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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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Pineapple Quilt Borders: Progress?
I laid out all the pineapple blocks on a grey, cloudy, rainy day, but their brightness and color made them fun to work with (Yucky photographs, though.) I thought about all my bee mates…
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False Dawn (and a Giveaway!)
False Dawn Pieced and Quilted by Elizabeth Eastmond #138 of 200 Quilts 41 1/2″ high by 36″ wide Made for the Modern Quilt Guild Cotton Couture Classics Challenge Michael Miller, a manufacturer of fabrics,…
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SHINE Circles Block 7, EPP Sew-A-Long
It’s a new year, and with our new circles block #7, we’ve turned the corner and are more than halfway done. Yes, this does look remarkably similar to Block #1, because it is–only I’ve…
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Queen Bee for Mid-Century Modern, 2015
I’m Queen Bee again in my Mid-Century Modern Bee, and I know you are all surprised to see me again so soon. We had a reshuffling of months and I moved from November to this…
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Happy Old Year Ending: 2014
I see wrap-up posts often on people’s blogs, and while I feel like my 200 Quilts List (above) is sort of a way to move through my quilts, I present, one more time, 2014’s…
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Merry Christmas 2014
Allison Krauss and YoYo Ma: The Wexford Carol
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Pineapple Blocks
Before I descend into cooking and cleaning and more cooking and a bunch of dishes and family for Christmas, I thought I’d post all the pineapple blocks together. This is a combined effort of the Always…
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Welcome to Sew Mama Sew Visitors
Today at Sew Mama Sew, Debbie Jeske of A Quilter’s Table has rounded up fifteen binding tutorials; my Faced Binding Tutorial is one of them. *Here’s a link* to that complete list, which has…
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