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On my design wall – 2014.01.08

This is my first blog post of 2014, so HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! I’m making this little quilt for the SAQA 25th Anniversary Trunk Show.   It needs to get to the show coordinator by January 31st and I’m … 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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