Typography
And, here is the completed BirdZeed project for the November “typography” challenge. I had such a blast using the Tsukineko inks that I am looking around to see what else I can put ink on!
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Happy Holidays!
It’s Black Friday. I am not shopping. I don’t like shopping on a good day so Black Friday seems like Hell to me. Instead, I am spending time with family and starting to look ahead to Christmas. Each year, I think about quilting some things as decoration and last year, …
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Monkeys in the Mail
A cousin of mine is a new dad. When I went into my stash looking for inspiration for the baby quilt, I found this sock monkey fabric and knew immediately that it was perfect. As a kid, my cousin had a beloved sock monkey that was never very far away. …
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New Name for “No More Names”
I have come up with a good alternative name for my previously-named “No More Names” quilt. I am thinking of calling it simply “Victims.” I decided that I don’t need to make the overt statement about the purpose of the quilt by calling it “No More Names.” Instead, I can …
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Rising Star Quilters Guild Quilt Show – Next Weekend!
My guild’s quilt show is coming up! It’s that time of year again…Rising Star Quilters Guild will deck St. Brigid’s Church in Lexington, MA with more than 130 quilts and quilted items on Friday, October 14 from 10 am to 7 pm and Saturday October 15 from 10 am to 5 …
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Design Wall – Extreme Piecing
This week I am working on a table runner that will be a sample for a class that I am developing called “Extreme Piecing.” The class will cover creating templates that allow you to then piece anything you can draw, even if it’s complicated. (I almost said, “no matter how …
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Design Wall Tuesday – TQS BOM 2016
Other projects are piling up on my work table, but I managed to get The Quilt Show Block of the Month done for September. Just two more borders to go!
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Design Wall – Elemental Symbols
I mentioned last month that a friend of mine has started a creative community called BirdZeed. Each month she sends out a word to use as inspiration for a piece of art work. This month’s word was “Symbol.” I chose to focus on the symbols for the 4 Elements (Fire, …
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#TBT – Maple Leaf
We’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time this summer out in the Berkshires near Lake Garfield, which reminded me this morning of my 11th quilt. I made these maple leaves in 2005, (well, it’s hand quilted so 2003 – 2005) for my husband’s aunt and uncle.
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Design Wall – No More Names Quilt – Aurora
One of the interesting things to me as I took on this project was to realize that only one state has had more than one mass shooting (with more than 10 victims) during the last 20 years. Colorado saw the first mass shooting of the recent string in Littleton and …
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