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On my design wall – 2014.04.15

When I first heard about the Modern Metallic quilt exhibit, I didn’t think I had very many metallic fabrics, so I was happy to hear there was some free metallic fabric available from Robert Kaufman for participating MQG members – … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2014.03.19

Another circle quilt – this one is for the SAQA 2014 Auction.  Each SAQA member can submit one 12 x 12 inch art quilt.  The quilts are posted on the SAQA website, and auctioned off in September.  The funds are … Continue reading

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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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