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Skinny strips, how I make them – 2023.07.29
At the June meeting of the Vancouver MQG, members displayed mini quilts made to celebrate our Guild’s 10th anniversary back in 2020. The theme was TEN, using only our logo colours and the size was 10 x 10 inches. The … Continue reading
Posted in Mini quilts, Tutorial
Tagged modern quilt, skinny strips, tutorial, VMQG
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NYC library lion basking in the summer sun – 2021.05.23
Here’s my donation for SAQA’s annual Benefit Auction. SAQA invites each of its members to create a 12 x 12 inch piece of art and donate it to the online auction. Last year there were over 500 submissions from SAQA … Continue reading
Posted in Art quilts, Inspiration, On my design wall, Portrait quilts, Quilt shows, Tutorial
Tagged art quilt, portrait quilt, SAQA, tutorial
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NYC lions – photo-editing and preparing the pattern – 2021.02.28
In my last post, I said “I used a variety of photo-editing apps to simplify my photos. Then I drew lines on the photo to separate the values. Then I traced the shapes on fusible web (Steam-a-Seam Lite) and cut … Continue reading
Posted in Art quilts, Inspiration, On my design wall, Portrait quilts, Tutorial, WiP Wednesday
Tagged art quilt, Fibre Art Network, portrait quilt, tutorial
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Attach quilt sleeve entirely by machine & other finishing techniques – 2017.11.29
My favorite parts of making art quilts are the design process, selecting the fabrics and constructing the quilt top. My least favorite parts are the finishing – burying threads, applying facings, and attaching the hanging sleeve and label. By the … Continue reading
New facing technique – even easier corners – 2016.06.12
‘Wildfire’ is almost finished. The facings are sewn, and just need to be hand-stitched to the back. I experimented with a new technique and I’m very pleased with how it turned out. Instead of cutting the batting larger than the … Continue reading
Another change in direction – 2016.05.04
I hate it when I forget to follow my own advice! In all my workshop handouts, the final section is about Selecting fabrics. This is what it says: Value is more important than color – if all your fabrics are … Continue reading
Posted in Art quilts, Inspiration, Tutorial, WiP Wednesday
Tagged art quilt, tree quilt, tutorial
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Off my design wall – another circle quilt – 2015.08.19
Another week, another circle quilt! Although it looks finished, this quilt can still be considered a WiP because it doesn’t yet have a label, a hanging sleeve – or a title. (If you’re interested in titles for quilts – or … Continue reading
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Tagged art quilt, circle quilt, freezer paper piecing, tutorial
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A finished art quilt and updated tutorial – 2015.08.16
When I showed the progress on ‘Circular Thinking’ a couple of weeks ago, it was quilted and just waiting to be faced. I had quilted the right side with horizontal straight lines, and the left side with vertical lines. I … Continue reading
Off my design wall – a project start to finish and a tutorial – 2014.11.08
I usually show my progress on a quilt through several posts, but I didn’t blog about this one because it was going to be juried. It’s now been accepted for the exhibition, so I’ll show my entire process – start … Continue reading
New quilt show and on my design wall – 2013.10.16
As you may recall, my sister Anne and I participated in the “Abstracted” exhibition in which pairs of artists explore the concept of realistic and abstract art. The show is now hung at the La Conner Quilt Museum, and I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged art quilt, portrait quilt, tutorial, WiP Wednesday
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