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Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Art Quilt category

This is my second entry to Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  You can see my first entry, in the Mini Quilt Category, here.   Category entered:  Art Quilts Title:  ‘Exuberant Trees’ Techniques used:  freezer paper templates, machine piecing, folded-edge applique, straight-line … Continue reading

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New portrait quilt – 2016.09.17

Last week, I saw that the deadline had been extended for the Quilting Arts ‘Who Do You Love?’ reader challenge.  Even though I have a couple of other projects on the go, I decided to set them aside for a … Continue reading

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SAQA Online Auction starts today – 2016.09.16

The SAQA annual online auction starts today at 2pm Eastern.   Hundreds of 12″ x 12″ art quilts have been made by textile artists around the world, and donated to SAQA for the auction.  Click here to learn how the … Continue reading

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‘Art with Fabric’ blog hop coming soon – 2016.09.12

A couple of months ago, Alida from Tweety Loves Quilting contacted me to see if I would like to participate in her Fall ‘Art with Fabric’ blog hop.  Of course, I immediately said yes! The concept is for each participant … Continue reading

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New art quilt – the details – 2016.08.31

Every fall, members of The Fibre Art Network (FAN) meet somewhere in Western Canada for our annual retreat and planning meeting.  This year, we will meet in Winnipeg MB in early October. The theme is “Gateways and Portals”.  The retreat … Continue reading

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New art quilt – 2016.08.26

This week, I started and finished a small art quilt.  I’ll have to post about my techniques and process next week, because I’m about to leave for North Vancouver to help set up for the first-ever VMQG Modern Quilt Showcase.   … Continue reading

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New West Cultural Crawl this weekend

I’m really excited about the New West Cultural Crawl this weekend – August 13 & 14, 2016. I’m thrilled to have 17 of my art quilts on display at the Constituency Office of Judy Darcy, MLA, New Westminster, along with … Continue reading

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My quilts on display – 2016.08.06

In the month of August, some of my quilts will be on display at two different locations.   The first is the New West Cultural Crawl. I’m thrilled to have my art quilts on display at the Constituency Office of … Continue reading

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Work in progress – 2016.07.20

Back in January, I posted about the current collaborative project I’m working on with my sister Anne – ‘WATER: an Element’.   Since then, I have thought about it a few times, but there always seemed to be other projects taking … Continue reading

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Heart of the Forest continues – 2016.07.14

Our ‘Heart of the Forest’ exhibition is going very well!  Judy Villett and I have a duo exhibition at The Gallery At Queen’s Park in New Westminster BC.  It’s on until July 24th.  One or both of us will be … Continue reading

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