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No to Applique
I am not particularly good at hand work, and although there are many appliqué quilts and patterns that I love and admire, I rarely attempt one myself. I did fall in love with Kim McLean’s pattern called “The Village Quilt“, and bought it. Ahh… LOVED the houses, and used a lot of my Kaffe Fassett…
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Why oh Y?
I fell in love with this pattern, which I found in Quiltmania magazine (I’ll put the name and designer of the quilt here when I find the mag!). Finished the binding and took this photo- should have pressed the quilt and changed out of my PJs! The challenge in this quilt was that almost every…
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Magenta Jam
I was thrilled to see this C&T Publishing blog talking about the 2023 Colour of the Year, Magenta. They featured one of my tumbler quilts, and mentioned my upcoming book. So excited to see this project nearing completion and share these quilts with the world! https://www.ctpub.com/blog/crafts-to-celebrate-color-of-the-year-2023/
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Working on a Tree
I made a tumbler quilt a while ago, had it quilted (thanks again Sandy!!) and thought it was just OK. Not great, just OK. I decided to put a tree on the quilt- a tree with no leaves, and calling the piece Last Tree Standing. I appliquéd the tree to the quilt, then painted on…
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Keeping it Simple
I have a great niece getting married in a month. Oh no! I started talking about making her a wedding quilt 1 1/2 years ago. I researched ideas that I liked, asked for her opinion on some of the quilts I have made in the past, and found My Great Big Fat Wedding Ring Quilt…
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Some Colour in My Life
These days I crave bright colours. I dug out several UFOs that are bright and colourful, determined to at least move them forward. They make me so happy just looking at them! This quilt is from a design by Timna Tarr called Color Confetti. Making those blocks was time consuming but the colours just glow.…
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