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I am still working hard in the design class I am taking. It lasts one more week and then there will be several weeks break before the next segment. This week is focused on hand drawing motifs, converting them into vector art, then arranging the image in layers of color and pattern. I drew a […]
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Things have been quiet here at the CaliQuilter blog as I have been working full-time (temporarily), which has definitely put a crimp in my creative time. I have also been busy taking a class in print and surface pattern design, given by British designers Beth Kempton and Rachael Taylor. I’m in the third week of
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As I described in a previous post, this is the week that Stitched Postcards will be traveling through the postal systems of over 20 countries in the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. I received my swap partner: Chrissy, in Aylestone, Leicester, England. It will be great fun to anticipate what will be arriving in my
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The always creative group over at DoWhatYouLoveForLife.com are hosting another Stitched Postcard Swap. Hundreds of people from all over the world join to swap a postcard-sized piece of art using any materials they like. The only rules are that it needs to include some kind of stitching, and it needs to fit with that quarter’s swap
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In the Quilt Around the World Bee, Christine asked us to make her a geometric block, using bright geometric prints on a black or dark grey background. This is the block I have made for her. The pattern is called Treasure Box. It requires “Y” seams, but went together fairly easily. This block would make
