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Sometimes Crafter July 22, 2015

Quilt made by Callie Applestein, quilted by me with “modern loops”.

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Hi, i’m Christina, the person behind Sometimes Crafter Studio. I run my small business from my studio on our property in rural SW Washington. I am an author, pattern writer, illustrator and longarm quilter. I homeschool my son on our small homestead and spend time canning our harvest, foraging from our woods and working around the property when I’m not in the studio.

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Merry Christmas! Hazel was slightly disappointed t

Merry Christmas! Hazel was slightly disappointed there wasn't a puppy under the tree for her, but had so much fun retrieving all the bows and following our housebound chicken around. #goldenretriever #goldenretrieverpuppy #hazelfarmgirl

I've been wanting to do sublimation for a few year

I've been wanting to do sublimation for a few years, and almost started at the beginning of 2022, but decided not to. I changed my mind (again) and decided this is something I really wanted to play around with. We'll see where it goes. I decided to try the HTVRont Auto Press for the auto up/down feature. I have issues with arthritis in my hands, and I wanted my mom to be able to use it, too, so I knew a traditional press was not going to be ideal for either of us. I know Cricut has a new auto press, but the price tag is insane for what it is, and I'm not a fan of Cricut as a company. I debated for awhile before deciding to get this, and watched a lot of reviews on YouTube. Overall, I think its going to be a great press for me. I'm new to all of this, but I'll share more as I go, if you're interested. @htvront #autopress #sublimation #htvrontautopress

I'm late, but realized I forgot to share Jojo's co

I'm late, but realized I forgot to share Jojo's costume this year. She's too cute and such a good sport. #kittygeorgette #siberiancat

Freeze drying lemon balm. We had a beautiful volun

Freeze drying lemon balm. We had a beautiful volunteer lemon balm so I decided to harvest it for tea. The freeze dryer wasn't busy, so I filled 4 trays. Since it was late afternoon when I started it, I ran it until the next morning. We try and start herbs in the morning so we can be done before bed, but thats not always how life goes. #homesteading #freezedrying #lemonbalm #herbaltea #dryingherbs #herbs #preserving #sometimescrafterfarm

Quilt with me! Audio on to hear me explain my step

Quilt with me! Audio on to hear me explain my steps in the process.
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This is my general process when I finish and quilt

This is my general process when I finish and quilt and pull it off the frame. Obviously it's a good hour of work, it's deceptive with Reels just how long something really takes. I spend a lot of time rollering and taking photos, but chooped that all down. Unfortunately, I used my Canon camera and forgot to turn it vertical for Reels. This whole you-must-do-Reels and it-has-to-be-vertical thing bugs me. I wasn't sure if I should rotate it horizontal or leave it as-is. As-is won out.
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In most cases I do a basting stich 1-inch from the edge of the quilt top on the batting, and that's what I trim next to when it comes off the frame. It makes the quilt a little easier to work with when it comes time to square and bind it, and also gives the option of filling your binding with a bit of batting, should that be my client's preference. At any rate, having all the excess backing trimmed away makes a difference when it comes to finishing it off. It's just a little easier to wrangle.
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An hour of my day condensed into 40 seconds. What

An hour of my day condensed into 40 seconds. What isn't shown is the the time searching for designs, emailing the client, setting it up on the computer and figuring out the right size, setting up the cameras to film, advancing the quilt and making sure it's flat with no fullness, winding bobbins, and lots of other little things that come up. Oh, and then the hour or two of my morning editing this. This is why I don't do Reels more often. So much time is wasted on filming and editing when I could be working on my huge to-do list.
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All the things running today! I was printing some

All the things running today! I was printing some of my stickers for my nieces and decided to restock a few of my fall/Halloween sticker sheets that sold out. There hasn't been a huge interest in stickers so I'm not sure that I'll be offering them much longer so be sure to buy them when you see me printing them if you want some. Restock will hit my shop later this afternoon.
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It's been awhile since I shared a quilting video.

It's been awhile since I shared a quilting video. I have some newer camera arms and had an ah-ha moment, realizing one of them would be much better for video on the machine than others I use. It worked well. The lighting this dreary PNW day, however, is not the best for video. Now that cameras all have better video stabilization it makes sharing these a lot better viewing experience. This pattern is called Tropical Leaf and Curl by Laurie Thomas.
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Merry Christmas! Hazel was slightly disappointed t

Merry Christmas! Hazel was slightly disappointed there wasn't a puppy under the tree for her, but had so much fun retrieving all the bows and following our housebound chicken around. #goldenretriever #goldenretrieverpuppy #hazelfarmgirl

I've been wanting to do sublimation for a few year

I've been wanting to do sublimation for a few years, and almost started at the beginning of 2022, but decided not to. I changed my mind (again) and decided this is something I really wanted to play around with. We'll see where it goes. I decided to try the HTVRont Auto Press for the auto up/down feature. I have issues with arthritis in my hands, and I wanted my mom to be able to use it, too, so I knew a traditional press was not going to be ideal for either of us. I know Cricut has a new auto press, but the price tag is insane for what it is, and I'm not a fan of Cricut as a company. I debated for awhile before deciding to get this, and watched a lot of reviews on YouTube. Overall, I think its going to be a great press for me. I'm new to all of this, but I'll share more as I go, if you're interested. @htvront #autopress #sublimation #htvrontautopress

I'm late, but realized I forgot to share Jojo's co

I'm late, but realized I forgot to share Jojo's costume this year. She's too cute and such a good sport. #kittygeorgette #siberiancat

Freeze drying lemon balm. We had a beautiful volun

Freeze drying lemon balm. We had a beautiful volunteer lemon balm so I decided to harvest it for tea. The freeze dryer wasn't busy, so I filled 4 trays. Since it was late afternoon when I started it, I ran it until the next morning. We try and start herbs in the morning so we can be done before bed, but thats not always how life goes. #homesteading #freezedrying #lemonbalm #herbaltea #dryingherbs #herbs #preserving #sometimescrafterfarm

Quilt with me! Audio on to hear me explain my step

Quilt with me! Audio on to hear me explain my steps in the process.
.
#sometimescrafterlongarmquilting #longarmquilting #longarmquilter #gammillquilting #gammillstatlerstitcher #quiltersdreambatting #quiltingvideo

This is my general process when I finish and quilt

This is my general process when I finish and quilt and pull it off the frame. Obviously it's a good hour of work, it's deceptive with Reels just how long something really takes. I spend a lot of time rollering and taking photos, but chooped that all down. Unfortunately, I used my Canon camera and forgot to turn it vertical for Reels. This whole you-must-do-Reels and it-has-to-be-vertical thing bugs me. I wasn't sure if I should rotate it horizontal or leave it as-is. As-is won out.
.
In most cases I do a basting stich 1-inch from the edge of the quilt top on the batting, and that's what I trim next to when it comes off the frame. It makes the quilt a little easier to work with when it comes time to square and bind it, and also gives the option of filling your binding with a bit of batting, should that be my client's preference. At any rate, having all the excess backing trimmed away makes a difference when it comes to finishing it off. It's just a little easier to wrangle.
.
#sometimescrafterlongarmquilting #longarmquilting #longarmquilter #gammillquilting #gammillstatlerstitcher #quilting #quiltersdreambatting #quiltingprocess

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Sometimes Crafter is a small studio in rural SW Washington. The studio has slowly evolved over the years from quilting, to authoring, to illustrating. The studio sits on a small homestead with geese, ducks, chickens and occasionally bees as well as wild woods and a sizeable garden.

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