Have you ever been possessed by a project idea? I mean so totally consumed that you had to make it? Me, too.
Most of my sewing time is spent making samples or art quilts. I don’t make bags. I have lots of bags and, truth be known, I prefer leather bags. That’s why it was such [...]
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I’ve thought a lot about this. What DO quilters want?
When I originally planned this post, I was going to roll out the new page on my website, My Favorite Things, where I list books and tools that I recommend in class. Those of you in my art quilt classes have seen many of these [...]
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Posted in Design/Process, Exhibits, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, tagged Mary Kerr, quilting density, ribbon, vintage fabric, Vintage Revisited, Vintage Revisited Quilts on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Woo hoo! The sixth and final quilt for Mary Kerr’s Vintage Revisited quilt challenge is finally done. (Drum roll, please…)
Ding, dong!
The quilt is done!
Which old quilt?
The final quilt!
Ding, dong,
The final quilt is done!
I think the spokes made all the difference. After a lot of thinking about how to represent the spokes, I took a trip [...]
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Posted in Design/Process, Exhibits, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, Teaching, tagged deadlines, G Street Fabrics, Mary Kerr, Mason Dixon Quilt Professionals' Network, MDQPN, pattern, Road2CA, Trees pattern, Trees Workshop, Vintage Revisited, workshop on Friday, November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Deadlines are amazing things. They force productivity — sometimes with great results and sometimes not.
I needed to finish this quilt by yesterday morning so that it could be part of the Mason Dixon Quilt Professionals’ Network (MDQPN) special exhibit “What We Do” for this year’s Road2CA. The exhibit is designed to showcase what each of the [...]
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Posted in Design/Process, Getting Out of my Studio, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, tagged Artistic Artifacts Annex, Batiks, borders, capital quilts, Judy Gula, Mary Kerr, quilt retreat, stitch in the ditch, susan fernandez, trees, trees in snow on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had quilter’s block before. I’ve had dry spells, but I’ve never had a quilt fight me.
Here’s the deal. I have a deadline. Tomorrow. I’ve been thinking about this quilt and planning it in my head. Trees. Trees in winter. I have this amazing midnight blue batik with irregular white dots that look to me [...]
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Here’s where I am with the piece this morning. I’m auditioning two background fabrics right now. I’m not in love with them, but more about that later.
I’m happy to say that I’ve rediscovered how valuable a digital camera can be in the design process. Because I’m blogging about the process of this piece, I’ve been [...]
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In all projects, art included, I’ve followed the same path: start with what you know. Ironically, I’ve heard the same advice from several other sources in the past month. It’s funny how things circle around.
And so, what do I know and how will that help me choose my fabric? I know that the hat is [...]
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After a long delay, I’m finally back to work on this quilt. This is the sixth and final quilt for the Vintage Revisited Challenge issued by Mary Kerr.
Mary sent each of the participants a fragment of an unfinished grandmother’s flower garden quilt top. This isn’t my favorite pattern and the fabrics left me flat. The final challenge [...]
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Posted in Design/Process, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, tagged Challenge block, Challenge quilt, design decisions, Grandma's Flower Garden, mobile handwork, Quilt construction, vintage fabric, Vintage Revisited on Monday, August 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
What was I thinking?! I love this shot, but I’m having heartburn trying to figure out how to get from a tired old green Grandma’s Flower Garden fragment to the quilt I have in my head that features this picture of my husband. This morning at 3:15, I had a few ideas and so I thought [...]
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Posted in Design/Process, Exhibits, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, tagged Artistic Artifacts, challenge, Exhibit, fused, Kathy Lincoln, Mary Kerr, stamped, stamping, vintage block, Vintage Revisited on Friday, July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I keep saying that I don’t do vintage, but I just finished my (very late) fifth entry in Mary Kerr’s Vintage Revisited challenge. Mary is a talented quilt appraiser and artist who specializes in vintage materials. For this challenge, she gathered a group of 19 quilters who were willing to work with vintage blocks on [...]
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