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Chicken Quilts
My international quilting bee group took on a different format this year where we focused more on making blocks for charity quilts. I found the greatest Chicken Quilt Block Tutorial by Sew Inspired online and asked my mates to make them. The block pattern/tutorial was a bit unclear as to which way the big block was oriented …
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Generative HSTs
I’ve seen a few artists online who work with ‘Generative’ Designs – using computer code to generate quilt designs – and I wanted to give it a shot. Lots of people do very complicated and complex things (and I don’t understand how they do those things!), but we decided to start simple. I roped my …
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Q3’19 FAL Plans
I actually did a lot of sewing in Q2’19, but I got amazing little actually finished. Of 7 planned projects I only completed one. One!! In fairness that one consisted of making 6 tote bags, and I made a lot of progress on the other projects. Here we go: Generative HSTs: This one is nearly …
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QuiltCon!
I’m going to QuiltCon! This will be my first trip to QuiltCon and I am very excited. I kind of stepped my way into it…I saw the hotel blocks were announced so I made a reservation, then the catalog came out and I started choosing classes. I was really nervous about the registration process because …
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Dots Quilt Top
I’m a sucker for polka dots. I just love them. When I saw this jelly roll of polka dots somehow it just wound up coming home with me. I’ve had that jelly roll for awhile now, trying to figure out what to do with it. Last year when I took a class from Bill Kerr …
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Fiber Arts Fiesta 2019
We have a local group called the Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council. They do a great job promoting fiber arts in our area – certainly quilts, but also knitting, weaving, lace making, mixed media…basically anything fiber related. The Council holds a non-judged spring show during even years and a really big judged exposition during odd years …
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