Category Archives: On my design wall

WIP Wednesday – 2015.02.26

I have lots of projects on the go, but not a lot of progress to show. It’s a good thing I have a 2-sided design wall – on one side is the beginning of a low-volume equilateral triangle baby quilt. … Continue reading →

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A finished project and an ongoing one – 2015.02.13

The second quilt in my new Tree Series is completed. I think I’ll call it Foggy Winter Day. This is what it looked like three weeks ago, when I last posted about it.  I was debating whether to cover the … Continue reading →

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A busy couple of weeks – 2015.02.08

I really hadn’t intended to go almost 3 weeks without posting.  I was immersed in a couple of projects, but now I can come up for air and share what I’ve been doing. I mentioned in early January that I … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2015.01.21

The tree quilt is progressing well.  Here it is with the trees pinned in place.  They will probably get repositioned as I sew them onto the background.  I’m debating whether to cover the background trees with white tulle, but will … Continue reading →

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A busy week – 2015.01.18

On Thursday, I did a trunk show for the Grouse Mountain Day Quilters Guild. Earlier in the week, I pulled all of my quilts out of storage, decided which to bring to the trunk show and organized them into groups … Continue reading →

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Something just for me! – 2014.11.12

I can’t remember the last time I made something for our home. I’m usually quilting for a show or a challenge, or for a custom order.  Or even just to add to the inventory in my Etsy shop.  But this … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2014.11.05

At the last VMQG meeting, we revealed our round robin quilt tops.   We started in February and we’ve been adding to each others’ blocks every month since then.  This is my starting block, and how it looks after 8 months.  … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2014.10.22

I have lots of progress to show on the dog portrait I’m working on, last blogged about here. I fused the portrait to a light blue background fabric.  Then I outline stitched the nose, tongue and eyes, and thread-sketched the … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2014.10.18

I’ve made lots of progress on the dog portrait in the last couple of days – I have all the pieces cut and positioned on a piece of parchment paper, ready to be fused.   Here are the steps I … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2014.10.15

The custom dog portrait I started last week is progressing very well.  I pinned the full size pattern to my small portable design wall and covered the pattern with parchment paper.  As I fuse and cut out each piece, I’m … Continue reading →

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