Author: Maria
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Happy birthday to my sister!
Happy birthday to my sister! I finally finished quilting her original quilt top!!! I finished stitching the binding on this morning and I’m shipping it off to her this afternoon. It will arrive the day after her birthday. Unfortunately, I finished a day (plus a few years) later than I wanted, but considering it’s taken…
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Quilted today: Hazel at 3 months
Not much to share today, but I did finish quilting and binding a little 8-1/2″ by 11″ portrait of Hazel, based on a photo taken when she was about three months old. Isn’t she sweet?
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Borders for my sister’s quilt
I finished all of the interior quilting and was left with just the borders. I was not sure what to do there. I wanted something that would compliment both the straight parallel lines and the free motion swirls. Just last week I saw a video online by The Quilt Journal and she did a very…
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Curves and swirls for my sister’s quilt
Last weekend I finished all the straight line quilting on my sister’s quilt. On Monday I started quilting the light areas of the quilt with curves and swirls. I love improvisational free motion quilting. No marking. No rulers. Just nice swirling lines. My sister’s idea was to quilt it as if water was running down…
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Product Review: Fine Line Quilter’s Straight Rulers
I am primarily motivated by deadlines. A looming deadline is the main reason I get anything done. When I am avoiding a difficult deadline, I can find any number of reasons to procrastinate, from replacing the shelf paper in my pantry to organizing a drawer to making something for Hazel. I am secondarily motivated by…
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Personalized cloth book the easy way
My granddaughter, Hazel, will be one next week! She loves reading books, so I thought it would be fun to make her a personalized cloth book, but I don’t really have the time to make it as elaborate as I would like. Instead, I needed something quick and easy. A couple weeks ago I found…
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Not quilting related, but happy just the same
So, it isn’t quilting related, but it makes me happy just the same. Maybe you’ll enjoy it, too. Next to organizing my studio, my favorite place to organize is my kitchen. I bought some fun shelf paper before Christmas, and I’ve been waiting for a few extra hours so I could use it. Today, after…
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Keeping busy while traveling
What do you do to stay busy when you are traveling? I often read or play games on my iPad. On this last trip, I decided to bring a few projects with me. One thing I love about my “Making Faces” portrait technique is that you can do it just about anywhere. It doesn’t require…
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Tucson Quilters Guild
It’s been a long couple weeks. First, I focused completely on taming George so I could quilt my secret, 84″ x 84″ quilt in just one week. Mission accomplished! I finished in time to then re-focus on the next task, which was preparing for a trip to Tucson so I could speak and teach. This…
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Product review: Quilter’s Pins by EZ Quilting
I needed to make another 4 foot by 8 foot, portable design wall so I could block my big, secret quilt. In the past, I have simply pinned batting to a large piece of insulation foam from our local big box store. This time I decided I would use polar fleece that I got 60%…