanted to make Quilts as Art. I decided to try my hand at art quilts this month. I heard about a fundraiser benefitting the Utah Aids Foundation. One of my good friends Adam usually goes to the benefit, and i had him in mind when deciding to make a quilt. Each year there is a silent auction and Adam commented to me that every year he looks over and there's some "quilt" that just doesn't fit. I'm sure that each year someone goes to a lot of trouble and spends a lot of time and energy making a quilt for the silent auction, but it probably wasn't targeted towards the right audience.

So, i decided to try my hand at making something a little different. My idea was to use a black/white theme with a touch of red... and thought this would be fun... but the more i thought about it... i just thought - i need to work with color! I love black and white ... there is something striking and beautiful about black and white... But, i had a friend say to me once... Life isn't black and white... there are colors for a reason! Ever since then, i have embraced the many beautiful colors of the rainbow.

And its just the same with people. People are different. there are many variations. and each one has something to offer. will we give them the chance to shine?

so,i've been working on this quilt all week... i'm going to put it all together tomorrow and i think it will be something that someone will want to hang on their wall as art.

Today's Color Palette: i'm kind of excited to work on a quilt again. its been a few months since i've really done anything quilt-wise, so - i'm looking forward to it. I've got my Gingher Rotary cutter ready to go! I'll be posting the progress!

So, for your viewing pleasure, here are a couple of things i did in the past few years... the flower is applique and then just sort of framed out in some fun fabrics... its a very busy quilt... but I think its kind of my masterpiece... up until now. It is the quilt i am most proud of. And it got me through some tough times in 2009! I guess that is something that quilting has always done for me... gets me through some tough times. I have some quilts in the works, but for right now... i'm going to post pics and thoughts and memories of quilts-past... to remind myself why i love to quilt!