2019?? Really? Seems crazy. I finished 3 of my 5 projects from last quarter, so I have a bunch of new things in the works for Q1’19. 1. Quilt the Summer Sampler: I finished the quilt top at my October quilt retreat, but I was really bugged by a large grouping of orange in the …
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I am so happy this quilt is finally finished! I’m not sure I can even pinpoint when I started it. I do have a list of events that I remember happening that led to it getting made: I saw a Hawaiian sampler quilt that was the inspiration in a quilt store in West Des …
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2018 is nearly done so it’s a good time to look both back and look forward. Quilting JetGirl is hosting another yearly planning party, so I thought I’d take this opportunity between holidays to reflect. Looking Back – 2018 For 2018, my word of the year was Grow – as in build or develop. Apparently …
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Today I’m happy to share my Blueberry Orange Peel Quilt Finish. I talked about the start of this quilt and the piecing here – I had fun experimenting with my Classic Curves ruler. I designed the quilt with a lot of negative space to enable quilty creativity, then promptly had a mental block on how …
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Perhaps you are aware that Angela Walters has been hosting Machine Quilting Along Challenges this year on YouTube. The first one ran early in the year and involved piecing a quilt top and then using it for lots of machine quilting practice. I completed that one and posted about it here. The second challenge ran …
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Earlier this year some friends invited me to join in on their quilt retreats. We all actually used to work at the same company but didn’t know each other as quilters while there…or started quilting after leaving that company and finding more time! The group did one retreat just over a year ago in Santa …
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