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Christmas Hearth Runner
I am so excited to finally share this project with you! In the new Christmas issue of Fat Quarterly my contribution the Quilted Hearth Runner to cover your brick hearth during the holidaysI would put...
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A side Trip to NYC
I'll have more on my trip in a different post - for this post, I wanted to share something I learned on a short trip to NYC last week. I met Erin Wilson. Was I aware of her before this, no. But I am...
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Handmade Christmas
If I could, I would make everyone a handmade Christmas item. If I make you something it's because I have thought of you, but because I don't make you something it isn't because I DIDN'T think of you,...
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New York City
Every year I take a one day trip to New York City. It's one of my favorite things to do all year. A friend of mine charters a bus, we get on the bus at midnight on Friday, the bus drives us all night...
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Charley Harper Messenger Bag
Way back in June I planned a birthday gift, and I cut out the pieces for a messenger bag.Then some things happened, some other things happened, I had other deadlines, and new sewing projects - and the...
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Sunprint in Progress
I was lucky to receive some of Sunprint Collection by Alison Glass, ahead of its release. (Insert excited happy face)I've been working on a quilt that isn't quite ready for a full reveal but I can...
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Mini Spinning Star
I participated in a mini quilt swap hosted by a fellow quilter on Instagram. This swap was huge, over 500 participants worldwide. I had 50 swappers in the group I coordinated. Here is the mini I made...
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Sunprint Quilt
I am so happy to finally be able to show the entire quilt I made using Alison Glass Sunprint 2015 Collection. I used a piece of each fabric in the collection. The background fabric is Andover Fabrics...
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Marsala
Pantone's color of the year is Marsala There are people who can't relate to this color - I'm not one of them. I find this color gorgeousI don't have an actual Pantone chart and it's difficult to match...
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Marsala progress
I have been working here and there putting together my quilt top for the Pantone chaallenge. Details on the challenge are hereI wrote a post about my Kona color choice of Brick to match up with the...
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Charley Harper Swap
I participated in a recent swap whose theme was 'Charley Harper Art'. It just so happens I have a stack of Charley Harper fabric.My partner asked for a tote bag. I love the tote I came up with for...
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A Different Drummer
If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.Let him step to the music he hears however measured or far away.Henry David ThoreauMy finished quilt...
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Flight Path Pattern
I have been anxiously (excitedly! jumping up and down!) waiting to be able to tell everyone about my first pattern collaboration with Alison Glass Design ! This has been months in the making and it...
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Tokyo Subway Map
Sometimes I make a quilt top with no idea how to quilt it, or what I'm going to do with the quilt. Sometimes I just make the quilt top because I want to. I completed this top a few years ago,...
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House of the Rising Sun
Pillows are super gratifying in that I can have an idea and then have a completed project within 12 hours, even adding a bit of sleep in the middle of working on the pillowI pulled Alison Glass fabrics...
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Journey
I named this quilt Journey for a few reasons - and after trying for almost a week to photograph it, I almost wanted to call it 'Journey of rain, weeds, poison ivy, too sunny, and unavailable tall quilt...
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More of my 'Journey'
As I was quilting Journey, (full shots of finished quilt here ) the quilt did not yet have that name. Matchstick quilting takes a long long time on a home machine, so I have old shows on the...
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A Project with my Guild
A few months ago the members of the Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild were challenged to make a block using Alsion Glass Spent as a focal fabric. We each were to make 12 blocks and then exchange them...
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Matchstick Quilting
Recently I was asked if matchstick quilting is the only type of quilting I will do. And the answer to that is no and yes. I have used matchstick quilting almost exclusively for the last year. I like...
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Game of Quilts
I signed up to participate in a fun quilt challenge sponsored by Bad Ass Quilters Society. There were two color ways to chose from and I chose Blood, Bone, Steel & Fire, these were the only fabrics...
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