Month: May 2010
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Memorial Day & My Dad
Today I want to honor my dad. Thankfully, he is still alive (he’s 80 years old) and living happily with my brother in California but, sadly, Alzheimer’s is silencing many of his memories. My dad served in the US Air Force for 31-1/2 years. He was only 18 when he enlisted. He wanted to be…
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Second Detail of Sheer Whim
I think I’ve recovered from my week of madness. I often wait way too long to start a quilt and then I have ridiculous deadlines that I try to meet. Pretty much everything else gets pushed aside while I concentrate solely on a quilt. I’m so thankful that my husband is willing to put up…
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Sheer Whim
Finished! The final touch was brainstorming with my family to come up with a title. I have a great family! It’s always fun to toss out ideas and talk about the various possibilities. Our final choice is “Sheer Whim.” This quilt came about on a whim. My husband and I were going camping in our…
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Sneak-Peak
Here’s a little sneak peak at what I’m working on right now. I’d like to finish by tomorrow, so I don’t want to explain any more right now!
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Another Experiment, Another Chance to Grow
Today I was working on the portrait some more. I’m experimenting with ways to add more complexity to my images. This time I am overlaying a variety of sheer fabrics in order to break up the image a little. The photograph doesn’t really give you a true representation of the current state of the quilt,…
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Millennium Quilt No. 2
I thought it would be fun to show you another side of me. I finally finished this quilt after ten years! This picture was taken at the quilt show my guild just sponsored. The quilt was so large it had to be hung sideways. I (quickly and badly) edited the photo to hide the quilt…
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New Project, New Portrait
Yesterday I started a new portrait. While the overall size of the quilt is small (only about 16 or 17″ square), the portrait itself is quite big since it fills the surface. For this quilt I started with a photo cropped in close. I drew it full size on paper. Then I blocked in some…
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Critique
This weekend I had the priviledge of attending a critique group of other quilt artists. The group gets together periodically and it brings in someone who is very familiar with art in general but not necessarily familiar with quilts. It often helpful to see our quilts through fresh eyes. As much as possible I like…
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MVQG Best of Show Tie
The Miami Valley Quilter’s Guild had their quilt guild meeting last night and the Best of Show winner was announced. Actually, it ended up being a tie between a terrific wholecloth quilt and an amazing hand appliqued quilt. There are some really amazing quilters in this guild!
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2011 Quilting Arts Calendar Girl
Just found out that “Strawberry Delight” was chosen to be included in the 2011 Quilting Arts calendar. The theme of the contest was “Flavor of the Month” which made me think of the pictures I had taken of some little kids eating ice cream. I used a modified version my “Making Faces” technique to convert…