She feared decorating decisions (6†x 10â€) A comment from ♥Duff inspired me to write a tutorial on making a girly quilt. It was fun to pause during each step and snap a photo. Hope you enjoy seeing the process as much as I enjoy doing it. Find a drawing or photo of a face […]
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Girl sewn on card (3.5†x 8â€) My day job had been extra busy leaving me too drained to play in my studio. Instead I’ve been curling up with a good book, er.. 3 books. It’s a trilogy aimed at teens but the story sucked me in. Thankfully, I had already scheduled today off. So
Before moving to Alaska, I was involved with the Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild in Cincinnati where I met some amazingly talented women. I loved being involved so I edited the newsletter, helped with the website, coordinated the creation of community quilt (made with scraps donated by 72 different people in the city), served as vice
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I pulled out some spring colors with which to perfect my ruffled dress making. Periwinkle is complete but pink and blue are up next. I like the little bouquet I made with green ribbon and a few buttons. Thank you all for the color suggestion, I’ve noted them for future ideas and experiments. The winner
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With Her Sisters She is Invincible (10†x 10â€) I wanted to try multiple girls on a quilt – the result is this sisters quilt. I couldn’t resist including the selvedge on the dresses such a fun, easy embellishment to an art quilt. This is my last cream, green and black for a while. The
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She Could Dance All Night (8†x 10â€) While sorting through the cream, green and black scraps on my table, I found a face and hair I had cut out next to the selvedge of the back of my midnight & cream quilt. I immediately thought about a flamenco style dress. I cut a dress
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Her Head was Filled with Number (10†x 14â€) I love numbers and I love words. I majored in mathematics and I make a living writing and editing. This quilt combines them all and satisfies the cream, green and black for the paint chip challenge. Plus I get to use more of the sweet faces
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Love (7†x 10â€) Another cream, green and black quilt for the paint chip challenge. That cute couple – my grandparents. It’s one my favorite photos – they looks so happy.
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My newest fabric book highlights the collections in my studio – all things I love or make me smile. The book pages are muslin constructed on canvas duck and cotton batting. I sewed boxes to capture a snippet of things I collect. The pages above includes old jewelry, wire, keys, funky paperclips and tape measure
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I was excited giddy to see the summer issue of Sew Somerset in the bookstore today! I have two articles inside: Stampington & Company did a fabulous job with the photos and layout. I’m honored to be included – the issue is fantastic.
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