Arabesque #3 In Process
After some great help from Arlington Swifty Printing on Friday to enlarge the design for Arabesque #3, work is now underway. So far, so good!
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History of Quilting in America – Westward Expansion, 1840s – 1860s
Westward Expansion, 1840s – 1860s In the mid-1800s, Americans turned their eyes west. The first wagon trains left Missouri for the territories in 1843, and hundreds of thousands of settlers followed over the next few decades, bringing their quilts with them. Family and friends of settlers sent their loved ones …
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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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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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My Authentic Self is Complete
Well, the quilt anyway. I expect that my authentic self is going to be a WIP for quite a long time. For the quilting on this quilt, I let each different fabric “speak” to me and chose a quilting design that reflected the fabric itself. Each quilting design is different, …
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Arabesque #2
I am putting the final touches on a few quilts this week, readying them for my guild show this weekend. (Come see it on Friday and Saturday at St. Brigid’s Church in Lexington, MA.) I’ll have two quilts in the show, in addition to the many samples that I pulled …
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New Quilt
I am getting started with a new quilt. It’s a custom one for my 10 year old niece and it took her about 10 minutes to design. She looked at a few books, decisively pointed to an applique pattern, flipped through a fan deck and picked out the colors and …
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Vacation’s Over
I’m getting back to work this week after a lovely and long vacation. I gave myself a vacation from creating too and used my quilting time to finish a few things from my to do list. I spent the Friday before my vacation making a yoga mat bag for my …
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Sewing Arabesque #2
I have gotten started sewing Arabesque #2. I have to say that it has been far easier to sew than I expected, but was still a good lesson in knowing when to quit. I started sewing it on Wednesday of last week and by Thursday, I had the center section …
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