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Friday finish and other news – 2014.09.12

Here’s my finished entry for the Canadian Quilters’ Association invitational traveling quilt show ‘It’s Time for Colour!’ – more information here.  It’s another piece in my Rainy Day people series, and I titled it ‘Rainy Day Girls’.   SAQA’s 2014 … Continue reading

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Pets on Quilts Show – a Dog named “Neo”

Welcome to everyone visiting from Lily Pad Quilting’s Pets on Quilts Show.   This is my second entry to the Pets on Quilts Show – you can read about my first entry here.  Make sure that you pop over and … Continue reading

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Pets on Quilts Show – a Cat named “Baby”

Welcome to everyone visiting from Lily Pad Quilting’s Pets on Quilts Show.   I love making quilted pet portraits, so when I saw this online quilt show, I just had to participate! Make sure that you pop over and check … Continue reading

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CQA Award!

Quilt Canada 2014 is taking place this week in St. Catherines Ontario, from June 10-14.  I’m not attending this year, but I did have four quilts accepted for the National Juried Show. The awards ceremony was held on Tuesday evening, … 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 – 2013.10.23

I’ve been working on the portrait quilt, and I have two of the faces done.  I used some of my skin-tone fabrics for some of the facial features, but for most of them I used machine stitching.  It doesn’t show … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2013.08.28

I’ve been busy in the last week or so.  I made a portable ironing mat for the top of my rolling, folding table, and I wrote a tutorial on how to create a portrait pattern from a photo. On Saturday, … Continue reading

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Quilting is a spectator sport!

The Fraser Valley Quilters Guild’s Biennial Quilt Show is being held in Langley BC this weekend.  The FVQG has 6 teams and they are each competing against a team from another guild.  Our team, the VMQG Mod Quilters, competed on … Continue reading

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Canadian Quilt Conference in Penticton BC

Last week I attended the Canadian Quilt Conference in Penticton BC.   My friend Janet drove us from New Westminster to Penticton – a beautiful scenic drive! When we arrived in Penticton, we went straight to the convention center, and discovered … Continue reading

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Quilt shows and publications – 2013.04.02

  Tonight I’ll be attending the opening reception of the 5th annual juried exhibition “Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation”.  The show runs to April 21st, at the Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver.  http://silkpurse.ca/exhibitions/    This is my entry in … Continue reading

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