Design Wall – No More Names Quilt – Texas
Last week was a pretty productive one for my “No More Names” quilt. In addition to finishing the New York blocks, I also got the blocks made for the victims of the Fort Hood, TX shooting in 2009.
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Design Wall – No More Names Quilt – New York blocks
I have finished another group of blocks for my “No More Names” mass shooting quilt. These are the victims of a shooting in 2009, in Binghamton, New York. Working on these blocks saddened me because I realized that I had forgotten completely about this shooting, which is exactly the point …
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#TBT – Fosterfields Log Cabin
I just posted a thumbnail version of this quilt on my new Lectures page to illustrate my “Quilts in U.S. History” lecture. It was based on on a quilt made in New Jersey in 1920, and I machine pieced and hand quilted it for Fosterfields Living Historical Farm in Morristown, …
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New Project – No More Names Quilt
I started a new quilt, though it’s not a happy one. The week after the attack at the night club in Orlando, I was sitting at my machine, sewing the very pretty blue and white quilt for my bedroom and thinking about the news. I found myself just heart sick …
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What’s on my bed? A scrap quilt
I’m thinking about this today because one of my projects over the weekend was to dig into my big basket of scraps (in a lovely quatrefoil urn made by my neighbor Wendy Jensen) and to cut 2 1/2″ squares and 1 1/2″ strips. I find this to be a good …
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#TBT – Colnago, 2008
In honor of Father’s Day this week, I’m sharing a small art quilt I made for my husband in 2008, as a “Creative Play” project. It sat finished in my “UFO” drawer for years, but I am happy to say that it’s been hanging in his bike room now for …
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Design Wall (Definitely Not Monday) – Arabesque #4
I have been postponing this post, trying to get the top to “Arabesque #4” finished and now I finally have. From this photo, you can’t see all of the pleats that are on the inside corners of the green crosses; I finally got them right on the last set of …
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#TBT – Iris, 2010
Now that my journal quilt series of #TBT posts are complete, it’s time to dig back into the archives and share some other previous work. In the fall of 2009, I took a break from four months of staining woodwork in my new house. (Yes, FOUR months of 40 hour …
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Angel Wings
I heard recently that the brother of someone in my art group passed away suddenly. An image formed in my mind immediately upon reading about it of angel wings on a purple background. Other images have popped in my head over the years and just as quickly popped back out …
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Design Wall Monday – Master Carpenter’s Square
In 2009, I made drapes and shades for my bedroom. Now 7 years later, I am finally making the quilt and thanks to Mother’s Day and the ability to spend as much time in the sewing room as I pleased without feeling guilty about it, I made good progress on …
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