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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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Weekend finish – 2015.05.17

‘Autumn Leaves’ is the theme of the current Quilting Arts Magazine reader challenge.  I love the colors of fall foliage, and I often take photos of leaves and trees with the idea I will someday use them as inspiration for … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.04.13

Last week I spent a delightful and productive couple of days with my sister Anne working on our collaborative quilt.  We wanted to add some embellishments and hand-stitching.  It’s so much easier to make design decisions when there are two … Continue reading

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Off my design wall – 2015.03.26

Thanks to everyone who commented on the possible background fabrics for my Royal terns – that was very helpful.  I found myself agreeing with those who preferred the fabric in the bottom right photo, so that’s what I used. I … Continue reading

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Trunk show and work in progress – 2015.03.20

On Wednesday morning I packed up about 40 of my quilts in my rolling cart, and headed to North Vancouver to do a presentation and trunk show for the Seymour Quilters’ Guild.   The members of the guild seemed to … 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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On my design wall – 2014.09.10 – CQA ‘It’s Time for Colour!’

The Canadian Quilters’ Association (CQA/ACC) has invited award winners of their annual National Juried Show to donate a 12 x 16 inch quilt for a traveling quilt show.   As an award winner in the Modern category in 2014 with my … Continue reading

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Published in Quilting Arts magazine – 2014.07.27

A little boasting here.  My copy of Quilting Arts Magazine arrived this week, and it was a treat to see my ‘Kids in the Park’ quilt in the Readers Challenge section.      And how cool is this?  When I … Continue reading

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Off my design wall – 2014.07.23

This is my second entry to the MQG Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fabric challenge.  You can see my first entry here. Inspired by these two quilts –  Paul’s entry to the Common Threads Indigo Project and Lisa’s Fractured Pi quilt … Continue reading

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Weekend finish – 2014.07.06

I finished my first quilt for the MQG Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fabric challenge. As I said in my previous post, I layered the quilt, then sewed the bias tape through all the layers.  I quilted each section with straight … Continue reading

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