I cleaned out/reorganized my flat files and found art I had forgot making. This is a fused fabric and paper collage embellished with stitching and buttons. I usually add these pieces to a journal or frame them for my walls. I’m still deciding the fate of this one. Any ideas?
I gathered most of my batiks together and randomly started piecing them into a patchwork top. They look better when in a quilt together. I used muslin dyed peach for the backing. It will be donated to charity to spread its cheer with someone in need.
I would not have normally used orange and gold with the green and gray but the Comma collection by Zen Chic has text fabrics I wanted to play with. The backing has pink and browns that coordinate so well with the gray, gold, orange and green.
My friend Kristin had some kaleidoscope blocks started and was cleaning out her sewing room as she moved. I claimed the blocks thinking I would make a quilt for her. There were many 5†matching squares that I used along with some of the extra triangles to make a patchwork back. I have another quilt
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Six members in the Anchorage Modern Quilt Guild decided to do a bee in which each us picked a 12†block pattern and the others made her 2 blocks. I chose log cabin blocks with bright solid center, and logs of neutral except for 1 print. I made a few more blocks and added a
Since Dexter was featured last week, thought I’d share Fluffy (aka Nati Cati) as depicted by my dad! Congrats to the giveaway winners: Jerri and Nancy!
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I finished 4 more quilts that my cat, Dexter, prompt claimed as his own. We he gives them back, I will try to take photos of each one.
Remember my what if experiment where I had Spoonflower print reproductions of my quilts onto Kona cotton? Well, I decided to share them with you – I cut the prints apart and packaged them for sale. You can frame them, quilt them, turn them into a pillow, a doll or piece them into a larger
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I finished my patchwork quilt! I had to quilt it in two pieces and then stitch them together before binding. I love all the colors and fabrics. The back is made from two blocks I purchased from Anna Maria Horner’s studio sale and a print I adore. The back is very modern with lots of
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How do you stay positive and keep your mind off things you can’t really control when you are worried or anxious? Straight light stitching, ironing and cutting to create giant patchwork blocks (45†each) is much more therapeutic than a cookie. I finally let myself cut into the many fat quarters I had long ago
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