Orange Dot Quilts

The prompt for Week 3 of the #worldtoursewalong was to share a bit about ourselves, and I am sharing at the bottom of this message. Selfies are encouraged but not mandatory and I took one to show off my new silver hair and share how much I LOVE it! I love the feeling of freedom and empowerment this simple act of ditching the dye has brought to me. Showing myself just as I am, no dye, no filter. It is exhilarating to be free of society bias and prejudices. The sponsor ...for week 3 of the sew-along is my dear friend Rana @sewnwyoming and she is offering an adorable kit of eight bunny draw string bags in cheerful polka dots fabrics. Pattern and all the materials are included in the kit. Swipe to see the prize and follow @sewnwyoming for a chance to win it. That is beside making Block B for the sew-along and telling us a bit about yourself. Swipe to see my Block B and I cannot wait to see your creations. Please post by the end of the day on Sunday, March 7. About me, my name is Dora Cary and I am Orange Dot Quilts. I wear all the hats for this business and love it, even if it is exhausting at times. A Romanian by birth, I am also an American since 2008, and I recently found I am also a quarter Greek by DNA. Quilting came into my life in 2006 and by 2016 became my living. As an engineer, the math part of quilting is very appealing to me and most of my patterns are very logical, easy to make, and highly geometric. Other than quilting I also love books, traveling, dogs (and cats), dessert (I never skip dessert), and making things. I am super tall, love to play chess, and I speak fluently a few languages. Thank you for joining me on this sew-along! I cannot wait to see your World Tour blocks and get to know you a bit more. #worldtoursewalong #orangedotquilts #sewnwyoming #worldtourquilt

Happy March 1st! Martie Fericit! Today is a big day in Romania, my native country because of a beautiful old tradition of giving a red and white thread, called Martisor (Little March) to women and girls as a symbol of the upcoming spring and also to show care for their well being. It is believed that those who wear this little bicolor thread for the month of March will have health and strength all year long. ... #romanian #romaniantradition #martisor #mrior

This is my fabric selection for the 2021 World Tour Sew-along. I want to try something totally different than the first World Tour quilt. My inspiration for this color palette and fabric design is Paris, France. ... Fabrics by @riflepaperco for @cottonandsteel by @rjrfabrics . ... Show me your fabrics for the sew-along and the inspiration behind your color palette. You need six fabrics plus background but scraps are welcome. The World Tour pattern would make an amazing ...scrappy quilt! ... Swipe to see the prize for the first week and fabric requirements for three quilt sizes. More sizes can be created with the pattern. ... The World Tour Sew-along starts in February 15, 2021. Remember to use hashtag #worldtoursewalong every time you post your progress. ... Still time to sign up (link in profile). Also, check out my Sew-along stories in the highlights for reminders and prompts. ... Let's do this! #worldtoursewalong #orangedotquilts #orangedotquiltspatterns #sewingismytherapy #quilts #quiltsofinstagram #quilting #sewalong See more

Come on a sewing adventure with me! Starting off the week with a SEW-ALONG! Sign up at orangedotquilts.com and let's go on a world tour through fabric and color! The World Tour pattern looks intimidating but it is not. It involves straightforward sewing and it is fun to see it evolve. The sew-along will start on February 15 and it will last 8 weeks. Sign up on my website, link in profile, and swipe to see another version and some of the prizes already lined up (...more are coming). Detailed instructions, updates, reminders, and coupons will be shared by email with the sew-along email list, so do sign-up for it. Tomorrow I will share the fabric choices for my World Tour. I think I will take a tour of France this time. What will be your inspiration? Photos: 1 - 3. Images with the original World Tour, made with vibrant American Made Brand fabrics by Clothworks, pieced by Sylvia Corbin and free motion machine quilted by me. 4 - 5. World Tour quilt made with the Andover Fabrics Century Solids Collection by Kay Porczak of Picking Daisies in SLO and quilted by Donn McKnight of Los Osos Quilting Company. 6. A Stella Two from Stella Lighting will be raffled to one participant in the last week of the sew-along. 7. I love my Oliso Mini Iron and this one, from oliso offered by Michele Muska, will go to one of you. 8. The Yazzii.com organizers are amazing and two will be raffled during the sew-along, one created specifically for the Mini Oliso! 9. The amazing kits from Sewn Wyoming and Picking Daisies are ready to be turned into charming bunny drawstring bags and lovely napkins (with orange dots!!!).

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! May your days be merry and bright!

My Ragged Flashback quilt made the cover of the current issue of Simply Vintage magazine! ... The magazine is produced by @quiltmaniainc and @quiltmaniaeditions and it is packed with awesome projects, inspiration, and ideas. ... I love the wonderful way they illustrated the story of the quilt, too. ... ... #orangedotquilts #orangedotquiltspatterns #modernquilt #vintagevibes #flannelquilt #quiltsofinstagram #quiltmania #quiltmaniaeditions #flashbackquilt See more

Great news! I love all Quiltmania magazines and two projects inspired by my Llamarama pattern are featured in the Children's Special Issue of Quiltmania! Yay!! The magazine is available at http://www.quiltmania.com and http://www.quilmania-inc.us. Check out this lovely magazine. It contains 16 awesome projects and not a single advertisement, just great instructions, beautiful photos, and lots of inspiration.

