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I’m working on the second in the “Autumn Leaves” series for the McGregor-Marquette Center for the Arts.

It begins with one of my hand-dyed turquoise blue fabrics as a background.

This time I sandwiched the top and backing fabrics with low-loft Pellon batting, and a layer of craft interfacing (Pellon 809 Deco-Bond) before beginning.

Next I added more colors of shredded hand-dyed and batik fabrics to “paint with” and started sprinkling them on.  It takes a long time to adjust them just so.  I find a tweezers (or in this case a dental tool) works much better than fingers ...

If you are a Blogspot or Blogger platform blogger, I want you to know that I would love to comment on your posts, but I can’t.  If you are using comments for contest entries, I can’t play.   It seems to be an extension of the issue that begin with being a no-reply blogger.  I cannot do anything about that no-reply status either, it is a problem with the Blogger and Blogspot platforms.

For some time, I have been corresponding with a couple of bloggers via email to talk about this.  But I have come to realize that this ...

Two more blocks to go, that is what I have left to do on the Snowman A to Zzzzz quilt before I get to put the top together.

I had some time during the month of March for some uninterrupted hand stitching.  I had all my blocks prepped and ready to go and away I went.  During that week I completed 6 of the remaining 10 blocks.

Since then I finished up two more blocks leaving only two more to go.  I’m dragging my heels a bit with these last ones because I’ve enjoyed stitching them and am ...

Sew Down Nashville was fantastic. Heather, Elizabeth and Jen, from The Modern Quilt Guild, organized the best weekend activity/conference, I have ever attended.

Friday evening, kicked off our sewing with open sew, where you could sew any project with others, in a social environment….like a giant bee. I worked on my hexagon (EPP) lap quilt which is slowly progressing; perfect when traveling. Can you believe it, I finished around midnight.
 The weekend did not slow down a second from then on. Each class exceeded my expectations. First up, was Angela Walters Free Motion Quilting class. If you ever ...

February Catch up Block of the Month  is called Waterwheel Variation, and you can find the pattern on Quilters Cache – click here for the pattern – http://www.quilterscache.com/W/WaterwheelVariationBlock.html

My kit only contained this blue and light gray, but the block image on our handout looked like only two colors so I went on with it.   Here’s me Best Pressing those little devils, and then sewing squares into HSTs.

I didn’t realize at first that I was missing another color, the printout we got was very close in the blues.  It was just about here ...

You guys.  Last night, I got to eat dinner with Michelle of Factotum of Arts.  She and her mother are in NYC having fun, and they came into Newark last night to meet me after work.  It.was.awesome.  Bless her sweet mother, too, for listening to our quilt lingo for hours.  Last night was the best moment – it was such an window into why I’ve loved blogging and what the best part of this journey has been.  Now, I just need her to live closer all the time!

The husband’s quilt is almost finished.  Almost finished.  Woohoo ...

I am very happy to share my finished Napoleon plus sign quilt top! This quilt is large enough to cover my bed, and it’s wide enough that it will hide the box spring without a bed skirt.

Getting photos of this hasn’t been easy. Every time I had a chance to grab photos, the weather wouldn’t cooperate. When it was nice out, I didn’t have time. So, I event though I wanted to share more process photos with you guys, it wasn’t meant to be.

As you can see on the photo below, this thing ...

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We have all have been touched by Breast Cancer in some way either by knowing someone who experienced it, a friend, family member or being a survivor. Diva Dane and I are participating in a number of initiatives this year to support. The 2014 GLAAQN in October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) will have a dedicated display called Bling-A-Bra. Guild members will be taking bras and decorating them using extreme creativity and imagination. I am excited to design mine, to see others, and share with you. We have already seen a white one designed ...

Seven months ago, I was pleasantly surprised to learn I could do free motion quilting “ruler work” with my Janome domestic sewing machine.

So, I purchased Janome’s Convertible Free Motion Quilting Foot Set and Free Motion Frame Quilting Feet Set.  The frame set includes the preferred 1/4 inch ruler foot for safe quilting with rulers.

Recently, through a blogger giveaway, I learned about rulers by  Accents in Design. So, I contacted Carol, at Accents in Design,  hoping she was looking for experienced free motion quilters with blogs to test and write about their experience with her rulers ...

I am going to make a mad dash to finish a few projects by mid/end of May.
This is going to be me on quilting

and blogging

I’m finishing a few blog posts

And me getting ready to submit some stuff

And me just being happy because I love what I get to do

I love that I get to quilt and try new things

I just saw a sneak preview of a quilt I designed

it’s so pretty, I could just cry!

I have to wait to show it but it’s so bleeping cool.

Happy ...

Hi everyone!

I've decided it's finally time for me to make a quilt. I've grown up in a family of quilters, I've worked for PQP for three years and still haven't learned to quilt. So I wandered around the Woolen Willow this morning and my eyes went straight to Edyta Sitar's Laundry Basket Quilts fabric (I love everything she makes!) I first fell in love with her designs at Spring Quilt Market last year in Portland, OR.
So now I have two jelly rolls and a charm pack:

 

I feel like such a bad blogger lately ! I have not been keeping up like I want to, but there is a reason ! As a quilt blogger, I like to post pictures and updates on the projects I am working on. The trouble with that, is that my friends and family also read […]