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Latifah Saafir Studios LLC, Los Angeles, CA (2025)

07/13/2025

Having the most magical soul fulfilling time at a residency at the beautiful with and . Is this even real life? Reminding myself to breathe and stay in every single moment. Even getting to sew on this machine is a beautiful blessing. More soon… XO

06/01/2025

Chasing Cats, 2025
Approximately 47” x 53”

Y’all have heard me say repeatedly that you can cut any shape built on a circle out with The Clammy. I’ve long wanted to figure out how to prove this with the beautiful, classic Apple Core quilt block. I’m here to tell you, it works flawlessly! And easily I must say as well. Yay for the magical Clammy!

I had the opportunity to make a baby quilt for a sweet friend who’s nursery is going to be 101 Dalmatians + Pink. Wanting to work strictly from stash I didn’t have any 101 Dalmatians fabric but due to another project I had a LOT of soft pinks so I pulled a bunch. The hilarious thing is I had a LOT of cats but no dogs. So, I decided to include the cats and call this quilt “Chasing Cats” because that’s what dogs do after all. As a nod to 101 Dalmatians I added a contrasting black and white stripe binding. I followed the curve of the blocks with a little walking foot quilting with a bold-ish 12 WT Aurifil wool thread in a soft pink.

I love making a soft toy to go with a baby quilt so I pulled out my Ikea Britten fabric from WAY back in the day and made a couple soft houses. Each side is made from a panel of piece of quilted pink fabric that can be found in the quilt. Next time I’ll definitely put a piece of foam in the bottom to make them stand up a bit better. But, they’ll still be squishy fun none the less.

I didn’t have time to grab a bunch of glamour shots but I’m happy to have capture a bit of this fun make.

Congrats Mandy and Nick. I’m so ridiculously happy for you! I hope this quilt gets loved to shreds. Yay for Book Club babies! 🥰

04/26/2025

Molehills! Leaving from getting my six month service at the car dealership I saw this. I snapped a really bad photo with one hand out the window so I could share with all of you. This stonework pattern which I’ve seen referred to as European Fans is where the Molehills Quilt idea started.

Also, technology is crazy. With a few swipes in an app in my phone I edited a really, really bad photo.Swipe through to see the original! 😂 Crazy, huh?!

04/25/2025

I just sent this quilt out into the world to be enjoyed by someone else. As I packed it up I was filled with extreme gratitude. I reluctantly included this quilt in my sample sale. (Come on, it’s hard to let our babies go even if we have hundreds of them. 😂) But, when it sold instead of being sad I was super happy that it will bring joy in someone else’s home: I hope it gets used and loved to death!

This quilt was my first time experimenting with enlarging a block from my and I truly love it. I think I enlarged it by 200%. I then added a few stripes above and below the block and a bit more background fabric. I quilted it on my home machine with a fun elongated diagonal grid. I then rounded the corners and added a thin bias binding to finish off this sweet baby quilt. Kona solids and Fabric by the amazing for the win!

Ok, gonna end this with a funny question. As I was packing this up I was also thinking that I’ve only had one customer ever comment on the Kicks Quilt block names. This one is the Calvin block. There is also the Daryl block and the Adam block. Who were they named after?

04/18/2025

This is one of those quilts that is hard to photograph with a cell phone camera! It’s the pink I’m pretty sure. Up close it’s ok. But when I try to capture the whole image it blows out.

It’s called ‘Wild Geese That Fly’ which is part of a line from the song My Favorite Things. It is all Ruby Star Society & OG Cotton + Steel prints. I think my favorite part is the ‘neutral’ side with all the natural/white base cloth fabric with pops of neon/hot pink! 💕💗💖💞💓💘💝

This is made from my Shady Side Quilt using the HuRTy 1 ruler. Yep, I’m in love with this one!

+Steel

04/13/2025

I love these random FB memories. I almost never show this quilt because I hate it. I bought all this coordinating fabric from the flat fold section at M & L Fabrics when their flat folds were $1.69. Being a serial crafter, I wanted a low investment project because I didn’t know if I would love it. Being tired of seeing unfinished craft projects laying around my only goal was to finish it - binding and all. Little did I know four months later I would be co-founding the LA Modern Quilt Guild and quilting would basically become my life!

I learned two things while making this quilt. 1) While I beleive you can make beautiful quilts with ‘ugly’ fabric, I personally only love to work with fabric I love. And 2) that I love to quilt. Like all caps L O V E LOVE!

One day I’ll properly photograph it so I can show it. Do you love your first quilt? What did you learn making it?

04/12/2025

How should I quilt this HuRTy Purty Quilt? This isn’t a high priority quilt and my schedule is slammed so I’m going to pick a pantograph and send it off to a long armer.

Ok, tell me, how do you quilt your black and white or high contrast quilts? The only other black and white quilt that I’ve made I custom quilted it on the white fabric in white thread. But for an all over design what color thread would you go for? For this graphic quilt design what panto would you choose? I have tentative answers in mind to both but I love to see how other quilters think about things.

Also, HuRTy Purty is the absolute silliest name for this quilt. It is a name that is both non-sensical and pure perfection. I love it! I am all about anchoring tiny bits of joy wherever I can these days! This name makes me smile every time I say it. Try it. Say HuRTy Purty three tunes in the mirror. See?!!! I told you! 😂

03/21/2025

I met 15 year old Genesis Hall at QuiltCon Raleigh in 2024. She was walking the floor with her mom Brandi and stopped by my booth to say hi. (Our moms bonded on the fact that they are supportive non-quilting moms of quilters. 😂)

Anyhow, Genesis has been hard at work this past year working on her first fabric collection called The Genesis of a Journey. A few months ago she asked if I could mock up my Kicks Quilt and a few other quilts in her fabric. Of course I said yes! The Genesis of a Journey is a fun whimsical fabric collection based on her travels and life spent around the world.

If you’re a fabric shop then it’s available to order immediately from Riley Blake . If you are a quilter and can’t wait to play, make sure you request your favorite fabric shop to order it!

So proud of you ! It’s so fun to watch you grow. I can’t wait to play with your fabric in real life!

XO Latifah

02/26/2025

We’re back from QuiltCon and I’ve posted t-shirts, art prints and stickers for all of you at home. We sold out of some of the popular styles and sizes of t-shirts so I’m going to do one more printing with my t-shirt guy on Friday. Put your order in today so I can know how much to order!

https://shop.latifahsaafirstudios.com/collections/merch

Stay tuned for HuRTy 2 & 3 news tomorrow!

10/31/2024

Before I chat about the cover quilt I want to show you this little beauty.

When I decided to make an acrylic template for the Glare Quilt, I tried to think of all the ways we could use it. (Yes, I have future quilt plans for it!) It became the Glare Quilt & More template. Then when I designed my class I thought I’d share three fun ways to use it in the context of the Glare Quilt pattern. I showed you the Nur variation already. Today I present to you the Zaria variation.

I was able to use some of my hoarded Marcia Derse stash which I then floated in a Gunge background. Isn’t she perfect? Can you just imagine some of the possibilities for this version?

After giving the Nur Variation it’s name, I guess I still had Arabic on the brain becasue I figured out the name Zaria (having not only an Arabic origin but also Slavic and Persion) means both blooming flower AND brilliance or light. I wanted a word that captured the sweet flower but also had a nod to Glare so when I found this out I was super excited. (Come on, y’all already know I’m a nerd.) Plus, it’s a beautiful, melodic word.

The Zaria variaion uses The Clammy 8” for the petals and full instructions are only shared in my Glare Quilt & Even More digital class.

Don’t you just love her?

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