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Bloggers Quilt Festival – Rainbow Transparency Skinny Quilt

This is my second entry in Amy’s Bloggers Quilt Festival – you can read about my first entry here. Category entered: ROYBGIV – color wheel Techniques used: machine piecing; illusion of transparency Machine pieced and quilted  by me Finished size: 14.25″ … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.05.16

Yesterday, I got back to work on the red bench art quilt.  I layered the back and the batting, then positioned the sky, distant hills and water, and pre-quilted them.  I may need to add more quilting later after I’ve … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.05.08

I’ve finished my fossil quilt for the SAQA Western Canada Burgess Shale fossil quilt project. I’m really happy with the dimensional appearance of the head and body.  I outlined the spines and small armor plates with zigzag stitching – using … Continue reading

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On my design wall – more plans for May – 2013.05.03

I forgot to say in my Wednesday post that I will be attending the Canadian Quilters’ Association (CQA) annual quilt show.  This year it will be in Penticton BC from May 16 to 18.  I’m driving up with my friend … Continue reading

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On my design wall – plans for May – 2013.05.01

As usual, I have several projects on the go – even though I try hard not to do that! The VMQG logo colors group quilt has been side-lined until I get more fabric for the back.  I have to get … Continue reading

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On my design wall – progress on my fossil quilt – 2013.04.26

Orthrozanclus reburrus is now fused to the background fabric.  I’m going to outline all the pieces with zigzag stitching.  I’ll do each spine with a lighter color thread on one side and a darker color on the other side to … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.04.24

I belong to a regional SAQA group called SAQA Western Canada.   About 30 of our members are participating in a project to create quilts featuring fossils from the Burgess Shale.  Each piece will be 2 feet by 2 feet.  There … Continue reading

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On my design wall – dog portrait finished – 2013.04.13

My art quilt portrait of Courtenay is finished, except for the binding.  If you’d like to see the beginning steps of this project, check this post and this one. I constructed the dog in units – head, paws, neck/collar, body … Continue reading

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On my design wall – dog portrait continued – 2013.04.10

  Courtenay’s portrait is progressing.  I add fabrics, then take a photo in black and white to make sure the values are still working.  Just a few of the darkest fabrics to add and the collar, maybe a bit of … Continue reading

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On my design wall – dog portrait – 2013.04.07

  I’ve been working on a new dog portrait.   This is Courtenay, an Airedale Terrier.   Here’s the starting photo, and the fabrics I plan to use. I used Picasa to crop the photo, then used the ‘posterize’ feature to reduce … Continue reading

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