I took a break on Saturday to put together this new Only One quilt made out of four Humming Along panels by Nancy Mink for Wilmington Prints. Check out the panel before it was transformed, so pretty. I will use it on the back of my quilt to create a two sided beauty. The quilt is 46" x 51". Kits with five panels of this pretty fabric and the Only One pattern are available in my Etsy shop (link through the Shop Now button at the top of the page). The Only One pattern is available at your local quilt shop, in my online store and Etsy store (link in profile, through my website), from your favorite distributor in the USA and from Erie Quilt Art in Canada.

My Simple Mask pattern is still available for free on my website at http://www.orangedotquilts.com/simplemask. For visual learners, like me, a complete video tutorial for the pattern is available on the newly created Orange Dot Quilts YouTube channel. In the video I share tips and shortcuts for making the mask in the fastest and easiest way I know. Check it out at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZBm_V8Flg&t=17s... The most challenging part, the folding of the mask, is detailed at minute 8:30.

Check out this beautiful Beads on a String quilt! Pieced by wonderful Melanie Dreike and featuring gorgeous free motion quilting by Matt of Randall Quilting. Melanie asked Matt to choose a quilting design that will make the Beads appear round. Mission accomplished! Swipe to see a close up of Matt's outstanding quilting. The Beads on a String pattern is available at your local quilt shop (as soon as they reopen), in my online store and Etsy store (link in profile, through my website), from your favorite distributor in the USA and from Erie Quilt Art in Canada.

This gorgeous quilt is based on my "Migration" pattern. It was made by Marga Fritze for an auction to benefit the Fountain Hills Theatre in Marga's town. This quilt brought in the maximum amount! With the leftover half square triangles, Marga made another fabulous quilt top, swipe to see it. I love to see the quilts made from my patterns! The Migration pattern is available in my online store and Etsy store (link at the top of the page).

These lovely custom order masks are on the way to their new owners. Made with my Simple Mask pattern (free download at http://orangedotquilts.com/simplemask) and fabrics by Moda Fabrics United Notions from the Create Joy Project featuring gorgeous floral art by Laura Muir. For a complete video tutorial with tips and shortcuts to make this mask, click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZBm_V8Flg

Tips and shortcuts for the Simple Mask pattern, from the beginning to the end.

Happy Easter to my Orthodox family and friends! ... #happyorthodoxeaster

Hello, everyone! It's been a month since I released my Simple Mask pattern, available for free on my website (link in profile). After more than 3,000 downloads and numerous questions and comments, I decided to answer the most frequently asked questions here. 1. My name is Dora Cary but I am everything that is Orange Dot Quilts. So, when you write to Orange Dot Quilts, I will be the one (and only) answering your questions. 2. There are video tutorials available for the Simpl...e Mask pattern in the highlights on my IG account, on my Facebook page and, soon, on the newly created Orange Dot Quilts You Tube channel. Because there is a need for these masks, I finally got over my dread of hearing my accent on video and I am rolling with it. 3. I created the mask at the request of Gary Goodman, MD, the medical director of the ICU department of the Children's Hospital in Mission Viejo. Since then, my Simple Mask design has received wide spread approval from medical professionals and others. 4. The pattern is free but I appreciate and understand wanting to donate something to me, especially if you make a profit from it. You can Venmo me (@Dora-Cary) or patronize my online shops (link in profile). For a month, I made masks and organized mask pick ups and dropped off mask donations to California hospitals, in my area and beyond, because it helped me feel useful and it helped me cope with the crippling anxiety connected with this new Corona virus. I wanted to do whatever I could to keep our nurses and doctors protected, so they can protect us in turn. Since then, I realized that fear and worry will not protect anyone from harm but it will rob us of the joy of living and of enjoying each moment we have now. But these masks helped me help others and not think too much about worse case scenarios. I am now taking each day at a time and making the best of each moment. What is your secret in dealing with anxiety during this quarantine?

Thank you to all the quilters on the Central Coast who made masks for our local hospitals! After three weeks of making and collecting masks, we have donated 785 masks. 785 ... A big thank you to our doctors and nurses, and to all the other front line workers. We are forever grateful! ... Pictured here are the nurses from French Hospital in San Luis Obispo. They are wearing masks made with my Simple Mask pattern that is available for free on my website, link in pr...ofile. Tutorials for the pattern are available on my Orange Dot Quilts Facebook page. ... #onemillionmasks #orangedotquiltspatterns #orangedotquilts #simplemask #simplemaskpattern #slolife #centralcoastofcalifornia #centralcoastcalifornia See more

Happy Easter! I painted the eggs with onion skins and I also painted two huge cardboard eggs, inspired by the traditional Romanian Easter egg painting style (done with wax and three colors: yellow, red and brown), for the virtual egg hunt. The cardboard eggs will be displayed in Heritage Ranch and Paso Robles. Happy egg hunting, too!

Thank you to everyone who is donating time, effort, and materials to make masks for those who need them. It is all appreciated more than we will ever know. ... I will pick up masks one more time, today, from 2 pm to 4 pm, in downtown Paso Robles, on Pine Street, across from Studios on the Park. One more push, everyone! Even if you have only two or three masks, bring them over, they all count. ...... This is doctor Gordon Van Tassel in one of the masks made by One the quilters on the Central Coast of California. This mask was made with my Simple Mask pattern (still available for free, link in profile). ... #onemillionmasks #simplemaskpattern #orangedotquiltspatterns #orangedotquilts #masks4all #covid #nottodaycorona