I created 12 canvas backgrounds: canvas, cotton batting, muslin stitched together pillowcase style. Turned and once stitch around the edges to secure the opening. Blank background for play. #1 – Soar (8†x 9.5â€) – doodle stitched cage and word; blue acrylic paint wash applied; yellow dot fabric laid on the canvas and doodle stitched […]
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When I got on a trip, I don’t feel comfortable unless I bring along a craft project (or two). Since we were vacating with friends – there was lots of crafting together – making scrapbooks with the little girls and wall art for their parents to commemorate our trip, but I also brought along hand
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In the Quilt Shop is a pattern based on the new novel ‘Quilts, Tacos & Tattoos’. The pattern is similar to quilt I made for the book cover and features a girl in a quilt shop. Use the pattern to create a quilt 9†x 13†featuring a girl wearing a dimensional dress that literally
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In May I was asked by Alicia Diane Durand, a quilter, artists and soon to be published author to design a book cover. She wanted something with dimension like my girl quilts. I was flattered to be asked and couldn’t resist when I saw the title of the book, “Quilts, Tacos & Tattoos.†I read
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I’ve made 4 more quilt tops. The future owners of these visit here so I don’t want to ruin their surprise – they will know these belong to them. I think I have enough tops now for my holiday gift giving – now to quilt! If I quilt one top a week starting in September,
In the past when I’ve traveled I’ve stashed items in ziplock bags. They are not very attractive or reusable, so before our most recent trip I made some zip bags. I used this pattern and it’s the first time that I’ve gotten repeatably great results. I am excited to try more projects with zippers. What
I spent a fun morning with the Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters day group creating art girl quilts. Every time I teach, I am inspired by the creativity of the group. Here are some of the quilters’ works in progress – perhaps they will inspire you to play.
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Sometime in 2007 I created this fused red-head girl while crafting with my mom. I never turned the top into a quilt and it got shuffled from place to place and lost in our move to Anchorage. While searching for another lost project (still not found) I stumbled upon the top and set about making
The Anchorage Modern Quilt Guild has begun hosting challenges to make quilt blocks to for charity quilts. The blocks due in July were to be 12†finished and use citrus colors. I pulled fabrics from my stash to make orange, lemon and lime blocks. Orange Block The orange block let me practice piecing letters and
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The Anchorage Log Cabin Quilters have a quilt show and small quilt auction each year. I can’t be an officer in the guild because the meetings are doing the time I work, but I can donate small quilts for the auction. Here are my three latest. Striped Buttons (14†x 14â€) Striped Buttons uses an
