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Quilts and Stitching in Art
Okay, I had a fun time in Washington, DC this spring once I realized I could play I Spy and look for quilts. I think this is a good game that I should keep…
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Take Some Time
Since I am away from the computer for a while, I’m running a few favorite, previously published posts. This one originally ran on April 26, 2010, but is modified for today’s post. ˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚ There was…
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Iron Woman Improv: My Version of a Weekender Bag
Ever heard of Iron Woman Improv? Well, anyone can throw together a bunch of scraps and make it end up sort of squarish-like, but this past week I’ve improv-ed a travel bag for some…
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Some June Bee Blocks
For June, Celeste asked us to help her whittle down her scraps by making Bonnie Hunter’s Boxy Stars, with instructions found *here.* I messed up sewing one corner and went into my stash (this…
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Elizabeth’s Lollypop Trees-Final Photos
I wanted to take some final photos of my Lollypop Trees quilt, partly because I didn’t feel like I’d done an adequate job posting about it when I had finished it (and did worry about…
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SHINE: Circles Block 1, English Paper Piecing
Worn out from two back-to-back trips, I spent the day quietly hand-sewing my Circles Block #1, Swirlygig, using the English Paper-Piecing Method. A couple of weeks ago, I had decided I wanted to make…
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Circles: English Paper Piecing
Inspired (always) by Mary, who blogs at Molly Flanders Makerie, I have had circles on the brain for several months now, hiding behind that other stack of things I’m always yakking about. from *here*,…
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend
The District of Columbia World War I Memorial (on the left of the Reflecting Pool, as you face the Lincoln Memorial) Sunset, World War II Memorial Arlington Cemetery, with all the flags out on…
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Colorwheel Blossom–quilt top done!
My husband very graciously held up ColorWheel Bloom for me this morning, as it simply melted into my usual place of the design wall in my sewing studio/room. I like the bright rainbow of colors…
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The Universe Delivers
So I was pretty bummed about not being able to make up this into a larger quilt, or not being able to use it (see last post for explanation), but then VOILA! that old…
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More Copyright: It’s My Quilt and I’ll Name It What I Want To
Okay here’s a tricky one for you copyright fiends, experts and fanatics: 1–Famous Quilter (who you have revered in the past) gives you permission to teach a class using a block of her own design,…
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Thursday’s Randoming
Cindy says I need to have Random Things on my Random Post. Okay, here goes. While this is a diagram of a student brain, a Teacher Brain could be similar except: where it says…
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Keeping the Brain Alive
Yes, my brain is pretty dead after grading a stack of 10-page research papers, but after seeing all the twenty-somethings at school today, I have to say that their brains are pretty dead, too.…
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Bee Blocks for May: Angles and Arrows
Debbie, from the Always Bee Learning Bee, asked us to make giant triangles, following this tutorial from The Modern Quilt Guild. It was pretty straight forward, but I measured three times before cutting once,…
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Elizabeth’s Lollypop Trees, final
Elizabeth’s Lollypop Trees began May 2011 • finished April 2014 A Kaffee Fassett Lotus Blossom print for the back, and I am finally done. I know you’ve seen an overabundance of photos of this…
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Changes Art Quilt, Deconstructed
Thursday, May 1st, was the reveal for our second series of Art Quilts. This year’s theme is Urban, and this quarter’s challenge was Landmark. And as is my usual, I do a post on how…
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Change, a Four-in-Art Quilt
Change #3 in the Urban Series, Landmark Quarterly Challenge Quilt #131 (Y Mountain. Photo courtesy of Judy Cannon) This is the landmark I grew up with, a letter on a mountain in Provo, Utah.…
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Quilt Labels, part II
First up, some answers to all those questions that came in about the label post I did a while back. I provided a tutorial for my easy-peasy way to back your fabric with freezer…
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Shadow Owes Its Life To Light
What do you do when the quilt you just finished is too big for your improvised outdoor home photo studio? You try to photograph it anyway. Shadow Owes Its Life to Light Began July 2013…
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Cross-X Last Call
Well, my Cross-X Friendship Swap partner has a new gig in town: she’s expecting a baby, and I’m more than happy for her! So, since we were so near our goal, we decided to…
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Amish With a Twist II Update
When I returned from our little visit to the East Coast, my quilter called me and said the Amish With a Twist-2 quilt was finished. I was really happy to jet over to her…
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Goals for Quarter2 of 2014
Okay, translation: 1. Finish Lollypop Trees quilt. I need to finish up the quilting, sew on the sleeve, label and binding. Still looking for a name. 2. Quilt the Sol Lewitt’s Quilting Basics quilt.…
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Quilter Missing In Action
Wow. Have a Giveaway and then go AWOL (*Absent Without Leave*). Where have I been? Grading. Prepping. It’s about this time of year that I can just feel the end of the semester looking…
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Giveaway Winners
While you were all thinking hard about how you’d like to serve up your citrus (and okay, now you have to send me those recipes you promised!!), I was hard at work in Washington…
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Giveaway!!
Yippe Skippee!! It’s a giveaway over here at OPQuilt.com and I’ve got two prizes for you to choose from. Of course you could say either, and that’s just fine too. Our citrus trees are…
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Quilting Makes/Breaks the Quilt
As you know, I recently finished quilting the Lollypop Quilt that I’d been working on for about two hundred years or so, and so appreciated all your comments about taking time to sit back…
OccasionalPiece--Quilt! 