Category Archives: Modern quilts

Friday finish – 2014.03.14

I finished my second entry for the Canadian Quilters‘ Trend-Tex Challenge.  As I said on Wednesday, this one is an improv style.  For example, the pink corner is only there because I ran out of the blue fabric – because … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.03.12

Here’s my second entry for the Canadian Quilters‘ Trend-Tex Challenge.   (You can see my first entry here.)  This one is an improv style, and as usual with this type of design, I didn’t really know what it was going to … Continue reading

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Friday finishes – 2014.03.07

This week I have two finishes to share. This my first entry for the Canadian Quilters‘ Trend-Tex Challenge.   It went together really quickly – on Monday I drew the pattern on freezer paper, cut the fabric and sewed it together; … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.03.05

A few months ago, I sent away for a fabric kit for the Canadian Quilters‘ Trend-Tex Challenge.  Since then, I’ve been mulling over how to best use the fabrics.  I decided to continue with my current fascination with circles, and … Continue reading

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Monday afternoon finish – 2014.02.10

My entry for the Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Basics challenge is finished.  It’s 36 x 36 inches.  I added several other solids to the challenge fabrics. After drawing several sketches of circles, I settled on a design with 3 sections … Continue reading

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Almost finished – 2014.02.09

I love how this one is looking.  It’s about 35 x 35 inches, and the straight line quilting is just under 1 inch apart.  All that’s left to do is the binding, which will be black.  I plan to post … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.02.06

My Riley Blake quilt doesn’t look a lot different than it did last week, but the piecing is almost complete.   I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.  Click on the buttons below to see all the creative … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.01.29

My entry for the VMQG/Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Basics challenge is progressing nicely.  I knew I wanted to do another circle quilt, using similar techniques that I used in this quilt.  After many sketches, I settled on this design. … Continue reading

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2013 Year in review

I just reviewed my accomplishments in 2012 and the goals I set for 2013.  I’m very happy with my productivity. In 2013, I made more than 20 quilts, had 15 art quilts accepted into quilt shows, and was published 7 … Continue reading

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Sunday morning finish – 2013.12.08

I love this quilt!  I’ll definitely be making more quilts with circles and using these techniques.  It only took me a week to design it, sew it together and get it finished – and I love the result.   Here’s … Continue reading

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