International Quilt Festival, Part One
Here are some of the fabulous quilts I saw today. I went through the exhibits in about an hour, so I didn’t come close to seeing everything. I love being allowed to take… Continue reading
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Fresh Finds
Yesterday my husband and I spent a lovely afternoon browsing in the shops of Huntsville, Texas, and of course I managed to find a few things that really needed me to rescue them… Continue reading
Sunflower Quilt
The fabric in the center is one of my favorites – it’s just so happy!
3-D Wall Quilt
I saw some free-standing quilt blocks in Jean Wells’ book Intuitive Color and Design: Adventures in Art Quilting. They were sort of a cross between a quilt block and a sculpture, using miniature… Continue reading
Getting the Hang of It
I’m almost done with the sea glass quilt. I quilted the second half today, and joined the two halves together. Now all I have to do is quilt across the middle seam, and… Continue reading
Pollinator Quilt
The state forest where I volunteer asked me to speak about their pollinator garden at a teacher workshop there. Most of the pollinators are very fast-moving, and so small – even if the… Continue reading
Decluttering – very, very, slowly
Last week we did a lot of projects, and the next one on my list is painting the walls of my studio. But before I can do that, I should declutter it! My… Continue reading
Are You a Looker or a Leaper?
Are you the kind of person who considers every choice? Or do you just plunge ahead with the first one that appeals to you? I tend to err more on the looking side… Continue reading
Butterfly Quilt
Between a big mustang grape harvest, a goat with a hernia, and a brief power outage, I haven’t been getting as much quilting done as I would like. But one of the groups… Continue reading
Color Switch
I make mostly crib-size quilts. It’s too hard to manipulate big hunks of material through my regular-size machine. I have enough trouble keeping pieces lined up – when I factor in batting and… Continue reading