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Read more: Christmas delivery … part 2
Christmas delivery … part 2
I’ve been playing with the colours and layout for a Christmas runner- see my earlier post with my initial test blocks, made with templates from Marti Michell. I finally settled on a very Christmasy red-and-green layout. Things have progressed, and I now have four of the seven blocks completed (click photo for a closer look),…
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Read more: The Art of Quilting
The Art of Quilting
I have participated in a few quilt challenges in the half dozen years I have been quilting, and the ones I like best are the ones where I do something completely different from what I usually do. I am most inspired in my quilting work to work in colour, and love making pieced quilts. But for…
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Read more: Am I Blue?
Am I Blue?
The title reminds me of a very old song by Brenda Lee, look for it! But no, I am not blue. More of a Pollyanna, always looking and finding the bright side. BUT.. I don’t make many blue quilts for some reason. Lots of people love blue, and there are lots of things I love…
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Read more: Christmas delivery
Christmas delivery
I had a special request from a friend for a Christmasy table runner. Her house has a muted palette of off-whites with small touches of soft greens and reds. The perfect background for a bright red and green table runner, in my opinion. I decided to do a star pattern in reds and greens, and…
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Read more: Experiments with Bleach (part 2)
Experiments with Bleach (part 2)
My last experiments showed me that a very brightly-coloured, highly-patterned fabric was ideal for bleaching. I dug out Fassett and Fassett-like fabrics. Red seems to be most influenced by the bleach. Unbleached sample is on the right, bleached is on the right. Click on images for a closer look. These are less successful…. I was…
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Read more: Experiments with Bleach……
Experiments with Bleach……
I saw a wonderful quilt in Quilting Arts magazine that used plastic templates for dye resist. The artist was Malka Dubrawsky, who has instructions for this technique available online. She has examples of this on her blog here. I’ve been lusting after the templates to try this ever since. I recently found the templates for…
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