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Bethany Bits complete!

Aug 10
2011
“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 on hand. Of course, I started by using the fabric scraps left over from my 2006 journal quilts. I also decided to use up some fusible batting that I had on hand. I had [ ... ]
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Bethany Bits

Aug 07
2011
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 journal quilts (shown below), which I fondly call “Slice-’N-Dice Daughter.” This fabric has been incubating for five years, so naturally I became obsessed with cutting it up this weekend. It was the perfect excuse to ignore [ ... ]
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Improvisational piecing: skinny strips tutorial

Jul 22
2011
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 little baby quilt from a kit (!) during August 2010. Nothing in between those that I can remember, and precious few before that, to be honest It’s not that I don’t know how [ ... ]
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