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On my design wall – 2016.03.03

Last week, I showed my 12 x 12 inch fish pond quilt before any fusing or quilting. This week, I’ve layered the quilt and started fusing and quilting. To give the illusion that the fish are swimming under the water … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2016.02.24

I’m designing a new art quilt which will feature a koi pond and irises.  It will be 18 inches wide, and anywhere from 36 to 60 inches in length.  Fortunately, the condo building I live in is surrounded by gardens … Continue reading

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Recent Circles workshop – 2016.01.27

On Saturday, I spent a delightful day teaching my Circles Circles Circles workshop for the Boundary Bay Quilters’ Guild.  I teach participants how to design their own circle blocks, and how to sew curves and circles with flat seams. I … Continue reading

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Work in progress – 2016.01.21

I haven’t posted since the beginning of January, but I have been busy with a variety of quilting-related projects.  Here’s one of them. Earlier this month, I visited my sister Anne in Victoria BC, and we spent a couple of … Continue reading

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On my design wall – a glitzy circle – 2015.11.02

Earlier this year, I signed up for the MQG annual Michael Miller challenge.   The fabrics this year are from the Glitz collection – gold or silver designs on black or white backgrounds.  Each participant received 6 of these fabrics.   … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.07.15

I started designing a new circle quilt a couple of days ago.  I created a basic design in MS Paint.  I picked some contrasting colors without really thinking about the fabric I had on hand.   I wanted to use … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.07.08

Now that all my immediate deadlines (to enter quilts in shows, and to send quilts to shows) have been dealt with, I can pick up where I left off on ‘Water’, the second in a series of collaborative quilts I’m … Continue reading

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WIP Wednesday – 2015.06.24

This week I made a border for the June assignment of the Vancouver MQG Round Robin project. There are 11 of us participating.  We each brought our own starting block to the February meeting, and we each left with someone … Continue reading

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Adventures on the way home from Quilt Canada – 2015.06.10

On June 2, I hopped into Janet‘s car, and we set out for Lethbridge Alberta to attend the annual Canadian Quilt show and conference – Quilt Canada.  We had a somewhat cloudy and rainy, but uneventful 2-day drive.  As we … Continue reading

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On my design wall – 2015.04.22

I’m working on lots of projects right now, but none of them are at the point where I have any good photos to share, so instead I’ll show you some sample blocks I’ve been working on for an upcoming workshop … Continue reading

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