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Inspiration: Okano, Manzanar, Etc.
Eiko Okano’s exhibition of quilts is up at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. (Someday I want to go there.) I first saw Okano’s quilts long ago and at that time wanted to…
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Northern Star Quilt, in process
Well, this was supposed to be a real quilt, not just a mock-up in my quilt software. But when I got to the geese, I ran out of fabric. All of this, as you…
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Frivols 3 Finished, and Frivols 4, and (oh, boy!): Mad for Solids 2018 Final Four
Thank you to all who are participating in the Mad for Solids 2018 game, and thank you very much for your votes. I’m happy to announce that I’ve made it into the Final…
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Northern Star Medallion, progress
As most of you know, I was asked to participate in the Mad for Solids 2018, hosted by Paintbrush Studios, using their Painter’s Palette fabrics. Thank you for all who voted for me to…
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Mad for Solids 2018…Voting Time!
Today is the day! I’m over there on the right in Game 6, paired with the ever-lovely Rene. The name of my Painter’s Palette Solids bundle is Northern Lights. Because why? Because I’ve always…
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March Madness 2018
For the last couple of years, the fine people at Paintbrush Studios have hosted a Mad for Solids Competition, where quilters create a stack of colors, give them a name & describe their inspiration,…
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Escape to Texas • March 2018
We escaped to Texas last week, to visit our son and his family, as well as head to San Antonio, where my husband participated in a scientific conference. Pico Iyer, a well-respected travel…
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Triple Squares in “On Your Mark”
My friend Simone recently launched her first line of fabric for Paintbrush Studios. It’s called On Your Mark and has its origins in punctuation marks. Because I’m a pal, I get to sew with…
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The Calendar is my Friend. Repeat.
I read this cartoon, from Stephan Pastis, some time ago, and I’ve saved it as it seems like it hits a bit too close to home with that wasting time on social media thing.…
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Frivols 3
Time for the third Frivols box to reveal its secrets, and to be made into a quilt. I loved the reproduction/traditional fabrics as they appealed to another side of my fabric-loving self. I don’t…
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QuiltCon 2018 Wrap-Up
QuiltCon is so many things: a quilt show, a conference with great speakers and classes, shopping–complete with short demonstrations going on, a chance to meet Famous Quilters, a chance to hang out with friends…
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Windowpane: Frivols 2 – Finished
Windowpane, Quilt #196 26″ square • February 2018 I have finished Frivols #2, and maybe it was just because I was listening to another Maisie Hobbs mystery, but I had things go awry in…
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Rainbow Gardens and Quilt Mascot?
My Rainbow Gardens has made its way out into the world. I was contacted by the Victoria Quilter’s Guild in Victoria, B.C. (Canada) to ask if it was all right if they used my…
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Annularity II
This is the story of the design of my quilt Annularity. It is also the story of Annularity II, which will hang at QuiltCon in Paintbrush Studios Booth. …
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We Need to Fix This
For those of you who live in the United States, you may have seen this picture of this Florida high schooler, standing in front of a wall that reminds me of a log cabin…
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Cinque Terra Tiles • Improv Applique (Part 2)
This is the story of my Improv Appliqué Demo, coming up at QuiltCon 2018 in Pasadena. In the last post, you saw me making a whole gang of these little bits squares, some with slightly…
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Cinque Terra Tiles • Improv Applique (Part 1)
The kind folk at Paintbrush Studios asked me (some time ago) to give a demo at QuiltCon 2018. I set to wondering what I could teach in a short amount of time (20-30 minutes)…
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Winter Pines • Finished!
Winter Pines Quilt No. 193 73″ high by 64″ wide You saw the sewing of Winter Pines and I’m back to tell you it’s finished. The backing is an oldie from the stash;…
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Frivols 2
We’re back for another episode of Make Those Frivols! 2018 Today I’m working on Frivols Tin #2, with a line of fabrics from Moda’s Minick and Simpson. Of course the cute little giveaway in…
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Basket Block Tutorial • February 2018 • (Gridster Bee Month for Me!)
I belong to an online bee called the Gridsters, and February is my month to choose a block that my beemates make for me. You can find all our work on Instagram, using the…
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Road to California 2018
Ready, set, go into a busy week: Tuesday: Cynthia England’s class with Lisa, my pal, who has moved away to Utah. That’s Cynthia’s class sample, above. I loved taking a class with Cynthia as I…
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Frivols 1 Is Finished!
Caitlin’s Baby Quilt • Quilt #19240″ (approx) square I finished the first Frivol and I finished it early — before the end of January, so I was pretty happy with THAT deadline. As I…
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Gridster Bee Begins 2018
Carol kicked off the Gridsters this year, doing a little throwback to fall, for she said she wanted to make herself a quilt for autumn. She asked us to use this tutorial from The…
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Frivols! (Time to Do Another Undone Project)
I think I mentioned somewhere along the way, that I had collected a full set of Frivols tins, shown above. Two other quilters, Kelley and Karen, mentioned that they had a full set, too.…
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Winter Pines
It all began here, with a visit to Gardner’s Quilt shop in Utah, where I saw this quilt. I realized I had many fabrics that would work, so purchased only the pine boughs and…
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Happy Old Year Ending • 2017
This year’s main quilting events: Shoulder surgery in January, which pretty much sidelined me for a long time. That’s at the top of the list, because whatever I did after that was like icing on…
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Criss-Cross Quilt Top
Criss-Cross Christmas Quilt, top finished December 2017 59 ” by 68″ It all started when my friend Leisa gave me a mini-charm pack of Merrily fabrics by Gingiber. Then the Fat Quarter Shop had…
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