Arabesque #3 Design
I have been wrestling with the design for Arabesque #3 for weeks now. I kept trying to talk myself out of doing it. The inspiration for the design is from the Alcazar Palace in Seville, Spain (Broug, Eric. Islamic Geometric Design, pg. 27) and it is complicated. It’s a 12-point …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 25
This week in 2011, we spent a weekend in NYC with dear friends. The purpose for the trip was to see the Spiderman show on Broadway. My DH is a great U2 fan and was interested in seeing the show since they had done the music. Unfortunately, even U2 couldn’t …
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Grandpa’s Waves
This is the top that I finished yesterday. A little over a week ago, on the day that would have been my grandparents 70th wedding anniversary (though I didn’t realize it at the time because I rarely know what day it is), I started thinking about my grandfather and was …
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History of Quilting in America – Rise of American Patchwork, 1825 – 1860
This is the second installment from the History of American Quilting special exhibit at the Rising Star Quilters 2015 show. The sample quilts included here were not in the exhibit, but are quilts that I have made in recent years. Rise of American Patchwork, 1825 – 1860 By 1825, conditions …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 24
This week in 2011 gave us our first glimpse at our daughter, though we didn’t know at the time that she would be a daughter. I used a black organza overlay to create that filmy ultrasound look.
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Design Wall Monday – Waves
I’ve been struggling with the design for Arabesque #3. I just had to be inspired by some tile work that’s a 12 pointed star inside a hexagon! Getting it drawn is proving to be quite a challenge. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I was inspired to work …
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Tentmakers of Cairo
A few years ago, AQS had an exhibit of the work of tentmakers in Cairo and they offered some of the work for sale. I treated myself to one and have had it in my closet for years waiting for me to get my act together and hang it. Well, …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 23
Happy Halloween! Week 23 of my journal quilting project in 2011, fell over Halloween and a memorable one at that since it snowed over a foot. I did reverse applique for the jack o’lanterns face, which allowed me to create the glow behind it with some Shiva paint sticks.
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Trick or Treat!
There’s some amazing stuff in my stash – like Halloween fabric. I can’t explain why I have Halloween fabric in my stash, but this weekend it came in handy. I made a Trick or Treat bag for my daughter, completely from stash supplies. She picked the fabrics and I chose …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 22
Week 22 of my journal quilting project in 2011 was a fun one for me. I’d long had on my list to attend a Quilt Restoration Workshop with Nancy Kirk and I was finally on my way there. I flew to Omaha, Nebraska where the workshop was held and when …
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