Month: March 2012
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Last minute free motion sample
This is the third month of SewCalGal’s 2012 Free-Motion Quilting Challenge. Wow! This month nearly got away from me. Wonder how that happened? Anyway, after dinner tonight, I pulled out a fat quarter of pink Kona cotton, some batting scraps and some muslin. I quickly prepared a quilt sandwich, and away I went. This time…
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Tutorial: comfy pregnancy belly blanket
Here’s the tutorial I promised last week. In an effort to make DD#2′s pregnancy easier I wanted to make her a “belly blanket.” This is a small, very soft, circular blanket that is intended to gently soothe a pregnant tummy while the skin is continually being stretched, and to help mamma relax during delivery. Afterwards,…
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Silk painting with a resist
This weekend I started making DD#2s comfy pregnant belly blanket. I want to make this extra special, so I hand painted a piece of silk satin. I used Jacquard Clear Water Based Resist, which I transferred to a tiny bottle with an itty bitty metal tip, and hand lettered verses from Psalm 92. Then I…
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Surreal times
The last three weeks have been rather surreal for our family. First, we rejoiced with DD#1 when she got engaged. Four days later we rallied around my husband when he experienced his stroke, and we continue to help him as he works toward recovery. Five days after the stroke, before DH was even out of…
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Silhouettes instructions available in a free eBook
Last year I wrote a short article for Quilting Arts magazine called “Quick and Easy Silhouette Quilts.” Today, it will be republished in a new free eBook from Interweave on Quilting for Beginners. You can get your free download from Quilting Daily. I started making silhouettes because I wanted a very easy method that even…
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Giveaway: two issues of Quilting Arts
Here’s a short and sweet post. I have two April/May 2012 issues of Quilting Arts magazine to give away. This is the issue that has my product review of Lapel Stick, a fabric glue stick that I used to make an entire quilt without using fusibles or even straight pins. But there is so much…
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Product review: Lapel Stick
I got my April/May 2012 Quilting Arts Magazine in the mail yesterday, and quickly flipped through it to find my “Quilt Queen.” Rather self-centered, I know! But, I confess, it is always fun to see something you’ve done in print. Now that I’ve seen for myself that it’s really there, I can take my time…
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Saturday’s Goal: accomplished!
I’m happy to say I made my goal! I finished quilting and binding my batik resist sample on Saturday, and nearly wrote my whole article, too. I was called away for very worthwhile reasons (honest!), and so I finished up the article this morning. Of course, my sample is not “Art” with a capital “A”,…
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Today I must work
Today I must finish this. I’m telling everyone so I’m held accountable! It must be done before I go to bed tonight. This is a small resist experiment I started working on last month. Thankfully I started so early, because I’ve been very distracted these last ten days and it’s due, along with a short…
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Relief and grief
It is with much relief that I was finally able to bring my sweet hubby home today after having suffered from a stroke on March 7. He has experienced amazing recovery. Physically, he is able to move his limbs as completely as before. He is able to speak normally and does not seem to have…