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Four Windmills, 55 Years from Gefilte Quilt

Ever since moving to Southern California 30 years ago, I have marveled at the region's windmills, especially the miles of them between my Los Angeles home, and the "Road to California" quilt show in Ontario, CA, that I visit annually. They look like this:

Sometimes they spin in unison, sometimes out of sync, but they always make me happy, a majestic miracle of alternative energy.

In February, when I was playing with a raw-edge fabric-covered-with-tulle technique to make Valentines, I thought of those windmills and decided to make some. I pulled all the pieces from my batik scrap bag ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 1 week, 4 days ago. under batik , buttons , cat , collage , confetti , raw edge applique , road to california , tulle

embroidery on paper and five buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidery on paper and five buttons

added by karen ruane 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under buttons , embroidered paper , embroidery , needlework , paper , paper buttons , sewing , surface design , video

Ribbon, buttons and embroidered snippets. from Karen Ann Ruane

Ribbon, buttons and embroidered snippets.

added by karen ruane 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under buttons , embroidery , ribbon , snippets , titivations

Button, Button... from From the Strawberry Patch...

... who's got the button? I do!This huge jar of buttons represents three generations of button hoarders keepers collectors! I have inherited the button baskets that belonged to my grandmother as well as my mother; keep in mind that I already had a very healthy-sized, full, button tin of my own! In an effort to tidy up, organize and consolidate, these buttons now all occupy the same space! This

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 9 months ago. under appliances , boms , buttons , geraniums , pantographs , plants , quilting , quilts

Button, Button... from From the Strawberry Patch...

... who's got the button? I do!This huge jar of buttons represents three generations of button hoarders keepers collectors! I have inherited the button baskets that belonged to my grandmother as well as my mother; keep in mind that I already had a very healthy-sized, full, button tin of my own! In an effort to tidy up, organize and consolidate, these buttons now all occupy the same space! This

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 9 months ago. under appliances , boms , buttons , geraniums , pantographs , plants , quilting , quilts

From Apple Core Template to English Paper Pieced Bridal Vase from Gefilte Quilt

I'm been playing around with turning flat quilting templates into 3-D constructions. Here's one of my new experiments

It's 8" tall. I think it's a spinal column vase, and it started with a 2.5" template acquired years ago.

Longtime quilters recognize this as a classic apple core shape. Google "apple core quilts" you'll find books, patterns and kits to make scrappy quilts with hundreds of pieces this shape. Especially "charm" quilts, with a different fabric for each piece.

The results are definitely charming - but never charming enough for me to want to make one ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 1 year ago. under bowl , buttons , english paper piecing , vase

embroidered hexagons and oversized hand wrapped buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidered hexagons and oversized hand wrapped buttons

added by karen ruane 1 year, 1 month ago. under buttons , embroidery , gingham , hand wrapped buttons , hexagons , needlework , patchwork , sewing

gingham and buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

hand embroidered buttons and embroidered gingham tokens

added by karen ruane 1 year, 2 months ago. under buttons , embroidery , gingham , ko-fi , needlework , online learning , sewing , sewing circle

recents from Karen Ann Ruane

The embroidered pink gingham is new here, this one is 306 squares as opposed to the 567 squares from this post. I actually messed up with the blue one. I...

added by karen ruane 1 year, 2 months ago. under artist books , buttons , embroidery , gingham

hand wrapped buttons and sewing circle. from Karen Ann Ruane

hand wrapped buttons and stitching paper in class

added by karen ruane 1 year, 3 months ago. under buttons , embroidered paper , embroidery , hand wrapped buttons , ko-fi , online learning , paperwork , sewing circle

pillows, pages and buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

pillows, pages and buttons

added by karen ruane 1 year, 3 months ago. under book , buttons , cloth book , embroidered book , embroidery , for sale , gingham , ko-fi , needlework , pillow , pilow , pin pillow , prairie points , sewing , stitch samples , suffolk puffs

hand embroidered buttons and tiny square samples from Karen Ann Ruane

hand embroidered gingham buttons and stitch samples.

added by karen ruane 1 year, 3 months ago. under buttons , embroidered buttons , embroidery , gingham , stitch sampling

bullion knots and buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

Last time I was here I spoke about my little artist book being finished. Today it's the pocket/pouch which I will keep the little book in, its place of safety....

added by karen ruane 1 year, 4 months ago. under bullion knots , buttons , embroidery , white

Suffolk puffs and handmade buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

Suffolk puffs and handmade buttons

added by karen ruane 1 year, 4 months ago. under buttons , embroidery , handmade buttons , suffolk puffs

The BEST friends ever! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I'm almost done with the writing, and I hope to have it wrapped up by tomorrow morning! That will be a relief, and I MUST NOT let the deadline creep up on me in the future. I say this every time, and every time it happens again, and that is NOT responsible of me as it affects other people. I'm always yakking about respect, and I need to follow my own guidelines!

OK -- can I just stop here a second and brag about my friends? I have the BEST friends in the world. They are smart, they are ...

added by Elaine 1 year, 4 months ago. under buttons , jackets , murphy , reading

sorting out from Karen Ann Ruane

buttons, beads and embroidery thread

added by karen ruane 1 year, 5 months ago. under beads , buttons , embroidery , embroidery thread , home

five buttons from Karen Ann Ruane

five hand wrapped white buttons, finishing touches

added by karen ruane 1 year, 7 months ago. under buttons , embroidery , hand wrapped buttons , ko-fi , online learning , paper , sewing circle , white

just seams from Karen Ann Ruane

hand embroidered seams

added by karen ruane 1 year, 9 months ago. under buttons , embroidery , pom poms , pompoms , seam , seams , wrapping cloth

chat and stash from Karen Ann Ruane

We held the first Zoom sessions of my new subscription class yesterday. We chatted, we stitched, (we melted in the heat....those of us in the UK) and I produced this!...

added by karen ruane 1 year, 9 months ago. under artist books , buttons , embroidery , ko-fi , online learning

hand embroidered buttons [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

ko-fi.com/karenruane/tiers

added by contemporary embroidery 1 year, 9 months ago. under buttons , embroideredbuttons , embroidery , needlework , ribbon , sewing

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