“I think you should stop working now. RIGHT NOW.”

Welcome to your holiday weekend! (Well, if you’re in the U.S., that is, and you don’t happen to be a self-employed workaholic person. Ahem.) Here are my favorite links of this week…

Triangle Log Cabin Pin Cushion, from In Color Order

I loved meeting Jeni Baker in person at Quilt Market last weekend! This is one of my favorite how-to’s of hers. I want a triangle log cabin quilt. Who has time to make me one? Anyone?… Anyone?

An Ordinarily Extraordinary Blanket, from Dottie Angel

I was first drawn to this how-to because of the vintage doilies stitched to it. But then I discovered that the best part is really Tif’s construction. She made the blanket in broad rows, switching colors to create the squares. She then joined each new row as she made it. And all of that’s documented with great photos.

Cardboard Tool Holder, from The Cardboard Collective

Amber’s always making amazing things from corrugated. She needed a safe place to stow her sharp craft tools and keep them away from curious little hands, so she made this caddy. Bonus points for making such creative use of cardboard scraps as the filler!

Creating a Repeating Design on Paper, from Daisy Janie

If you’ve always wanted to make some Spoonflower fabric, but weren’t sure about the computer design part, take a look at Jan’s tutorial. She creates a beautiful repeating design the low-tech way, with paper. Her process teaches you a lot about how repeats work.

A Quilted Yurt Classroom

Lastly, I’ll share this cool Kickstarter you might want to support. Ruth Haske founded a forest preschool, and hopes to construct a beautiful quilt-covered yurt for the children to use as a play space. From her page:

“It started out as a forest playgroup meeting in the beautiful parks of Charlottesville, VA.  With the purchase of three beautiful, forested acres just outside of town we now have a more permanent place to meet. We are now a forest preschool where we play, explore, build, grow, roam, dig, climb and run. We have a creek to wade, an organic garden to water, plants and animals to study and big rocks to climb. But sometimes we also want to slow down and come together as a group to read, chat, create or rest.  We want to build a purposeful space for the group and allow the children to develop a sense of ownership of this space.”

Neat, huh? Wish I could go back in time and attend this preschool!