I have been wanting to share this one for a few weeks since I got my copy of QuiltGenius Design Tool Kit from C&T Publishing and have finally managed to get a few minutes to sit down and put together a post and video about this fun, fast, and simple way to design your quilts and other patchwork projects…
What Am I On About?
Well, let’s start with the official blurb from the folk at C&T Publishing…
Let your creativity soar with this fun, fast, and simple way to design your own quilts – no computer or software is required! Simply use the layout stencil to form the outline of your quilt with the pre-marked standard quilt sizes, or choose your dimensions with the marked grid. Mix and match 80+ stencil shapes in various sizes to put together a design with all of your favourite layouts and blocks, including squares, HSTs, QSTs, triangles, circles, Drunkard’s Path quarter circles, Flying Geese, hexies, rectangles, diamonds, kites, and more.
Source: https://www.ctpub.com/quiltgenius-design-tool-kit/
Perfect for planning quilt layouts and blocks, the QuiltGenius Design Tool Kit makes it fun to capture your unique ideas quickly and easily.
Play with 80+ stencil shapes with your favorite quilt blocks; the possibilities are endless!
Easy-to-follow instructions and inspiration are included in a portable booklet.
So, in short, it’s a low tech portable fun way of creating basic layouts for quilting and patchwork; all you need to add is a pencil!
There are five stencils with loads of shapes and useful guides, 3 different grid styles of graph paper and an instruction booklet. For me, it is perfect as it gets me away from the computer and introduces a more mindful mode of designing, allowing me to connect more with the process of thinking about the layout/colour and pattern, rather than the technical aspect of being millimetre perfect.
I plan to use mine for roughing out ideas that I will later work on digitally and ultimately cut with my Brother Scan N Cut and stitch together with my natty wee Brother sewing machine – and perhaps some fun “me time” just doodling away. Perfect!
Would you do the same? Would you take it on holiday too – it seems like such a good thing to take on your travels, doesn’t it?
Anyway, I look forward to sharing more of that creative journey with you as I get to grips with what the heck I am going to be doing and making in 2025 – wait, a quarter of the way into the new century already?!! Ugh, it really is true that time goes quicker as you get older – I find it astounding that folk born in the year 2,000 are in their mid-twenties!!!
Anyhoo, I’m rambling now … sorry, lol!
I’ve put together a wee video showing you through the Quilt Genius Design Toolkit and also included the official video from C&T Publishing so you can get an all round look at this natty wee publication. Just click on the inconspicuous button below to watch …
Where To Get Quilt Genius Design Tool Kit
Piqued your interest? You can get a copy of Quilt Genius Design Tool Kit directly from C&T Publishing here, or, if you are in the UK, you can get it from Amazon (UK) – FYI, both of these are affiliate links – I may earn a (very small) commission if you choose to click on these links.
Where To Connect with C&T Publishing
You can connect with C&T Publishing through the following social media accounts.
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Bye for now.
John.
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