Today is the Summer Solstice

June 20, 2012

time to start thinking about Christmas, right? But of course!! Get your sewing machines ready and you can have a modern holiday quilt before the kids are back in school!  (legal disclaimer: depending on your personal situation, I make no promises for those who live outside the US, or who live in areas with year […]

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The Problem With Underage Models

June 1, 2012

These are SOC, unedited….. Happy baby, looking at the camera, wondering why he had to change clothes to be on this quilt. “Wow, what’s that?” “That’s so neat. Really, really neat” “I can’t believe what I’m seeing” “And there’s more over there!” “This is truly incredible” “Can I touch it?” “Or maybe I can just […]

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Savanna Bop

May 21, 2012

Recently a very generous fabric designer sent me some FQs to play with. The line was Savanna Bop and the designer is Thomas Knauer Link to his blog I thought I knew what I was going to do with the fabric, but the more I got into the project, the more I hated it. So […]

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My Favorite Quilt From This Past Year

May 21, 2012

Ummm, I guess I have been super busy. Sewing machine petal to the metal. Its been a month since I last posted! I have been busy, not much to show for it, but I have been sewing a lot.   Amy, over at Amy’s Creative Side, is sponsoring a Blogger’s Quilt Festival. It got me […]

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Refracted Holidays

May 21, 2012

I was working on a sample for a class proposal a couple of weeks ago. I took the basic principal of “Refracted Sunset” and applied it to a table runner in holiday colors. I’m pleased with out how it turned out. I really like the long straight line quilting and how that turned out. The […]

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