Quilts | Embroidery | Fabrics
A few months ago I ordered these adorable prints from Laurie Wisbrun’s Etsy shop, Scarlet Fig. http://www.etsy.com/shop/scarletfig. The prints are, from left to right: “Flapdoodle Hats,” “Peruvian Blankets,” and the adorable “Llook, Llamas!” These whimsical prints were the inspiration for my new quilt pattern, “Llama Love.” To […]
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In the Quilt Around the World Bee, Amanda of Manchester, England asked us to make her a 12″ block using aqua and grey, with a little splash of color (gold in this case). I chose this block, which is from the Lady’s Art Company and dates back to the 1920’s. The modern quilting fabrics certainly
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I have had a steady stream of projects in my mailbox in the Quilt Around the World Bee over the last couple of weeks, so over the next couple of days I will share photos of my contributions to those projects.This block is for Tanya (of Manchester, England) who asked for a 14″ star block
Several months ago I submitted two blocks to the Mod Con Block Challenge. The Challenge was to design a block using solid fabrics, using only the colors in the Modern Quilt Guild logo. The blocks are being collected and vetted by Elizabeth Hartman. She will choose 20 blocks that will be used to create a
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This month I am the tour director for my Round Robin Bee group and the subject is sewing curved seams. Sewing curves may be intimidating but with a little practice and some patience you can tuck this technique into your tool belt and produce some unique and beautiful blocks. The old fashioned “Orange Peel” block
