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On my design wall – 2014.04.15

When I first heard about the Modern Metallic quilt exhibit, I didn’t think I had very many metallic fabrics, so I was happy to hear there was some free metallic fabric available from Robert Kaufman for participating MQG members – … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.03.19

Another circle quilt – this one is for the SAQA 2014 Auction.  Each SAQA member can submit one 12 x 12 inch art quilt.  The quilts are posted on the SAQA website, and auctioned off in September.  The funds are … Continue reading

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Almost finished – 2014.02.09

I love how this one is looking.  It’s about 35 x 35 inches, and the straight line quilting is just under 1 inch apart.  All that’s left to do is the binding, which will be black.  I plan to post … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.01.29

My entry for the VMQG/Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Basics challenge is progressing nicely.  I knew I wanted to do another circle quilt, using similar techniques that I used in this quilt.  After many sketches, I settled on this design. … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.11.13

I was thinking about quilting this quilt with a serpentine stitch.  Thank goodness I tested the serpentine stitch on a leftover block, because I saw that it really didn’t work with the skinny lines – it made them look really … Continue reading

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Friday Finish – 2013.11.08

The Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild has organized a needlebook swap with the London Modern Quilt Guild.   I’ve never made a needlebook, but was up for learning a new technique. I decided to use the VMQG logo colors for my needlebook, … 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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A change of direction, and a giveaway – 2013.07.15

I definitely bit off more than I could chew with machine piecing the half-hexagon quilt!  The piecing started off fine when I was doing the corner with mostly solid full hexagons.  But when I got to joining the pieced hexagons, … Continue reading

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Quilting is a spectator sport!

The Fraser Valley Quilters Guild’s Biennial Quilt Show is being held in Langley BC this weekend.  The FVQG has 6 teams and they are each competing against a team from another guild.  Our team, the VMQG Mod Quilters, competed on … Continue reading

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A fiber-filled week – 2013.06.21

At the VMQG meeting on Monday night, we had a block lottery with the theme – modernized disappearing 9-patch.  I made my blocks on Monday afternoon.  When you see all the entries together you can see what a wonderful quilt … Continue reading

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