Quilts in Progress – Auditions
Choices, choices – auditioning which girl will go on which background. A few adjustments to arms and legs may be needed but liking how these are turning out.
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Quilts in Progress – Girls
Many girls have been constructed from fused fabrics. They look great decorating my wall even without their backgrounds and stitching.
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Quilts in Progress – Backgrounds
A few art quilt backgrounds in progress. Fabric was fused to batting, the backing applied and then lots of stitching. Most of the stitching was done via free motion quilting except the yellow zebra stripe one which I did with straight stitches and decorative stitching.
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Flea Market Fancy Patchwork Fun
I’m still loving patchwork – especially when I piece with no plan and a desire to embrace the results. It a relaxing process with a surprise ending. Flea Market Fancy fabric cut in 5†squares with Kona chocolate backing and binding – quilted in a grid pattern measuring 54†x 54â€
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Sewing Hassles
doodle stitching words on fabric I’ve been stitching so much, I fear I have broken the sewing machine I use for all my free motion stitching. The bobbin casing keeps moving out of alignment. You may hear a loud ‘kachunk’ sound followed by cursing from my studio lately. Perhaps it’s times to find a replacement.
Giveaway – Pattern and Kit
Shirley at Simple Sew asked me to be part of her blog anniversary by giving one of her readers a fun prize. However, I’m doubling chances and rewarding people who visit here by also giving away a duplicate prize. What does the prize include? ‘In the Quilt Shop’ pattern Mini creative girl art quilt it
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Teddy Bears and Friends
The Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters’ host a teddy bear tea each year. Teddy bears and friends are paired with small quilts and donated to several charities to be given to children in need. Our quilts are due today – I created 10 myself and helped with 2 more during a guild sewing night. My quilts
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Girl in Paper and Paint
I created this collage for homework in Lesley Riley’s Compose Yourself class. I started with the paisley paper, added some paint and just kept adding things from my basket of items to put away. Patterned paper, rub ons, stickers, card, ribbon and misprinted fabric faces. Sometimes the misprints create the most interesting pieces – images
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