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Exciting news and another cityscape – 2018.03.02

Exciting news – in January, I posted about two art quilts I made for a new SAQA exhibit ‘Dusk to Dawn’ – Moonrise and Aurora. I felt I had a very slim chance of either being selected – typically, hundreds … Continue reading →

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Off my design wall – 2018.02.19

Last Friday, I finished my cherry blossom modern/art quilt with a black binding, gave it a title and submitted it for consideration for the textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation. I was having a hard time coming up … Continue reading →

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On my design wall – 2018.02.07

You know it’s almost Spring in Vancouver when thoughts turn to Cherry Blossoms.  I’m working on an entry for the textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation which will be at the Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver. I … Continue reading →

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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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