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SAQA annual benefit auction – 2024.09.07

SAQA’s 2024 Benefit Auction starts this Friday. It will take place online from September 13 through October 6. Each year, SAQA invites each of its members to create a small 12 x 12 inch piece of art and donate it … Continue reading

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A new mini art quilt – 2023.10.28

Here is a 12 x 12 inch mini quilt I made recently. It was intended for a Quilting Arts magazine invitational challenge, but it wasn’t selected. But I’m sure it will find a place in an exhibit at some point. … Continue reading

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‘Aqua Flow’ mini quilt – 2022.12.11

Here is my entry for the current Curated Quilts mini challenge. The theme is Abstract. The color palette for the mini quilt challenge is teal, deep grey blue, bright yellow-green, soft grey, periwinkle, and flamingo pink. The instructions are to … Continue reading

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A Bevy of Blues – 2022.11.27

I belong to a group of fibre artists called FYBR 2RT. We have an exhibit in 2023 titled Tangled in Blue. All pieces will be 16″ x 16″. I started with one of my favourite patterns – wavy lines intersecting … Continue reading

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‘Heat Waves’ mini quilt – 2021.12.20

The next challenge that caught my eye was the current Curated Quilts mini challenge. The colour palette is shades of red and pink, the theme is Energize. I gathered together all my red and pink fabrics and bias tape. Then … Continue reading

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‘Curves Gone Wild’ finished Nov 1 – 2021.12.20

I see that I forgot to post a final photo of my ‘Curves Gone Wild’ quilt. (I posted it on Instagram on November 1, then forgot to post it here). Here it is. I quilted curvy lines with my walking … Continue reading

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Progress on ‘Curves Gone Wild’ – 2021.10.24

As mentioned in my last post, I didn’t want to cut this piece down to the required size of 16″ x 16″. Instead I decided to add more curvy strips to make it 32″ x 16″ (the other size option … Continue reading

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A change of plan – 2021.10.10

It took me a few days to decide which fabrics I wanted to use. I started with the yellow fabric then added to each side of it. I was very happy with how all the fabrics looked together. My construction … Continue reading

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This is going to be fun! – 2021.10.03

For a couple of weeks, I’ve been mulling over several ideas for the next exhibition by the Fibre Art Network titled “ON THE BIAS”. All the pieces in this exhibit will be either 16″ x 16″ or 16″ x 32″. … Continue reading

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X’s and O’s – part 3 – 2021.02.01

In my previous post, I had removed all the freezer paper templates, and was ready to cover the raw edges with bias tape (or maybe couching or zigzag stitching). My original plan was to use pre-fused 1/4″ black bias tape. … Continue reading

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