This blog is the online accompaniment to RaNae Merrill’s books Sideways Spiral Quilts: Design and Sew Chains, Ropes & Ribbons.
You can buy Sideways Spiral Quilts on my store’s website, on CreateSpace, and on Amazon.
In the book, my “spiromania” continues and this time I’m looking at spirals from a new angle –the side! Picture ropes, licorice twists, DNA, even the thread you sew with – these are all spirals. Sideways Spiral Quilts explore ways to use ropes, chains and ribbons in quilt designs, and teach you how to easily draw and sew them. Make “charm bracelet” quilts, table runners and banners simply and quickly using fusible applique and bias tape.
This blog began as the “laboratory” for the books. A few dozen adventurous quilters agreed to take the draft instructions, apply their imagination and skill, and create their own original quilts. This was the forum where we all shared ideas, asked questions, encouraged each other and celebrated the finished quilts. Each quilter has her or his own studio page where you can follow their progress from design to finished quilt. You might also want to do a search for that person’s name to pull up their posts.
Also find here the downloadable resources referred to in the books.
This blog may be updated occasionally from time to time with news about the quilts and quiltmakers listed here – scroll down below this “sticky” post to see the most recent posts. However, RaNae’s most up-to-date and complete news is posted on her blog at https://ranaemerrillquilts.wordpress.com/and on her website at http://www.ranaemerrillquilts.com/
Happy Quilting! ~ RaNae 🙂
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In case you are viewing this on a tablet and it does not allow you to see the right column, use this list below to access the pages. (My thanks to Nienke Smit for creating this list.) You might also try changing the resolution of the screen to allow the full page to display.
ONLINE RESOURCES
STUDIO PAGES
- Barbara Mahaffy
- Barbara Shirley
- Betsy DeVries
- Betsy Vinegrad
- Carol Deutcher
- Claire Beebe
- Connie Emmen
- Darlene Folk
- Deborah Hewitt
- Debra Reinert
- Devi Lanphere
- Fran Visicaro
- Jacquelyn Simpson
- Jane Hellwege
- Julie Perkins
- Karen Hostetler
- Kathy Radl & Ann White
- Leslie Arbuckle & Debra Rice
- Leslie Carmichael
- Linda Cooper
- Linda Roy (no page – I found her quilt in a show after the laboratory)
- Linda Upp
- Linda Ward
- Marge Reikofski
- Mary Dufur
- Mary Schwartz
- Maureen Czerneda
- Mavis Abbey
- Mel Beach
- Michael Gustafson
- Miriam Land
- Mona Beck
- Nienke Smit
- Noreen Borys
- Priscilla Roehm
- Robin Armstead
- Robin Grube
- Ruth Shadar
- Sherrie Jewson
- Susan Arnold
- Susan Ott
- Valerie Harrison
- Valerie LeBrun
- Victoria Findlay-Wolfe
- Wanda Barrett
Sideways Spirals 