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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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Post-QuiltCon Musings
This was QuiltCon 2015. No, wait. This was QuiltCon. What was interesting was meeting people that had been 2D to me, through correspondence and jpeg images, and having them become 3D persons. I think…
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Sips and Gulps, Digital Style
I’ve been preparing for my unit on Digital Media and how it affects our critical thinking, as that’s my students’ next paper. I’ve read a ton of articles, and read a lot about how…
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Clutch Purse and Bee Block–Feb 2015
For February’s Mid-Century Modern Bee Block, Carla asked us to make the paper-pieced birthday cake found on the Ellison Lane blog. If you decide to make this, note that the default printer settings are…
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New Hexagon Millefiore Quilt Along
That title is a mouthful. Did I get it all? Katja Marek, who wrote this book, is hosting Mother Hen to all of us as we work our way towards having a new version…
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, a Four-in-art Quilt
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening #1 in the Literature Series Quilt #142 Moving a different direction, the Four-in-Art quilters have chosen a year-long theme of Literature for this current series, and within…
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Circles Block #8, EPP Sew-A-Long
This is Circles Block #8 of my EPP Circles Block Sew-A-Long. It all started way up there on the really tall archway in the church in Ljubljana, Slovenia where I first spotted this lovely circle. I…
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A Lovely Time at Road to California 2015
This was my big weekend at Road to California where I got to see three of my quilts hanging at the Road to California quilt show. I enjoyed every minute of it. Above, St.…
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Limping Along, Pineapple-Style
Take 1 (really it’s about Take 23). While it’s fun to look at, I think it looks like I stuck the quilt in a light socket or something. The petal/leaf things are like right…
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Resolutions vs. Being the Best Self I Can Be
from *here* I read this article, “Resolving to Create a New You” in the New York Times last week. I cut it out, kept it by my sewing machine and read it all week…
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