Category Archives: Modern quilts

Workshop and other news – 2015.05.31

It’s been a busy couple of weeks since I last posted. On Sunday, I taught my Circles Circles Circles workshop for Vancouver MQG.   It was a technique workshop to design circle blocks, and to sew curves and circles with flat … Continue reading

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2015.05.13 – Rainbow notebook cover and new baby!

Vancouver MQG is having a notebook cover swap with MQG Victoria.   Amy Dame wrote a fabulous, very detailed tutorial.  It was very easy to follow, and even though I haven’t made a notebook cover before, mine turned out very well.  … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.04.22

I’m working on lots of projects right now, but none of them are at the point where I have any good photos to share, so instead I’ll show you some sample blocks I’ve been working on for an upcoming workshop … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.04.01

I’ve made a lot of progress on two of my projects. The collaboration quilt with my sister Anne, most recently blogged about here, is layered and partially quilted.  I quilted a grid of lines 2 to 3 inches apart with … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.03.04

I have lots of projects on the go right now – some in the construction phase, and some in the design phase. The VMQG block lotto this month is a hashtag block, done in black & white.  It’s a pretty … Continue reading

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I went to QuiltCon! – 2015.02.18-23

I just got back late last night from QuiltCon in Austin Texas. There were hundreds of amazing quilts.  You can see a small sample of them here, including the award winners.  And Luana Rubin’s Flickr page gives a good idea … Continue reading

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WIP Wednesday – 2015.02.11

It feels good to be back in the studio and getting things done. On the weekend, I created my starter block for the VMQG Round Robin project.  Last year, we had 8 participants, and had some fabulous quilts at the … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.01.21

The tree quilt is progressing well.  Here it is with the trees pinned in place.  They will probably get repositioned as I sew them onto the background.  I’m debating whether to cover the background trees with white tulle, but will … Continue reading

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2014 – Year in review

It’s that time of year again!  An opportunity to review accomplishments in the past year, and set goals for the new year. During 2014, I created more than 25 quilts, which I think is my most prolific year so far!  … Continue reading

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Postcards received, WIP and QuiltCon entries – 2014.12.18

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my entries to Brandy Lynn‘s worldwide Snowflake postcard exchange.   On December 3rd, Brandy let us all know who we were exchanging postcards with, and I mailed mine off to Quebec and to … Continue reading

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