Sophie Zaugg

Some years ago I looked through an issue of France Patchwork magazine that a friend brought to our group meeting and really appreciated the articles. I decided to become a member of the guild right then.So when my friend Katell, who writes a column about modern quilts, encouraged me to write for the magazine I felt flattered … 😉Il y a quelques années, j’avais feuilleté un numéro du bulletin de l’association France Patchwork qu’une amie avait apporté à notre réunion de groupe et j’avais beaucoup apprécié les articles. J’avais directement décidé d’adhérer à l’association.Donc quand mon amie Katell, qui écrit… +

This quilt wasn’t at the top of my project to-be-completed-quickly list …Ce quilt n’était pas en haut de ma liste de projets à terminer rapidement … I first just wanted to see what the quilting would bring to this top and started to quilt straight lines spaced from 1″. And then … just couldn’t stop adding lines to subdivide these spaces …Je voulais d’abord juste voir ce que le quilting apporterait à ce top et j’ai commencé à quilter des lignes droites espacées de 1″. Et ensuite … je n’ai pas pu m’arrêter d’ajouter des lignes pour subdiviser ces espaces… +

I finished today a few pencil pouches and I can tick project #2 off my list for the second quarter of 2017 Finish-Along !J’ai terminé aujourd’hui quelques trousses à crayons et je peux cocher le projet #2 de ma liste pour le deuxième trimestre du Finish-Along 2017 ! I used a fun tutorial written by Anna – Noodlehead – and here is the link Canvas Pencil Pouch Tutorial if you would like to give it a try. For this one I chose fabrics to match my new tote bag, also made using a pattern designed by Anna.J’ai utilisé un super tutoriel écrit par  Anna –… +

Last week I attended a two days workshop with Maryline Collioud-Robert on the theme working and having fun with scraps.We did different exercises throughout the weekend making easy blocks. Each student worked with her own fabrics following instructions to select colours and values. At the end of each exercise Maryline mixed all our blocks and arranged them together.One of the goals was to illustrate we can mix all sort of fabrics and styles and get a consistent and interesting whole as long as we define first some basic rules. La semaine dernière, j’ai suivi un séminaire de deux jours avec… +

As promised when I shared pictures of my latest finish, here is a specific blog post about the finishing process of this project.I faced a couple of quilts in the past but never took the time to find a way to make corners properly … For this project I knew I had not only four corners to deal with but sixteen … I thought it was worth focusing on that point and I even made three samples ! 🙂 Comme promis quand je vous ai montré des photos de ma dernière réalisation, voici un article spécifique à propos des finitions… +

I had never been to Nadelwelt, an event for needlecraft in Karlsruhe (Germany), before and didn’t planned to go this year either. It was a great last minute opportunity proposed by my friend Patricia !Je n’étais jamais allée au Nadelwelt, un événement dédié aux travaux d’aiguille qui a lieu à Karlsruhe (Allemagne), avant et je n’avais pas planifié d’y aller cette année non plus. C’était une super opportunité de dernière minute proposée par mon amie Patricia ! We drove all morning on Saturday and could see quilts exhibitions in the afternoon, keeping the visit to booth vendors for the following… +

An other finish on my list for the second quarter of 2017 FAL !Un autre projet terminé sur ma liste pour le deuxième trimestre du FAL 2017 ! All through the process I had in mind the placement above. But as my friends pointed out to me last week, other placements create new shapes which are really interesting as well. I love the one below !Tout au long de la réalisation, j’avais en tête la disposition ci-dessus. Mais comme me l’ont fait remarquer mes amies la semaine dernière, d’autres placements créent de nouvelles formes qui sont aussi très intéressantes. J’adore celle qui suit !… +

First project on my list for the second quarter of 2017 Finish-Along done !Premier projet de ma liste pour le deuxième trimestre du Finish-Along 2017 terminé ! I used wool + wax tote pattern designed by talented Anna Graham of Noodlehead. Instead of wool or wax I worked with two prints from Carolyn Friedlander Euclid collection which are linen/cotton blends. I love Anna’s simple style and all little extras such as rivets that gives a professional look.J’ai utilisé le modèle wool + wax tote dessiné par la talentueuse Anna Graham de Noodlehead. Au lieu de laine ou de toile cirée, j’ai travaillé avec… +

I haven’t blogged about my improv’ exercises from Sherri Lynn Wood book for a while but have some progress to share today.Je n’ai rien écrit à propos de mes exercices d’impro du livre de Sherri Lynn Wood depuis quelques temps mais j’ai quelques progrès à vous montrer aujourd’hui. My top for Score #5 is finished ! At last … Before I started working on this exercise I thought it would be a very easy one. And it is technically easy. You maybe see the layout of my blocks as random but actually I spent a lot of time too much time procrastinating… +