Some of my favorite quilts at the 2014 Great Alaska Quilt Show
Month: September 2014
Modern Quilting Display
We put together a small modern quilting display at the Great Alaska Quilt Show happening this weekend. The quilt show looks amazing. I’ll snap photos of some of the stunning quilts when it’s daylight.
Adventures in Modern Quilting
Modern Baby Quilt (44†x 44â€) I belong to the Modern Quilt Guild and a local group here in Anchorage. We were recently invited to talk about our group with other quilters in a nearby city. Since we will also have a small display at an upcoming local quilt show, I decided to make another […]
Dances Everyday
I’m not sure why ballerinas have my attention lately. Maybe it’s a cousin who is a real-life paid ballerina or maybe it’s seeing a friend’s kids in dance class. These girls are so fun in their simplicity and I finally found a use for the tiny metal wands I purchased almost 10 years ago. She […]
Loves a Tutu
Another sweet ballerina on a yellow background with a tiny wand She loves dressing in a tutu (9†x 13â€) This ballerina can be yours – she’s listed in my Etsy shop here.
Draw Near Creative Woman Notebooks For Sale
After making notebook covers for me, I used the rest of my fun fabrics to make 6 more notebook covers. They are listed in my Etsy shop if you want to have one at home with you. I also figured out the name of the fabric line – Draw Near by Janet Wecker Frisch – […]
Wish Come True
A dark purple grunge background with a girl in a fluffy tutu holding a tiny wand A fused patchwork brown floor and tiny pink ballet slippers Her wishes come true (8†x 13â€) All that equals one of my favorite ballerina girls to date.
Sketching – Outdoor Adventure & Rainbows
Top two sketches are just silly Bottom left – I want to make into a quilt Bottom right – my odd version of the leaning tower During surprise rain on Saturday, we saw one complete rainbow and a minute later a double rainbow started to show.
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Ballerina Stitching and Tutu How To
I thought you might enjoy a few in progress photos and instructions on how I do a ballerina with a dimension tutu. Remove all of the the release paper from ballerina except on the arms and iron the girl to the background. Create a tulle tutu. I hand gather 4 layers for tulle – the […]
Ballerina Stitching and Tutu How To
I thought you might enjoy a few in progress photos and instructions on how I do a ballerina with a dimension tutu. Remove all of the the release paper from ballerina except on the arms and iron the girl to the background. Create a tulle tutu. I hand gather 4 layers for tulle – the […]