Category: Traditional
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Give away: winner of Cosmic Jewels pattern
I pinned my work in progress to my “design wall” which is actually just a piece of styrofoam covered with black fabric. I mostly use it when I take photos of my quilts, so it is not permanently mounted anywhere. That way I can move it around to wherever the light is best. Anyway, Saturday…
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Give away: pattern and Debbie Maddy workshop
Tuesday and Wednesday my guild had Debbie Maddy do two workshops and a trunk show. She brought seven suitcases full of quilts! Wow! I suspect every quilt I’ve ever made could have fit in juast one of those suitcases. Most of her patterns use her method for making diamonds with no “Y” seams. This lets…
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Bethany Bits complete!
“Bethany Bits” is complete. Or, should it be called “Bits of Bethany”? Or maybe something else? I haven’t really decided. What do you think? Maybe I’ll show it to DD#2 and ask her, too 🙂 Since this was really a spur-of-the-moment mini quilt (only 24″ square), I ended up using bits and pieces of things…
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Bethany Bits
More procrastination. I’ve been ignoring deadlines, both real and self-imposed. Instead, I’ve been following rabbit trails. While looking for some gelatin prints that I did in college, I came across a stack of fabric from some of my printmaking classes. Some of it was leftovers of the fabrics that were printed to make my 2006…
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Progress is being made
Yes, progress is being made on my improvisational Cherrywood Fabrics quilt. I was able to pin baste my quilt this weekend and I’ve already begun quilting it! I probably won’t get to work on it today, but hopefully I will tomorrow.
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Design walls
Would it surprise you to know that I don’t have an adequate design wall? I have one 4 ft by 8 ft piece of foam insulation board that I’ve covered with black fabric. It is great for taking photographs and lately I haven’t been making much that is bigger than that. It’s lightweight and I…
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Tutorial: Improvisational piecing: skinny strips
I’m trying something new! (Well, new for me.) Lately, I’ve had an inexplicable desire to do some piecing. Weird, huh? I was joking with a fellow guild member recently about how long it’s been since I actually pieced anything. It might have been Wedding Dreams in 2001! Although, I guess I did throw together a…
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Super Bowl crafts
We always get together with a big group of friends to watch the Super Bowl. Some of us aren’t so interested in football, so we bring crafts to work on between commercials. I started this “Alpha Buddies” baby quilt last August. A couple weeks ago, I figured I had better finish up the quilt pretty…
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AlphaBuddies Baby Quilt
A dear friend of the family who grew up with our daughters is having her first baby, so it gave me an excuse to make a (gasp!) traditional quilt block and practice my piecing. About six months ago, I happened to buy this quilt kit using Andover’s Alpha Buddies. I bought it because a couple…
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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…