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Traveling Threads Bee Block: Woven Star
I recently made two blocks for the Traveling Threads Bee I’m in, and while we don’t show the completed sections as we go, I thought I’d share the blocks I made here. The first…
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Sentimental Journey: Bee Blocks for the Mid-Century Modern Bee, part II
I’m back to the Sentimental Journey–a round-up of all the bee blocks I’ve made, and the quilts or collections where my blocks ended up. Carla, of Grace and Favour, inspired by Jen Kingwell’s Green…
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Elizabeth’s Lollypop Trees Hit Print!
The Lollies hit print! Diane, a reader of this blog, recently sent me a note telling me that my quilt was in QuiltMania’s May-June issue. I thought it might be a pitch for Kim…
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Circles Block #12–EPP Sew-A-Long
Nine-pointed Compass Rose Block This is the twelfth block in a series of Circles Blocks. Why circles? Mainly because I had done some English Paper-Pieced projects and I was sick of straight lines. And…
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Wonky Baby Baskets and Narrow Stem Applique
(momentos left at the Wall–I am grateful to those who have fought in service of our country.)Happy Memorial Day, to those of you who are in the United States. We spent a year back…
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Baskets Finished!
You know, I think I have had more fun with this little quilt than I have in a long time. Of course, maybe the fact that last Monday I taught my last class of the…
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Pineapples and Crowns–Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Pineapples and Crowns made it into the Viewer’s Choice section of the Festival. Please remember to vote for your favorite this week! Pineapples and Crowns, 61″ square I am entering in Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt…
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Colorwheel Blossom–Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Colorwheel Blossom, 48″ square Welcome to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! I’m entering ColorWheel Blossom in the ROYGBIV category of Amy’s online contest. The original finished blog post is *here.* It took me forever to…
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Wonky Basket Blocks Tutorial
Carla, of Grace and Favour, asked us to make Wonky Baskets for her bee month for May 2015 Mid-Century Modern Bee. She sent us some photos of examples of Gwen Marston’s Liberated Baskets and…
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Sentimental Journey: Bee Blocks for the Mid-Century Modern Bee, part 1
Cindy, of LiveAColorfulLife, called me up one day and said she had a great idea and a great name for a bee: Mid-Century Modern Bee, and that everyone had to be at least mid-century…
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Sentimental Journey: Bee Blocks for Always Bee Learning
I saw a notice on IG one day, with Megan saying that she had room for another participant in her bee. I jumped at the chance to be with such illustrious quilters, and they…
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[in Just-], Deconstructed
Yesterday, I revealed my quarterly art quilt challenge, and as is my usual, this post is about some of the how-to’s. When trying to think about how to illustrate this poem, I kept…
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[in Just-], a Four-in-Art Quilt
For those of you who are avid English Paper-Piecers and are new followers, welcome! [in Just-] #2 in the Literature Series Quilt #147 Continuing our theme of literature and my personal love of poetry, this…
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Circles Block #11–EPP Sew-A-Long
Circle #11: Vintage Test Pattern This is the eleventh block in a series of twelve circle blocks, conceived and created when I needed another hand-sewing project, and wanted something beyond hexagons. I had several…
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Sing A Song of Sampler Blocks
Sing A Song of Sampler Blocks Pieced, Appliquéd and Quilted 57″ high by 53 1/2″ wide No. 146 on my 200 Quilts List I went up to my university’s botanic garden to photograph these…
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Pineapples and Crowns
Pineapples and Crowns Pieced, Appliquéd and Quilted 61″ square No. 145 on my 200 Quilts List The pineapple blocks were pieced by two different bees and I over six months: the Mid-Century Modern Bee…
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Moroccan Quilt Tile
So it all started with this photo, from the Instagrammer JillinItaly, a small sweet shot of tiles on a Moroccan floor. It actually started with my #the100daysof4square project (an offshoot of #the100DayProject) and since…
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Pineapples and Crowns Quilt Top is Finished
That’s about all. I finished appliquéing all the leaves for the pineapple crowns, as I like to think about it (thanks to Brenda, a reader of this blog), and sewed on the borders. Happy…
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Welcoming Easter with This and That
This #1: I finished the Bee Block for our Mid-Century Modern Bee; Stephanie was the Queen for this one, and she chose this paper-pieced block, which was published in Love Patchwork & Quilting Magazine,…
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Circles Block #10–EPP Sew-A-Long
Dresden Plate, Rainbow Style — Circles Block #10 Here we are again, with block ten of the dozen or so blocks I have planned for this series, and I have to say it’s one…
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Neonatal/Preemie Quilts with a Free Pattern
The Riverside Raincross Quilt Guild, to which I belong, has many community service projects, one of which is their making and donating neonatal, or preemie, quilts to the County hospital’s NICU. I sat across from Mary…
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New Hexagon Millefiore– Rosette #2 Started
Well, I’ve started Rosette #2 of The New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt-A-Long, originated by Katja Marek. We even have our own Facebook Group (link is also on Katja’s page), and now I’ve found something I can…
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Prints Charming and QuiltCon
I admit it–I was in two fabric stores today: Michael Levine’s in Los Angeles (where they had 10% off all quilt fabric) and Sew Modern (always a treat to visit). I went to Los…
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Sampler Quilt Top & Rosette #1 Finished
I’m slowly making my way through the New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt-Along, and have finally finished Rosette #1. Because of the deep colors, it’s a bit harder to photograph than I’d thought, but here it’s…
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Patchwork Blocks and Ennui
In a recent email exchange with my father, he mentioned the idea of ennui. It’s not quite boredom, nor fatigue. It is more of a lack of interest in what lays before you, a…
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Traveling Threads Bee
Megan (MegsinCali on IG) recently got together a new group to try a traveling bee. I’ve passed on these before, not trusting the universe — and other quilt makers — to execute my vision…
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Circles Block #9–EPP Sew-A-Long
Sunflower, Circles Block #9 This is the ninth circle in a series of free English Paper Piecing (EPP) patterns available here, on OPQuilt.com. I began the series because I needed another hand-piecing project and…
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