Author:Ann Petersen
Q2 FAL Wrap Up
It’s time to wrap up Q2’s FAL. I was pretty ambitious with my goal setting, both because I was off work for most of Q2 and there is no penalty for not finishing projects on your list. I will confess many of these are still works in progress. Here was my list: 1. My Facets quilt …
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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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