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Vintage Microphone Quilt Pattern

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I have the final piece done for my Rock Music mini quilt. The lyrics of a song are very important to me. Now matter how great the accompanying music is, I really can’t listen to a song if the lyrics don’t measure up. Words have such power, they can really excite you and get you all fired up or make you extremely sad. Set them to music and they really touch your heart. I find myself humming at the oddest of times. So I made a Vintage Microphone quilt pattern as an ode to the talented song writers and singers. Do you have a favourite song?

The biggest challenge in drawing this pattern was adhering to the rounded shape of the microphone without making it too complicated. The four sets of grills are made with exactly four sections and they are very straight forward to sew. However, because of the number of bars on the grill, each section has quite a few pieces to sew. Other than that, it comes together pretty quickly. The Vintage Microphone quilt pattern can be found in my shop.

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Vintage Microphone Quilt Pattern

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I finally have all three blocks that I am going to use for my Rock Music mini quilt. I am excited to put this together.

Happy Sewing!
-Soma

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Caffeine Chemistry Quilt Pattern

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I am very much a coffee addict – tea too, for that matter – anything with caffeine in it. Looking back, I realised that the addiction started in college. Before then, my version of coffee was a cup of hot milk with a sprinkle of instant coffee. I am serious!! A caffeine quilt pattern was definitely in order.

I have always loved chemistry and astronomy the most, so I was pretty sure I wanted to study the chemistry of stars because that was a perfect blend of the two. If only it were that simple! Once I started college, I took a plethora of science classes just because, and I had the hardest time deciding on a major because I wanted to study everything. Later on I moved on to study computers because they were new and seemed extremely interesting too. However, looking through a telescope still fascinates and humbles me and chemistry still excites me.

I was torn between making a coffee-themed quilt pattern and a science-themed quilt pattern. In the end I decided to blend the two and created Coffee Chemistry block.

I envisioned the caffeine molecule drawn on a chalkboard, and luckily, I had the perfect fabric on hand for that. The pattern is done in three sections – the cup, the arrow and the molecule.

The block is fairly easy to make. However, I also added an embroidered version of the molecule in the pattern, just in case you weren’t feeling like paper piecing the molecule.

I am seeing a bag in my future using the above block. It will be a fun bag to carry around, proclaiming my love of science and coffee. I know some of you are either yourselves caffeine addicts like I am (you know who you are! *wink*) or you definitely have someone in your family who is one. Perhaps you can make a fun mug rug with this pattern?

Need to fill my cup!
-Soma