Category Archives: Art quilts

2013 Year in review

I just reviewed my accomplishments in 2012 and the goals I set for 2013.  I’m very happy with my productivity. In 2013, I made more than 20 quilts, had 15 art quilts accepted into quilt shows, and was published 7 … Continue reading

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Sunday morning finish – 2013.12.29

After a few days off to celebrate Christmas with family and friends, I got back into my studio on Friday. The portrait quilt is finished, and on its way to my client.  I’m very happy with how it looks.  The … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.12.18

The portrait quilt is progressing well.   Last week, I finalized the face fabrics, and constructed one eye. I wasn’t entirely happy with the fabric I used for the shadow around the eye – it seemed a little too light when … Continue reading

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Sunday morning finish – 2013.12.08

I love this quilt!  I’ll definitely be making more quilts with circles and using these techniques.  It only took me a week to design it, sew it together and get it finished – and I love the result.   Here’s … Continue reading

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Off my design wall and publications – 2013.11.29

My quilt for the Common Threads Indigo Project is finished. I can’t wait to see how it looks when installed in early 2014 with the other 20+ quilts.  You can read about how I designed and made my quilt here, … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.11.27

  Lots of progress on the Indigo Project quilt.  I stitched around the red fish, and stitched the water with a variegated blue thread.  In the sky I’ve done some wavy machine quilting, and some handing stitching.  I’ve fused and … Continue reading

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Back on my design wall – 2013.11.20

This quilt is back on my design wall.   It’s layered and ready for quilting.  I’m going to start with machine-quilting, then decide whether to add some hand quilting.  And then I’ll fuse on the flying geese. And check out some … Continue reading

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Pet portrait workshop for FVQG

Last week, I did two trunk show presentations for the Fraser Valley Quilters’ Guild.  They were a warm, welcoming group.  I love showing my work to other quilters! Then on Saturday, I did a Pet Portrait Workshop for them.  Several … Continue reading

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Off my design wall – 2013.11.02

The portrait quilt is finished and off my design wall. (You can see other posts about it here, here, here and here.) I didn’t have enough of the border fabric for a traditional binding, and I didn’t want to use … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.10.30

The portrait quilt is nearly finished.   Since I posted about it last week, I added features to  the third face, fused it all together, and quilted it.   Just the final touches to complete – quilting the border, binding, … Continue reading

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