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A Fun Challenge
I usually don’t enter challenges. My mind freezes, and only after the deadline for submission has passed do I think of something I would like to make. But Fabric Spark is running a fabric challenge, and I was inspired by the colours. Actually, when I went to pick up the fabrics, I “spotted” the perfect…
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All Orphans
I have quite a collection of orphan blocks. These came from making test blocks, trying out a design for a quilt, or as part of an abandoned project. I decided now is the time to use them, so I started making a quilt which I will call “Orphans No More.” Here are some photos of…
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All about the Light
I made a tumbler quilt a while ago to mimic skyline of mountains. In my mind I envisaged the mountains in China.. Here is a photo of the completed quilt.. This was not quite what Imagined…. but the other night, sitting in a darkened room, I looked at the quilt, hanging on wall 20 feet…
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A Long, Long Time Ago…
Cleaning up my quilting space is not my favourite task.. I find fabric I forgot I owned, and projects I started and abandoned. Here is one of those projects. Hmmm. Really not my colour or style, and yet… I can’t decide. Make more blocks and see where it leads? Try playing with this block and…
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Star Obsession!
I thought my obsession with tumbler blocks was a result of being isolated during COVID… maybe not! I now know if I love something I need to play with it, and take a deep dive making lots of variations to see what emerges. I had already started playing with the lonestar quilt design, inspired by…
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Playing with light and dark
I have been playing with Jen Kingwell’s Halo quilt pattern (her version, below).. this is a VERY scrappy quilt! I have been playing with placement of light and dark fabrics… I’m not sure what the final layout will be, but making these is a lot of fun. Half way through, aiming to make one block…