I finished quilting and binding 5 more quilts for holiday gifts – most of these are for my nephews and niece. Here are tiny photos of some of these quilts – I don’t want to ruin any surprises.
Month: September 2012
Somerset Holidays & Celebrations
My Halloween Art Quilts were published in the 2012 edition of Somerset Holidays & Celebrations! They do such an amazing job photographing artwork. Pick up an issue – it’s full of inspiration for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas and more!
Spoonflower
I placed my first Spoonflower order when my home printer died a few weeks ago while trying to print faces. The Spoonflower design process was easy and I am thrilled with the quality. I am conjuring ideas for what to print next.
Better
Retail Therapy I found a new dentist. He explained everything. He made me numb before fixing my bite issue and I’m feeling much better. I have to wait a bit for the crown prep – it’s possible I have some weird fracture thingy that means I could lose my tooth. The bad dentist didn’t cause […]
Ouch!
Glitter Letters Swear Like a Sailor Until today I have never feared the dentist. I’ve had many filings, four wisdom teeth pulled at once, root canals and a crown with no problems. My most recent root canal was last week – which went perfectly and the pain I was feeling instantly abated. The worst part […]
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Award Winning
My Say Yes to the Dress quilts won the Viewers’ Choice award for the mixed media category. Such an honor to win but it was much better seeing people smile while looking at my quilts.
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Scenes from a Quilt Show
This weekend was the Great Alaska Quilt Show – the annual quilt show for the Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters. Below are some of quilts that filled me with inspiration and ideas. The large and medium quilt viewers’ choice award winners It was fun to see my quilts with such beautiful company. Part of the small […]
Gathered Memories and Dreams
This is a big magpie girl quilt for the upcoming quilt show. I used the same blue wallpaper fabric quilted with lots of flowers for the background. There is dot fabric and giant ruffles for the dress. I loved working larger – I can’t wait to try it again and practice photographing larger quilts so […]
Ready to Learn New Things
The Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters annual quilt show is this coming weekend. I decided to make new girl quilts for the show in a big size. I used a blue wallpaper like fabric for the wall quilted in vertical lines and a brown fabric quilted with horizontal line for the floor. I used text fabric […]
Quilting Cold
I was sick for almost a week with a nasty cold. What did I do when not sleeping or working? I quilted. Eight of those quilt tops I made earlier in the year are now quilted! This quilt is my favorite. I quilted it with a chevron pattern and changed the thread color as I […]