Month: May 2019

It had been over 30 years since I attended a college class. I got married. Had four kids. Life happened and I never finished – although I always wanted to.

I now work at the local University, my kids are grown and I’m finally finishing my degree. This semester I’m taking an online math class, where the final project was to be something that related to what I learned in this class plus something that could be used in my every day life. 100 points worth of something.

From the first week of the semester, this project idea bounced around in my brain – a lot, and when I pitched it to my instructor, she was enthusiastic about the idea. Whew! What a relief. I’d hate to think all that “bouncing” was for nothing!

For my project, I wrote a pattern and created a quilt based on the Fibonacci Numbers and The Golden Spiral.

From the first assignment, in this class, I was intrigued by the Fibonacci sequence. I love how when you used these numbers, in order, they fit so nicely together and it made me think how amazing a quilt could be by using this sequence of numbers.

The basics in quilting is cutting whole pieces into smaller pieces and then putting them back together to create something completely different. By taking the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, in order, the pieces nest together nicely and create a spiral, known as the Golden Spiral.

I’d like to share this pattern with you in hopes that you might learn something about Fibonacci Numbers and discover that math is fun!

FIBONACCI QUILT DOWNLOAD

This is a quick make and if you should make one of your own, I’d love to see it. Tag me on IG @kimsbristol and use the hashtag #fibonacciquiltfun.

It’s never too late to finish what you start. Something I have learned in life, school and my many crafty adventures.

This is my third craft room.  Third room, same house.  Ask my husband and he’ll tell you that this is the last one I am getting.  Good thing this is the best one.

We recently remodeled the entire main floor of our home.  Walls were opened, closets were removed, and rooms were shuffled.  The craft room and the dining room table did the big switcheroo but somehow along the way the craft room lost some square footage.  Don’t let anyone tell you I didn’t make any sacrifices here!

Because I like to spread out and make messes, custom cabinetry and a door on the room were a must – even though its a full glass door, I got the best of all worlds – quiet, awareness of what’s happening in the rest of the house, and the ability to keep the cat out!  The only problem now, is I don’t want to mess them up with all my “stuff”!

The door to the left of the built in cabinets is a pocket door that leads to the laundry room and completes a full circled path around the main floor. While I really love that I can access this room from two places, it works really well to “sneak” my newest fabric purchases into the house without having to parade them through the living room. C’mon ladies, you know what I mean!

This is my room to be creative  in and be creative with.  I chose a navy blue wall with a metallic gold stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils that I’m in love with but my very favorite piece of this room is the light fixture.  “Sputnik” was special ordered from Lucent Lightshop on Etsy.  It took a month to receive it but it was well worth the wait.  I have to chuckle a bit though.  A big part of remodeling our home was to get rid of the brass light fixtures and door hardware and then I intentionally ordered this fixture in brass.  Again, my space, my choice!

Measuring about 9 feet x 11 feet, this room is not huge by any means, but there was no way this table was going to be anywhere but in here.  A hand-me-down from my gal pal, I gave it a fresh coat of white paint and carried some gold to the bottom of the legs to make Sputnik feel at home.  

The antique teal cabinet was purchased from a local craft show and while it’s darling with it’s pink “insides” it also gives me some drawer space for everyday items like scissors, adhesive and tools.

So, in the spirit of “keeping things real”, I will tell you this room rarely looks like this, but isn’t that the point? It’s continually a work-in-progress (like most of my projects) and I’m always looking for better ways to organize things and being more productive. Sure, I could stop buying fabric, but there’s nothing real about that!