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‘Exuberant Trees’ on display in Vernon BC – 2018.03.04

My art quilt ‘Exuberant Trees’ will be on display this month at Gallery Vertigo in Vernon BC.  The theme of the 5th Annual Fibre Art Exhibit is “Wild Life“.  The show will run from March 6th to 31st.  The opening … Continue reading

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Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Art Quilt category

This is my second entry to Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  You can see my first entry, in the Mini Quilt Category, here.   Category entered:  Art Quilts Title:  ‘Exuberant Trees’ Techniques used:  freezer paper templates, machine piecing, folded-edge applique, straight-line … Continue reading

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Teddy Bear Picnic recap – 2016.07.09

On Wednesday evening, Judy and I hosted the Opening Reception for our textile art exhibition at the Gallery At Queen’s Park.  In keeping with the theme of our show ‘In the Heart of the Forest’, we had a Teddy Bear … Continue reading

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Heart of the Forest exhibit – 2016.07.03

Our exhibition is open!  Judy Villett and I have a duo exhibition at The Gallery At Queen’s Park in New Westminster BC.  It’s on until July 24th.  One or both of us will be in attendance every Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading

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New facing technique – even easier corners – 2016.06.12

‘Wildfire’ is almost finished.  The facings are sewn, and just need to be hand-stitched to the back. I experimented with a new technique and I’m very pleased with how it turned out.  Instead of cutting the batting larger than the … Continue reading

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Quilt Canada – less than 1 week – 2016.06.09

This popped up in my Instagram feed yesterday.   I’m very excited – next Tuesday, I’ll be flying to Toronto with my friend Janet to attend Quilt Canada in Toronto ON. We’ll attend the awards ceremony on Tuesday evening.  We both … Continue reading

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‘Wildfire’ almost finished – 2016.05.21

‘Wildfire’ is almost finished.  I will have to do some quilting near the top and bottom, but I’m going to leave it on my design wall for a few days while I decide if it needs any more flames. As … Continue reading

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Playing with fire – 2016.05.15

I’m making progress on my ‘Wildfire’ tree quilt. Last week I had sewn all of the background fire fabrics in place, except one.  I decided to take Janet’s advice and use the smoky gray-pink fabric. Now I’m adding the smaller … Continue reading

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Making fire – 2016.05.08

The working title of my latest Tree quilt is ‘Wildfire’.   I’ve made a lot of progress on it.  I decided I was happy with the fabrics I showed in my last post, so I started cutting the background fabrics into … Continue reading

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Learning to make fire – 2016.05.05

I’ve been auditioning fabrics for my newest Tree quilt.  The theme is a forest fire.  I’ve long wanted to make a quilt featuring fire, and I’m working on a Tree series, so it made sense to put the two together. … Continue reading

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