Year: 2016
Machine Quilting Practice
One of my quilting goals for this year is to improve my machine quilting. I’ve been machine quilting, walking foot and free-motion, for a long time, but I am stuck in a rut and want to learn new designs. I’ve bought a few books to help me. I purchased both of Christa Watson’s machine quilting …
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“Do the Math” – Facets QAL is done!
I finished it! YAY! As I talked about in this post, I joined Christa Watson’s Facets QAL earlier this year. By doing this project, I was interested in learning/improving 2 things: learning improv piecing and improving my machine quilting. I accomplished these things, along with others! Here it is! And I love it! Here are some …
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Zipper Bags and Glasses Cases
One of my projects for this quarter was to do a bunch of zipper bags and glasses cases. I once had a big stock of them, but over time my stockpile ran dry. I love to make these – they are a great way to play with cute fabric, I use the cases for lots of things, …
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Scrappy Hexagons
I’ve been working on a happy intersection of 2 quilty things: 1. My MQG started a challenge at our June meeting. We all brought 1 yard of fabric and randomly traded cuts with others at your table until you wound up with 4 cuts. You didn’t get to choose your cuts, the cuts are of different …
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Sugar Block Club – June BOM
I wrote about the BOM my Albuquerque Modern Quilt Guild is doing in a previous post – Amy Gibson’s Sugar Block Club. The June block just came out, and I did a better job wrapping it up early in the month than I did in May. The block this month is a large Maple Leaf, and it is pretty …
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The Battle of the Outdoor Cushion Covers
And now for a quick break from quilting… We bought a patio set with a fire pit and four chairs about five years ago for our back patio. After five years in the New Mexican sun, the chair cushions were completely shot. The tops of the cushions were split with stuffing coming out and the …
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