The Joy of Handwork
Pattie KlimekI’m a traditional hand quilter, hand piecer, and hand embroiderer living in the Bay Area amongst a sea of machine and art quilters. I am a lecturer and teacher on quilting. This is a newsletter about my opinions and believe me I always have opinions.
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My Struggle with Appliqué
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Any long time reader of this Substack might remember my very first quilt. It was an oak leaf reel with a swag bordered all appliquéd. I ha...
My First Quilt Show Entry
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I have written many, many Substacks about quilt shows and have many, many opinions about them.1 The opinions vary from positive to negativ...
A Quilter’s Stash
My sewing room but not my cat
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It was bound to happen sooner or later. This is why.
I possess one of the smallest sewing rooms1 I have ev...
My Class: How To Make a Handmade Quilt
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On March 5, 2027 I’m going to be getting up early and looking out to a beautiful ocean landscape. I’m going to be breathing invigorating l...
A Quilter’s Joy of Handwork
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A long time ago it was summer vacation. A little girl made her weekly bike ride to the lo...
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Based in San Francisco, Pattie is one of the few Traditional hand piecers and hand quilters in a sea of Art quilters in the Bay Area. She is now traveling around teaching and lecturing so quilters can rediscover the joys of handwork.
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