Party Dress Everyday (8.5†x 11â€) While in class, I demoed how I attach ruffles for a dress. The girl was fused to a plain green background and I added stitched the ruffles background and quilt sandwich (batting and backing). When I got here home, I stitched lines down the background to mimic wall paper. […]
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She collected sparkly treasures (8.5†x 11â€) Last month, I showed the unfinished version of this quilt that I prepped as a class sample. While in the class I demoed how to attach some of the treasures to the ruffled skirt, but never finished her. She along with a few other samples have been on
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In January, I set a goal to have a quilt published in Art Quilting Studios. I had two articles in Sew Somerset in June which was awesome but not quite my goal. The December issue is out and I have 3 quilts featured in an article on my Creative Girl Art Quilts. The article looks
Ad in Where Women Create I love magazines – especially ones with inspiring projects and ideas – and this week new issues of Artful Blogging, Somerset Studio and Where Women Create arrived in my mailbox. I was delighted to see the above ad for Art Quilt Studio featuring my quilt. I knew my quilts would
This art quilt is almost done. I need to add some buttons to the little strings near the top, and attach a few bits and baubles to her skirt. But she will stay this way for a bit – she’s a sample for a presentation I’m doing tomorrow night. I am teaching the group how
Wicked Ways (13†x 17â€) The last of my halloween girly quilts. This one is a green skinned witch. She’s on the same tree background. I added layers of lace to the bottom of her dress and added tiny bits at her neckline and on her sleeves. The saying is ‘She didn’t have to hide
Ghoulish Good Time (13†x 17â€) I stitched the background to mimic bark and then constructed a girl mummy from ribbon that I singed. She was stitched to the background and I strung little orange shell buttons from the trees. I envisioned them as little orange lanterns but perhaps they are poison apples instead. Added
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Ghastly Dinner Party (8†x 11â€) After making the Ghastly hoops, I had a snippet of fabric leftover. I thought it would be a great piece to practice doodle stitching. The result is a small wall quilt that needs a good home. If you’d like to give this quilt a home, leave a comment letting
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Her friends knew her heart (11†x 9.5â€) Thank you for visiting today! I hope you had a nice weekend. We had several technology changes in our house this weekend (new phones and upgraded OS on my computer) so I spent a lot of time learning and organized my data. Which led me to discover
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(10.5†x 23â€) I had some small scraps left from BeBe and Baby BeBe, so sewed it into a tiny little piece of patchwork, which inspired this art quilt. I like the hanging button lanterns and all the patterns in the fabric. I found the crocheted white and purple lace in my stash along with
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