JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey Reader, This project has really been on the backburner lately, and sadly it still kind of is. I did want to give you an update though. When we last left it over a month ago, I had just laid down all the squares in the pattern I wanted. I also quipped that my blog would probably become a lot of quilt posts because I enjoy quilting these rag quilts a lot. A lot has happened since then, namely buying a house. It will probably be a while before I have the time for a quilt again! Anyway, I said I wanted to give you an update so I am going to do that. Just like previous quilts, I sewed the lines and created little rows of quilts all together. It is still important to be careful about orientation of the strips so that I didn't accidentally double up a patch - even though I am doing a crazy non-pattern, I did avoid same patters sharing a side with each other. This is going to be like my last rag quilt , in that it is very very warm. I was getting hot just sewing it together. I ...

Hey reader! I don't want to give you too much of a peak behind the curtain, but sometimes I write posts ahead of time. I know, I know. You have been sitting at home thinking I literally get halfway done a puppet and then don't touch it for a week. I hate to break it to you, but that's not how it usually works. I get obsessed with a project and work on it for a solid 48 hours and then have to figure out a way to break it up and make it a more manageable post. Herein lies my new problem. I have become obsessed with rag quilts. There is something pretty zen about making them. It is the same basic task over and over which allows my mind to wander to deep thoughts like "what if all my hair was eyelashes?" or "Sure I know how cotton candy is made, but what about salt water taffy?" or even "what kind of game show do I want to host on YouTube?" These are important thoughts that need time to be considered. Therefore, I have been drawn more and mor...

Hey Reader! I hope this blog post finds you well. Are you have a great day? There isn't really a lot of back and forth possible on a blog post. I mean, I suppose there could be comments, but that is still pretty asynchronous. I am just going to assume you are having a great day. Perhaps you are discovering you are having a baby. That might seem like quite a leap, but you try and segue from the existential dread of writing a blog into the void with the miracle of childbirth. Even if you had a comment about it, this is asynchronous so I will have likely moved on by the time your words of discouragement reach me. I feel like I lost my point in there somewhere. I am making a rag quilt baby blanket. One of my colleagues is having a baby and I wanted to make something to commemorate the occasion. Seems appropriate. I have been itching to try a new type of quilt I discovered on Pinterest called the rag quilt. Essentially, you sew three squares of flannel together and leave an extra ...