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Ribbons for Big Purple X
Every other year the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council holds their largest event, the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta. There is a large juried quilt show with both modern and traditional categories and a large vendor hall. This year Fiesta was held in May, and I entered two quilts – my Albuquerque 2020 temperature quilt and Big …
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Daisy Quilts
One goal I’ve had over the past few years is make sure that all of my quilting supplies fit in a nice and organized manner in my one sewing room/studio. I have enough stuff – more fabric than quilts I will probably make in my lifetime – but somehow it is really hard to turn …
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Albuquerque 2020 Temperature Quilt at QuiltCon 2022
I wrote about my plans to make a Temperature Quilt back at the beginning of 2020 (here). As it turned out, it was a really great project that crazy year! I finished the quilt top shortly after the end of 2020 and quilted it in 2021. For the quilting I really wanted to pull forward …
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Dots Quilt Finish
We are SO CLOSE to the end of 2020 and I’m rushing to get all of my finishes from the year captured! I actually did a lot of sewing during the year but for some reason just wasn’t in the mood for blogging. I do want to make sure I capture all my finishes though, …
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BB8
Well, you know I love Star Wars. I’ve made a few Star Wars themed quilts in the past (Death Star, and Han and Leia), so I couldn’t resist when I saw this BB8 paper pieced pattern. I found the pattern free at Fandom in Stitches (on Instagram at @FandominStitches) early on during the quarantine this …
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Colorado Flag
We have a second home in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. We bought our first place there in 2007 and enjoyed it thoroughly over the years. It was small – half of a duplex – and there was no fence around the yard. This made the yard look quite nice, but was pretty inconvenient for our pack …
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