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Blue Stairs minimal mini quilt – 2018.01.08

Here’s my second entry to the Minimal Mini Challenge by Curated Quilts.  You can see my first entry ‘Twist of Lime’ here. For this one, I used 3 of the colors in the palette – light gray, blue gray and … Continue reading

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Twist of Lime minimal mini quilt – 2018.01.06

I missed the deadlines for the first two calls for entry by Curated Quilts, but I’m entering the third one – the Minimal Mini Challenge.  The deadline for submissions is January 10th.  The color palette is light grey, leaf green, … Continue reading

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Year of the Rooster – 2017.04.23

The newest Quilting Arts magazine reader challenge is ‘Year of the Rooster’.   I took this photo several years ago, and have been waiting for a reason to use it. After I followed him around for awhile, this handsome fellow posed … Continue reading

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An award and other news – 2017.01.22

Two of my quilts – ‘Circular Thinking’ and ‘Eclipse’ – were accepted to the Road to California quilt show, which started on January 19th and ends today.  I was notified that my quilt ‘Eclipse’ was awarded “Honorable Mention: Modern Piecing” … Continue reading

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Quilt challenge – 10 x 10 – 2016.10.21

Another magazine challenge caught my eye recently – Machine Quilting Unlimited’s 10th Anniversary Challenge, 10 X 10!   The challenge:  “Create a quilt with 10” x 10” finished measurements, including the binding, that refers to the number 10 in some way. … Continue reading

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New architectural quilt – 2016.10.14

Have you heard about the Art with Fabric blog hop organized and hosted by Alida of Tweety Loves Quilting? The concept is for each participant to create a quilt or fabric project inspired by a “conventional” (i.e. non-textile) piece of … Continue reading

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Blog hop – Art with Fabric – 2016.10.13

Welcome to my stop on the Art with Fabric Blog Hop! A couple of months ago, Alida from Tweety Loves Quilting contacted me to see if I would like to participate in the Fall edition of her Art with Fabric … Continue reading

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Fun with Circles and events of note – 2016.09.28

Last Saturday I taught my Circles Circles Circles workshop for the Lions Gate Quilters Guild.  It’s a technique workshop, where I teach participants how to design their own circle blocks, and to sew curves and circles with flat seams.  Here … Continue reading

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New portrait quilt – 2016.09.17

Last week, I saw that the deadline had been extended for the Quilting Arts ‘Who Do You Love?’ reader challenge.  Even though I have a couple of other projects on the go, I decided to set them aside for a … Continue reading

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‘Art with Fabric’ blog hop coming soon – 2016.09.12

A couple of months ago, Alida from Tweety Loves Quilting contacted me to see if I would like to participate in her Fall ‘Art with Fabric’ blog hop.  Of course, I immediately said yes! The concept is for each participant … Continue reading

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